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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 78 Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting, held in Washington, D.C., from February 21 to 24, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-59-16.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

— by , four concerning the situation in Venezuela (Nos. 412-2560 to 412-2563);

— by , two concerning health care services (Nos. 412-2564 and 412-2565) and one concerning certain diseases (No. 412-2566);

— by , one concerning the Senate (No. 412-2567);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-2568) and one concerning parental rights (No. 412-2569);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-2570);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-2571), one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-2572) and one concerning firearms (No. 412-2573);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 412-2574);

— by , one concerning the electoral system (No. 412-2575);

— by , one concerning China (No. 412-2576) and one concerning climate change (No. 412-2577);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 412-2578);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 412-2579).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-325, Q-327 and Q-329 on the Order Paper.

Statement by the Speaker

The Speaker declared null and void new Clause 5.1 and the amendments to Clauses 6 and 15 in Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act and the Canada Transportation Act and to provide for other measures, as adopted by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, and ordered that they be struck from the Bill as reported and that the Bill be reprinted.

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Valcourt (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-33, An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts, not more than one further sitting day after the day on which this Order is adopted shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and

that, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the time allocation motion.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 109 -- Vote n^o 109)
YEAS: 144, NAYS: 116
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Albas Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Baird Bateman Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Falk Fantino Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Hawn Hayes Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lauzon Leef Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Ritz Saxton Schellenberger Shea Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Trottier Truppe Uppal Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 144
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Andrews Angus Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Brahmi Brison Byrne Caron Casey Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Cullen Cuzner Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Easter Eyking Foote Fortin Freeland Freeman Fry Garneau Garrison Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Goodale Gravelle Groguhé Harris (St. John's East) Hughes Hyer Jacob Julian Kellway Lamoureux Lapointe Larose Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (Beauséjour) LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Patry Pilon Quach Rafferty Rankin Rathgeber Ravignat Raynault Regan Saganash Sandhu Scarpaleggia Scott Sellah Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Thibeault Turmel Valeriote Total: -- 116
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act and the Canada Transportation Act and to provide for other measures, as reported by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food without amendment.

Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Lemieux (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell), seconded by Mr. Payne (Medicine Hat), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:

“Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act and the Canada Transportation Act and to provide for other measures, be not read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with a view to adding a new clause providing that the Canada Transportation Agency may order a company to compensate persons adversely affected when the company fails to fulfill its service obligations.”.

The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was referred back to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-25, An Act respecting the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band Order, as reported by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development without amendment.

Ms. Raitt (Minister of Transport) for Mr. Valcourt (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Goodyear (Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Ms. Raitt (Minister of Transport) for Mr. Valcourt (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Goodyear (Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Valcourt (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), — That Bill C-33, An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

The debate continued.

Statements By Members

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Oral Questions

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst), seconded by Ms. Laverdière (Laurier—Sainte-Marie), — That Bill C-208, An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, May 7, 2014, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

— by — Report of the Royal Canadian Mint, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year 2013, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-176-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Report of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year ended December 31, 2013, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-471-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Report of the National Energy Board for the year ended December 31, 2013, pursuant to the National Energy Board Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-7, s. 133. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-188-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— by — Report on the administration of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act for the year 2013, pursuant to the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 109. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-455-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:14 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted.

Accordingly, at 6:43 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).