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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 10 Wednesday, January 27, 2016 2:00 p.m.

Prayer

National Anthem

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Ms. McKenna (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association concerning its participation at the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association, held in Paris, France, on July 1, 2015. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-55-01.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association concerning its participation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association, held in Paris and Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France, from May 18 to 22, 2015. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-55-02.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Bélanger (Ottawa—Vanier), seconded by Ms. Alleslev (Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill), Bill C-210, An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning poverty (No. 421-00017) and one concerning China (No. 421-00018);

— by , one concerning housing policy (No. 421-00019).

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia), seconded by Ms. Sahota (Brampton North), — That the following Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor General of Canada:

To His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.

The debate continued.

At 6:36 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 50(7), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 10 -- Vote n^o 10)
YEAS: 178, NAYS: 139
YEAS — POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Baylis Beech Bélanger Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Drouin Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Foote Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hehr Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kang Khalid Khera Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCallum McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Murray Nassif Nault O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudeau Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 178
NAYS — CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Angus Arnold Ashton Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cullen Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk Fast Fortin Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Hoback Hughes Jeneroux Johns Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Marcil Mathyssen McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Mulcair Nantel Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Toole Pauzé Plamondon Poilievre Quach Raitt Ramsey Rankin Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Saganash Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 139
PAIRED — PAIRÉS Nil — Aucun

Mr. LeBlanc (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Monsef (Minister of Democratic Institutions), moved, — That the Address be engrossed and presented to His Excellency the Governor General by the Speaker.

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

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

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

— by — Report of Telefilm Canada, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Telefilm Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-16, sbs. 23(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-91-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— by — Reports of the Department of Canadian Heritage for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-421-849-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

— by — Report of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-78-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Copy of the Directive to the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Canada Development Investment Corporation, PPP Canada Inc. and the Royal Canadian Mint regarding travel, hospitality, conference and event expenditures policies (P.C. 2015-1107), pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 89(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-332-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Report of the Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act, S.C. 2009, c. 2, ss. 297 "16(1) and (2)" and 298. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1042-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:09 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 7:17 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).