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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 18 Tuesday, February 16, 2016 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Malcolmson (Nanaimo—Ladysmith), seconded by Ms. Laverdière (Laurier—Sainte-Marie), Bill C-220, An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (balanced representation), 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 , two concerning the fishing industry (Nos. 421-00063 and 421-00064) and one concerning genetic engineering (No. 421-00065);

— by , one concerning a national week (No. 421-00066).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Mihychuk (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), seconded by Ms. Chagger (Minister of Small Business and Tourism), — That Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act, since the bill violates a fundamental principle of democracy by abolishing the provision that the certification and decertification of a bargaining agent must be achieved by a secret ballot vote-based majority.”.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, February 4, 2016, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Raitt (Milton), seconded by Mr. Bernier (Beauce), — That the House: (a) thank the independent non-partisan officials from the Department of Finance for their hard work and evidence-based analysis; (b) acknowledge their most recent Fiscal Monitor which informed Members and Canadians that, for the period from April to November 2015 of the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the previous government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.0 billion; and (c) concur in its conclusions and express its confidence in the Deputy Minister and his team.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 13 -- Vote n^o 13)
YEAS: 130, NAYS: 177
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Ambrose Anderson Angus Arnold Ashton Aubin Barlow Benson Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Choquette Christopherson Clarke Cooper Cullen Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk Fast Finley Garrison Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Hoback Hughes Jeneroux Johns Jolibois Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lake Laverdière Leitch Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Masse (Windsor West) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Mulcair Nantel Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Toole Poilievre Quach Raitt Ramsey Rankin Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 130
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bélanger Bennett Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Cormier 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 Fortin Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hehr Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings 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 MacAulay (Cardigan) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay 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 Pauzé Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Tabbara Tassi Thériault Tootoo Trudeau Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 177
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Government Orders

And of the amendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

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 on the administration of the Species at Risk Act for the year 2014, pursuant to the Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29, s. 126. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-885-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— by — Report on the operations of the Exchange Fund Account for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Currency Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-52, sbs. 21(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-133-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Debt Management Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 49(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-205-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Petitions Filed with the Acting Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by , one concerning impaired driving (No. 421-00067).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:39 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 6:59 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).