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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 5 Wednesday, December 9, 2015 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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the House, desiring to record its deep appreciation of the distinguished and faithful service to Parliament and to Canada of the Honourable Member for Ottawa—Vanier, appoint this Member honorary Chair Occupant, on a day to be designated by the Speaker.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Information Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s. 38. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-734-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), seconded by Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé), Bill C-201, An Act to amend the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act (independent assessment), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona), seconded by Mr. Rankin (Victoria), Bill C-202, An Act to establish a Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights and to make a related amendment to another Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Choquette (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), Bill C-203, An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke), seconded by Ms. Benson (Saskatoon West), Bill C-204, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Pursuant to Standing Order 8(1), the Speaker proposed that Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming) be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole.

Pursuant to Standing Order 8(2), the motion “That Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming) be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole” was deemed to have been moved and seconded.

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

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-00003).

Government Orders

Ways and Means

The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act (Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-1), notice of which was laid upon the Table on Monday, December 7, 2015. (Ways and Means No. 1)

Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Sohi (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(3), the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 2 -- Vote n^o 2)
YEAS: 230, NAYS: 95
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bélanger Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Caron Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Choquette Christopherson Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Foote Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Hardie Harvey Hehr Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Jolibois Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kang Khalid Khera Kwan Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Lightbound Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McCallum McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Moore Morneau Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nault O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Tootoo Trudeau Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Weir Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 230
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Ambrose Anderson Arnold Barlow Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Brown Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Clement Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk Fast Finley Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Harder Harper Hillyer Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Lake Lebel Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Raitt Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 95
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Pursuant to Standing orders 83(4) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Sohi (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, was read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Income Tax Act”.

Business of Supply

At 3:36 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of all Votes in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016.

At 6:37 p.m., the Committee rose.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the considered Votes were deemed reported.

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 — Amendments to the By-laws adopted by the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons on June 18, 2015, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 52.5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-1.

— by — Report of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, R.S. 1985, c. 18 (3rd Supp.), Part I, s. 40. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-535-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Report of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act, S.C. 2001, c. 9, s. 34. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-797-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment

At 6:37 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).