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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 21 Wednesday, October 28, 2020 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 resolved, — That, given the situation in Algeria, where for over a year, millions have been legitimately calling for a rule of law that guarantees individual and collective freedoms, the House: (a) condemn ongoing political repression in Algeria; and (b) call for the respect of human rights and the release of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), — That Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 14 -- Vote n^o 14)
YEAS: 305, NAYS: 7
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anand Anandasangaree Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Benzen Bergen Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bessette Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Blois Boudrias Boulerice Bragdon Brassard Bratina Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Cannings Carrie Casey Chabot Chagger Champagne Champoux Charbonneau Chen Chiu Chong Collins Cooper Cormier Cumming Dabrusin Dalton Damoff Dancho Davidson Davies DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Diotte Doherty Dong Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Fergus Fillmore Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gallant Garneau Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Gerretsen Gill Godin Gould Gourde Gray Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hallan Harder Hardie Harris Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jaczek Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kelloway Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Koutrakis Kram Kusie Kusmierczyk Kwan Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lehoux Lemire Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lightbound Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Manly Martel Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) McPherson Melillo Mendès Mendicino Michaud Miller Monsef Moore Morantz Morrison Morrissey Motz Nater Ng Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Ratansi Rayes Regan Reid Rempel Garner Richards Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Saroya Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shin Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simard Simms Singh Sorbara Soroka Spengemann Stanton Steinley Ste-Marie Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tassi Thériault Therrien Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Uppal Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Vignola Virani Vis Wagantall Waugh Webber Weiler Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Yip Young Yurdiga Zahid Zann Zuberi Total: -- 305
NAYS -- CONTRE Falk (Provencher) Kmiec Kurek Patzer Sloan Viersen Zimmer Total: -- 7
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Oliphant (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs) laid upon the table, — Copy of the Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated May 10, 2019. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-432-8.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00165), two concerning justice (Nos. 432-00166 and 432-00169) and two concerning health (Nos. 432-00167 and 432-00168);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00170);

— by , two concerning justice (Nos. 432-00171 and 432-00172);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00173);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00174);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 432-00175);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 432-00176);

— by , one concerning health (No. 432-00177).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Canadian Heritage), — That Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), 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 order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the recorded division was deferred until Thursday, October 29, 2020, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:44 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Finance of Bill C-224, An Act to amend An Act to authorize the making of certain fiscal payments to provinces, and to authorize the entry into tax collection agreements with provinces.

Mr. Ste-Marie (Joliette), seconded by Mr. Therrien (La Prairie), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

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 Mr. Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry) — Report of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on the operation of the National Do Not Call List for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, pursuant to the Telecommunications Act, 1993, c. 38, s. 41.6. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1026-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2020-2024 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2020 of VIA Rail Canada Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-432-803-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Health) — Report of the Chief Public Health Officer on the State of Public Health in Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, pursuant to the Public Health Agency of Canada Act, S.C. 2006, c. 5, sbs. 12(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1003-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by Mr. Rodriguez (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) — Report to Parliament outlining the reasons for the prorogation of the First Session of the 43rd Parliament, pursuant to the Standing Order 32(7). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1261-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(7), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:45 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 7:05 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).