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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 131 Monday, November 21, 2022 11:00 a.m.

Prayer

Private Members' Business

At 11:00 a.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 Ms. Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), seconded by Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce), — That Bill C-249, An Act respecting the encouragement of the growth of the cryptoasset sector, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, not more than one further sitting day 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. 218 -- Vote n^o 218)
YEAS: 164, NAYS: 141
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Ali Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Brière Cannings Carr Casey Chagger Chahal Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Davies Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Dong Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Garneau Garrison Gazan Gerretsen Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hanley Hardie Hepfner Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Johns Joly Jowhari Julian Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Mendicino Miao Miller Morrissey Murray Naqvi Ng Noormohamed Oliphant O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota Saks Samson Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sorbara St-Onge Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thompson Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandenbeld Virani Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 164
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benzen Bergen Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Blanchette-Joncas Block Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Caputo Carrie Chabot Chambers Champoux Chong Cooper Dalton Dancho Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Findlay Fortin Garon Gaudreau Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hallan Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kmiec Kram Kurek Kusie Lake Lantsman Larouche Lawrence Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lloyd Lobb MacKenzie Maguire Martel May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Michaud Moore Morantz Morrice Morrison Motz Muys Nater O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perkins Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Small Soroka Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart Strahl Stubbs Therrien Thomas Tochor Tolmie Trudel Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Vignola Vis Vuong Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williams Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 141
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Alghabra Calkins Champagne Dreeshen Dzerowicz Ellis Gallant Hutchings Joly Kayabaga Kramp-Neuman Lehoux Lemire O'Connell Powlowski Sajjan Savard-Tremblay Villemure Total: -- 18

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance;

And of the amendment of Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn), seconded by Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North), — 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-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, because the bill brings in new inflationary spending that is not matched by an equivalent saving, and does not cancel planned tax hikes.”.

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— Nos. 441-00748, 441-00750 and 441-00751 concerning the environment;

— No. 441-00749 concerning justice;

— No. 441-00752 concerning social affairs and equality;

— No. 441-00753 concerning media and telecommunications.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount), from the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, presented the fourth report of the committee (Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-150.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 32 to 39) was tabled.

Mr. Lightbound (Louis-Hébert), from the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, presented the seventh report of the committee (Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-151.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 33, 37 to 39 and 44) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), seconded by Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), Bill C-307, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (menstrual products), 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 transportation (No. 441-00851);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-00852);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-00853);

— by , one concerning animals (No. 441-00854).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-853, Q-855, Q-856 and Q-861 to Q-864 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return:

Q-851 — — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency's reduced hours of operation at land ports of entry, broken down by each port of entry: (a) what were the hours of operation in 2019; (b) what are the current hours of operation; and (c) on what date will each port of entry with reduced operating hours compared to 2019 have their hours restored to pre-pandemic levels? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-851.

Q-852 — — With regard to polling conducted by the government since January 1, 2022: what are the details of each poll conducted by the government, including the (i) date conducted, (ii) subject matter, (iii) vendor having conducted the poll, (iv) type of poll (online, phone, etc.), (v) number of individuals polled, (vi) demographics of who was polled, (vii) questions asked, (viii) results? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-852.

Q-854 — — With regard to overpayments made by the Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) since 2014, broken down by year: (a) what is the total value of overpayments made by the PSPP; (b) how many retirees received overpayments; (c) of the amount in (a), how much (i) has since been recovered, (ii) has since been forgiven, (iii) is still outstanding; and (d) what is the breakdown of (a) through (c) by department or agency of the recipient's last place of work and by employment levels (EX, AS, etc.), if known? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-854.

Q-857 — — With regard to Health Canada's position on the practice of repackaging single use medications to treat macular degeneration, since 2016: (a) does Health Canada allow the practice; (b) what risks does Health Canada recognize as existing with the practice; (c) has Health Canada studied the risks associated with the practice related to (i) sterility, (ii) cold chain protection, (iii) ultraviolet light protection, (iv) accurate dosing, (v) contamination, (vi) transportation issues, and, if so, what were the findings related to each risk; (d) has Health Canada or the Minister of Health received any warnings or correspondence indicating or suggesting that the practice is occurring in Canada, and, if so, what are the details, including the (i) date, (ii) author of the warning or correspondence, (iii) summary of warning or correspondence, (iv) recipient, (v) summary of response given by Health Canada or the Minister's office; and (e) for each warning or correspondence that was received in (d), what follow-up action was taken? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-857.

Q-858 — — With regard to Sport Canada: (a) what are the details of all gifts, including sports tickets, received by officials at Sport Canada since January 1, 2018, including for each the (i) date given (ii) description, (iii) quantity, (iv) value per unit, (v) total value, (vi) title of recipients; and (b) for all gifts that were tickets or included tickets, what are the details of the event, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) description of event, (iii) location, (iv) sport, if applicable, (v) league or sports organization putting on the event, if applicable, (vi) recipient, (vii) quantity of tickets, (viii) total value of tickets? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-858.

Q-859 — — With regard to contracts signed by the government since January 1, 2020, related to the Roxham Road border crossing: what are the details of all such contracts, including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the vendor, (iii) the value, (iv) a description of goods or services, including volume, (v) whether the contract was awarded through a sole-sourced contract or competitive bid process? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-859.

Q-860 — — With regard to the government's decision not to list the whole of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity: has the government been lobbied or had any meetings with entities who advocated in favour of the IRGC being allowed to operate in Canada and advocated against the IRGC being listed as a terrorist entity since January 1, 2019, and, if so, what are the details of all such meetings, including, the (i) date, (ii) titles and organizations or who attended, from both the government and third party sides, (iii) location, (iv) summary of what happened at the meeting? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-860.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

At 6:45 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 Ms. Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs) — Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations (P.C. 2022-1212), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-495-26. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— by Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-1232-30. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:47 p.m., by unanimous consent and 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 7:07 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).