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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 226 Tuesday, October 31, 2017 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Copy of the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region, and Explanatory Memorandum, adopted at Lisbon on April 11, 1997. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-421-55.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator, together with the government response, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20, s. 192. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-72-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Choquette (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Rankin (Victoria), Bill C-381, An Act to amend the Judges Act (bilingualism), 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. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), Bill C-382, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (Supreme Court of Canada), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice, at the conclusion of today’s debate on Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, all questions necessary to dispose of the third reading stage of the said Bill be deemed put and a recorded division deemed requested and deferred until Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-01766);

— by , one concerning the electoral system (No. 421-01767);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-01768);

— by , one concerning marine transportation (No. 421-01769);

— by , one concerning the National Building Code (No. 421-01770), one concerning climate change (No. 421-01771) and one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-01772).

Government Orders

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

Mrs. Lebouthillier (Minister of National Revenue) for Mr. Garneau (Minister of Transport), seconded by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Quorum

The attention of the Speaker was drawn to the lack of a quorum and, fewer than 20 Members having been counted, pursuant to Standing Order 29(3), the bells were rung to call in the Members.

After one minute, a quorum was found.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Garneau (Minister of Transport), seconded by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), — That Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.

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

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made Friday, October 27, 2017, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development), — That Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 383 -- Vote n^o 383)
YEAS: 186, NAYS: 126
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Hehr Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) 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 Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poissant Qualtrough Rankin 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) Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudeau Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Weir Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 186
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Angus Arnold Aubin Barlow Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Boucher 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 Finley Gallant Garrison Généreux Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hoback Hughes Jeneroux Johns Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Leitch Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Nantel Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Quach Raitt Ramsey Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Strahl Sweet Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 126
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Lemieux Thériault Total: -- 2
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the question was deemed put on the motion and the recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Private Members' Business

At 4:54 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Brown (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), seconded by Mr. Shields (Bow River), — That Bill C-315, An Act to amend the Parks Canada Agency Act (Conservation of National Historic Sites Account), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, November 1, 2017, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

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 — Copy of Regulations Amending the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations (P.C. 2017-1290), pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c. 23, sbs. 153(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-597-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by — Report of the Parole Board of Canada on Record Suspension Decisions for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Criminal Records Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-47, sbs. 11(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1066-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 5:26 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 5:53 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).