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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 108

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

2:00 p.m.



Prayer
National Anthem
Statements By Members

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Certificates of Election

The Speaker informed the House that the Acting Clerk had received from the Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of the election of Mr. Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner).

Mr. Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner), having taken and subscribed the oath required by law, took his seat in the House.

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:

— No. 421-00671 concerning the Guy-Favreau day-care centre. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-84-01;
— Nos. 421-00672, 421-00780, 421-00792 and 421-00802 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-31-11;
— No. 421-00673 concerning poverty. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-12-04;
— Nos. 421-00675 and 421-00749 concerning the protection of the environment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-3-11;
— Nos. 421-00676, 421-00677, 421-00678, 421-00679, 421-00680, 421-00681, 421-00682, 421-00683, 421-00684, 421-00685, 421-00686, 421-00687, 421-00688, 421-00689, 421-00690, 421-00691, 421-00692, 421-00693, 421-00694 and 421-00695 concerning unborn children. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-5-12;
— No. 421-00697 concerning a day-care centre. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-85-01;
— Nos. 421-00721, 421-00741 and 421-00782 concerning sexual and violent content in the media. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-63-03;
— No. 421-00723 concerning pay equity. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-86-01.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lametti (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade) laid upon the Table, — Copy of the Agreement between Canada and Mongolia for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated September 8, 2016. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-421-25.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 15th Report of the Committee, (Supplementary Estimates (B) 2016-17: Vote 1b under House of Commons and Vote 1b under Parliamentary Protective Service). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-108.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 39) was tabled.


Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 16th Report of the Committee (items to remain votable). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-109.

Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the report was deemed concurred in.


Mrs. Schulte (King—Vaughan), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the Third Report of the Committee (Bill C-238, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the safe disposal of lamps containing mercury, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-110.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 35) was tabled.


Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Benson (Saskatoon West), seconded by Mr. Weir (Regina—Lewvan), Bill C-321, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (prohibition of asbestos), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.


Motions

Mr. McColeman (Brantford—Brant), seconded by Mr. MacKenzie (Oxford), moved, — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Friday, March 11, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 5)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), seconded by Mr. Brown (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), moved, — That the Honourable Member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands be now heard.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 150 -- Vote no 150)
YEAS: 222, NAYS: 63

YEAS -- POUR

Alghabra
Alleslev
Anderson
Angus
Arnold
Arseneault
Ashton
Aubin
Ayoub
Badawey
Bagnell
Bains
Baylis
Beaulieu
Beech
Bennett
Benson
Bergen
Berthold
Bezan
Bittle
Blair
Blaney (North Island—Powell River)
Boissonnault
Boudrias
Boulerice
Boutin-Sweet
Breton
Brison
Brosseau
Brown
Calkins
Cannings
Caron
Carr
Carrie
Casey (Cumberland—Colchester)
Casey (Charlottetown)
Chagger
Champagne
Chen
Choquette
Clarke
Clement
Cullen
Cuzner
Dabrusin
Deltell
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Doherty
Donnelly
Dreeshen
Dubé
Dubourg
Duclos

Duguid
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
Dusseault
Duvall
Dzerowicz
Eglinski
Ehsassi
Ellis
Erskine-Smith
Eyking
Eyolfson
Falk
Fergus
Fillmore
Finnigan
Fisher
Fonseca
Foote
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser (Central Nova)
Fry
Fuhr
Garneau
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill
Godin
Goldsmith-Jones
Goodale
Graham
Grewal
Hajdu
Hardcastle
Harder
Hehr
Hoback
Holland
Hughes
Hutchings
Iacono
Johns
Joly
Jones
Jordan
Jowhari
Julian
Kent
Khera
Kwan
Lametti
Lamoureux
Lapointe
Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Laverdière

Lebel
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lefebvre
Leslie
Levitt
Liepert
Lightbound
Lobb
Lockhart
Long
Longfield
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacGregor
Maguire
Masse (Windsor West)
Mathyssen
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
McCallum
McColeman
McCrimmon
McGuinty
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)
Mendès
Mendicino
Mihychuk
Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound)
Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs)
Monsef
Moore
Morrissey
Motz
Murray
Nantel
Nassif
Nater
Nicholson
Obhrai
O'Connell
Oliphant
Oliver
Paradis
Peschisolido
Petitpas Taylor
Philpott
Picard
Poissant
Quach
Qualtrough
Ramsey
Rankin
Ratansi
Rayes
Richards
Robillard

Romanado
Rota
Ruimy
Saganash
Sahota
Saini
Sajjan
Samson
Sangha
Sansoucy
Sarai
Saroya
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Shields
Shipley
Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Sikand
Simms
Sorbara
Sorenson
Spengemann
Stanton
Stetski
Stewart
Stubbs
Sweet
Tabbara
Tan
Tassi
Tootoo
Trost
Trudel
Van Kesteren
Van Loan
Vandenbeld
Vaughan
Viersen
Virani
Warawa
Waugh
Weir
Whalen
Wilkinson
Wilson-Raybould
Wrzesnewskyj
Young
Zahid
Zimmer

Total: -- 222

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aboultaif
Albas
Albrecht
Aldag
Allison
Amos
Anandasangaree
Arya
Barlow
Barsalou-Duval
Block
Bossio
Boucher
Brassard
Bratina
Caesar-Chavannes

Chan
Cooper
Damoff
DeCourcey
Di Iorio
Diotte
Easter
El-Khoury
Garrison
Gladu
Hardie
Harvey
Housefather
Kang
Kelly
Kitchen

Kmiec
Lake
Ludwig
Lukiwski
MacKenzie
Maloney
Marcil
Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia)
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McDonald
McKay
Nault
Nuttall
Ouellette
Peterson
Poilievre

Reid
Rempel
Rudd
Rusnak
Schmale
Sopuck
Ste-Marie
Strahl
Stubbs
Thériault
Tilson
Vecchio
Warkentin
Webber
Wong

Total: -- 63

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-520 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-9.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-521 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-10.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-522 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-11.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-523 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-12.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-524 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-13.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-525 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-14.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-526 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-15.
Daily Routine Of Business

Motions

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. McColeman (Brantford—Brant), seconded by Mr. MacKenzie (Oxford), — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Friday, March 11, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 5)

The debate continued.

Mr. Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), seconded by Mr. McColeman (Brantford—Brant), moved, — That this House do now adjourn.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 151 -- Vote no 151)
YEAS: 81, NAYS: 212

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Albas
Albrecht
Allison
Anderson
Arnold
Barlow
Bergen
Berthold
Bezan
Block
Boucher
Brassard
Brown
Calkins
Carrie
Clarke
Clement
Cooper
Deltell

Diotte
Doherty
Dreeshen
Eglinski
Falk
Fast
Généreux
Genuis
Gladu
Godin
Gourde
Harder
Hoback
Kelly
Kent
Kitchen
Kmiec
Lake
Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Lebel

Liepert
Lobb
Lukiwski
MacKenzie
Maguire
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McColeman
McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)
Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound)
Motz
Nater
Nicholson
Nuttall
Poilievre
Rayes
Reid
Rempel
Richards
Saroya
Scheer

Schmale
Shields
Shipley
Sopuck
Sorenson
Stanton
Strahl
Stubbs
Sweet
Tilson
Trost
Van Kesteren
Van Loan
Vecchio
Viersen
Warawa
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Wong
Zimmer

Total: -- 81

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aldag
Alghabra
Alleslev
Amos
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Aubin
Ayoub
Badawey
Bagnell
Bains
Baylis
Beaulieu
Beech
Bennett
Benson
Bittle
Blaikie
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
Cullen
Cuzner
Dabrusin
Damoff
DeCourcey
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Di Iorio
Donnelly
Drouin
Dubé

Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
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)
Fry
Fuhr
Garneau
Garrison
Gerretsen
Gill
Goldsmith-Jones
Goodale
Graham
Grewal
Hajdu
Hardcastle
Hardie
Harvey
Hehr
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Johns
Joly
Jones
Jordan
Jowhari
Julian
Kang
Khalid

Khera
Kwan
Lametti
Lamoureux
Lapointe
Laverdière
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lefebvre
Lemieux
Leslie
Levitt
Lightbound
Lockhart
Long
Longfield
Ludwig
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacGregor
Malcolmson
Maloney
Marcil
Masse (Windsor West)
Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia)
Mathyssen
May (Cambridge)
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
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
Morrissey
Murray
Nantel
Nassif
Nault
O'Connell
Oliphant
Oliver
Ouellette
Paradis
Peschisolido
Peterson
Petitpas Taylor

Philpott
Picard
Poissant
Quach
Qualtrough
Ramsey
Rankin
Ratansi
Robillard
Romanado
Rota
Rudd
Ruimy
Rusnak
Saganash
Sahota
Saini
Sajjan
Samson
Sansoucy
Sarai
Scarpaleggia
Schiefke
Schulte
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Sikand
Simms
Sorbara
Spengemann
Ste-Marie
Stetski
Stewart
Tabbara
Tan
Tassi
Thériault
Tootoo
Trudel
Vandenbeld
Vaughan
Virani
Weir
Whalen
Wilkinson
Wilson-Raybould
Wrzesnewskyj
Young
Zahid

Total: -- 212

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. McColeman (Brantford—Brant), seconded by Mr. MacKenzie (Oxford), — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Friday, March 11, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 5)

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), 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-301, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and to make a related amendment to another Act (registered retirement income fund).

Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), seconded by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), 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 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 Mr. Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development) — Report of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Budget Implementation Act, 1997, S.C. 1997, c. 26, sbs. 29(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-116-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)
— by Mr. Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development) — Report of the National Research Council of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the National Research Council Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-15, s. 17. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-192-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)
— by Mr. McCallum (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) — Proposed Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sbs. 5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-790-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)
Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:30 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 6:58 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).