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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 195 Thursday, June 15, 2017 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Reports of the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-421-942-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

laid upon the Table, — Case Report on the Findings of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner in the Matter of an Investigation into a Disclosure of Wrongdoing, pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, S.C. 2005, c. 46, sbs. 38(3.1) and (3.3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1060-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, S.C. 2005, c. 46, sbs. 38(1) and (3.3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1000-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

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. 421-01287 concerning the criminal justice system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-18-04;

— Nos. 421-01428 and 421-01437 concerning the protection of the environment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-3-20;

— No. 421-01451 concerning impaired driving. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-7-19.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Philpott (Minister of Health) for Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard), seconded by Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, was introduced, 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 Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act”.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation in the meeting of the Defence and Security Committee, held in Washington, D.C., from January 20 to 23, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-50-12.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the Report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the joint visit of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Defence and Security Cooperation (DSCTC), Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations (ESCTER), and the officers of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations (PCTR) — held in Svalbard, Norway, from May 9 to 11, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-50-13.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Fuhr (Kelowna—Lake Country), from the Standing Committee on National Defence, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee, "The Readiness of Canada's Naval Forces". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-247.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 21, 22, 24 to 26, 28, 29, 31, 33 to 38, 44 to 46 and 49 to 53) was tabled.

Mr. Eyking (Sydney—Victoria), from the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented the Seventh Report of the Committee, "The Canadian Steel Industry’s Ability to Compete Internationally". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-248.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 43, 61 to 63, 70 and 71) was tabled.

Mrs. Schulte (King—Vaughan), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the Eighth Report of the Committee, "Healthy Environment, Healthy Canadians, Healthy Economy: Strengthening the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-249.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 6, 7, 18, 21 to 24, 28, 32, 36 to 40, 53 to 57 and 59 to 68) was tabled.

Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee, "Disruption: Change and Churning in Canada's Media Landscape". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-250.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 4 to 6, 8, 10, 12 to 18, 25 to 27, 29, 31, 34 to 39, 41 to 46, 49, 50, 52 to 62, 64 to 66 and 68) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Jolibois (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River), seconded by Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East), Bill C-361, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Aboriginal Day), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

First Reading of Senate Public Bills

Pursuant to Standing Order 69(2), on motion of Mrs. Philpott (Minister of Health), seconded by Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was read the first time 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 the tax system (No. 421-01525);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-01526);

— by , two concerning the elderly (Nos. 421-01527 and 421-01528);

— by , one concerning international development and aid (No. 421-01529) and one concerning Old Age Security benefits (No. 421-01530);

— by , one concerning Old Age Security benefits (No. 421-01531);

— by , one concerning international development and aid (No. 421-01532);

— by , one concerning Canadian heritage (No. 421-01533).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Gould (Minister of Democratic Institutions), seconded by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of International Development and La Francophonie), — That Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

The debate continued.

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 debate continued.

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 debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Gould (Minister of Democratic Institutions), seconded by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of International Development and La Francophonie), — That Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 335 -- Vote n^o 335)
YEAS: 194, NAYS: 83
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ashton Aubin Ayoub Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bennett Benson Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Bossio Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hardie Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Jolibois Joly Jones Jowhari Kang Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen 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 Moore Morrissey Murray Nantel Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Quach Ramsey Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Saganash Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Stetski Stewart Tan Tassi Tootoo Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Weir Whalen Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 194
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Anderson Arnold Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Brassard Brown Calkins Carrie Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk Finley Gallant Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Lobb Lukiwski Maguire McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Poilievre Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Schmale Shields Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Loan Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 83
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Extension of the "Parliamentary Precinct" in section 79.51 of the Parliamentary of Canada Act for the purposes of the celebration of Canada's day, from June 30, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. to July 2, 2017, 11:59 p.m.". — Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-19.

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Garneau (Minister of Transport), moved, — That, in relation to 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, 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. 336 -- Vote n^o 336)
YEAS: 159, NAYS: 96
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bennett Bittle Blair Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Chan 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 Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hardie Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jones Jowhari Kang Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) 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 Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rudd Ruimy Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tan Tassi Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 159
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Arnold Ashton Aubin Barlow Beaulieu Benson Benzen Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Clarke Cooper Cullen Davies Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Duvall Eglinski Finley Gallant Garrison Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Hoback Hughes Jeneroux Johns Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Lukiwski Maguire Malcolmson Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Moore Nantel Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Quach Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Saganash Schmale Shields Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Stetski Stewart Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Loan Viersen Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Total: -- 96
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act.

Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Debate arose thereon.

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 House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Fraser (West Nova), seconded by Mrs. Lockhart (Fundy Royal), — That Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), — That Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, 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 it was agreed to on division.

Accordingly, Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Messages from the Senate

Messages were received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House of the following:

That the Senate concur in the amendments made by the House of Commons to its amendments 1(b)(i), 1(b)(ii), 1(b)(iii), 2, 3(a), 3(b), 6(a), 6(b) and 8 to Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act; and

That the Senate do not insist on its amendment 7 to which the House of Commons has disagreed;

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, without amendment.

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 — Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons for May 18, 2017, pursuant to Standing Order 148(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-18.

— by — Report of the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act, S.C. 2001, c. 29, s. 22. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-867-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, "Taking Action To End Violence Against Young Women and Girls in Canada" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-173), presented to the House on Monday, March 20, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-173.

— by — Report of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, S.C. 1997, c. 40, sbs. 51(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-665-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 8:44 p.m., by unanimous consent, 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 9:16 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).