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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 223 Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 79(3), the Speaker read the following Message from Her Excellency the Governor General, presented by Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board):

Message on Estimates

Her Excellency the Governor General transmits to the House of Commons the Supplementary Estimates (B) of sums required to defray expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2018, and, in accordance with section 54 of the Constitution Act, 1867, recommends those Estimates to the House of Commons.

Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Supplementary Estimates (B), 2017-18" (USB key included). — Sessional Paper No. 8520-421-178.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, were deemed referred to the several standing committees of the House as follows:

(1) To the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics

Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, Vote 1b

Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada, Vote 1b

(2) To the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

(3) To the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

Canada Council for the Arts, Vote 1b

Canadian Museum of History, Vote 1b

Department of Canadian Heritage, Votes 1b and 5b

Library and Archives of Canada, Vote 1b

National Capital Commission, Vote 5b

National Film Board, Vote 1b

National Museum of Science and Technology, Vote 1b

Telefilm Canada, Vote 1b

(4) To the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Votes 1b and 5b

(5) To the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Vote 1b

Department of the Environment, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

Parks Canada Agency, Vote 1b

(6) To the Standing Committee on Finance

Canada Revenue Agency, Vote 1b

Department of Finance, Vote 1b

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, Vote 1b

(7) To the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

(8) To the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

(9) To the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates

Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board, Vote 1b

Privy Council Office, Vote 1b

Public Service Commission, Vote 1b

Shared Services Canada, Votes 1b and 5b

Treasury Board Secretariat, Votes 1b, 15b and 20b

(10) To the Standing Committee on Health

Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vote 1b

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Votes 1b and 5b

Department of Health, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

Public Health Agency of Canada, Votes 1b and 10b

(11) To the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Vote 1b

Department of Employment and Social Development, Votes 1b and 5b

(12) To the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs

Canadian High Arctic Research Station, Vote 1b

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Votes 1b, 7b, 9b and 10b

(13) To the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Vote 5b

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Votes 1b and 5b

Canadian Space Agency, Votes 1b and 5b

Department of Industry, Votes 1b and 10b

Department of Western Economic Diversification, Vote 5b

Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Vote 5b

National Research Council of Canada, Vote 10b

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Votes 1b and 5b

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Vote 1b

Standards Council of Canada, Vote 1b

Statistics Canada, Vote 1b

(14) To the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada, Vote 1b

Courts Administration Service, Vote 1b

Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, Vote 5b

Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada, Vote 1b

(15) To the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament

Library of Parliament, Vote 1b

(16) To the Standing Committee on National Defence

Communications Security Establishment, Vote 1b

Department of National Defence, Votes 1b and 5b

Military Grievances External Review Committee, Vote 1b

(17) To the Standing Committee on Natural Resources

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Vote 1b

Department of Natural Resources, Votes 1b and 10b

National Energy Board, Vote 1b

(18) To the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

House of Commons, Vote 1b

Parliamentary Protective Service, Vote 1b

(19) To the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Canada Border Services Agency, Votes 1b and 5b

Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Vote 1b

Correctional Service of Canada, Vote 1b

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Votes 1b and 5b

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee, Vote 1b

Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, Vote 3b

(20) To the Standing Committee on the Status of Women

Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women, Vote 1b

(21) To the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Vote 1b

Department of Transport, Votes 1b, 5b, 15b and 20b

Marine Atlantic Inc., Vote 1b

Office of Infrastructure of Canada, Votes 1b and 5b

Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, Vote 1b

(22) To the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs, Votes 1b and 5b

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Oliphant (Don Valley West), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (M-39, Immigration to Atlantic Canada - Request for extension). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-278.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 74) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 13th Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

— by , one concerning a national child care program (No. 421-01752).

Government Orders

Ways and Means

The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures. (Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-17), notice of which was laid upon the Table on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 17)

Ms. Monsef (Minister of Status of Women) for Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of International Development and La Francophonie), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 378 -- Vote n^o 378)
YEAS: 161, NAYS: 111
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Badawey Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter 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 Harvey Holland Housefather Hussen Iacono Joly Jordan Jowhari Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) 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 Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Sajjan Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Vandal Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Young Zahid Total: -- 161
NAYS -- CONTRE Albas Albrecht Anderson Angus Arnold Aubin Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boulerice Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Chong Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cullen Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Dubé Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk Fast Finley Gallant Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hoback Jeneroux Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Nantel Nater Nicholson Paul-Hus Pauzé Poilievre Quach Ramsey Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Sansoucy Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 111
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Freeland Thériault Total: -- 2

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates without amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1 to 4.

Group No. 1

Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mrs. Boucher (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 1.

Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mrs. Boucher (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mrs. Boucher (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mrs. Boucher (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

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.

Presenting Petitions

By unanimous consent, a petition was presented as follows:

— by , one concerning discrimination (No. 421-01753).

Government Orders

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs without amendment.

Ms. Bennett (Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs), seconded by Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Veterans Affairs), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Ms. Bennett (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs), seconded by Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Veterans Affairs), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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 Mrs. Boucher (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-343, An Act to establish the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Criminal Acts and to amend certain Acts, 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 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 — Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons for June 8, 2017, pursuant to Standing Order 148(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-21.

— by — Report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board for the year ended December 31, 2016, pursuant to the Patent Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-4, sbs. 89(4) and 100(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-564-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Report of the Chief Public Health Officer on the State of Public Health in Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Public Health Agency of Canada Act, S.C. 2006, c. 5, sbs. 12(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1003-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:21 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 6:46 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).