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45th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 72

Thursday, December 11, 2025

10:00 a.m.



Prayer
Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), the Honourable Maninder Sidhu (Minister of International Trade) laid before the House, — Document entitled "Economic Impact Assessment of a Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-451-13.


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

— No. 451-00210 concerning justice;

— Nos. 451-00211 and 451-00212 concerning public safety.


Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of the Honourable Maninder Sidhu (Minister of International Trade), seconded by the Honourable Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia, 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))
Her 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 implement the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Canada and Indonesia”.


Presenting Reports from Committees

The Honourable Ahmed Hussen (York South—Weston—Etobicoke), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the fourth report of the committee, "Haiti's Multi Faceted Crisis and Canada's Response". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-451-64.

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. 2, 7, 9, 10, 15 and 17) was tabled.


The Honourable Ahmed Hussen (York South—Weston—Etobicoke), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the fifth report of the committee, "Attacks on Christians and Wider Violence in Nigeria". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-451-65.

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

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 17) was tabled.


First Reading of Senate Public Bills

Pursuant to Standing Order 69(2), on motion of Michael Coteau (Scarborough—Woburn), seconded by the Honourable Ahmed Hussen (York South—Weston—Etobicoke), Bill S-201, An Act respecting a national framework on sickle cell disease, 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 the Honourable Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke), one concerning the environment (No. 451-00387);

— by Dan Mazier (Riding Mountain), one concerning justice (No. 451-00388);

— by Gabriel Hardy (Montmorency—Charlevoix), one concerning fisheries (No. 451-00389);

— by Sandra Cobena (Newmarket—Aurora), one concerning economics and finance (No. 451-00390);

— by Sukhman Gill (Abbotsford—South Langley), one concerning justice (No. 451-00391) and one concerning public safety (No. 451-00392).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-12, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures, as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 51).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola), seconded by Mel Arnold (Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting the short title.

Motion No. 2 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 28.

Motion No. 3 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 29.

Motion No. 4 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 30.

Motion No. 5 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 31.

Motion No. 6 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 32.

Motion No. 7 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 33.

Motion No. 8 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 34.

Motion No. 9 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 35.

Motion No. 10 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 36.

Motion No. 11 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 37.

Motion No. 12 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 38.

Motion No. 13 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 39.

Motion No. 14 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 40.

Motion No. 15 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 41.

Motion No. 16 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 42.

Motion No. 17 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 43.

Motion No. 18 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 44.

Motion No. 19 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 45.

Motion No. 20 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 46.

Motion No. 21 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 47.

Motion No. 22 of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by the Honourable Randeep Sarai (Secretary of State (International Development)), — That Bill C-12, in Clause 47, be amended by

(a) replacing lines 4 to 8 on page 23 with the following:

(a) in the case where the person has voluntarily returned to the country in respect of which they claimed refugee protection and the Refugee Protection Division has not yet made a decision in respect of the claim, must determine that the claim has been abandoned; and

(b) in any other case, must not commence, or must suspend, consideration of the claim.

(b) replacing lines 12 to 17 on page 23 with the following:

(a) in the case where the person has made the appeal and has voluntarily returned to the country in respect of which they claimed refugee protection and the Refugee Appeal Division has not yet made a decision in respect of the appeal, must determine that the appeal has been abandoned; and

(b) in any other case, must not commence, or must suspend, consideration of the appeal, other than an appeal by the Minister.

Motion No. 23 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 48.

Motion No. 24 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 49.

Motion No. 25 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 50.

Motion No. 26 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 51.

Motion No. 27 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 52.

Motion No. 28 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 53.

Motion No. 29 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 54.

Motion No. 30 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 55.

Motion No. 31 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 56.

Motion No. 32 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 57.

Motion No. 33 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 58.

Motion No. 34 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 59.

Motion No. 35 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 60.

Motion No. 36 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 61.

Motion No. 37 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 62.

Motion No. 38 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 63.

Motion No. 39 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 64.

Motion No. 40 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 65.

Motion No. 41 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 66.

Motion No. 42 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 67.

Motion No. 43 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 68.

Motion No. 44 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 69.

Motion No. 45 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 70.

Motion No. 46 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 71.

Motion No. 47 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 72.

Motion No. 48 of the Honourable Michelle Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), seconded by Mel Arnold (Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies), — That Bill C-12, in Clause 72, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 32 with the following:

“permanent resident status or to grant or extend study permits or work permits.”

Motion No. 49 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 73.

Motion No. 50 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 74.

Motion No. 51 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 75.

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motions Nos. 3 to 21, 23 to 47 and 49 to 51, was deferred.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded divisions were further deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Interruption

At 11:58 a.m., by unanimous consent, the sitting was suspended.

At 1:58 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Royal Assent

A message was received informing the Commons that on December 10, 2025, at 5:04 p.m., Her Excellency the Governor General signified royal assent by written declaration to the following bill:

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 Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C-12, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures, as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola), seconded by Mel Arnold (Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting the short title.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 56 -- Vote no 56)
YEAS: 147, NAYS: 188

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Allison
Anderson
Anstey
Arnold
Au
Baber
Bailey
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Bélanger (Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt)
Berthold
Bexte
Bezan
Block
Bonk
Borrelli
Boulerice
Brassard
Brock
Calkins
Caputo
Chambers
Chong
Cobena
Cody
Cooper
Dalton
Dancho
Davidson
Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)
Davies (Niagara South)
Dawson
Deltell

DeRidder
Diotte
Doherty
Dowdall
Duncan
Epp
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake)
Falk (Provencher)
Gallant
Gazan
Généreux
Genuis
Gill (Calgary Skyview)
Gill (Brampton West)
Gill (Calgary McKnight)
Gill (Windsor West)
Gill (Abbotsford—South Langley)
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gourde
Groleau
Guglielmin
Gunn
Hallan
Hardy
Ho
Hoback
Holman
Idlout
Jackson
Jansen
Jivani
Johns
Kelly
Khanna
Kibble

Kirkland
Kmiec
Konanz
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kronis
Kuruc
Kusie
Kwan
Lake
Lantsman
Lawrence
Lawton
Lefebvre
Leslie
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Lloyd
Lobb
Ma
Mahal
Majumdar
Malette (Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk)
Mantle
Martel
May
Mazier
McCauley
McKenzie
McLean (Calgary Centre)
McPherson
Melillo
Menegakis
Moore
Morin
Morrison
Motz

Muys
Nater
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Poilievre
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Reynolds
Richards
Roberts
Rood
Ross
Rowe
Ruff
Scheer
Schmale
Seeback
Shipley
Small
Steinley
Stevenson
Strahl
Strauss
Thomas
Tochor
Tolmie
Uppal
Van Popta
Vien
Viersen
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Zimmer

Total: -- 147

NAYS -- CONTRE

Acan
Al Soud
Ali
Alty
Anand
Anandasangaree
Auguste
Bains
Baker
Bardeesy
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Belanger (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River)
Bendayan
Bittle
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Blois
Bonin
Brière
Brunelle-Duceppe
Carney
Carr
Casey
Chagger
Champagne
Champoux
Chang
Chartrand
Chatel
Chen
Chenette
Chi
Church
Clark
Connors
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dandurand
Danko
DeBellefeuille
d'Entremont
Deschênes

Deschênes-Thériault
Desrochers
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Duclos
Duguid
Dzerowicz
Earle
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Eyolfson
Fancy
Fanjoy
Fergus
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Fuhr
Gaheer
Gainey
Garon
Gasparro
Gaudreau
Gerretsen
Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan)
Gould
Grant
Greaves
Guay
Guilbeault
Gull-Masty
Hajdu
Hanley
Harrison
Hepfner
Hirtle
Hodgson
Hogan
Housefather
Hussen
Iacono

Jaczek
Joly
Joseph
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Khalid
Klassen
Koutrakis
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles)
Lapointe (Sudbury)
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lavack
Lavoie
LeBlanc
Leitão
Lemire
Lightbound
Long
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacDonald (Cardigan)
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Malette (Bay of Quinte)
Maloney
McGuinty
McKelvie
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McKnight
McLean (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke)
Ménard
Mendès
Michel
Miedema
Miller
Mingarelli
Morrissey
Myles
Naqvi
Nathan
Nguyen
Noormohamed
Normandin

Ntumba
Oliphant
Olszewski
O'Rourke
Osborne
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Powlowski
Provost
Ramsay
Rana
Robertson
Rochefort
Romanado
Royer
Sahota
Saini
Sarai
Sari
Sawatzky
Schiefke
Sgro
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Sodhi
Solomon
Sousa
Ste-Marie
St-Pierre
Sudds
Tesser Derksen
Thompson
Turnbull
Valdez
van Koeverden
Vandenbeld
Villeneuve
Watchorn
Weiler
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zerucelli
Zuberi

Total: -- 188

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 28.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 57 -- Vote no 57)
YEAS: 8, NAYS: 327

YEAS -- POUR

Boulerice
Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)

Gazan
Idlout

Johns
Kwan

May
McPherson

Total: -- 8

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aboultaif
Acan
Aitchison
Al Soud
Albas
Ali
Allison
Alty
Anand
Anandasangaree
Anderson
Anstey
Arnold
Au
Auguste
Baber
Bailey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Bardeesy
Barlow
Barrett
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Belanger (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River)
Bélanger (Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt)
Bendayan
Berthold
Bexte
Bezan
Bittle
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Block
Blois
Bonin
Bonk
Borrelli
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Caputo
Carney
Carr
Casey
Chagger
Chambers
Champagne
Champoux
Chang
Chartrand
Chatel
Chen
Chenette
Chi
Chong
Church
Clark
Cobena
Cody
Connors
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Dancho
Dandurand
Danko
Davidson
Davies (Niagara South)
Dawson
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont
DeRidder

Deschênes
Deschênes-Thériault
Desrochers
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Diotte
Doherty
Dowdall
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan
Dzerowicz
Earle
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Epp
Eyolfson
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake)
Falk (Provencher)
Fancy
Fanjoy
Fergus
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Fuhr
Gaheer
Gainey
Gallant
Garon
Gasparro
Gaudreau
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill (Calgary Skyview)
Gill (Brampton West)
Gill (Calgary McKnight)
Gill (Windsor West)
Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan)
Gill (Abbotsford—South Langley)
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Grant
Greaves
Groleau
Guay
Guglielmin
Guilbeault
Gull-Masty
Gunn
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardy
Harrison
Hepfner
Hirtle
Ho
Hoback
Hodgson
Hogan
Holman
Housefather
Hussen
Iacono
Jackson
Jaczek
Jansen
Jivani
Joly
Joseph
Kayabaga

Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khanna
Kibble
Kirkland
Klassen
Kmiec
Konanz
Koutrakis
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kronis
Kuruc
Kusie
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles)
Lapointe (Sudbury)
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lavack
Lavoie
Lawrence
Lawton
LeBlanc
Lefebvre
Leitão
Lemire
Leslie
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
Ma
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacDonald (Cardigan)
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Mahal
Majumdar
Malette (Bay of Quinte)
Malette (Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk)
Maloney
Mantle
Martel
Mazier
McCauley
McGuinty
McKelvie
McKenzie
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McKnight
McLean (Calgary Centre)
McLean (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke)
Melillo
Ménard
Mendès
Menegakis
Michel
Miedema
Miller
Mingarelli
Moore
Morin
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Muys
Myles
Naqvi
Nater
Nathan
Nguyen
Noormohamed
Normandin

Ntumba
Oliphant
Olszewski
O'Rourke
Osborne
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Poilievre
Powlowski
Provost
Ramsay
Rana
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Reynolds
Richards
Roberts
Robertson
Rochefort
Romanado
Rood
Ross
Rowe
Royer
Ruff
Sahota
Saini
Sarai
Sari
Sawatzky
Scheer
Schiefke
Schmale
Seeback
Sgro
Sheehan
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Small
Sodhi
Solomon
Sousa
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stevenson
St-Pierre
Strahl
Strauss
Sudds
Tesser Derksen
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandenbeld
Vien
Viersen
Villeneuve
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Watchorn
Waugh
Weiler
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zerucelli
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 327

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 3 to 21, 23 to 47 and 49 to 51 were also negatived on the same division.

Motion No. 2 having been negatived, the House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 22 of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by the Honourable Randeep Sarai (Secretary of State (International Development)), — That Bill C-12, in Clause 47, be amended by

(a) replacing lines 4 to 8 on page 23 with the following:

(a) in the case where the person has voluntarily returned to the country in respect of which they claimed refugee protection and the Refugee Protection Division has not yet made a decision in respect of the claim, must determine that the claim has been abandoned; and

(b) in any other case, must not commence, or must suspend, consideration of the claim.

(b) replacing lines 12 to 17 on page 23 with the following:

(a) in the case where the person has made the appeal and has voluntarily returned to the country in respect of which they claimed refugee protection and the Refugee Appeal Division has not yet made a decision in respect of the appeal, must determine that the appeal has been abandoned; and

(b) in any other case, must not commence, or must suspend, consideration of the appeal, other than an appeal by the Minister.

The question was put on Motion No. 22 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 58 -- Vote no 58)
YEAS: 327, NAYS: 8

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Acan
Aitchison
Al Soud
Albas
Ali
Allison
Alty
Anand
Anandasangaree
Anderson
Anstey
Arnold
Au
Auguste
Baber
Bailey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Bardeesy
Barlow
Barrett
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Belanger (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River)
Bélanger (Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt)
Bendayan
Berthold
Bexte
Bezan
Bittle
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Block
Blois
Bonin
Bonk
Borrelli
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Caputo
Carney
Carr
Casey
Chagger
Chambers
Champagne
Champoux
Chang
Chartrand
Chatel
Chen
Chenette
Chi
Chong
Church
Clark
Cobena
Cody
Connors
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Dancho
Dandurand
Danko
Davidson
Davies (Niagara South)
Dawson
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont
DeRidder

Deschênes
Deschênes-Thériault
Desrochers
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Diotte
Doherty
Dowdall
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan
Dzerowicz
Earle
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Epp
Eyolfson
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake)
Falk (Provencher)
Fancy
Fanjoy
Fergus
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Fuhr
Gaheer
Gainey
Gallant
Garon
Gasparro
Gaudreau
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill (Calgary Skyview)
Gill (Brampton West)
Gill (Calgary McKnight)
Gill (Windsor West)
Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan)
Gill (Abbotsford—South Langley)
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Grant
Greaves
Groleau
Guay
Guglielmin
Guilbeault
Gull-Masty
Gunn
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardy
Harrison
Hepfner
Hirtle
Ho
Hoback
Hodgson
Hogan
Holman
Housefather
Hussen
Iacono
Jackson
Jaczek
Jansen
Jivani
Joly
Joseph
Kayabaga

Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khanna
Kibble
Kirkland
Klassen
Kmiec
Konanz
Koutrakis
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kronis
Kuruc
Kusie
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles)
Lapointe (Sudbury)
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lavack
Lavoie
Lawrence
Lawton
LeBlanc
Lefebvre
Leitão
Lemire
Leslie
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
Ma
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacDonald (Cardigan)
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Mahal
Majumdar
Malette (Bay of Quinte)
Malette (Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk)
Maloney
Mantle
Martel
Mazier
McCauley
McGuinty
McKelvie
McKenzie
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McKnight
McLean (Calgary Centre)
McLean (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke)
Melillo
Ménard
Mendès
Menegakis
Michel
Miedema
Miller
Mingarelli
Moore
Morin
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Muys
Myles
Naqvi
Nater
Nathan
Nguyen
Noormohamed
Normandin

Ntumba
Oliphant
Olszewski
O'Rourke
Osborne
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Poilievre
Powlowski
Provost
Ramsay
Rana
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Reynolds
Richards
Roberts
Robertson
Rochefort
Romanado
Rood
Ross
Rowe
Royer
Ruff
Sahota
Saini
Sarai
Sari
Sawatzky
Scheer
Schiefke
Schmale
Seeback
Sgro
Sheehan
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Small
Sodhi
Solomon
Sousa
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stevenson
St-Pierre
Strahl
Strauss
Sudds
Tesser Derksen
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandenbeld
Vien
Viersen
Villeneuve
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Watchorn
Waugh
Weiler
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zerucelli
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 327

NAYS -- CONTRE

Boulerice
Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)

Gazan
Idlout

Johns
Kwan

May
McPherson

Total: -- 8

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

Motion No. 2 having been negatived, the House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 48 of the Honourable Michelle Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), seconded by Mel Arnold (Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies), — That Bill C-12, in Clause 72, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 32 with the following:

“permanent resident status or to grant or extend study permits or work permits.”

The question was put on Motion No. 48 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 59 -- Vote no 59)
YEAS: 327, NAYS: 8
(See list under Division No. 58)

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by the Honourable Jill McKnight (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence), moved, — That the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

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

Accordingly, the bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage with further amendments and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House:

(a) Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, be deemed read a third time and passed on division, and that the opposition of the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands be noted;
(b) Bill C-13, An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, be deemed read a second time on division and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade;
(c) Bill C-12, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures, be deemed read a third time and passed on division, and that the opposition of the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands be noted;
(d) following the adoption of this order, the House shall proceed immediately to the consideration of Private Members’ Business, and during that time, no quorum calls, dilatory motions, or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair;
(e) no proceedings pursuant to Standing Order 38 be taken up today; and
(f) when the House adjourns later this day, it shall stand adjourned until Monday, January 26, 2026, provided that, for the purpose of Standing Order 28, it shall be deemed to have sat on Friday, December 12, 2025.
Private Members' Business

At 3:50 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ziad Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning), seconded by the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton—Dieppe), — That Bill C-234, An Act respecting the establishment and award of a Living Donor Recognition Medal, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-234, An Act respecting the establishment and award of a Living Donor Recognition Medal, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

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 before the House as follows:

— by the Speaker — Note from the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the Canada Disability Benefit Supplemental Payment for Disability Tax Credit Certifications, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1119-37. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by the Honourable Steven MacKinnon (Minister of Transport) — Interim Order No. 3 Prohibiting the Carrying of Certain Oils on Board Vessels in Arctic Waters, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26, sbs. 10.1(7). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1223-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by the Honourable Judy A. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 451-00393);

— by Chak Au (Richmond Centre—Marpole), one concerning justice (No. 451-00394).

Adjournment

At 4:18 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today, the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday, January 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Orders 28(2) and 24(1).