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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 219 Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (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:

— Nos. 412-5356 to 412-5358 concerning firearms. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-120-09;

— Nos. 412-5363, 412-5375, 412-5376, 412-5388, 412-5399, 412-5440, 412-5447, 412-5464, 412-5468, 412-5482, 412-5485, 412-5503, 412-5504, 412-5508, 412-5526 and 412-5527 concerning security information. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-157-04;

— Nos. 412-5389 and 412-5439 concerning the electoral system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-12-25.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas concerning its participation at the 35th Meeting of the Board of Directors and the 11th Plenary Assembly, held in Santiago, Chile, from September 24 to 27, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-74-11.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas respecting its participation at the Parliamentary gathering on the occasion of the seventh Summit of the Americas: Legislative Transparency and at the 36th meeting of the Board of Directors, held in Panama City, Panama, on April 10 and 11, 2015. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-74-12.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Brown (Leeds—Grenville), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (Bill C-597, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), with an amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-248.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 38, 40, 41 and 48) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), Bill C-682, An Act to amend the Department of Industry Act (small businesses), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , three concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 412-5778 to 412-5780);

— by , eight concerning health care services (Nos. 412-5781 to 412-5788);

— by , one concerning the Senate (No. 412-5789);

— by , one concerning telecommunications (No. 412-5790);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 412-5791);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5792);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5793);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 412-5794);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5795);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5796);

— by , one concerning the Canada Pension Plan (No. 412-5797);

— by , one concerning foreign aid (No. 412-5798).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Shea (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), — That Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Moore (Minister of Industry), moved, — That, in relation to Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to consideration at the report stage and second reading stage of the Bill and one sitting day shall be allotted to consideration at the third 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 the report stage and second reading stage of the said Bill and on the day allotted to consideration at the third 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 stage of the Bill then under consideration 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. 409 -- Vote n^o 409)
YEAS: 137, NAYS: 98
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Ambler Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Barlow Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Eglinski Falk Fantino Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goldring Gosal Grewal Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hillyer Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Leef Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Perkins Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Saxton Schellenberger Seeback Shea Shipley Shory Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Strahl Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Truppe Uppal Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 137
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Atamanenko Aubin Bélanger Bellavance Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Caron Cash Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Christopherson Cleary Côté Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Easter Eyking Freeman Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Gravelle Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Jones Julian Kellway Lamoureux Lapointe Latendresse LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Mourani Nantel Nicholls Nunez-Melo Papillon Péclet Pilon Quach Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Saganash Scarpaleggia Scott Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Toone Tremblay Valeriote Vaughan Total: -- 98
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Ways and Means

Ms. Rempel (Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)) laid upon the Table, — Notice of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act. (Ways and Means No. 23) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-412-24.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Ms. Rempel (Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of this Ways and Means motion.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

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.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill S-7, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act and the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration without amendment.

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

Group No. 1 — Motions No. 1 to 17.

Group No. 1

Ms. Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds—Dollard), seconded by Ms. Sitsabaiesan (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting the long title.

Ms. Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds—Dollard), seconded by Ms. Sitsabaiesan (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting the short title.

Ms. Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds—Dollard), seconded by Ms. Sitsabaiesan (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 5, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 6, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 7, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Ms. Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds—Dollard), seconded by Ms. Sitsabaiesan (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved Motion No. 8, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 9, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Ms. Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds—Dollard), seconded by Ms. Sitsabaiesan (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved Motion No. 10, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 11, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 12, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 11.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 13, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 12.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 14, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 15, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 14.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 16, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 15.

Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), moved Motion No. 17, — That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 16.

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Komarnicki (Souris—Moose Mountain), seconded by Mr. Payne (Medicine Hat), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, all Members of Parliament should be allowed to vote freely on all matters of conscience. (Private Members' Business M-590)

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 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 — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2015-2016 of the Standards Council of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-412-820-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan and the Operating and Capital Budget for 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 of the Business Development Bank of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-412-833-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, "Renewal of the Labour Market Development Agreements (LMDA)" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-171), presented to the House on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-412-171.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning tobacco (No. 412-5799).

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 6:50 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).