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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 37 Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Copy of the World Trade Organization Ministerial Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated December 16, 2015. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-421-9.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Finnigan (Miramichi—Grand Lake), from the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2016-17 — Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Agriculture and Agri-Food, Vote 1 under Canadian Dairy Commission, and Vote 1 under Canadian Grain Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-23.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 6) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding the provisions of any Standing Order, for the remainder of 2016, when a recorded division is to be held on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, except recorded divisions deferred to the conclusion of Oral Questions, the bells to call in the Members shall be sounded for not more than thirty minutes.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning AIDS (No. 421-00141) and one concerning immigration (No. 421-00142);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-00143).

application for emergency debate

Pursuant to Standing Order 52, Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) asked leave to move the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, the suicide crisis in numerous indigenous communities.

The Speaker decided that the matter was proper to be discussed and, pursuant to Standing Order 52(9), directed that it be considered later today, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.

WAYS AND MEANS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. LeBlanc (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; (Ways and Means No. 2)

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House not approve the budgetary policy of the government as it:

(a) includes a deficit of at least $29.4 billion;

(b) contains wasteful spending;

(d) will fail to boost economic growth or create jobs; and

(e) betrays the middle class by raising taxes on families, individuals and small businesses.”;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by deleting all the words after the words “as it” and substituting the following:

“chooses to keep tax loopholes for CEOs and giveaways to profitable corporations over providing immediate help to struggling Canadians, fails to honour the government’s promises to invest in health care, seniors, youth, and First Nations children, does not meaningfully improve access to Employment Insurance or close the black hole for seasonal workers, and lacks transparency; and is of the opinion that the Minister of Finance should amend his budgetary policy so that it actually delivers on the government’s promises, and addresses income inequality in this country.”.

The debate continued.

At 1:59 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, April 11, 2016, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

Pursuant to Order made Monday, April 11, 2016, the question was deemed put on the subamendment and, the recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until 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

Ways and Means

Pursuant to Order made Monday, April 11, 2016, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. LeBlanc (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; (Ways and Means No. 2)
And of the amendment of Ms. Ambrose (Sturgeon River—Parkland), seconded by Ms. Raitt (Milton), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:
“this House not approve the budgetary policy of the government as it:
(a) includes a deficit of at least $29.4 billion;
(b) contains wasteful spending;
(c) has no plan to balance the books;
(d) will fail to boost economic growth or create jobs; and
(e) betrays the middle class by raising taxes on families, individuals and small businesses.”.
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the subamendment of Mr. Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga), — That the amendment be amended by deleting all the words after the words “as it” and substituting the following:
“chooses to keep tax loopholes for CEOs and giveaways to profitable corporations over providing immediate help to struggling Canadians, fails to honour the government’s promises to invest in health care, seniors, youth, and First Nations children, does not meaningfully improve access to Employment Insurance or close the black hole for seasonal workers, and lacks transparency; and is of the opinion that the Minister of Finance should amend his budgetary policy so that it actually delivers on the government’s promises, and addresses income inequality in this country.”.
The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 34 -- Vote n^o 34)
YEAS: 53, NAYS: 272
YEAS -- POUR Angus Ashton Aubin Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Blaikie Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brosseau Cannings Caron Choquette Christopherson Cullen Davies Donnelly Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Fortin Garrison Gill Hardcastle Johns Jolibois Julian Kwan Laverdière MacGregor Malcolmson Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Moore Mulcair Nantel Pauzé Plamondon Quach Ramsey Rankin Saganash Sansoucy Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Thériault Trudel Weir Total: -- 53
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Ambrose Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Arnold Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Baylis Beech Bennett Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blair Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boissonnault Bossio Boucher Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Chong Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Fillmore Finley Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Foote Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gladu Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Harder Hardie Harper Harvey Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Jeneroux Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kang Kelly Kenney Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Lake Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Lebel LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCallum McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Murray Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan O'Toole Ouellette Paradis Paul-Hus Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Qualtrough Raitt Ratansi Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Rioux Ritz Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Sajjan Sangha Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trost Trudeau Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wong Wrzesnewskyj Young Yurdiga Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 272
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

WAYS AND MEANS

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House not approve the budgetary policy of the government as it:

(a) includes a deficit of at least $29.4 billion;

(b) contains wasteful spending;

(d) will fail to boost economic growth or create jobs; and

(e) betrays the middle class by raising taxes on families, individuals and small businesses.”.

The debate continued.

At 5:40 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, April 11, 2016, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

Pursuant to Order made Monday, April 11, 2016, the question was deemed put on the amendment, and the recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:40 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), 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 Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers).

Ms. Trudel (Jonquière), seconded by Mr. Weir (Regina—Lewvan), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

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.

Emergency Debate

Pursuant to Standing Order 52(10), the House proceeded to the consideration of a motion to adjourn the House for the purpose of discussing an important matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, the suicide crisis in numerous indigenous communities.

, seconded by , moved, — That this House do now adjourn.

Debate arose thereon.

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 — Report on the operations under the Canada Water Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Canada Water Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-11, s. 38. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-363-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2016-2017 of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, pursuant to the Physical Activity and Sport Act, S.C. 2003, c. 2, sbs. 32(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-421-864-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

Petitions Filed with the Acting Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 421-00144) and one concerning the electoral system (No. 421-00145).

Adjournment

At midnight, the Speaker adjourned the House until later today at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).