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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), Mr. Lametti (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade) 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 Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning AIDS (No. 421-00141) and one concerning immigration (No. 421-00142);
— by Mr. Sweet (Flamborough—Glanbrook), 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 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.”;

And of 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 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 no 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

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 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.

Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), seconded by Ms. Jolibois (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River), 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 Ms. McKenna (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — 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 Ms. Qualtrough (Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities) — 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 Mr. Fraser (West Nova), 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).