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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 215 Friday, June 16, 2023 10:00 a.m.

The acting clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker.

Whereupon, Mr. d'Entremont (West Nova), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole, took the chair, pursuant to subsection 43(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act.

Prayer

Government Orders

The order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Deputy Speaker selected for debate Motion No. 1.

Mr. Vis (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon), seconded by Mr. Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-42 be amended by deleting the long title.

Debate arose on Motion 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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, ways and means Motion No. 17, notice of which was tabled on June 9, 2023, be deemed concurred in, and a bill based thereon standing on the Order Paper in the name of the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, entitled "An Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts", be deemed to have been introduced and read a first time, deemed read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) laid upon the table, — Document entitled "Proposals to correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies, out-dated terminology and errors and to deal with other matters of a noncontroversial and uncomplicated nature in the Statutes and Regulations of Canada and to repeal certain provisions that have expired, lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect''. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-441-35.

Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) for Mr. Miller (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations) laid upon the table, — Notice of a ways and means motion to introduce an Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, to give effect to treaties with those governments and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. (Ways and Means No. 18) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-18.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), an order of the day was designated for the consideration of this ways and means motion.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) laid upon the table, — Documents concerning Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreements with the Métis Nation of Ontario, the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan and the Métis Nation of Alberta. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-441-36.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (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. 441-01411, 441-01412, 441-01415, 441-01419, 441-01420, 441-01421, 441-01422 and 441-01423 concerning justice;

— No. 441-01413 concerning citizenship and immigration;

— No. 441-01414 concerning civil and human rights;

— Nos. 441-01416 and 441-01418 concerning the environment;

— No. 441-01417 concerning foreign affairs;

— No. 441-01424 concerning consumer protection.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Zuberi (Pierrefonds—Dollard), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the 19th report of the committee, "The Human Rights Situation of Tibetans and the Chinese Residential Boarding School and Preschool System". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-301.

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. 71) was tabled.

Mr. Ehsassi (Willowdale), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the 20th report of the committee, "Canada’s Approach to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-302.

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. 43, 51 to 54, 56 and 67) was tabled.

Mrs. Atwin (Fredericton), from the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, presented the ninth report of the committee, "Reclaiming, Revitalizing, Maintaining and Strengthening Indigenous Languages in Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-303.

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. 46 to 49, 59, 68 and 69) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Vis (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon), one concerning business and trade (No. 441-01562) and one concerning culture and heritage (No. 441-01563);

— by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), one concerning the environment (No. 441-01564);

— by Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona), one concerning business and trade (No. 441-01565) and one concerning the environment (No. 441-01566);

— by Mr. Kelloway (Cape Breton—Canso), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-01567);

— by Mr. Kram (Regina—Wascana), two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-01568 and 441-01569);

— by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), one concerning transportation (No. 441-01570).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-1471, Q-1475 and Q-1481 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return:

Q-1470 — — With regard to government funding allocated within the constituency of Winnipeg Centre for fiscal year 2022-23: what is the total funding amount broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) initiative, (iii) amount? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1470.

Q-1472 — — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Challenger aircraft, since February 1, 2023: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1472.

Q-1473 — — With regard to the Prime Minister's trip to New York in April 2023 for the Global Citizen summit: (a) what hotel did the Prime Minister stay at; (b) what was the paid room rate for the Prime Minister’s hotel room; (c) between April 25 and 29, 2023, what was the total amount spent on accommodations in the New York City area for the Canadian delegation or any other Canadian government official, including diplomats; (d) what are the details of all hotel accommodations in or around New York City that were paid for by either Global Affairs Canada, the Privy Council Office, or the Office of the Prime Minister between April 25 and 29, 2023, including, for each location where expenditures were made, the (i) name of the hotel, (ii) number of rooms for each night, (iii) room rate, (iv) total amount paid by the government? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1473.

Q-1474 — — With regard to usage of the government's Airbus CC-150 Polaris aircraft, since February 1, 2023: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1474.

Q-1476 — — With regard to government grants and contributions since January 1, 2016, broken down by fiscal year: what is the total amount of government grants and program contributions given to any telecommunications company, broken down by (i) date, (ii) company, (iii) program, (iv) project description, (v) amount requested, (vi) amount received? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1476.

Q-1477 — — With regard to disability benefit applications received by Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) since January 1, 2016: (a) how many applications were received, broken down by medical condition; (b) for each medical condition for which applications were received, how many were (i) received, (ii) accepted, (iii) denied; and (c) how many instances have occurred where veterans who were medically released from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), had their VAC disability benefit application denied for the same condition from which they were released from the CAF? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1477.

Q-1478 — — With regard to housing units owned by the Department of National Defence (DND): (a) how many housing units does DND own, broken down by location; and (b) how many and what percentage of the units in (a) are (i) occupied, (ii) vacant? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1478.

Q-1479 — — With regard to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s auction of the 3,500 megahertz band of wireless spectrum, conducted on July 29, 2021: (a) for each of the wireless spectrum licences auctioned off, which entity (i) originally purchased the license at the auction, (ii) currently owns the licence; and (b) for each instance where the current owner is different than the original owner, what are the details of the transfer, including the (i) previous owner, (ii) new owner, (iii) license and description of what was transferred, (iv) date of the transaction, (v) date of the ministerial approval? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1479.

Q-1480 — — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, between January 1, 2020 and May 1, 2023: how much funding did Business Improvement Areas located within the City of Niagara Falls, the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Town of Fort Erie receive each year, broken down by each individual Business Improvement Area? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1480.

Q-1482 — — With regard to Health Canada’s website currently titled “Report a side effect to a vaccine: Consumers”: (a) why was the website changed in December 2020 to prevent consumers from reporting vaccine injuries directly to Health Canada; (b) why did the website change back on February 28, 2023 to allow consumers to resume reporting vaccine injuries to Health Canada; (c) who authorized the changes in (a) and (b); (d) how and on what dates were (i) health care providers, (ii) the general public, (iii) provincial and territorial health ministers, (iv) provincial and territorial immunization authorities, (v) regulatory bodies, (vi) local health authorities notified of each of these changes; (e) for each notification in (d) did it mention a legal obligation to report adverse reactions; (f) what efforts did Health Canada take to inform vaccine recipients of their ability to report adverse reactions through the website; and (g) what were the expenditures incurred by the government promoting the efforts in (f), broken down by type of expense? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1482.

Q-1483 — — With regard to instances, since November 4, 2015, where the government awarded a grant or contribution to a for-profit corporation that has since went out of business or ceased operations: (a) how many such instances have occurred with respect to a grant or contribution valued over $10,000; and (b) what are the details of such instances, including, for each, the (i) recipient, (ii) date the grant or contribution was awarded, (iii) type of grant or contribution (grant, non-repayable loan, etc.), (iv) purpose of the grant or the contribution, (v) announced value, (vi) amount paid out, (vii) amount recovered by the government, if applicable, (viii) summary of what happened to the company, if known, (ix) date the company went out of business or ceased operations, (x) location of the company headquarters? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1483.

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Ms. Khera (Minister of Seniors), seconded by Mr. Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), moved, — That, in relation to Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the bill and five hours shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said bill; and

That, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at report stage and at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at 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. 383 -- Vote n^o 383)
YEAS: 172, NAYS: 135
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Ali Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Brière Cannings Casey Chagger Chahal Champagne Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Davies Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Garrison Gazan Gerretsen Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hanley Hardie Hepfner Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Johns Joly Jones Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Mendès Mendicino Miao Miller Morrissey Murray Ng Noormohamed O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Singh Sorbara Sousa St-Onge Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thompson Trudeau Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Virani Weiler Wilkinson Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 172
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Berthold Bérubé Bezan Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Caputo Carrie Chabot Chambers Champoux Chong Cooper Dancho Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell Desbiens Desilets Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Fast Ferreri Findlay Fortin Gallant Garon Gaudreau Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hallan Jeneroux Kelly Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Lantsman Larouche Lawrence Lehoux Lemire Lewis (Essex) Lloyd Lobb Maguire Martel May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Michaud Moore Morantz Morrice Morrison Motz Muys Nater Normandin O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perkins Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Small Soroka Steinley Ste-Marie Strahl Stubbs Therrien Thomas Tochor Tolmie Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Vignola Villemure Vis Vuong Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 135
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Notices of Motions

Ms. Khera (Minister of Seniors) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the report stage and third reading stage of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts.

Requests for extension of sitting hours

Pursuant to order made Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Ms. Khera (Minister of Seniors) requested that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment on Monday, June 19, Tuesday, June 20, Wednesday, June 21, Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23, 2023, be 12:00 a.m. and this request was deemed adopted.

Private Members' Business

At 1:46 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), seconded by Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester), — That Bill C-321, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders), 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 order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

At 2:38 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, as reported by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development with amendments;

And of Motion No. 1.

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), seconded by Mrs. Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country), — That Bill S-8 be amended by deleting the long title.

The debate continued on Motion No. 1.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, June 19, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 the Speaker — Annual Report of the Pay Equity Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Pay Equity Act, S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 416 "117(2)". — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-1291-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women)

— by Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — Report of Operations under the International River Improvements Act for the year 2022, pursuant to the International River Improvements Act, R.S. 1985, c. I-20, s. 51. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-168-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— by Mr. Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources) — Report of the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors for the year ended December 31, 2022, pursuant to the Canada Lands Surveyors Act, S.C. 1998, c. 14, sbs. 70(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-799-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

Adjournment

At 2:49 p.m., by unanimous consent, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).