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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 52 Monday, April 4, 2022 11:00 a.m.

The 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

Private Members' Business

At 11:02 a.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 Health of Bill C-224, An Act to establish a national framework for the prevention and treatment of cancers linked to firefighting.

Mrs. Romanado (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne), seconded by Mr. Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

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.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-8, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures, as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance with an amendment;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 10).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 5 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

Motion No. 9 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 44.

Motion No. 10 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 45.

The debate continued on the motions in Group 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 resolved, — That, in light of the horrific and appalling reports received from the city of Bucha, the House condemn in the strongest terms possible the crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by Vladimir Putin, the Russian military and Russian-backed forces, and call on the government to:

(a) provide Ukraine further aid to defend themselves against Russian aggression;

(b) ensure instances of crimes against humanity and war crimes are documented and that Russia be held responsible for these crimes at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice;

(c) provide desperately needed economic support to Ukraine, including the implementation of further severe economic penalties on the Russian regime and those supporting it, including even stronger trade restrictions and economic sanctions, and continuing to freeze the assets of Russian oligarchs and their families; and

(d) report to Parliament on the progress of these actions as soon as possible.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), seconded by Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), — That, given that,
(i) excessive government spending has increased the deficit, the national debt, and fuelled inflation to its highest level in 31 years,
(ii) taxes on Canadians continue to increase, from the carbon tax to escalator taxes to Canada Pension Plan premiums,
(iii) the government refuses to provide relief to Canadians by temporarily reducing the Goods and Services Tax on gasoline and diesel,
the House call on the government to present a federal budget rooted in fiscal responsibility, with no new taxes, a path to balance, and a meaningful fiscal anchor.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 54 -- Vote n^o 54)
YEAS: 117, NAYS: 211
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Block Bragdon Brassard Brock Calkins Caputo Carrie Chambers Chong Cooper Dalton Dancho Davidson Deltell Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Ellis Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Findlay Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hallan Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Lake Lantsman Lawrence Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lloyd Lobb MacKenzie Maguire Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Muys Nater O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Perkins Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Small Soroka Steinley Stewart Strahl Stubbs Thomas Tochor Tolmie Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williams Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 117
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Ali Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Bérubé Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Cannings Carr Casey Chabot Chagger Chahal Champagne Champoux Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeBellefeuille Desbiens Desilets Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Gaheer Garneau Garon Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Gerretsen Gill Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hanley Hardie Hepfner Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Idlout Ien Jaczek Johns Jones Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lemire Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Mendès Mendicino Miao Michaud Miller Morrice Morrissey Murray Naqvi Ng Noormohamed Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Powlowski Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Singh Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie St-Onge Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thériault Therrien Thompson Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Vignola Villemure Virani Vuong Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 211
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

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:

— No. 441-00197 concerning transportation;

— Nos. 441-00198 and 441-00200 concerning the environment;

— No. 441-00199 concerning infrastructure.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the second report of the committee, "The Impacts of a Ban on Certain Single-Use Plastic Items on Industry, Human Health and the Environment in Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-50.

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. 4, 8 and 10) was tabled.

Mrs. Zahid (Scarborough Centre), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the fifth report of the committee, "Support for Russians opposing Russia's attack on Ukraine". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-51.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 14) was tabled.

Mr. Dubourg (Bourassa), from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, presented the third report of the committee, "Integrity of Juno Beach Site". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-52.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 9) was tabled.

Motions

Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North), seconded by Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), moved, — That the third report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Monday, March 21, 2022, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 3)

Debate arose thereon.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion) laid upon the table, — Answers to questions Q-337 to Q-356 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-441-6.

Motions

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North), seconded by Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), — That the third report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Monday, March 21, 2022, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 3)

The debate continued.

At 6:31 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

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

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 441-00338);

— by , two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-00339 and 441-00340);

— by , one concerning business and trade (No. 441-00341);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00342), two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-00343 and 441-00349), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00344), one concerning civil and human rights (No. 441-00345), two concerning health (Nos. 441-00346 and 441-00347) and one concerning natural resources and energy (No. 441-00348).

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the table as follows:

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2022-2023 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. 8562-441-864-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:44 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 7:14 p.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).