Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mrs. St-Onge (Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec), — That Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security;
And of the amendment of Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:
“Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), be not now read a second time but that the order be discharged, the bill withdrawn, and the subject matter thereof referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.”;
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the subamendment of Mr. Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame), seconded by Mr. Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South), — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:
“; and that the committee report back no later than 10 sitting days following the adoption of this motion.”.
The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division:
YEAS: 115, NAYS: 206