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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 268 Thursday, December 14, 2023 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

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. 441-01854 concerning fisheries;

— No. 441-01855 concerning animals;

— Nos. 441-01856, 441-01859, 441-01860, 441-01861 and 441-01862 concerning health;

— Nos. 441-01857 and 441-01858 concerning citizenship and immigration;

— No. 441-01863 concerning foreign affairs.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Chagger (Waterloo), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 55th report of the committee, "Speaker's Public Participation at an Ontario Liberal Party Event". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-375.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 97 to 101) was tabled.

Mr. Chiang (Markham—Unionville), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the 18th report of the committee, "In Demand Yet Unprocessed: Endemic Immigration Backlogs". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-376.

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. 21, 23, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 48, 74 to 77, 79, 80, 85 and 86) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Mr. Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands), seconded by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), moved for leave to introduce a bill entitled "An Act to establish a national day to honour Canadian women's contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics".

Pursuant to Standing Order 68(2), the motion was deemed adopted.

Motions

Mr. Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands), seconded by Mr. Kusmierczyk (Windsor—Tecumseh), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the orders of the day.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 611 -- Vote n^o 611)
YEAS: 175, NAYS: 146
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Ali Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Brière Cannings Carr Casey Chagger Chahal Champagne Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Davies Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Freeland Fry Gaheer Gainey 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 Lebouthillier Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada Masse May (Cambridge) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Mendès Mendicino Miao Morrice Morrissey Murray Naqvi Noormohamed O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Sahota Saks Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sorbara Sousa St-Onge Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thompson Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Virani Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 175
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Block Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Caputo Carrie Chabot Chambers Champoux Chong Cooper Dalton Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell Desbiens Desilets Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Ellis Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Ferreri Fortin Gallant Garon Gaudreau Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hallan Hoback Kelly Khanna Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Lake Lantsman Larouche Lawrence Lehoux Lemire Leslie Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Maguire Martel May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Michaud Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Muys Nater Normandin Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perkins Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Savard-Tremblay Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Small Soroka Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart Strahl Stubbs Thériault Therrien Thomas Tochor Tolmie Trudel Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Vignola Villemure Vis Vuong Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williams Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 146
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors), seconded by Ms. Ng (Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development), — That Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, 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.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, during the debate pursuant to Standing Order 66 on Motion No. 44 to concur in the first report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair and at the conclusion of the time provided for debate or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion be deemed put and a recorded division deemed requested and deferred pursuant to Standing Order 66.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

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 the House:

(a) affirm that Radio-Canada plays a crucial role in Francophone information and cultural vitality in Quebec and in Canada's Francophone and Acadian communities;

(b) recognize that the announced cuts could be detrimental to the promotion of French-language culture, at a time when the federal government recognizes that the French language is under threat in Canada;

(c) express its strong reservations of planned cuts at Radio-Canada and that it reiterate that the preservation of the public broadcaster’s services in the various regions of Quebec and in Canada's Francophone and Acadian communities must be a priority.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Presenting reports from interparliamentary delegations

By unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Ms. Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle) presented the report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2023 Westminster Seminar on Effective Parliaments, London, United Kingdom, from March 13 to 17, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-53-04.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Messages from the Senate

Messages were received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following bills to which the concurrence of the House is desired:

Bill S-13, An Act to amend the Interpretation Act and to make related amendments to other Acts;

Bill S-14, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, the Rouge National Urban Park Act and the National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations.

Private Members' Business

At 5:31 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. Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga), seconded by Mr. Carr (Winnipeg South Centre), — That Bill C-355, An Act to prohibit the export by air of horses for slaughter and to make related amendments to certain Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Barlow (Foothills), seconded by Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex), — That the first report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 44)

The debate continued.

Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge), seconded by Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the first report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, be not now concurred in, but that it be recommitted to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with instruction that it amend the same by adding to Recommendation 5 of the report a call to the government to discontinue the carbon tax, given that over 100 first nations communities have taken the government to court because it is violating the rights of First Nations with the carbon tax on rural and remote people and the recent request from the Premier of the Northwest Territories, who joins other premiers, for an exemption from the carbon tax”.

Pursuant to order made earlier today, the question was deemed put on the amendment and the recorded division was deemed requested and, pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), was deferred until Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Messages from the Senate

Messages were received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint it that the Senate has passed Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, without amendment;

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint it that the Senate has passed Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), without amendment.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

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

— by Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance) — Debt Management Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 49(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-205-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the Government of the Northwest Territories, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-475-17. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs) — Proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Firearms Act, pursuant to the Firearms Act, S.C. 1995, c. 39, sbs. 118(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-492-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by Mr. Sajjan (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada) — Report of the Public Service Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 "23(2)" and 13. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-908-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(c)(vi), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by Mr. Zimmer (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies), one concerning justice (No. 441-02009);

— by Ms. Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), one concerning the environment (No. 441-02010).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:45 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 7:06 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).