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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 99 Wednesday, September 21, 2022 2:00 p.m.

Prayer

National Anthem

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 offer its condolences to the relatives of Mahsa Amini, from her Kurdish name Jina, a 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" by the Iranian morality police, and offer its solidarity to the women of Iran who are fighting for their rights and freedoms.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. McDonald (Avalon), seconded by Ms. Yip (Scarborough—Agincourt), — That:
(a) the House recognize that (i) COVID-19 has tragically exposed long-standing issues affecting long-term care facilities across the country and the frontline workers who care for residents, (ii) we need to make sure the conditions of work reflect the care standards our seniors deserve, (iii) while the management of long-term care facilities is under provincial and territorial jurisdiction, we share the goal of ensuring safer, better care for seniors; and
(b) in the opinion of the House, the government should work with the provinces and territories to (i) improve the quality and availability of long-term care homes and beds, (ii) implement strict infection prevention and control measures, including through more provincial and territorial facility inspections for long-term care homes, (iii) develop a safe long-term care act collaboratively to ensure that seniors are guaranteed the care they deserve, no matter where they live. (Private Members' Business M-47)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 175 -- Vote n^o 175)
YEAS: 288, NAYS: 30
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Aldag Alghabra Ali Allison Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barron Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney Block Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Bragdon Brassard Brière Brock Calkins Cannings Caputo Carrie Casey Chagger Chahal Chambers Champagne Chatel Chen Chiang Chong Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cooper Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Dalton Damoff Dancho Davidson Davies Deltell d'Entremont Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Doherty Dong Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Fergus Ferreri Fillmore Findlay Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Gallant Garneau Garrison Gazan Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gladu Godin Goodridge Gould Gourde Gray Green Hajdu Hallan Hanley Hardie Hepfner Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Jeneroux Johns Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Kelly Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Koutrakis Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lantsman Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Martel Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod McPherson Melillo Mendès Mendicino Miao Miller Moore Morantz Morrice Morrison Morrissey Motz Murray Muys Naqvi Nater Noormohamed O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Perkins Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Roberts Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Ruff Sahota Saks Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Singh Sorbara Soroka Steinley Stewart St-Onge Strahl Stubbs Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thomas Thompson Tochor Tolmie Turnbull Uppal Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vidal Vien Viersen Virani Vis Vuong Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Williams Williamson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 288
NAYS -- CONTRE Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bergeron Bérubé Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Brunelle-Duceppe Chabot Champoux DeBellefeuille Desbiens Desilets Fortin Garon Gaudreau Gill Larouche Lemire Michaud Normandin Perron Plamondon Savard-Tremblay Sinclair-Desgagné Ste-Marie Thériault Therrien Trudel Vignola Villemure Total: -- 30
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Carr Guilbeault Hoback Joly Lake Lobb MacAulay (Cardigan) Ng Pauzé Sajjan Simard Small Vecchio Wilkinson Total: -- 14

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid upon the table, — Reports of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-441-627-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the fourth report of the committee, "Canada and Radioactive Waste Management: Important Decisions for the Future". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-125.

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. 3, 5 to 8, 17 to 21 and 23 to 25) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions on Thursday, September 22, 2022, the House shall briefly suspend and thereafter resolve itself into a committee of the whole in order to welcome the players of Team Canada 1972, and, during committee of the whole, a member of each recognized party and a member of the Green Party may make a statement for not more than five minutes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, provided that:

(a) the Speaker be permitted to preside over the committee of the whole;

(b) at the conclusion of the time provided for the statements or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, the Speaker may make remarks on behalf of the House;

(d) only authorized photographers be permitted to take photos during the proceedings of the committee;

(e) when the proceedings in committee of the whole have concluded, the committee shall then rise; and

(f) the time taken for the suspension and the proceedings in committee of the whole be added to the time provided for Government Orders on that day.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning holidays and observances (No. 441-00667);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00668);

— by , one concerning fisheries (No. 441-00669);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 441-00670);

— by , one concerning health (No. 441-00671);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00672);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00673);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00674);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00675);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00676);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00677);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-00678) and four concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-00679, 441-00680, 441-00681 and 441-00682).

Government Orders

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation.

Mr. Miller (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

Debate arose thereon.

Private Members' Business

At 5:44 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. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), seconded by Mr. Moore (Fundy Royal), — That Bill S-206, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors), be now read a third time and do pass.

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, September 28, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 , four concerning business and trade (Nos. 441-00683, 441-00685, 441-00686 and 441-00687), one concerning culture and heritage (No. 441-00684) and one concerning taxation (No. 441-00688).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:23 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 6:48 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).