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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 267 Wednesday, December 13, 2023 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 ordered, — That the motion standing on the Order Paper in the name of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons related to the appointment of Eric Janse as Clerk of the House of Commons, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1 (1), be deemed adopted.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London), seconded by Mrs. Vien (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis), — That Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 609 -- Vote n^o 609)
YEAS: 189, NAYS: 133
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Angus Arnold Ashton Atwin Bachrach Bains Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barron Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Blaikie Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney Block Boulerice Bradford Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Cannings Caputo Carrie Chabot Chambers Champoux Chong Collins (Victoria) Cooper Dalton Davidson DeBellefeuille d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Desjarlais Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Ellis Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Fillmore Findlay Fortin Gallant Garon Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Green Hallan Hoback Hughes Idlout Jeneroux Johns Jones Julian Kelly Khanna Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Kwan Lake Lambropoulos Lantsman Larouche Lawrence Lehoux Lemire Leslie Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb MacGregor Maguire Majumdar Martel Masse Mathyssen Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McLean McPherson Melillo Mendès Michaud Moore Morantz Morrice Morrison Morrissey Motz Muys Nater Normandin Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perkins Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Singh Small Soroka Sousa 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 Zarrillo Zimmer Total: -- 189
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Ali Anand Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Baker Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Blois Boissonnault Brière Carr Casey Chagger Chahal Champagne Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Gainey Gerretsen Gould Guilbeault Hajdu Hanley Hepfner Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Ien Jaczek Joly Jowhari Kayabaga Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada May (Cambridge) McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod Miao Murray Naqvi Ng Noormohamed O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Sahota Sajjan Saks Sarai Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sorbara St-Onge Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thompson Trudeau Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Virani Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zuberi Total: -- 133
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Deltell Guilbeault Total: -- 2
Accordingly, Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.


Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells), seconded by Mr. Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City), — That:
(a) the House recognize that an assessment by the International Association of Fire Fighters concluded significant regulatory shortfalls concerning emergency responses at Canada's major airports are needlessly putting the safety of the flying public at risk, by
(i) failing to specify rescue as a required function of airport fire fighters,
(ii) requiring only that fire fighters must reach the mid-point of the furthest runway in three minutes rather than all points on operational runways within that time period; and
(b) in the opinion of the House, the government should, without delay, ensure that the Canadian Aviation Regulations reflect airport rescue and firefighting standards published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, specifically by
(i) giving fire fighters at Canada's major airports the mandate and resources necessary to reach the site of a fire or mishap anywhere on an operational runway in three minutes or less,
(ii) specifying that a required function of fire fighters be the rescue of passengers. (Private Members' Business M-96)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 610 -- Vote n^o 610)
YEAS: 212, NAYS: 112
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Ali Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Bergeron 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 Dzerowicz El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Gainey Garon Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Gerretsen Gill 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 Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lemire 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 Miao Michaud Morrice Morrissey Murray Naqvi Ng Noormohamed Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Powlowski Qualtrough Rayes Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Sorbara Sousa 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: -- 212
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Berthold Bezan Block Bragdon Brock Calkins Caputo Carrie Chambers Chong Cooper Dalton Davidson d'Entremont Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Ellis Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Findlay Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hallan Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Khanna Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Lake Lantsman Lawrence Lehoux Leslie Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Maguire Majumdar Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Muys Nater Patzer Paul-Hus Perkins Poilievre Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Small Soroka Steinley Stewart Strahl Stubbs Thomas Tochor Tolmie Uppal Van Popta Vidal Vien Viersen Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williams Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 112
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Deltell Guilbeault Total: -- 2

Messages from the Senate

A message was 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-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, with the following amendments:

1. Clause 1, pages 1 and 2:

(a) On page 1, replace lines 4 to 15 with the following:

“1 (1) Paragraph (c) of the definition eligible farming machinery in section 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is replaced by the”; and

(b) on page 2, delete lines 1 to 10.

2. Clause 2, pages 2 and 3:

(a) On page 2, replace lines 22 and 23 with the following:

“2 (1) Subsections 1(2.1) and (5) come into force on the day that is the third anniversary”; and

(b) on page 3, replace line 6 with the following:

“third anniversary of the day on which this Act”.

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 before the House, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 441-01852 concerning foreign affairs;

— No. 441-01853 concerning justice;

— No. 441-01922 concerning social affairs and equality.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Ms. Ng (Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development) laid before the House, — Notice of intent to initiate negotiations toward a free trade agreement between Canada and Ecuador. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-441-46.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) presented the report of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 145th Assembly and Related Meetings, Kigali, Rwanda, from October 11 to 15, 2022. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-60-03.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge) presented the report of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, Second Part of the 2023 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, from April 24 to 28, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-51-09.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge) presented the report of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, Washington, D.C., United States of America, from April 25 to 26, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-51-10.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge) presented the report of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 15, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-51-11.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Sorbara (Vaughan—Woodbridge) presented the report of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, Third Part of the 2023 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, from June 19 to 23, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-51-12.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) presented the report of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Midwestern Legislative Conference – Council of State Governments, Wichita, Kansas, United States of America, from July 10 to 13, 2022. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-59-14.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) presented the report of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Council of State Governments East’s 61st Annual Meeting, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States of America, from August 14 to 17, 2022. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-59-15.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) presented the report of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Bilateral Visit with Members of the United States Senate, Washington, D.C., United States of America, from May 15 to 16, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-59-16.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) presented the report of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Western Governors’ Association Annual Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, from June 26 to 28, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-59-17.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) presented the report of the Canada–United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, Council of State Governments Midwestern Legislative Conference, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, from July 9 to 12, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-59-18.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells), from the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented the 12th report of the committee, "Ecosystem Impacts and Management of Pinniped Populations". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-371.

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. 56, 58, 60 to 65, 76 to 79, 85, 86 and 88) was tabled.

Mr. Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells), from the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented the 13th report of the committee, "Foreign Ownership and Corporate Concentration of Fishing Licenses and Quota". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-372.

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. 66 to 71, 74, 80 to 82, 87 and 88) was tabled.

Mr. Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells), from the Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship, presented the fifth report of the committee, "The Exposure Of Canadian Investment Funds to Human Rights Violations in the People’s Republic Of China". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-373.

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. 9, 10, 18, 20, 22 and 25 to 27) was tabled.

Mrs. Fortier (Ottawa—Vanier), from the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented the 14th report of the committee, "Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade: Some Canadian Perspectives". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-374.

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. 60 to 63, 65, 68, 76 and 86) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay), Bill C-371, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (passenger rail service), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Mr. Barlow (Foothills), seconded by Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex), moved, — That the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 49)

Debate arose thereon.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Ms. Martinez Ferrada (Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) laid before the House, — Answers to questions Q-1943 to Q-1956 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-441-33.

Daily Routine Of Business

Motions

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Barlow (Foothills), seconded by Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex), — That the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 49)

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:57 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. Garon (Mirabel), seconded by Ms. Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle), — That Bill C-290, An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Conflict of Interest Act, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 before the House as follows:

— by the Speaker — Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons for November 23, 2023, pursuant to Standing Order 148(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-441-41.

— by Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — Report on the administration of the Species at Risk Act for the year 2022, pursuant to the Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29, s. 126. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-885-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

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. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), one concerning media and telecommunications (No. 441-02007);

— by Mr. Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-02008).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:42 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 7:08 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until Thursday at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).