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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 103 Wednesday, November 2, 2016 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.

Government Orders

At 3:10 p.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, October 26, 2016, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole in order to welcome Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

At 3:37 p.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, October 26, 2016, the Committee rose.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Annual Report 2015-2016 of the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-421-20.

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. 421-00551 concerning inadmissibility to Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-58-02;

— Nos. 421-00552, 421-00634, 421-00637, 421-00715 and 421-00750 concerning Iran. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-48-03;

— No. 421-00553 concerning the Canada Labour Code. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-68-02;

— Nos. 421-00554, 421-00555, 421-00556, 421-00563, 421-00566, 421-00567, 421-00586, 421-00587, 421-00588, 421-00606, 421-00607, 421-00608, 421-00609, 421-00610, 421-00625, 421-00626, 421-00627, 421-00628, 421-00629, 421-00630, 421-00631, 421-00632, 421-00633, 421-00642, 421-00643, 421-00644, 421-00645, 421-00646, 421-00647, 421-00648, 421-00649, 421-00650, 421-00651, 421-00659, 421-00660, 421-00661, 421-00662, 421-00663, 421-00664, 421-00665, 421-00666, 421-00667, 421-00668 and 421-00785 concerning unborn children. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-5-10;

— No. 421-00557 concerning international trade. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-70-01;

— Nos. 421-00558, 421-00559, 421-00602 and 421-00743 concerning the tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-1-04.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Sorenson (Battle River—Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 18th Report of the Committee, "Report 1, Venture Capital Action Plan, of the Spring 2016 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-105.

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. 25 and 29) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe), seconded by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), Bill C-319, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Judges Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (survivor pension benefits), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe), seconded by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), Bill C-320, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (deletion of deduction from annuity), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-00855);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-00856);

— by , one concerning research and development (No. 421-00857);

— by , one concerning the Bank of Canada (No. 421-00858) and one concerning the grain industry (No. 421-00859);

— by , one concerning the Parliament of Canada (No. 421-00860).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-353, Q-357, Q-364, Q-366, Q-368, and Q-372 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into Orders for Return:

Q-354 — — With regard to consultations on possible electoral reform initiatives being undertaken by the Minister for Democratic Reform: (a) what consultations have been held as of June 1, 2016; (b) for each of the consultations in (a), who has the Minister or her officials consulted and what were the recommendations of each consultation; (c) what proportion of the groups or individuals consulted are (i) activists, (ii) academics, (iii) corporations, (iv) labour unions, (v) professional associations, (vi) Canadians with no official affiliation to a group advocating for electoral reform; (d) what steps have the Minister and her officials taken to receive a representative sample of public opinion on the matter of electoral reform; (e) what steps have the Minister or her officials taken to ensure a full and free discussion of electoral reform options; (f) have the consultations on electoral reform reflected the announcement by the government that 2015 would be the last election held under the first-past-the-post system, and if so, how; (g) if consultations on the current or alternate electoral systems have not yet been held, what steps does the Minister or her officials plan to take to ensure that the outcomes of future consultations are not prejudiced for or against any specific electoral system; (h) of the consultations in (a), which ones have recommended maintaining the current electoral system of first-past-the-post; (i) of the consultations in (a), how many have recommended first-past-the-post, proportional representation (and variants), transferrable ballots (and variants), and other electoral systems, respectively; (j) has the Minister or her officials consulted other countries that have recently modified or considered modifying their electoral system regarding their experience; and (k) if the answer to (j) is in the affirmative, which countries were consulted, and for each consultation, what were the findings of the consultation? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-354.

Q-355 — — With respect to Shared Services Canada and the independent review recently ordered by the President of the Treasury Board: (a) what criteria will be used to select the independent contractor or contractors performing the review; (b) which factors were assessed in estimating the cost of the review at $1.4 million; (c) what measures will be in place to ensure that the review is conducted on time and on budget; (d) should the review not be delivered on time and on budget, how does the Treasury Board plan to address this problem; (e) which factors were assessed in estimating the time that the review will take to execute; (f) what are the terms of reference for the review; (g) once the review is completed, when will the resulting report be made public; and (h) what security screening measures will be used to ensure the trustworthiness of the independent contractor or contractors selected for the review? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-355.

Q-356 — — With regard to the legal requirements that Ministers and Ministers’ staff avoid conflicts of interest, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and his staff: (a) how many times has the Minister’s Chief of Staff recused herself from decisions involving policy matters that directly affect egg farmers in Ontario or Canada; (b) for each instance in (a), what were the dates of such recusals; and (c) other than recusing herself from decisions involving policy matters directly affecting egg farmers in Ontario and Canada, how did the Minister’s Chief of Staff comply with legal requirements to avoid conflicts of interest? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-356.

Q-358 — — With regard to the implementation of the new Phoenix pay system, and its technical issues which have resulted in a disruption of pay to public sector employees: (a) how many employees have experienced a disruption of pay since the system was launched, in total, and broken down by pay cycle; (b) of the employees in (a), (i) how many of those affected had no pay processed, and how many had other payroll errors, (ii) what is their breakdown by department and by sex; (c) how many staff are employed at the pay centre; (d) how many calls have been received regarding pay disruptions since the system launched; (e) what length of time has it taken before pay issues are resolved, on average, and broken down by individual complaint; and (f) how much overtime has been incurred, broken down by hours worked and costs incurred per individual pay period, in order to address these issues? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-358.

Q-359 — — With regard to the replacement of the universal child care benefit and the Canada child tax benefit with the new Canada child benefit in Budget 2016, what were the Minister of Finance’s considerations concerning families that are just under the cut off adjusted family net income amount of approximately $150 000, who will receive benefits, compared to those at, or slightly above, the $150 000 mark? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-359.

Q-363 — — With regard to government programs for youth, particularly those concerning substance abuse prevention, mental health and the National Anti-Drug Strategy (NADS): (a) under the NADS, how much was allocated to prevention each year over the past five years; (b) under the NADS, how much is allocated to prevention each year over the next three years; (c) under the NADS, how much was spent on substance abuse prevention among youth under 25 years of age each year over the past five years; (d) under the NADS, how much is allocated to substance abuse prevention among youth under 25 years of age each year over the next three years; (e) under Health Canada’s Substance Use and Abuse program, how much was spent on substance abuse prevention each year over the past five years, and how much is allocated each year over the next three years; (f) has the government prepared a youth education and awareness program in advance of the legalization of marijuana, and if so, what is its budget and how many government employees will work on this issue; (g) what was the value of the government’s annual grant to the Mental Health Commission of Canada over the past five years, and what will it be over the next three years; (h) what are the government programs concerning mental health among youth under 25 years of age, and for each of these programs, what are their annual budgets for this year and over the next three years; and (i) how much does the government plan to spend on programs concerning mental health among Aboriginal youth over the next three years? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-363.

Q-365 — — With regard to the Old Age Security Pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement indexation: (a) what has the government done to develop a new measure for the cost of living faced by seniors with a Seniors Price Index; (b) how many government departments and agencies have been tasked with working on the Seniors Price Index; (c) how many people are working on the development of a Seniors Price Index, broken down by government department and agency; and (d) how many working hours have been devoted to the development of a Seniors Price Index, broken down by government department and agency? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-365.

Q-367 — — With regard to all federal funding in the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River for each of the fiscal years from 2011-2016, inclusively: (a) how many projects received funding from a department or agency over this period; (b) what projects received funding from a department or agency over this period; and (c) what was the value of the projects that received funding from a department or agency over this period? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-367.

Q-369 — — With regard to all government funding provided through Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency: (a) which grant allocations, programs, projects, and all other means of dispersing government funds, have been cancelled since November 4, 2015; (b) what was the rationale provided for the cancellation of each item identified in (a); (c) what amount of funding had been dispensed to each item identified in (a) at the time of cancellation, broken down by year; (d) what amount of funding had been allocated to each item identified in (a) at the time of cancellation, broken down by year; (e) what are the details of any departmental reviews of each item identified in (a) when they were originally proposed, including (i) the grade or score with which they were assessed, if any exist, (ii) the viability of the programs as it was originally determined; (f) what are the details of any and all department performance reviews of each item identified in (a) once they were underway, including (i) annual reviews, (ii) quarterly reviews, (iii) reviews undertaken at the request of the Minister; (g) which grant allocations, programs, projects, and all other means of dispersing government funds have been approved since November 4, 2015; (h) what consultations took place in relation to each item identified in (g) prior to their approval; (i) what are the details of any departmental reviews of each item identified in (g), including (i) the grade and score with which they were assessed, if any exist, (ii) the viability of these programs as it was originally determined; (j) what is the stated section of Budget 2016 under which each item identified in (g) fall, if any are applicable; and (k) what is the departmental mandate under which each of the items identified in (g) fall? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-369.

Q-371 — — With regard to visa requirements for citizens of Mexico entering Canada, what are the details with respect to: (a) any formal visa exemption review that the department has undertaken; (b) all evidence used to justify a lifting of the current visa; (c) all plans with respect to a possible influx of asylum claimants from Mexico; (d) consultations that were undertaken with respect to lifting the visa, including for each consultation (i) the date, (ii) the location, (iii) the organization and individuals consulted; (e) all assurances given by the Government of Mexico with respect to this decision; and (f) Mexican citizen assylum claimant levels that would trigger a re-imposition of a visa? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-371.

Q-373 — — With regard to social infrastructure funding and other investments to address housing and homelessness:

(a) how much has been allocated per fiscal year from 2011-2012 to 2019-2020, overall and broken down by province or territory for (i) the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (ii) the doubling of the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (iii) affordable housing for seniors, (iv) shelters for victims of family violence, (v) renovations and retrofits of social housing, (vi) rental subsidies for CMHC-administered housing, (vii) northern and Inuit housing in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, (viii) Inuit housing in Nunavik, Inuvialuit and Nunatsiavut, (ix) housing in First Nations communities, (x) on-reserve shelters for victims of family violence, (xi) the Affordable Rental Housing Innovation Fund, (xii) affordable rental housing funding, (xiii) assistance for homeowners affected by pyrrhotite, (xiv) the Homelessness Partnering Strategy; (b) to date, what amounts have actually been spent or are the subject of a funding agreement for each fiscal year from 2011-2012 to 2019-2020, overall and broken down by province or territory for (i) the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (ii) the doubling of the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (iii) affordable housing for seniors, (iv) shelters for victims of family violence, (v) renovations and retrofits of social housing, (vi) rental subsidies for CMHC-administered housing, (vii) northern and Inuit housing in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, (viii) Inuit housing in Nunavik, Inuvialuit and Nunatsiavut, (ix) housing in First Nations communities, (x) on-reserve shelters for victims of family violence, (xi) the Affordable Rental Housing Innovation Fund, (xii) affordable rental housing funding, (xiii) assistance for homeowners affected by pyrrhotite, (xiv) the Homelessness Partnering Strategy; (c) on what dates does funding come into effect and terminate, broken down by province or territory, for (i) the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (ii) the doubling of the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (iii) affordable housing for seniors, (iv) shelters for victims of family violence, (v) renovations and retrofits of social housing, (vi) rental subsidies for CMHC-administered housing, (vii) northern and Inuit housing in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, (viii) Inuit housing in Nunavik, Inuvialuit and Nunatsiavut, (ix) housing in First Nations communities, (x) on-reserve shelters for victims of family violence, (xi) the Affordable Rental Housing Innovation Fund, (xii) affordable rental housing funding, (xiii) assistance for homeowners affected by pyrrhotite, (xiv) the Homelessness Partnering Strategy; (d) what is the funding mechanism for (i) the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (ii) the doubling of the Investment in Affordable Housing initiative, (iii) affordable housing for seniors, (iv) shelters for victims of family violence, (v) renovations and retrofits of social housing, (vi) rental subsidies for CMHC-administered housing, (vii) northern and Inuit housing in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, (viii) Inuit housing in Nunavik, Inuvialuit and Nunatsiavut, (ix) housing in First Nations communities, (x) on-reserve shelters for victims of family violence, (xi) the Affordable Rental Housing Innovation Fund, (xii) affordable rental housing funding, (xiii) assistance for homeowners affected by pyrrhotite, (xiv) the Homelessness Partnering Strategy; (e) how much funding has been invested in or allocated to existing social housing under long-term arrangements per fiscal year from 2011-2012 to 2029-2030 (i) in Canada, (ii) by province, (iii) by social housing project; (f) what is the name of each social housing project and the expiry date of its long-term agreement; g) since 1995, how many long-term arrangements have expired (i) per year, (ii) per province or territory; (h) how many long-term arrangements are scheduled to expire by 2030 (i) per year, (ii) per province or territory; and (i) what steps is the government taking or does it plan to take over the next 12 months to renew funding for the long-term operating agreements upon which social and cooperative housing organizations across Canada depend, given the impending expiry of funding agreements established under section 56.1 of the former National Housing Act and section 95.1 of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act, and agreements entered into by the federal government and the Quebec government pertaining to article 61 of Quebec’s National Housing Act? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-373.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Sohi (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), — That Bill C-29, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2016 and other measures, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-29, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2016 and other measures, since it proposes to continue with the government’s failed economic policies exemplified by and resulting in, among other things, the current labour market operating at “half the average rate of job creation of the previous five years” as noted in the summary of the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s Report: “Labour Market Assessment 2016”.”.

The debate continued.

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 main motion, as amended, of Mrs. Lockhart (Fundy Royal), seconded by Mr. Casey (Cumberland—Colchester), — That the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration be instructed to undertake a study on immigration to Atlantic Canada, to consider, among other things, (i) the challenges associated with an aging population and shrinking population base, (ii) retention of current residents and the challenges of retaining new immigrants, (iii) possible recommendations on how to increase immigration to the region, (iv) analysis of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot initiatives associated with the Atlantic Growth Strategy; and that the Committee report its findings to the House within one year of the adoption of this motion. (Private Members' Business M-39)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 141 -- Vote n^o 141)
YEAS: 283, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Baylis Beech Benson Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Boissonnault Boucher Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Finley Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Foote Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Généreux Gerretsen Gladu Godin Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Harvey Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kang Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Lake Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCallum McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendicino Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Moore Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson Nuttall O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paul-Hus Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Ratansi Rayes Reid Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stanton Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trost Trudeau Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Whalen Wong Wrzesnewskyj Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 283
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun


Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Simms (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame), seconded by Mr. Graham (Laurentides—Labelle), — That Bill S-208, An Act respecting National Seal Products Day, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 142 -- Vote n^o 142)
YEAS: 283, NAYS: 3
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Benson Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Boissonnault Boucher Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Finley Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Foote Fortin Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Généreux Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Harvey Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kang Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Lake Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McCallum McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendicino Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Moore Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson Nuttall O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paul-Hus Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Ratansi Rayes Reid Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Saroya Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trost Trudeau Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Whalen Wong Wrzesnewskyj Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 283
NAYS -- CONTRE Davies Erskine-Smith May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Total: -- 3
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill S-208, An Act respecting National Seal Products Day, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.


Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Beech (Burnaby North—Seymour), — That Bill C-224, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (assistance — drug overdose), be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 143 -- Vote n^o 143)
YEAS: 289, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Benson Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Boissonnault Boucher Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Finley Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Foote Fortin Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Généreux Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Harvey Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kang Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Lake Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCallum McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendicino Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Moore Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson Nuttall O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paul-Hus Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Ratansi Rayes Reid Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trudeau Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Whalen Wong Wrzesnewskyj Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 289
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Private Members' Business

At 6:28 p.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 Canadian Heritage of Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day).

Mr. Fraser (West Nova), seconded by Mr. Samson (Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

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.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:30 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 8:01 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).