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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 107 Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (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. 412-2646 concerning science policy. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-85-02;

— No. 412-2656 concerning national parks. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-37-09;

— Nos. 412-2723 and 412-3127 concerning the mining industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-28-12;

— Nos. 412-2648 and 412-3131 concerning international agreements. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-21-07;

— No. 412-2746 concerning the fishing industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-11-09;

— Nos. 412-3200, 412-3335 to 412-3345 concerning prostitution. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-47-08;

— No. 412-3325 concerning human trafficking. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-72-04.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association concerning its participation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association, held in Paris and Grenoble, France, from April 25 to 29, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-55-01.

Motions

Ms. Leslie (Halifax), seconded by Mr. Thibeault (Sudbury), moved, — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, be concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Trost (Saskatoon—Humboldt), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 221 -- Vote n^o 221)
YEAS: 133, NAYS: 85
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Falk Fantino Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire McColeman McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Schellenberger Seeback Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Trottier Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 133
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Atamanenko Aubin Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Eyking Foote Freeland Garrison Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Goodale Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hughes Julian Lamoureux Latendresse LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie MacAulay Marston Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Murray Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Péclet Pilon Quach Rafferty Rankin Ravignat Regan Saganash Sandhu Scott Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Sullivan Thibeault Tremblay Trudeau Turmel Valeriote Total: -- 85
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Ms. Latendresse (Louis-Saint-Laurent), moved, — That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs that, during its consideration of Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces), the Committee be granted the power to expand the scope of the Bill in order to allow members of the RCMP to qualify for the priority hiring program.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Warawa (Langley), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 222 -- Vote n^o 222)
YEAS: 130, NAYS: 81
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Falk Fantino Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire McColeman McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Schellenberger Seeback Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Trottier Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 130
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Aubin Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brison Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Eyking Foote Freeland Garrison Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Goodale Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hughes Julian Lamoureux Latendresse LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie MacAulay Marston Martin Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Murray Nantel Nash Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Péclet Pilon Quach Rafferty Rankin Sandhu Scott Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Sullivan Thibeault Tremblay Trudeau Valeriote Total: -- 81
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , four concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 412-3866 to 412-3869);

— by , one concerning the Canadian Armed Forces (No. 412-3870) and one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3871);

— by , two concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (Nos. 412-3872 and 412-3873);

— by , five concerning telecommunications (Nos. 412-3874 to 412-3878);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3879);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 412-3880);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3881);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3882);

— by , three concerning the protection of the environment (Nos. 412-3883 to 412-3885);

— by , three concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 412-3886 to 412-3888);

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 412-3889), one concerning transportation (No. 412-3890) and one concerning a national day (No. 412-3891);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 412-3892);

— by , one concerning China (No. 412-3893) and one concerning environmental assessment and review (No. 412-3894);

— by , two concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 412-3895 and 412-3896);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3897);

— by , one concerning the mining industry (No. 412-3898);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3899);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3900);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3901).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-498 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (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-489 — — With regard to the International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) commissioned by the International Joint Council (IJC): (a) what input or comment did the government provide, through any department or agency, during the comment periods for the two stages of the report; (b) what documents have been produced by any departments or agencies in preparation for or as a result of the IUGLS report, including the date and authoring department or agency of each document; (c) for each year since 2006, what measures have been taken by the government to mitigate falling water levels in the Great Lakes, broken down by department and agency; (d) what measures have been taken by departments or agencies as a result of the recommendations in the IUGLS; (e) what measures are being considered by departments or agencies as a result of, or in relation to, the IUGLS; and (f) what documents have been produced by any department or agency with regard to existing or future economic or environmental impacts of volatile water levels in the Great Lakes basin, including the date and authoring department or agency of each document? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-489.

Q-490 — — With regard to government funding in the riding of LaSalle—Émard, how much was provided for fiscal years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, broken down by (i) department or agency, (ii) name of initiative or program and its description, (iii) date, amount and name of recipient? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-490.

Q-491 — — With regard to contracts under $10,000 granted by the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency since January 1, 2013, for each contract, what is the: (a) vendor's name; (b) reference number; (c) date; (d) description of the services provided; (e) delivery date; (f) original value; and (g) final value if different from the original value? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-491.

Q-492 — — With regard to Health Canada’s study on neonicotinoid pesticides: (a) what is the mandate of the study; (b) when will the study be completed; (c) will the results be released publicly and, if so, how will they be released; (d) will the study include public consultations and, if so, (i) with what groups, (ii) where, (iii) when; (e) will the study include case studies and, if so, (i) which case studies will be chosen, (ii) will the case studies cover the decline in the health of insect pollinators; (f) will part of the study include the impact of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on the decrease in insect pollinators; (g) who will have access to the final report of the study from among (i) the public, (ii) government departments and agencies, (iii) ministers; (h) which (i) groups, (ii) departments (iii) organizations, (iv) scientists, (v) regions, (vi) groupings; (vii) towns, (viii) municipalities, (ix) provinces and territories will be consulted; (i) when determining the scope of the problem, will the study take into account the (i) direct, (ii) indirect, (iii) cumulative impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides; (j) which pesticides will be studied; (k) what impacts will be studied in terms of (i) the economy, (ii) municipalities (iii) communities, (iv) Aboriginal peoples, (v) human health, (vi) animal health, (vii) aquatic flora, (viii) aquatic fauna, (ix) terrestrial flora, (x) terrestrial fauna; and (l) what are the titles of the studies on neonicotinoid pesticides undertaken between 2004 and 2014? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-492.

Q-496 — — With regard to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, what is: (a) the number of all positions authorized through Labour Market Opinions, broken down by (i) region, (ii) National Occupation Code; and (b) the number of all temporary foreign workers, broken down by region and National Occupation Code, employed by (i) any government department, (ii) any government agency, (iii) any Crown Corporation? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-496.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Baird (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mrs. Shea (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C-6, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

At 12:54 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, June 16, 2014, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Rouge National Urban Park.

Mr. Holder (Minister of State (Science and Technology)) for Mrs. Aglukkaq (Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council), seconded by Mrs. Glover (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Debate arose thereon.

Royal Assent

The Speaker informed the House that His Excellency the Governor General will proceed to the Senate today at 5:30 p.m., for the purpose of giving Royal Assent to certain Bills.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Ambrose (Minister of Health), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)), — That Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, 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. 223 -- Vote n^o 223)
YEAS: 131, NAYS: 98
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Falk Fantino Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Gosal Gourde Grewal Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire McColeman McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Schellenberger Seeback Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Trottier Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 131
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Atamanenko Aubin Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Cullen Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Eyking Freeland Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Julian Larose Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Pilon Quach Rafferty Rankin Ravignat Raynault Saganash Sandhu Scarpaleggia Scott Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Sullivan Thibeault Tremblay Trudeau Turmel Valeriote Total: -- 98
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.


Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Baird (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mrs. Shea (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C-6, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 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. 224 -- Vote n^o 224)
YEAS: 130, NAYS: 98
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Falk Fantino Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Gosal Gourde Grewal Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire McColeman McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Schellenberger Seeback Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Trottier Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 130
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Atamanenko Aubin Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Cullen Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Eyking Freeland Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Goodale Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Julian Larose Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Pilon Quach Rafferty Rankin Ravignat Raynault Saganash Sandhu Scarpaleggia Scott Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Sullivan Thibeault Tremblay Trudeau Turmel Total: -- 98
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates of Bill C-21, An Act to control the administrative burden that regulations impose on businesses.

Ms. Rempel (Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)) for Mr. Clement (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Poilievre (Minister of State (Democratic Reform)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

Debate arose thereon.

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 that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, without amendment;

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-489, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders), without amendment.

A message was received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following Bill to which the concurrence of the House is desired:

Bill S-218, An Act respecting National Fiddling Day.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Clement (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Poilievre (Minister of State (Democratic Reform)), — That Bill C-21, An Act to control the administrative burden that regulations impose on businesses, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Péclet (La Pointe-de-l'Île), — That Bill C-486, An Act respecting corporate practices relating to the extraction, processing, purchase, trade and use of conflict minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

The debate continued.

Royal Assent

A Message was received from His Excellency the Governor General desiring the immediate attendance of the Commons in the Senate.

Accordingly, the Speaker, with the Commons proceeded to the Senate.

The Commons returned to the Chamber.

Whereupon, the Speaker reported that when the Commons had been in the Senate, His Excellency the Governor General was pleased to give, in Her Majesty's name, Royal Assent to the following Bills:

Bill C-217, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief relating to war memorials) — Chapter No. 9;

Bill C-444, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer or public officer) — Chapter No. 10;

Bill C-34, An Act to give effect to the Tla'amin Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts — Chapter No. 11;

Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts — Chapter No. 12;

Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures — Chapter No. 13;

Bill C-20, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras, the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Honduras — Chapter No. 14;

Bill C-394, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (criminal organization recruitment) — Chapter No. 17;

Bill C-25, An Act respecting the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band Order — Chapter No. 18;

Bill C-37, An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act — Chapter No. 19;

Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures — Chapter No. 20;

Bill C-489, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (restrictions on offenders) — Chapter No. 21.

The Speaker also reported that he had addressed His Excellency the Governor General as follows:

“May it please Your Excellency:

The Commons of Canada have voted Supplies required to enable the Government to defray certain expenses of the public service.

In the name of the Commons, I present to Your Excellency the following Bills:

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2015;

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2015.

To which Bills I humbly request Your Excellency's Assent.”

Whereupon, the Clerk of the Senate, by Command of His Excellency the Governor General, did say:

“In Her Majesty's name, His Excellency the Governor General thanks Her Loyal Subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to these Bills.”

Bill C-38, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2015 (Appropriation Act No. 2, 2014-15) — Chapter No. 15;

Bill C-39, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2015 (Appropriation Act No. 3, 2014-15) — Chapter No. 16.

Private Members' Business

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, September 17, 2014, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Moore (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. MacKay (Minister of Justice), — That Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Royal Assent

A message was received informing the Commons that on June 19, 2014, at 6:07 p.m., His Excellency the Governor General signified Royal Assent by written declaration to the following Bill:

Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts — Chapter No. 22.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

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 — Report of Committees Activities and Expenditures for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, pursuant to Standing Order 121(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-412-15.

— by — Reports of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-412-551-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of Transport Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-412-690-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning telecommunications (No. 412-3902) and one concerning the mining industry (No. 412-3903);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-3904) and one concerning the Senate (No. 412-3905);

— by , two concerning foreign aid (Nos. 412-3906 and 412-3907);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 412-3908).

Adjournment

At 9:22 p.m., by unanimous consent, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).