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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 125 Wednesday, October 8, 2014 2:00 p.m.

Prayers

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 10 and 11, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-51-07.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 22nd Report of the Committee (items to remain votable). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-126.

Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the report was deemed concurred in.

Motions

Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Chambly—Borduas), moved, — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 12)

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-4241) and two concerning health care services (Nos. 412-4242 and 412-4243);

— by , one concerning the situation in Israel (No. 412-4244);

— by , one concerning China (No. 412-4245);

— by , one concerning national parks (No. 412-4246);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 412-4247);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 412-4248);

— by , two concerning genetic engineering (Nos. 412-4249 and 412-4250);

— by , one concerning a national day (No. 412-4251) and one concerning sex selection (No. 412-4252);

— by , one concerning national parks (No. 412-4253);

— by , one concerning China (No. 412-4254) and one concerning navigable waters (No. 412-4255);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 412-4256) and one concerning working conditions (No. 412-4257);

— by , one concerning Christianity (No. 412-4258) and one concerning China (No. 412-4259);

— by , fourteen concerning veterans' affairs (Nos. 412-4260 to 412-4273) and two concerning national parks (Nos. 412-4274 and 412-4275);

— by , one concerning the situation in Israel (No. 412-4276);

— by , one concerning China (No. 412-4277);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-4278).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of 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), — That Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Rouge National Urban Park, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Rouge National Urban Park, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

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 Mr. Valeriote (Guelph), seconded by Mr. Andrews (Avalon), — That Bill C-247, An Act to expand the mandate of Service Canada in respect of the death of a Canadian citizen or Canadian resident, 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 question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 253 -- Vote n^o 253)
YEAS: 268, NAYS: 0
YEAS — POUR Ablonczy Adams Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Welland) Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Armstrong Ashton Aspin Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Barlow Bateman Bellavance Bennett Benoit Benskin Bergen Bernier Bevington Bezan Blanchette Blaney Block Boivin Boughen Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brosseau Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Bruinooge Butt Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Caron Carrie Casey Cash Chan Chicoine Chisholm Chisu Chong Choquette Christopherson Cleary Clement Côté Cotler Crockatt Crowder Cullen Cuzner Daniel Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dechert Devolin Dewar Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dreeshen Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Dykstra Easter Eyking Falk Fantino Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Foote Fortin Freeland Freeman Fry Galipeau Gallant Garneau Genest-Jourdain Giguère Gill Glover Godin Goguen Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gosal Gourde Gravelle Grewal Groguhé Harper Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hillyer Hoback Holder Hsu Hughes Hyer Jacob James Jones Julian Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kellway Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lamoureux Lapointe Larose Latendresse Lauzon Laverdière Lebel LeBlanc (Beauséjour) Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Liu Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire Mai Marston Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod Menegakis Michaud Miller Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nicholson Norlock Nunez-Melo Obhrai O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Pacetti Papillon Patry Payne Péclet Perreault Plamondon Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Rousseau Saganash Sandhu Saxton Scarpaleggia Schellenberger Scott Seeback Sellah Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton St-Denis Stewart Strahl Sullivan Sweet Thibeault Tilson Toet Tremblay Trost Trottier Trudeau Truppe Turmel Uppal Valcourt Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vaughan Vellacott 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) Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 268
NAYS — CONTRE Nil — Aucun
PAIRED — PAIRÉS Nil — Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-247, An Act to expand the mandate of Service Canada in respect of the death of a Canadian citizen or Canadian resident, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Private Members' Business

At 6:12 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. Hoback (Prince Albert), seconded by Mr. Dreeshen (Red Deer), — That Bill C-590, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol content), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, Bill C-590, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol content), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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 that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco), 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 — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, "Open Data: The Way of the Future" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-119), presented to the House on Monday, June 16, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-412-119.

— by — Report of the Correctional Investigator for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, pursuant to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20, s. 192. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-72-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:40 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 7:00 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).