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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 179 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Order made Monday, February 23, 2015, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), seconded by Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), — That Bill C-586, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Parliament of Canada Act (candidacy and caucus reforms), 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. 341 -- Vote n^o 341)
YEAS: 260, NAYS: 17
YEAS — POUR Ablonczy Adams Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Welland) Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Anders Anderson Angus Armstrong Ashton Aspin Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Barlow Bateman Bélanger Bellavance Benoit Benskin Bergen Bevington Bezan Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Blaney Block Boivin Borg Boughen Boutin-Sweet Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brosseau Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Bruinooge Butt Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Caron Carrie Casey Chicoine Chisholm Chisu Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Cleary Clement Comartin Côté Cotler Crockatt Crowder Cullen Cuzner Daniel Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dechert Devolin Dewar Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dreeshen Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Dykstra Easter Eglinski Eyking Falk Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Foote Freeland Freeman Galipeau Gallant Garrison Genest Giguère Gill Glover Godin Goguen Goodale Goodyear Gosal Gourde Gravelle Grewal Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hillyer Hoback Holder Hsu Hughes Jones Julian Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kellway Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lamoureux Lapointe Latendresse Lauzon Laverdière Lebel LeBlanc (Beauséjour) LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leef Leitch Lemieux Leslie Leung Liu Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacAulay MacKenzie Maguire Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Mourani Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nicholson Norlock Nunez-Melo Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Pacetti Papillon Patry Péclet Perkins Perreault Pilon Plamondon Poilievre Preston Quach Rafferty Raitt Rajotte Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Ritz Rousseau Sandhu Saxton Scarpaleggia Schellenberger Scott Seeback Sellah Shea Shipley Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton St-Denis Stewart Stoffer Strahl Sullivan Sweet Tilson Toet Toone 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) Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 260
NAYS — CONTRE Bennett Brahmi Charlton Davies (Vancouver East) Dion Fry Garneau Goldring Hayes Hyer James May Michaud Payne Rathgeber Sgro Wilks Total: -- 17
PAIRED — PAIRÉS Nil — Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Royal Assent

A message was received informing the Commons that on February 25, 2015, at 10:02 a.m., His Excellency the Governor General signified Royal Assent by written declaration to the following Bills:

Bill S-221, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against public transit operators) — Chapter No. 1;

Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts relating to agriculture and agri-food — Chapter No. 2.

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:

— Nos. 412-4741, 412-4751, 412-4757, 412-4760, 412-4763, 412-4767, 412-4771, 412-4772, 412-4777, 412-4792, 412-4801, 412-4804, 412-4805, 412-4820 to 412-4824, 412-4829 and 412-4832 concerning the grain industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-82-21;

— No. 412-4754 concerning navigable waters. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-24-26;

— No. 412-4786 concerning the electoral system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-12-21;

— No. 412-4833 concerning the protection of the environment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-2-27;

— No. 412-4895 concerning the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-6-13.

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 36th Interparliamentary Meeting with the European Parliament's Delegation responsible for the relations with Canada and parliamentary mission to the country that will next hold the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, held in Brussels, Belgium, Berlin, Germany and Riga, Latvia, from November 10 to 20, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-51-10.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Tilson (Dufferin—Caledon), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the Fourth Report of the Committee, "Strengthening the Protection of Women in our Immigration System". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-183.

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. 14 to 21, 28, 29, 36 and 37) was tabled.

Mr. Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the Eighth Report of the Committee, "The Management of Municipal Solid Waste and Industrial Materials". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-184.

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. 26 to 30, 32, 39 and 41 to 43) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville), seconded by Mr. Zimmer (Prince George—Peace River), Bill C-655, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (interference with hunting, trapping, fishing or sport shooting), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That, in the opinion of the House: (a) there has been, in the words of the Joint Statement issued following the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on January 22, 2015, “an alarming increase in anti-Semitism worldwide,” including the firebombing of synagogues and community centres, the vandalizing of Jewish memorials and cemeteries, incendiary calls for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people, and anti-Jewish terror; (b) this global anti-Semitism constitutes not only a threat to Jews but an assault on our shared democratic values and our common humanity; and that, therefore, the House: (a) declare its categorical condemnation of anti-Semitism; (b) reaffirm the importance of the Ottawa Protocol on Combating anti-Semitism as a model for domestic and international implementation; (c) reaffirm, in the words of the Ottawa Protocol, that, “criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is wrong. But singling Israel out for selective condemnation and opprobrium — let alone denying its right to exist or seeking its destruction — is discriminatory and hateful, and not saying so is dishonest;” and that the House further call upon the government to: (a) continue advancing the combating of anti-Semitism as a domestic and international priority; and (b) expand engagement with civil society, community groups, educators, and other levels of government to combat anti-Semitism and to promote respect, tolerance, and mutual understanding.

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. 412-5025);

— by , two concerning health care services (Nos. 412-5026 and 412-5027) and one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5028);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 412-5029);

— by , one concerning the electoral system (No. 412-5030);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5031);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 412-5032) and one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 412-5033);

— by , eleven concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (Nos. 412-5034 to 412-5044);

— by , one concerning the criminal justice system (No. 412-5045) and one concerning the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (No. 412-5046);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 412-5047);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 412-5048).

Government Orders

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, to enact the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with amendments.

Mr. Oliver (Minister of Finance) for Mr. MacKay (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Oliver (Minister of Finance) for Mr. MacKay (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Notices of Motions

Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the report stage and third reading stage of Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. MacKay (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular)), — That Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, to enact the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:40 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 Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities of Bill C-643, An Act to establish National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day.

Ms. Perreault (Montcalm), seconded by Mr. Rankin (Victoria), moved, — That the Bill 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.

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.

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-47, An Act to correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies and errors and to deal with other matters of a non-controversial and uncomplicated nature in the Statutes of Canada and to repeal certain provisions that have expired, lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect, without amendment.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by , one concerning disabled and handicapped persons (No. 412-5049).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:39 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 6:49 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).