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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 209 Thursday, May 7, 2015 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Commissioner of Official Languages for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R.S. 1985, c. 31 (4th supp.), s. 66. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-301-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages)

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. 412-5155 concerning the issuing of visas. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-65-06;

— No. 412-5186 concerning human rights. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-101-12;

— Nos. 412-5407 to 412-5411 concerning foreign aid. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-34-20;

— No. 412-5412 concerning China. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-412-19-18.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the joint Canadian delegation of the Canada-China Legislative Association and the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), held in Quito, Ecuador, from January 11 to 15, 2015. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-412-57-04.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Wilks (Kootenay—Columbia), seconded by Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), Bill C-674, An Act to establish Addiction Recovery Week, 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 correct by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

— by , six concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (Nos. 412-5555 to 412-5560);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5561);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 412-5562);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5563);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5564);

— by , one concerning AIDS (No. 412-5565) and one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 412-5566);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5567);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5568);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5569);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5570);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5571);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5572);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5573);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5574);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5575);

— by , two concerning the tax system (Nos. 412-5576 and 412-5577);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5578);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5579);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5580);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5581);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5582);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5583);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5584) and one concerning a national child care program (No. 412-5585);

— by , one concerning telecommunications (No. 412-5586);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5587);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5588) and one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5589);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5590);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5591);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5592);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5593).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-1121 and Q-1125 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 return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-1120 — — With regard to the New Building Canada Fund (NBCF), between 2013-2014 and the current fiscal year: (a) broken down by date of application, individual project, province, and municipality, what is the total number of applications submitted under each of the following components of the NBCF, (i) the National Infrastructure Component, (ii) the Provincial Territorial Infrastructure Component – National and Regional Projects (PTIC-NRP), (iii) the Provincial Territorial Infrastructure Component – Small Communities Fund (PTIC-SCF); (b) broken down by date of application, individual project, province, and municipality, what is the total amount of money requested under each component identified in (a); (c) broken down by date of application, individual project, province, and municipality, what are all the approved projects and the total amount of funding allocated under each component identified in (a); (d) broken down by date of application, individual project, province, and municipality, what is the total number of applications submitted for (i) public transit infrastructure projects, (ii) highway, bridge, and major road infrastructure projects, (iii) inter-city and regional rail infrastructure projects, (iv) disaster mitigation infrastructure projects, (v) port, maritime shipping, and marine infrastructure projects, (vi) airport, helipad, and aviation infrastructure projects, (vii) information technology infrastructure projects, (viii) wastewater management and sewage infrastructure projects; (e) which provinces have submitted applications to Infrastructure Canada under (i) PTIC–NRP, (ii) PTIC-SCF; (f) which provinces have yet to open the process for municipal applications under PTIC-NRP; and (g) will delays in processing applications under PTIC-NRP cause any municipalities to miss the 2015 construction season and, if so, which municipalities will be affected? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1120.

Government Orders

Ways and Means

The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures (Sessional Paper No. 8570-412-23), notice of which was laid upon the Table on Monday, May 4, 2015. (Ways and Means No. 22)

Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Oliver (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Rickford (Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(3), the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 399 -- Vote n^o 399)
YEAS: 146, NAYS: 111
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Aspin Barlow Bateman Benoit Bergen Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Butt Calandra Calkins Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Eglinski Falk Fantino Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Fortin Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hillyer Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Pacetti Paradis Payne Perkins Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Saxton Schellenberger Seeback Shipley Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Strahl Sweet Tilson Toet Trost Trottier Truppe Uppal Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan 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: -- 146
NAYS -- CONTRE Adams Allen (Welland) Angus Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bélanger Bennett Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Charlton Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Cotler Crowder Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Easter Eyking Foote Freeman Fry Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Goodale Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Julian Kellway Lamoureux Lapointe Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (Beauséjour) LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nunez-Melo Papillon Pilon Quach Rafferty Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Rousseau Saganash Sandhu Scarpaleggia Scott Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Toone Tremblay Valeriote Vaughan Total: -- 111
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Pursuant to Standing Orders 83(4) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Sorenson (Minister of State (Finance)) for Mr. Oliver (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures, was read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures”.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans with amendments.

Mr. Moore (Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)) for Mrs. Shea (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), 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. Moore (Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)) for Mrs. Shea (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-52, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected for debate Motion No. 1.

Motion No. 1 was not proceeded with.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Ms. Raitt (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), 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), Ms. Raitt (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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 Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-627, An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act (safety of persons and property), as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with an amendment.

Ms. Bateman (Winnipeg South Centre), seconded by Mrs. Ambler (Mississauga South), 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 98(2), Ms. Bateman (Winnipeg South Centre), seconded by Mrs. Ambler (Mississauga South), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as follows:

— by — Report of Ridley Terminals Inc., together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year ended December 31, 2014, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-412-770-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment

At 5:46 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).