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41st PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 216 Monday, May 25, 2015 11:00 a.m.

Prayers

Private Members' Business

At 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), 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 Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-588, An Act to amend the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (Sambro Island Lighthouse).

Ms. Leslie (Halifax), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

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.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill S-6, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development without amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions No. 1 to 10.

Group No. 1

Mr. Bevington (Northwest Territories), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill S-6 be amended by deleting the long title.

Motions No. 2 and 3 were not proceeded with.

Mr. Bevington (Northwest Territories), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill S-6 be amended by deleting Clause 14.

Mr. Bevington (Northwest Territories), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved Motion No. 5, — That Bill S-6 be amended by deleting Clause 16.

Mr. Bevington (Northwest Territories), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved Motion No. 6, — That Bill S-6 be amended by deleting Clause 17.

Mr. Bevington (Northwest Territories), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved Motion No. 7, — That Bill S-6 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

Motions No. 8 and 9 were not proceeded with.

Mr. Bevington (Northwest Territories), seconded by Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl), moved Motion No. 10, — That Bill S-6 be amended by deleting Clause 34.

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

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

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement, pursuant to Article XIX of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated March 30, 2012. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-59.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), pursuant to Article 1022 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated December 8, 11, 14 and 17, 1992. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-60.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement pursuant to Article Kbis-14 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated December 5, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-61.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to Article 1413 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated May 27, 2010. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-62.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to Article 17.16 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated November 5, 2013. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-63.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Revised Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to Article 14.4 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated September 22, 2014. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-64.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to Article 16.14 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated May 14, 2010. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-65.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Modifications to Canada's Government Procurement Market Access Schedule in the Revised Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, pursuant to Article 1413 of that Agreement, and Explanatory Memorandum, dated May 28, 2008. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-412-66.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Galipeau (Ottawa—Orléans), from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2015-16 — Votes 1 and 5 under VETERANS AFFAIRS and Vote 1 under VETERANS REVIEW AND APPEAL BOARD. — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-238.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 48 and 49) was tabled.

Mr. Allison (Niagara West—Glanbrook), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the Ninth Report of the Committee, "The Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide - A Study of the Crisis of Children Born of Rape Committed During the Genocide". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-239.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 61) was tabled.

Mr. Allison (Niagara West—Glanbrook), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the Tenth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2015-16 — Votes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and L25 under FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, Vote 1 under INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE and Vote 1 under INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION (CANADIAN SECTION). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-240.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 54 and 61) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, during the debate today on the Business of Supply pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair and, within each 15-minute period, each party may allocate time to one or more of its Members for speeches or for questions and answers, provided that, in the case of questions and answers, the Minister's answer approximately reflect the time taken by the question, and provided that, in the case of speeches, Members of the party to which the period is allocated may speak one after the other.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , three concerning the protection of the environment (Nos. 412-5719 to 412-5721);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5722);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 412-5723);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5724) and one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-5725);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5726) and one concerning the situation in Venezuela (No. 412-5727);

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 412-5728);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 412-5729);

— by , two concerning health care services (Nos. 412-5730 and 412-5731);

— by , one concerning a national child care program (No. 412-5732) and one concerning Canada's railways (No. 412-5733);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 412-5734) and one concerning sex selection (No. 412-5735);

— by , one concerning the grain industry (No. 412-5736);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 412-5737).

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-1076, Q-1137, Q-1142 and Q-1144 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-1075 — — With regard to the Western Diversification Program (WDP) for each fiscal year from 2012-2013 to 2014-2015, year-to-date: (a) how many companies, non-profits or other eligible organizations applied for funding; (b) what is the total amount of funding that has been awarded, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) federal electoral riding, (iii) date the funding was approved, (iv) date the funding was actually provided to each approved project; (c) what outreach activities were used to acquire potential applicants and what are the details of individuals or entities invited to briefings organized by Western Economic Diversification (WD); (d) what is the success rate of funding applications, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) federal electoral riding; (e) what is the average amount of funding granted, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) federal electoral riding; and (f) what are the requirements imposed by WD for financial commitments by other sources in order to qualify for a WDP award? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1075.

Q-1138 — — With regard to Employment Insurance (EI) for fiscal year 2014-2015: (a) what was the volume of EI applications in total and broken down by (i) region or province where the claim originated, (ii) the number of claims accepted and the number of claims rejected, (iii) month; (b) what was the average processing time for EI applications in total and broken down by (i) region or province where the claim originated, (ii) month; (c) how many applications waited more than 28 days for a decision and, for these applications, what was the average wait time for a decision, in total and broken down by (i) region or province where the claim originated, (ii) month; (d) what was the volume of calls to EI call centres in total and broken down by (i) month, (ii) region or province; (e) how many calls were made to EI call centres that received a “high volume” message, in total and broken down by (i) month, (ii) region or province; (f) what were the national service level standards for calls answered by an agent at EI call centres, broken down by month; (g) what were the actual service level standards achieved by EI call centres for calls answered by an agent, broken down by (i) month, (ii) region or province; (h) what were the service standards for call backs from EI processing staff, broken down by month; (i) what were the service standards achieved by EI processing staff for call backs, broken down by (i) month, (ii) region or province; (j) what was the average number of days for a call back by EI processing staff, broken down by (i) month, (ii) region or province; (k) what was the number and percentage of term employees, and the number and percentage of indeterminate employees, working at EI call centres and processing centres; (l) what was the rate of sick leave use among EI call centre and processing centre employees; (m) what was the number of EI call centre and processing centre employees on long term disability; (n) what was the number of overtime hours worked by call centre employees; (o) how many of the additional 300 staff in EI processing have been hired, in total and broken down by (i) month, (ii) location; (p) how many of the 100 additional staff in EI call centres have been hired, in total and broken down by (i) month, (ii) location; (q) who authored the report on EI processing; (r) what is the Table of Contents for the report; (s) will the government make the report public; (t) how many complaints did the Office of Client Satisfaction receive, broken down by (i) month, (ii) region or province where the complaint originated; (u) how long, on average, did a complaint take to investigate and resolve, broken down by month; and (v) what were the major themes of the complaints received? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1138.

Q-1139 — — With regard to the government’s commitment on January 7, 2015, to resettle 3 000 Iraqi refugees in 2015: (a) how many government-assisted Iraqi refugees have been resettled in Canada since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (b) how many applications for privately-sponsored Iraqi refugees have been accepted since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (c) how many privately-sponsored Iraqi refugees have arrived in Canada since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (d) how many Iraqi refugees have made inland claims for refugee status at the Immigration and Refugee Board since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (e) how many Iraqi refugees have received a positive decision at the Immigration and Refugee Board since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (f) how many applications for private sponsorship of Iraqi refugees have been received since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; and (g) how many applications for private sponsorship of Iraqi refugees are waiting to be processed? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1139.

Q-1140 — — With regard to the government’s commitment on January 7, 2015 to resettle 10 000 Syrian refugees by 2017: (a) how many Syrian refugees does the government plan to resettle each year, broken down by government-assisted and privately-sponsored refugees; (b) will the government be fast-tracking applications for privately-sponsored Syrian refugees; (c) what criteria has the government enumerated for prioritizing resettlement on the basis of religion or ethnicity; (d) what instructions have been given to processing officers regarding religion or ethnicity of Syrian refugees; (e) how many government assisted Syrian refugees have been resettled in Canada since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (f) how many applications for privately-sponsored Syrian refugees have been accepted since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (g) how many privately-sponsored Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since January 1, 2015, in total and broken down by month; (h) how many Syrian refugees have made inland claims for refugee status at the Immigration and Refugee Board since July 2013, in total and broken down by (i) year, (ii) month; (i) how many Syrian refugees have received a positive decision at the Immigration and Refugee Board since July 2013, in total and broken down by (i) year, (ii) month; (j) how many applications for private sponsorship of Syrian refugees have been received since July 2013, in total and broken down by (i) year, (ii) month; and (k) how many applications for private sponsorship of Syrian refugees are waiting to be processed? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1140.

Q-1141 — — With regard to Express Entry: (a) how much has the government spent on advertising-to-date, broken down by (i) medium, including name of publication, website, or media outlet where appropriate, (ii) dates of advertisement, (iii) cost; (b) what is the budget for future advertising, broken down by (i) medium, including name of publication, website, or media outlet where appropriate, (ii) expected dates of advertisement, (iii) cost; and (c) what analysis is being conducted to ensure that advertising is achieving its intended goals? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1141.

Q-1143 — — With respect to the allocation of federal funding: what is the total amount of government funding, for each fiscal year 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 to date, allocated within the constituency of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, specifying each (i) department or agency, (ii) initiative, (iii) amount? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1143.

Q-1145 — — With regard to the following cases pursued by the Attorney General of Canada and the following federally initiated reference question, what have been the associated costs (internal and external) and internal tracking numbers of all documents, communications or briefing notes for each of the following cases: (a) Federation of Law Societies of Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 BCCA 147. SCC Docket No. 35399; (b) R. v. Smickle, 2013 ONCA 678; (c) R. v. Nur, 2013 ONCA 677z; (d) R. v. Charles, 2013 ONCA 681.; (e) R. v. Hill, 2012 ONSC 5050; (f) Canada (Attorney General) v. Whaling, 2014 SCC 20; (g) CUPW v. A.G. Canada, 2013 ONSC 7532; (h) Tabingo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 377; (i) Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6, 2014 SCC 21; (j) Canada (Attorney General) v. PHS Community Services Society, 2011 SCC 44; (k) Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, et al v Canada (Attorney General), et al (Federal Court File No. T 356-13); (l) Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General) – 2015 SCC 1; (m) Reference re Supreme Court Act – 2014 SCC 21; (n) Canada (Attorney General) v. Whaling – 2014 SCC 20; (o) SENATE REFORM, 2014 SCC 32, [2014] 1 S.C.R. 704; and (p) R. v. Tse – 2012 SCC 16? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-412-1145.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code and to make a related amendment and a consequential amendment to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with an amendment.

Ms. Bergen (Minister of State (Social Development)) for Mr. Blaney (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Mr. Goodyear (Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Ms. Bergen (Minister of State (Social Development)) for Mr. Blaney (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Mr. Goodyear (Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Oliver (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Duncan (Minister of State), — That Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:
“this House decline to give second reading to Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures, because it:
(a) fails to support working- and middle-class families through the introduction of affordable childcare and a $15-per-hour federal minimum wage;
(b) imposes wasteful and unfair income-splitting measures which primarily benefit the wealthy and offer nothing to 85% of Canadian families;
(c) fails to protect interns against workplace sexual harassment or unreasonable hours of work;
(d) implements expanded Tax-Free Savings Account measures which benefit the wealthiest households while leaving major fiscal problems to our grandchildren;
(e) rolls a separate, stand-alone, and supportable piece of legislation concerning Canada’s veterans into an omnibus bill that contains vastly unrelated, unsupportable measures; and
(f) attacks the right to free and fair collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers.”.
The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 405 -- Vote n^o 405)
YEAS: 117, NAYS: 150
YEAS -- POUR Allen (Welland) Andrews Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Eyking Foote Fortin Freeland Freeman Fry Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Goodale Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Hyer Julian Lamoureux Lapointe Latendresse LeBlanc (Beauséjour) LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen May 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) Mourani Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Péclet Pilon Plamondon Quach Rafferty Rankin Regan Saganash Sandhu Scarpaleggia Scott Sellah Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Toone Tremblay Valeriote Vaughan Total: -- 117
NAYS -- CONTRE Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Barlow Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Eglinski Falk Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hillyer Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lauzon Lebel Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire Mayes McColeman Menegakis Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Perkins Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Rempel Richards Saxton Seeback Shea Shipley Shory 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: -- 150
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

The question was put on the main motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 406 -- Vote n^o 406)
YEAS: 149, NAYS: 118
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Barlow Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Eglinski Falk Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hillyer Hoback Holder James Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lauzon Lebel Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Maguire Mayes McColeman Menegakis Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Perkins Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Reid Rempel Richards Saxton Seeback Shea Shipley Shory 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: -- 149
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Andrews Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Crowder Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Doré Lefebvre Dubé Dubourg Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Eyking Foote Fortin Freeland Freeman Fry Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Goodale Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Hyer Julian Lamoureux Lapointe Latendresse LeBlanc (Beauséjour) LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen May 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) Mourani Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Péclet Pilon Plamondon Quach Rafferty Rankin Rathgeber Regan Saganash Sandhu Scarpaleggia Scott Sellah Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Toone Tremblay Valeriote Vaughan Total: -- 118
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, 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 second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:07 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 withdrawn.

Government Orders

Business of Supply

At 7:28 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of all Votes related to FINANCE in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016.

At 11:28 p.m., the Committee rose.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), the considered Votes were deemed reported.

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 tobacco (No. 412-5738).

Adjournment

Accordingly, at 11:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).