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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 167 Monday, May 1, 2017 11:00 a.m.

Prayer

Question of Privilege

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), seconded by Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock), — That the question of privilege regarding the free movement of Members of Parliament within the Parliamentary Precinct raised on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by adding the following:

“and that the Committee make this matter a priority over all other business including its review of the Standing Orders and Procedure of the House and its committees.”;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:

“, provided that the Committee report back no later than June 19, 2017.”.

The debate continued.

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), Mr. Lamoureux (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. 421-01177 and 421-01201 concerning telecommunications. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-78-04;

— No. 421-01178 concerning international trade. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-70-05;

— Nos. 421-01181, 421-01210, 421-01224 and 421-01244 concerning navigable waters. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-101-04;

— No. 421-01182 concerning pesticides. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-14-10;

— Nos. 421-01183, 421-01197 and 421-01242 concerning the protection of the environment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-3-18;

— No. 421-01184 concerning a national day. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-131-03;

— No. 421-01185 concerning Syria. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-108-02;

— No. 421-01187 concerning telephone services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-143-01;

— No. 421-01189 concerning the agricultural industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-144-01;

— Nos. 421-01192 and 421-01199 concerning the Governor General's Medals of Honour. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-116-03;

— No. 421-01193 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-31-17;

— Nos. 421-01194 and 421-01202 concerning the tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-1-11;

— No. 421-01198 concerning cellphone towers. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-96-02;

— No. 421-01200 concerning genetic engineering. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-26-10;

— No. 421-01203 concerning youth. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-145-01;

— Nos. 421-01206, 421-01207 and 421-01208 concerning the electoral system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-11-18;

— No. 421-01211 concerning diabetes. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-123-02;

— No. 421-01213 concerning cruelty to animals. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-41-09;

— No. 421-01214 concerning the grain industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-8-06;

— No. 421-01218 concerning drinking water. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-46-02;

— No. 421-01225 concerning certain imported goods. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-146-01;

— No. 421-01231 concerning organ donation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-134-03;

— Nos. 421-01241 and 421-01265 concerning the fishing industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-24-09;

— No. 421-01253 concerning unborn children. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-5-17;

— No. 421-01256 concerning abortion. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-33-04;

— No. 421-01261 concerning species at risk. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-50-03;

— No. 421-01277 concerning sex selection. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-25-09.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 29th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following changes to the lists of members of the following standing committees:

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics


Mona Fortier for Bob Bratina Karine Trudel for Daniel Blaikie

Standing Committee on Natural Resources


Mary Ng for Michael V. McLeod

Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs


Emmanuella Lambropoulos for David de Burgh Graham

The Committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, that the name of the following Member be added to the list of associate members of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics:


Daniel Blaikie

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 3) is tabled.

Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee, "Safeguarding Canada's National Security While Protecting Canadians' Privacy Rights: Review of the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act (SCISA)". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-195.

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. 33 to 35, 39 to 45, 50, 51 and 56) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 29th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning genetic engineering (No. 421-01282);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-01283);

— by , one concerning international development and aid (No. 421-01284) and one concerning tobacco (No. 421-01285).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-896, Q-897, Q-899, Q-902, Q-907, Q-910 and Q-913 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (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-898 — — With regard to the comments made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development in the House of Commons on February 22, 2017, concerning the takeover of Retirement Concepts by Anbang Insurance: (a) how is the takeover in Canada’s best interests; (b) what precise benefits does the government anticipate Canadians will receive as a result of the takeover; and (c) what is the net total of new Canadian jobs which the government anticipates will be created as a result of the takeover? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-898.

Q-900 — — With regard to the President of the Treasury Board’s mandate letter, specifically the instruction to ''work with the Minister of Finance and your colleagues to conduct a review of tax expenditures and other spending to reduce poorly targeted and inefficient measures, wasteful spending, and government initiatives that are ineffective or have outlived their purpose'': (a) what consultations with his colleagues in the Official Opposition and other parties has the President of the Treasury Board undertaken to review tax expenditures; (b) what consultations with non-government stakeholders has the President of the Treasury Board undertaken as part of a review of tax expenditures; (c) what consultations have the President of the Treasury Board, any of his officials, any other Minister, or any of their officials undertaken with stakeholders with links to political parties to review tax expenditures; (d) what were the results of the consultations in (a), (b), and (c); (e) on what evidence was the decision to conduct a review of tax expenditures based; (f) what criteria does the government anticipate will be used to judge the efficacy of given tax expenditures under review; (g) what specific goals or deliverables have the President of the Treasury Board and any other Minister determined for the reduction of tax expenditures through pruning of ineffective measures and wasteful spending; and (h) when does the government anticipate the President of the Treasury Board or any other Minister will report to Parliament on the findings of the tax measure review? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-900.

Q-901 — — With regard to the President of the Treasury Board’s mandate letter, specifically the instruction to ''work with the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons to improve reporting to Parliament'': (a) on what evidence is the assessment that reporting to Parliament needs to be improved based; (b) what steps do the President of the Treasury Board and the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons plan to take to improve reporting to Parliament; (c) on what criteria does the government anticipate success or failure of attempts to improve reporting to Parliament will be judged; (d) what consultations with the Official Opposition and other parties have the President of the Treasury Board and the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons undertaken or plan to undertake regarding improving reporting to Parliament; (e) at what intervals does the government anticipate the President of the Treasury Board will report to Parliament on efforts to improve reporting to Parliament; (f) what specific goals or deliverables has the President of the Treasury Board determined for the state of reporting to Parliament; and (g) if the President of the Treasury Board has not yet determined the specific goals or deliverables in (f), when does he anticipate he will do so and inform Parliament as to their nature or content? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-901.

Q-903 — — With regard to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, between its launch on January 1, 2015, and February 22, 2017, and the constituency of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques: (a) which projects have been submitted from the constituency; and (b) which projects submitted from the constituency have been approved? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-903.

Q-904 — — With regard to the government policy on workplace day care centres: (a) what is the full list of departments or other public service entities in part I, schedule I of the Public Service Labour Relations Act; (b) who is the designated officer within the department or entity who submits questions to the human resources branch of the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada; (c) how many day care centres, broken down by department and city, should be planned so that the actual or proposed number of day care centres does not exceed one centre per 4,000 employees in the municipality or census subdivision as set out in the Geographic Location Master File; (d) what are the results of the surveys of federal public servants, broken down by department; and (e) what cumulative data is required, broken down by department and year, to assess the policy for each department since this policy was implemented? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-904.

Q-905 — — With regard to the Access to Information Act, since November 4, 2015: (a) how many times has the Privy Council Office, the Office of the Prime Minister, or the Treasury Board Secretariat provided guidance, including directives, advice, memorandums, clarifications, and interpretations regarding Access to Information requests or the implementation of the Act; and (b) for each instance in (a), what are the details, including (i) date, (ii) title, (iii) contents, (iv) departments that received the guidance, (v) individuals who provided the guidance, (vi) relevant file numbers, if applicable? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-905.

Q-906 — — With regard to the Prime Minister’s trip to Calgary on or around March 1, 2017: (a) what are the amounts and details of all expenses related to the trip; (b) what are the details of all official government business conducted on the trip; (c) what amount has been received by the Receiver General from the (i) Liberal Party of Canada, (ii) Official Agent for the Liberal Party of Canada by-election campaign in Calgary Midnapore, (iii) Official Agent for the Liberal Party of Canada by-election campaign in Calgary Heritage, for re-imbursement related to the Prime Minister’s trip; and (d) what are the details of any payment received in (c), including (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) description of expenses for which taxpayers were reimbursed, (iv) sender? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-906.

Q-908 — — With regard to individuals who have sought asylum in Canada since January 1, 2017: (a) how many individuals have sought asylum; (b) what is the breakdown of asylum seekers by country of citizenship; (c) how many individuals have sought asylum at locations other than border crossings; (d) what is the breakdown in (c) by country of citizenship; and (e) in (a) and (c), how many asylum claims were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-908.

Q-909 — — With regard to the regulatory requirements under sections 141 and 142 of the Health of Animals Regulations that “each animal is able to stand in its natural position without coming into contact with a deck or roof” and that "every equine over 14 hands in height shall be segregated from all other animals during transport by air": (a) does the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) verify that horses being exported overseas are currently meeting these requirements; (b) can the CFIA verify that inspectors are enforcing these regulations on a consistent basis; (c) who has the authority to declare that the requirements under section 141 do not apply; (d) is the CFIA's professional judgement and previous experience on this matter based on any scientific evidence that they can cite; (e) do the exporters receive a veterinary certificate from a CFIA veterinary inspector or otherwise accredited veterinarian at the quarantine feedlot that certifies that there is no disease or injury present and that it is permissible to export the horses; (f) who transports the horses and crates them at the airport; (g) is there a second veterinary inspection at the airport and, if so, is a second certificate provided to the airport and the aircraft carrier; (h) at what point are the horses examined at the airport; (i) since Canada is a World Organisation for Animal Health member country, is there also a document signed by the port veterinary stating that the shipment meets International Air Transport Association requirements; (j) with what method are the horses individually identified for the purposes of being crated together, so that compatibility is ensured; (k) how was incompatibility determined with regard to the incident filled out on March 10, 2015, non-compliance document Humane Transportation of Animals HT-2015-083416 and what specifically made that incident non-compliant; (l) how many incidents of incompatibility and non-compliance occurred in 2015; and (m) what are the details of all documents and certificates required for the air transport of live horses from Canada to Japan? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-909.

Q-911 — — With regard to expenditures for the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, both in the Departmental Office at 284 Wellington Street and the Minister’s Office in Centre Block, broken down by building, since April 12, 2016: (a) what is the total amount spent on renovations and furniture; (b) what is the amount spent on purchasing new furniture, broken down by item and cost; (c) what is the amount spent on reupholstering pre-existing furniture, broken down by item and cost; and (d) what other expenditures have been made with regard to renovations and furniture, broken down by item and cost? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-911.

Q-912 — — With regard to government travel by employees of the Privy Council Office (PCO) to the Bahamas during December 2016 and January 2017: (a) how many PCO employees travelled to the Bahamas; (b) what were the titles of the PCO employees referred to in (a); (c) what were the dates of each trip, broken down by employee; and (d) what locations were visited on each trip? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-912.

Q-914 — — With regard to the procurement of temporary personnel services, broken down by department, agency and crown corporation, by region and by year for every fiscal year from 2011-2012 to 2016-2017: (a) what are the total expenditures for such services, broken down by fiscal year; (b) what amount is spent by each department or government institution, broken down by fiscal year; (c) which companies received contracts to provide temporary personnel services; (d) what is the combined annual total of all contracts awarded to each company in (c); (e) which companies received sole sourced contracts, broken down by dates and amounts; (f) why were the contracts in (e) not competitively sourced; (g) how many people were hired by temporary employment agencies to work for federal department and government institutions across Canada, broken down by fiscal year; (h) how many employees were hired, broken down by fiscal year and by department and government institution; (i) what is the average length of time an employee remains on contract; (j) how many workers, in number and percentage of overall hires, begin on contract and are eventually offered full time positions within the federal civil service; (k) what is the business case for using temporary workers instead of permanent members of the civil service; (l) what savings does the government make in salary, pension and benefits by using temporary workers rather than permanent workers, as a total amount and on an average per worker basis; and (m) what is the average hourly amount a temporary agency receives based on the hourly wage a temporary worker is paid for their labour? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-914.

Q-915 — — With regard to federal spending within the electoral district of Abbotsford during the fiscal year 2016-2017: what is the list of grants, loans, contributions and contracts awarded by the government, broken down by (i) department and agency, (ii) municipality, (iii) name of recipient, (iv) amount received, (v) program under which the spending was made, (vi) date? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-915.

Q-916 — — With regard to federal spending within the electoral district of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon during the fiscal year 2016-2017: what is the list of grants, loans, contributions and contracts awarded by the government, broken down by (i) department and agency, (ii) municipality, (iii) name of recipient, (iv) amount received, (v) program under which the spending was made, (vi) date? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-916.

Q-917 — — With regard to the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, which ended in June 2016: (a) what rationale was used in the decision to not extend the plan; (b) was there a formal review of the plan prior to its cancellation; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, what were the findings of this review; (d) which groups, organizations or individuals received funding under the plan; (e) which groups identified in (d) (i) continue to receive funding from the government, (ii) do not continue to receive funding and for what reasons; and (f) what actions outside of the plan are being taken to combat human trafficking both (i) domestically, (ii) internationally? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-917.

Q-918 — — With regard to meetings between the Prime Minister and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, since November 4, 2015: what are the dates and times of all such meetings? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-918.

Question of Privilege

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), seconded by Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock);

And of the amendment of , seconded by ;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

Notices of Motions

Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of intention to move at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 57, that, in relation to the consideration of the privilege motion, the debate not be further adjourned.

Question of Privilege

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), seconded by Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock);

And of the amendment of , seconded by ;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Pursuant to Order made Monday, April 3, 2017, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Malcolmson (Nanaimo—Ladysmith), seconded by Ms. Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga), — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 11)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 257 -- Vote n^o 257)
YEAS: 279, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Alghabra Alleslev Allison Ambrose Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Arnold Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Barlow Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Bergen Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Boissonnault Bossio Boucher Boudrias Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Deltell Di Iorio Diotte Doherty Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Fillmore Finley Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Harvey Hehr Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Joly Jordan Kang Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière Lebel LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Motz Mulcair Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Paul-Hus Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Rioux Ritz Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Rusnak Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schmale Schulte Shanahan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Tilson Tootoo Trudeau Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wong Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 279
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Foote Moore Total: -- 2

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

— by — Report on the administration of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act for the year 2016, pursuant to the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 109. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-455-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— by — Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c. 23, sbs. 3(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-322-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by — Interim Order No. 4 Respecting the Use of Model Aircraft (8110-3-64-4), dated April 24, 2017, pursuant to the Aeronautics Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-2, sbs. 6.41(5) and (6). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-926-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Supplemental Agreement of the 2012 Canada-Nova Scotia Police Service Agreement, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-475-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of Alberta, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-475-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:57 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 7:25 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).