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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 168 Tuesday, May 2, 2017 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Special Report of the Correctional Investigator, together with the government response, pursuant to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20, s. 193. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1107-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Canada Post Corporation, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2016, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-20-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Sorenson (Battle River—Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 23rd Report of the Committee, "Report 6, First Nations Specific Claims, of the Fall 2016 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-196.

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. 45 and 52) was tabled.

Mr. Sorenson (Battle River—Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 24th Report of the Committee, "Report 1, The Beyond the Border Action Plan, of the Fall 2016 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-197.

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. 42, 43 and 52) was tabled.

Mr. Oliphant (Don Valley West), from the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, presented the Ninth Report of the Committee, "Protecting Canadians and their Rights: A New Road Map for Canada’s National Security". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-198.

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 38, 52 to 54 and 56 to 60) was tabled.

Mrs. Schulte (King—Vaughan), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2017-18: Vote 1 under Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Department of the Environment and Votes 1 and 5 under Parks Canada Agency). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-199.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 58) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning crimes against humanity (No. 421-01286);

— by , one concerning the criminal justice system (No. 421-01287);

— by , one concerning firearms (No. 421-01288).

Question of Privilege

Pursuant to Standing Order 57, Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), moved, — That, in relation to the consideration of the privilege motion, the debate not be further adjourned.

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the closure motion.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 258 -- Vote n^o 258)
YEAS: 161, NAYS: 116
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Baylis Beech Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fuhr Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hehr Holland Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jordan Kang Khalid Khera Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Ludwig MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Nassif Nault O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Rusnak Sahota Saini Sajjan Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Shanahan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudeau Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 161
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Ambrose Anderson Arnold Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Boucher Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Carrie Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dubé Dusseault Duvall Falk Fast Finley Fortin Gallant Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Gourde Hardcastle Harder Jeneroux Johns Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Laverdière Lebel Liepert Lobb MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Marcil May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Mulcair Nantel Nater Nicholson Paul-Hus Pauzé Plamondon Poilievre Quach Ramsey Rankin Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Saganash Sansoucy Saroya Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Wong Zimmer Total: -- 116
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Foote Moore Total: -- 2

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.

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, in relation to the Question of Privilege (denial of access of Members to the Parliamentary Precinct raised on March 22, 2017), at 5:30 p.m. today or when no Member rises to speak, the questions on the subamendment and amendment be deemed adopted and the question on the main motion, as amended, be deemed put, a recorded division deemed requested and deferred until immediately before the time provided for Private Members’ Business on Wednesday, May 3, 2017.

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.

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the subamendment was deemed adopted; the amendment, as amended, was deemed adopted; and the question on the main motion, as amended, was deemed put and a recorded division deemed requested and deferred until Wednesday, May 3, 2017, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Private Members' Business

At 5:31 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the consideration of the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-224, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (assistance — drug overdose).

Mr. McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. May (Cambridge), moved, — That the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-224, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (assistance — drug overdose), be now read a second time and concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

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

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 of the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors for the year ended May 5, 2016, pursuant to the Canada Land Surveyors Act, S.C. 1998, c. 14, sbs. 70(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-799-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— by — Copy of Regulations Repealing the United Nations Côte d'Ivoire Regulations (P.C. 2017-377), pursuant to the United Nations Act, R.S. 1985, c. U-2, sbs. 4(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-592-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— by — Copy of the Regulations Repealing the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Liberia (P.C. 2017-378), pursuant to the United Nations Act, R.S. 1985, c. U-2, sbs. 4(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-592-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

Adjournment

At 6:08 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).