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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 221 Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Board of Internal Economy

The Speaker informed the House that, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, sbs. 50(4), Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) has been appointed a member of the Board of Internal Economy to replace Mr. Rankin (Victoria).

Daily Routine Of Business

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Quach (Salaberry—Suroît), seconded by Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot), Bill C-380, An Act to promote local foods, 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 by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

— by , one concerning the economy and employment (No. 421-01744);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-01745).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 and 2).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), — That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 15.

Motion No. 2 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), — That Bill C-46, in Clause 31.1, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 41 with the following:

“ed by this Act that includes an evaluation of whether the provisions have resulted in differential impacts on particular groups likely to be targeted based on prohibited grounds of discrimination, and prepare a report setting out”.

The debate continued 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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques), — That, given the Minister of Finance:
(a) after being elected to Parliament in 2015, led Canadians to believe that he had placed his shares in Morneau Shepell into a blind trust, while never having done so;
(b) used a loophole in the Conflict of Interest Act to place his shares in a private numbered company instead of divesting them or placing them in a blind trust;
(c) on October 19, 2016, sponsored Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985, a bill that would reasonably be expected to profit Morneau Shepell and the Minister of Finance in light of his continued ownership of shares in Morneau Shepell through a company he controls;
(d) was and remains in charge of regulating the pension industry in which he has had a personal economic interest; and
(e) has failed to live up to the ethical standards set forth by the Prime Minister in his mandate letter to the Minister;
the House call on the Minister of Finance to apologize to the House and to Canadians for breaking their trust, and the House call on the government to immediately close the loopholes in the Conflict of Interest Act as recommended by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, in order to prevent a Minister of the Crown from personally benefiting from their position or creating the perception thereof.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 370 -- Vote n^o 370)
YEAS: 131, NAYS: 163
YEAS -- POUR Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Angus Arnold Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boudrias Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Carrie Chong Christopherson Clarke Cooper Cullen Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk Fast Finley Fortin Gallant Garrison Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hoback Hughes Jeneroux Johns Jolibois Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Mulcair Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai Paul-Hus Pauzé Plamondon Quach Raitt Ramsey Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Saganash Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 131
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hardie Hehr Holland Housefather Hussen Iacono Joly Jordan Jowhari Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lemieux Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Monsef Morrissey Murray Nassif Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Sajjan Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudeau Vandal Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Young Zahid Total: -- 163
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Carr Thériault Total: -- 2

Government Orders

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 and 2).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 1 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), — That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 15.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), — That Bill C-46, in Clause 31.1, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 41 with the following:

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Order made Friday, October 20, 2017, Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance) made a statement.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Progress for the Middle Class: Fall Economic Statement 2017". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-421-47.

Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance) laid upon the Table, — Notice of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act. (Ways and Means No. 16) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-16.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of this Ways and Means motion.

Private Members' Business

At 4:45 p.m., pursuant to Order made Friday, October 20, 2017, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska), seconded by Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton), — That Bill S-230, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (drug-impaired driving), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, October 25, 2017, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 5:20 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 5:49 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).