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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 266 Monday, February 26, 2018 11:00 a.m.

Prayer

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 House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City), seconded by Mr. Badawey (Niagara Centre), — That Bill C-374, An Act to amend the Historic Sites and Monuments Act (composition of the Board), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-374, An Act to amend the Historic Sites and Monuments Act (composition of the Board), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Interruption

At 11:53 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:00 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Business of Supply

The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.

Ms. Trudel (Jonquière), seconded by Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government committed a gross error in judgement when it operationalized the previous Conservative government’s Phoenix pay system over the clear objections of both the affected unions and departmental staff, and that the House call on the government to: (a) pay all employees correctly and on time, every time, for the work they do; (b) exempt those who have been overpaid by Phoenix from having to pay back the ‘gross’ amount, despite actually receiving a substantially lower ‘net’ amount; (c) compensate those in the public service who have experienced damages from Phoenix, both financial and otherwise; and (d) publicly apologize to all of those who have endured hardship as a result of the government's error.

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled "Supplementary Estimates (C) 2017-18", pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1119-07.

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:

— No. 421-02001 concerning Christianity. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-55-06;

— Nos. 421-02002 and 421-02041 concerning rail transportation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-10-18;

— No. 421-02012 concerning the tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-1-28;

— Nos. 421-02020, 421-02055, 421-02056, 421-02057, 421-02058, 421-02059, 421-02060, 421-02061 and 421-02062 concerning discrimination. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-32-08;

— No. 421-02034 concerning the protection of the environment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-3-40;

— No. 421-02054 concerning navigable waters. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-101-15;

— No. 421-02081 concerning sex selection. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-25-14;

— No. 421-02082 concerning impaired driving. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-7-24.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the Republican National Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, from July 18 to 20, 2016. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-59-28.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the Annual Summer Meeting of the National Governors Association, held in Providence, Rhode Island, from July 13 to 15, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-59-29.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the 41st Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from August 27 to 29, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-59-30.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 52nd 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 Citizenship and Immigration


Leona Alleslev for Salma Zahid

Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs


Dan Vandal for Salma Zahid

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

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 52nd Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, at the conclusion of today's debate on the opposition motion in the name of the Member for Jonquière, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion be deemed put and a recorded division deemed requested and deferred to Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions; and that, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, the votes deferred immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, be deferred anew to the end of the time provided for Oral Questions that same day.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning rail transportation (No. 421-02086);

— by , one concerning research and development (No. 421-02087);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-02088);

— by , one concerning refugees (No. 421-02089);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-02090);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-02091);

— by , two concerning Christianity (Nos. 421-02092 and 421-02093);

— by , one concerning international development and aid (No. 421-02094);

— by , one concerning discrimination (No. 421-02095).

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Trudel (Jonquière), seconded by Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

Notices of Motions

Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the second reading stage of Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the second reading stage of Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Trudel (Jonquière), seconded by Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the question was deemed put on the motion and the recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

At 6:15 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Order made Thursday, February 15, 2018, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. McColeman (Brantford—Brant), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That the House call on the Prime Minister to apologize to veterans for his insensitive comments at a recent town hall in Edmonton and show veterans the respect that they deserve by fulfilling his campaign promise to them, when he said on August 24, 2015, that “If I earn the right to serve this country as your Prime Minister, no veteran will be forced to fight their own government for the support and compensation they have earned”.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 454 -- Vote n^o 454)
YEAS: 120, NAYS: 155
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Anderson Angus Arnold Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Benzen Bergen Berthold Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Davies Deltell Diotte Donnelly Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Fortin Gallant Garrison Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hoback Hughes Johns Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Nantel Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Plamondon Poilievre Quach Rankin Rayes Reid Richards Sansoucy Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Stanton Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Webber Weir Yurdiga Total: -- 120
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Baylis Bennett Bibeau Bittle Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Cormier Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fuhr Garneau Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jordan Jowhari Kang Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield MacAulay (Cardigan) 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 Murray Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sajjan Sangha Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tan Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 155
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

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

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, "Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer: Promoting Best Practices" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-296), presented to the House on Thursday, November 23, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-296.

— by — Report of the Commissioner of Competition for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, pursuant to the Competition Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-34, s. 127. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-352-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — List of Commissions issued for the year 2017, pursuant to the Public Officers Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-31, s. 4. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-413-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 16th Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, "Access to Justice - Part 2: Legal Aid" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-279), presented to the House on Monday, October 30, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-279.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:41 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 7:02 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).