House Publications

The Debates are the report—transcribed, edited, and corrected—of what is said in the House. The Journals are the official record of the decisions and other transactions of the House. The Order Paper and Notice Paper contains the listing of all items that may be brought forward on a particular sitting day, and notices for upcoming items.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

Bilingual view PDF

42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 272 Tuesday, March 20, 2018 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Case Report on the Findings of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner in the Matter of an Investigation into a Disclosure of Wrongdoing, pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, S.C. 2005, c. 46, sbs. 38(3.1) and (3.3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1060-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled "Federal Financial Support to Provinces and Territories: A Long-term Scenario Analysis", pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1119-10.

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled "Federal Personnel Spending: Past and future trends", pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1119-11.

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. 421-02026 concerning drinking water. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-46-05;

— No. 421-02028 concerning Canadian citizenship. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-89-05;

— No. 421-02029 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-31-32;

— No. 421-02039 concerning the issuance of visas. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-16-04;

— Nos. 421-02067, 421-02095, 421-02107, 421-02114, 421-02117, 421-02121, 421-02122, 421-02123, 421-02124 and 421-02125 concerning discrimination. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-32-10;

— No. 421-02079 concerning illicit drug use. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-199-01.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Mr. Sohi (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas respecting its participation at the 14th Plenary Assembly and the 44th Meeting of the Board of Directors, held in Medellín, Colombia, from November 15 to 17, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-74-11.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Nault (Kenora), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the 16th Report of the Committee (Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments), with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-362.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 75, 77 to 79 and 88) was tabled.

Mr. Nault (Kenora), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the 17th Report of the Committee, "Focused, Independent, and Patient: Building a World-Class Canadian Development Finance Institution". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-363.

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. 62, 66 to 68, 72, 79, 83, 84 and 87) was tabled.

Mr. Casey (Cumberland—Colchester), from the Standing Committee on Health, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-364.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 89 to 91 and 93 to 95) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning discrimination (No. 421-02164);

— by , one concerning rail transportation (No. 421-02165);

— by , one concerning discrimination (No. 421-02166);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-02167);

— by , one concerning the use of animals in research (No. 421-02168) and one concerning the fishing industry (No. 421-02169);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 421-02170).

Ways and Means

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board), — That the House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; (Ways and Means No. 19)

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the House reject the government's budget statement because it fails middle class Canadians, women, and business operators by:

(a) raising taxes on over 90% of Canadian middle-class families;

(b) announcing new tax hikes on local businesses;

(d) jeopardizing our future generations by choosing not to balance the budget by 2019; and

(e) spending so much to achieve so little.”.

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.

Ways and Means

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the House reject the government's budget statement because it fails middle class Canadians, women, and business operators by:

(a) raising taxes on over 90% of Canadian middle-class families;

(b) announcing new tax hikes on local businesses;

(d) jeopardizing our future generations by choosing not to balance the budget by 2019; and

(e) spending so much to achieve so little.”.

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 84(5), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 462 -- Vote n^o 462)
YEAS: 84, NAYS: 214
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Anderson Arnold Barlow Benzen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Clement Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Harder Hoback Jeneroux Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lloyd MacKenzie McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Rayes Reid Richards Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 84
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Caron Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Chen Choquette Christopherson Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Jolibois Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Moore Morrissey Murray Nantel Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Virani Weir Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Total: -- 214
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, the hours of sitting and the order of business of the House on Thursday, March 29, 2018, shall be those of a Friday, provided that any recorded division deferred to or requested on that day in respect of a debatable motion, other than an item of Private Members’ Business, be deferred until Monday, April 16, 2018, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.

Private Members' Business

At 5:57 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Eyolfson (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley), seconded by Mr. Fergus (Hull—Aylmer), — That Bill C-373, An Act respecting a federal framework on distracted 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, March 21, 2018, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

At 6:43 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C-369, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Indigenous Peoples Day).

Ms. Jolibois (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River), seconded by Ms. Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

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.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-02171);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-02172);

— by , one concerning genetic engineering (No. 421-02173) and one concerning hazardous products (No. 421-02174).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:43 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 8:02 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).