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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 275 Monday, March 26, 2018 11:00 a.m.

Prayer

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, during Statements by Ministers later this day, Tsilhqot'in First Nation Chiefs Joe Alphonse, Russell Myers Ross, Francis Laceese, Roy Stump, Otis Guichon and Jimmy Lulua be permitted on the floor of the House and that, following the responses to the ministerial statement, Peyal Laceese of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation be permitted to perform, from the floor of the House, a traditional drumming ceremony.

Private Members' Business

At 11:03 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe), seconded by Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River), moved, — That a special committee of the House be appointed with the purpose of conducting hearings and proposing a plan for a postal banking system administered under the Canada Post Corporation; that this Committee consist of ten members of which six shall be from the government party, three from the Official Opposition, and one from the New Democratic Party, provided that the Chair is from the government party; that in addition to the Chair, there be one Vice-Chair from each of the recognized opposition parties; that the Committee have all the powers of a standing committee as provided in the Standing Orders; that the members to serve on the said Committee be appointed by the Whip of each party by depositing with the Clerk of the House a list of his or her party’s members of the Committee no later than a week after the adoption of the said motion; that the quorum of the Committee be as provided for in Standing Order 118, provided that at least one member of each recognized party be present; that membership substitutions be permitted from time to time, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2); and that the Committee report to the House no later than 12 months after the adoption of this motion. (Private Members' Business M-166)

Debate arose thereon.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mr. Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby South) for Mr. David Christopherson (Hamilton Centre).

Private Members' Business

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe), seconded by Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River). (Private Members' Business M-166)

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms.

Mr. Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), seconded by Mr. MacKenzie (Oxford), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 638 -- Vote n^o 638)
YEAS: 163, NAYS: 116
YEAS -- POUR Aldag 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 Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Grewal Hardie Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) 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 Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rudd Ruimy Rusnak 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 Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 163
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Angus Arnold Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Cannings Caron Carrie Choquette Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Fortin Gallant Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hughes Jeneroux Johns Kelly Kent Kitchen Kusie Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lloyd Lobb Ludwig MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Marcil Masse (Windsor West) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Ramsey Rankin Reid Sansoucy Saroya Shields Shipley Sopuck Stanton Stetski Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Total: -- 116
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and

That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

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

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:

— No. 421-02035 concerning food policy. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-113-04;

— No. 421-02036 concerning cruelty to animals. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-41-15;

— Nos. 421-02043 and 421-02044 concerning boating. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-201-01;

— No. 421-02046 concerning genetic engineering. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-26-17;

— No. 421-02047 concerning human diseases. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-114-03;

— No. 421-02049 concerning the protection of the environment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-3-43;

— No. 421-02051 concerning the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-202-01;

— No. 421-02052 concerning immigration. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-23-23;

— Nos. 421-02065 and 421-02078 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-31-33;

— No. 421-02066 concerning the fishing industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-24-15;

— No. 421-02071 concerning banks. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-203-01;

— No. 421-02072 concerning Israel. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-200-02.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Trudeau (Prime Minister) made a statement.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, Chiefs Joe Alphonse, Russell Myers Ross, Francis Laceese, Roy Stump, Otis Guichon and Jimmy Lulua, from the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, were permitted on the floor of the House during the statement by the Prime Minister and, following the responses to the ministerial statement, Peyal Laceese, from the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, performed a traditional drumming ceremony.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the Report of the Canada-China Legislative Association respecting the annual visit by the Co-Chairs of the Association to Hohhot, Shenyang, Harbin and Beijing, China, from May 19 to 26, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-68-03.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canada-China Legislative Association respecting its participation at the 21st Bilateral Meeting, held in Beijing, Regions of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Qinghai, and Hong Kong, China, from August 16 to 26, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-68-04.

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 Pacific Northwest Economic Region 27th Annual Summit, held in Portland, Oregon, from July 23 to 27, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-59-31.

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 71st Annual Meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) of the Council of State Governments, held in Biloxi, Mississippi, from July 29 to August 2, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-59-32.

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 U.S. Congressional Meetings, held in Washington, D.C., from November 27 to 29, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-59-33.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 57th Report of the Committee (Bill C-377, An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Châteauguay—Lacolle, without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-366.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 94) was tabled.

Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 58th Report of the Committee (items to remain votable). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-367.

Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the report was deemed concurred in.

Motions

Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), seconded by Mr. Easter (Malpeque), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

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

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House resumed the question period regarding the moving of the time allocation motion in relation to Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1484 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-74.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1485 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-75.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1486 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-76.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1487 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-77.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1488 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-78.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1489 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-79.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1490 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-80.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1491 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-81.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1492 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-82.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1493 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-83.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1494 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-84.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1495 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-85.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1496 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-86.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1497 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-87.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1498 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-88.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1499 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-89.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1500 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-90.

Government Orders

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 639 -- Vote n^o 639)
YEAS: 165, NAYS: 119
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Baylis Beech Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Grewal Hardie Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) 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 Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak 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 Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 165
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Arnold Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Chong Choquette Clarke Cooper Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Fortin Gallant Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hoback Jeneroux Johns Kelly Kent Kitchen Kusie Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Leitch Liepert Lloyd Lobb MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Quach Raitt Rankin Reid Saganash Saroya Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Total: -- 119
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans with amendments.

Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard), seconded by Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard), seconded by Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe), seconded by Mr. Shields (Bow River), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans for the purpose of reconsidering all of the clauses.”.

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-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard), seconded by Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development), — That Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, be now read a third time and do pass;

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 debate continued.

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 — Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons for March 1, 2018, pursuant to Standing Order 148(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-32.

— by — Report of the Governor of the Bank of Canada and Statement of Accounts, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Bank of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. B-2, sbs. 30(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-65-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:14 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 7:43 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).