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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 426 Tuesday, June 4, 2019 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

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:

— Nos. 421-03541, 421-03542, 421-03543, 421-03544, 421-03545, 421-03546, 421-03547, 421-03548, 421-03549, 421-03550, 421-03551, 421-03552, 421-03553, 421-03554, 421-03555, 421-03556, 421-03557, 421-03558, 421-03559, 421-03560, 421-03561, 421-03562, 421-03563, 421-03564, 421-03565, 421-03566, 421-03567, 421-03568, 421-03569, 421-03570, 421-03571, 421-03572, 421-03573, 421-03574, 421-03575, 421-03576, 421-03577, 421-03578, 421-03579, 421-03580, 421-03581, 421-03582, 421-03583 and 421-03584 concerning sex selection. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-25-21.

Motions

Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), seconded by Mr. McDonald (Avalon), 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 the following division:
(Division No. 1331 -- Vote n^o 1331)
YEAS: 143, NAYS: 87
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Cormier Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Hajdu Hardie Hébert Hehr Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kang Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lebouthillier Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield MacKinnon (Gatineau) 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) Morrissey Murray Nassif Nault O'Connell Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Picard Poissant Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rudd Ruimy Sahota Saini Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tan Tassi Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Wilkinson Yip Young Zahid Total: -- 143
NAYS -- CONTRE Albas Albrecht Alleslev Allison Arnold Ashton Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaikie Block Boucher Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Caron Carrie Chong Choquette Christopherson Clement Cullen Deltell Doherty Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Fast Finley Gallant Garrison Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Harder Hoback Jolibois Julian Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Liepert Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Manly Martel Masse (Windsor West) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Motz Nantel Nater Nicholson Obhrai O'Toole Paul-Hus Plamondon Poilievre Quach Rayes Schmale Shields Sorenson Stanton Stetski Strahl Sweet Van Kesteren Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Total: -- 87
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Fortin Fry Gill LeBlanc Total: -- 4

Government Orders

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 Ms. Joly (Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the Bill and five hours shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill; and

That, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at report stage and at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at third 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 stage of the Bill then under consideration 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.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 1332 -- Vote n^o 1332)
YEAS: 152, NAYS: 94
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Cormier Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hébert Hehr Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lebouthillier Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield MacKinnon (Gatineau) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Morneau Morrissey Murray Nassif Nault O'Connell Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Picard Poissant Qualtrough Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tan Tassi Tootoo Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Wilkinson Yip Young Zahid Total: -- 152
NAYS -- CONTRE Albrecht Allison Arnold Aubin Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaikie Boucher Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Caron Carrie Chong Choquette Christopherson Clement Cullen Deltell Doherty Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Duvall Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Fast Finley Garrison Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hoback Johns Jolibois Julian Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Liepert Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Manly Martel Masse (Windsor West) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Motz Nantel Nater Nicholson Obhrai O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Plamondon Poilievre Quach Rayes Sansoucy Saroya Schmale Shields Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Strahl Sweet Tilson Van Kesteren Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Total: -- 94
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Fortin Fry Gill LeBlanc Total: -- 4

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 57).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 30.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 31.

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 32.

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 33.

Motion No. 5 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 34.

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 35.

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 36.

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 37.

Motion No. 9 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 38.

Motion No. 10 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 39.

Motion No. 11 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 40.

Motion No. 12 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 41.

Motion No. 13 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 42.

Motion No. 14 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 43.

Motion No. 15 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 44.

Motion No. 16 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 57.

Motion No. 17 of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 58.

Motion No. 18 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 198.

Motion No. 19 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 199.

Motion No. 20 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 200.

Motion No. 21 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 201.

Motion No. 22 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 202.

Motion No. 23 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 203.

Motion No. 24 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 204.

Motion No. 25 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 205.

Motion No. 26 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 206.

Motion No. 27 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 207.

Motion No. 28 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 208.

Motion No. 29 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 209.

Motion No. 30 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 210.

Motion No. 31 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 211.

Motion No. 32 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 212.

Motion No. 33 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 213.

Motion No. 34 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 270.

Motion No. 35 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 271.

Motion No. 36 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 272.

Motion No. 37 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 273.

Motion No. 38 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 274.

Motion No. 39 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 275.

Motion No. 40 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 276.

Motion No. 41 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 277.

Motion No. 42 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 278.

Motion No. 43 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 279.

Motion No. 44 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 301.

Motion No. 45 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 302.

Motion No. 46 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 303.

Motion No. 47 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 304.

Motion No. 48 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 305.

Motion No. 49 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 306.

Motion No. 50 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 307.

Motion No. 51 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 308.

Motion No. 52 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Ste-Marie (Joliette), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 308.1.

Motion No. 53 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 309.

Motion No. 54 of Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 310.

Motion No. 55 of Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development), seconded by Ms. McKenna (Minister of Environment and Climate Change), — That Bill C-97, in Clause 313, be amended by

(a) replacing the section 13 that is set out in it with the following:

13 There is to be a Federal Housing Advocate whose mandate is to

(a) monitor the implementation of the housing policy and assess its impact on persons who are members of vulnerable groups, persons with lived experience of housing need and persons with lived experience of homelessness;

(b) monitor progress in meeting the goals and timelines — and in achieving the desired outcomes — set out in the National Housing Strategy;

(c) analyze and conduct research, as the Advocate sees fit, on systemic housing issues, including barriers faced by persons referred to in paragraph (a);

(d) initiate studies, as the Advocate sees fit, into economic, institutional or industry conditions — respecting matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction — that affect the housing system;

(e) consult with persons referred to in paragraph (a) and civil society organizations with respect to systemic housing issues;

(f) receive submissions with respect to systemic housing issues;

(g) provide advice to the Minister;

(h) submit a report to the Minister on the Advocate’s findings and any recommendations to take measures respecting matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, to further the housing policy, including the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing, and the National Housing Strategy; and

(i) participate in the work of the National Housing Council as an ex officio member.

13.1 (1) The Federal Housing Advocate may conduct a review of any systemic housing issue that is raised in a submission received under paragraph 13(f).

(2) The Federal Housing Advocate may request that the National Housing Council establish a review panel to hold a hearing to review any systemic housing issue within the jurisdiction of Parliament that is raised in a submission received under paragraph 13(f).

(3) The Federal Housing Advocate must inform the person or group that presented the submission whether or not any action will be taken under subsection (1) or (2).

(4) If the Federal Housing Advocate conducts a review of the systemic housing issue, he or she must, at the conclusion of the review, provide the Minister and the person or group that presented the submission with a report setting out the Advocate’s opinion on the issue and any recommendation to take measures — respecting matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction — to further the housing policy, including the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing, or the National Housing Strategy.

13.2 (1) If the Federal Housing Advocate, at any time, identifies a systemic housing issue that is within the jurisdiction of Parliament and that is not the subject of a submission, he or she may request that the National Housing Council establish a review panel to hold a hearing to review the issue.

(2) The Federal Housing Advocate must provide a review panel with a summary of the information that formed the Advocate’s basis for identifying the systemic housing issue.

(b) adding, after the section 16 that is set out in it, the following:

Review Panels

16.1 The National Housing Council must establish a review panel if requested to do so by the Federal Housing Advocate.

16.2 (1) A review panel is to consist of three members of the National Housing Council, other than ex officio members, to be appointed by the National Housing Council.

(2) In appointing members to a review panel, the National Housing Council is to take into consideration the importance of representation on the review panel of

(a) persons who are members of vulnerable groups;

(b) persons with lived experience of housing need, as well as those with lived experience of homelessness; and

16.3 A review panel must

(a) hold a hearing to review the systemic housing issue in respect of which it was established;

(b) hold the hearing in a manner that offers the public, particularly members of communities that are affected by the issue and groups that have expertise in human rights and housing, an opportunity to participate;

(c) prepare a report that sets out the panel’s opinion on the issue and any recommendation to take measures — respecting matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction — to address the issue; and

(d) submit the report to the Minister.

16.4 The Federal Housing Advocate is entitled to make representations and present proposals for recommendations to a review panel and may, for the purpose of doing so, work with communities that are affected by the issue that is before the review panel and with experts.

17.1 The Minister must respond to each report provided by the Federal Housing Advocate under paragraph 13(h) and subsection 13.1(4) within 120 days after the day on which it is received.

17.2 (1) The Minister must respond to a report submitted by a review panel under paragraph 16.3(d) within 120 days after the day on which it is received.

(2) The Minister must cause the response to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 30 days after the day on which it is provided to the review panel or, if either House is not sitting on the last day of that period, on any of the first 15 days on which that House of Parliament is sitting.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(3))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the following amendment to Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures.

That Bill C-97, in Clause 313, be amended by

(a) replacing the section 13 that is set out in it with the following:

13 There is to be a Federal Housing Advocate whose mandate is to

(b) monitor progress in meeting the goals and timelines — and in achieving the desired outcomes — set out in the National Housing Strategy;

(c) analyze and conduct research, as the Advocate sees fit, on systemic housing issues, including barriers faced by persons referred to in paragraph (a);

(d) initiate studies, as the Advocate sees fit, into economic, institutional or industry conditions — respecting matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction — that affect the housing system;

(e) consult with persons referred to in paragraph (a) and civil society organizations with respect to systemic housing issues;

(f) receive submissions with respect to systemic housing issues;

(g) provide advice to the Minister;

(i) participate in the work of the National Housing Council as an ex officio member.

13.1 (1) The Federal Housing Advocate may conduct a review of any systemic housing issue that is raised in a submission received under paragraph 13(f).

(3) The Federal Housing Advocate must inform the person or group that presented the submission whether or not any action will be taken under subsection (1) or (2).

(2) The Federal Housing Advocate must provide a review panel with a summary of the information that formed the Advocate’s basis for identifying the systemic housing issue.

(b) adding, after the section 16 that is set out in it, the following:

Review Panels

16.1 The National Housing Council must establish a review panel if requested to do so by the Federal Housing Advocate.

16.2 (1) A review panel is to consist of three members of the National Housing Council, other than ex officio members, to be appointed by the National Housing Council.

(2) In appointing members to a review panel, the National Housing Council is to take into consideration the importance of representation on the review panel of

(a) persons who are members of vulnerable groups;

(b) persons with lived experience of housing need, as well as those with lived experience of homelessness; and

16.3 A review panel must

(a) hold a hearing to review the systemic housing issue in respect of which it was established;

(d) submit the report to the Minister.

17.1 The Minister must respond to each report provided by the Federal Housing Advocate under paragraph 13(h) and subsection 13.1(4) within 120 days after the day on which it is received.

17.2 (1) The Minister must respond to a report submitted by a review panel under paragraph 16.3(d) within 120 days after the day on which it is received.

Motion No. 56 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Ste-Marie (Joliette), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 334.

Motion No. 57 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Mr. Ste-Marie (Joliette), — That Bill C-97 be amended by deleting Clause 335.

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize the contribution that family caregivers make to the well-being of seniors, people who are sick, and people with reduced mobility, as well as the crucial role they play in the context of an aging population; and (b) advocate for a world family caregivers’ day at the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Government Orders

Ways and Means

The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to introduce an Act to amend the Customs Tariff and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act (Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-33), notice of which was laid upon the Table on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Ways and Means No. 33)

Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 1333 -- Vote n^o 1333)
YEAS: 200, NAYS: 78
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brosseau Caron Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Clement Cormier Cullen Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Hajdu Hardcastle Hardie Harvey Hébert Hehr Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jolibois Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kang Khalid Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Laverdière Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Manly Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Moore Morneau Morrissey Murray Nantel Nassif Nault O'Connell Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Philpott Picard Plamondon Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Tan Tassi Thériault Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Weir Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Yip Young Zahid Total: -- 200
NAYS -- CONTRE Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Cooper Davidson Deltell Diotte Doherty Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Harder Hoback Kent Kitchen Kmiec Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire Martel McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Rayes Reid Saroya Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Van Kesteren Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 78
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Fortin Fry Gill LeBlanc Total: -- 4

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 57).

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

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-206, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons).

Mr. Eglinski (Yellowhead), seconded by Mr. Yurdiga (Fort McMurray—Cold Lake), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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.

Statements By Members

Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 28, 2019, Members not seeking re-election to the 43rd Parliament made statements.

Government Orders

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 57).

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

At 9:00 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion Nos. 2 to 17, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 18 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion Nos. 19 to 33, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 34 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion Nos. 35 to 43, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 44 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion Nos. 45 to 51, 53 and 54, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 52 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 55 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 56 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion No. 57, was deferred.

Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis.

Ms. Joly (Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie) for Mr. Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 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.

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 third reading stage of Bill C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Mr. Duclos (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development), — That Bill C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), seconded by Mr. Kent (Thornhill), — That the House:
(a) take note of the importance of a free and independent press to a healthy democracy;
(b) express its belief that it is inappropriate for partisan political actors to pick winners and losers in the media in an election year;
(c) condemn the inclusion of Unifor, a group that has taken and continues to take partisan political positions, in the panel that will oversee the distribution of the $600-million media bailout; and
(d) call on the government to immediately cease trying to stack the deck for the election with their media bailout and replace it with a proposal that does not allow government to pick winners and losers.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 1334 -- Vote n^o 1334)
YEAS: 37, NAYS: 165
YEAS -- POUR Albas Allison Barrett Bezan Boucher Calkins Chong Cooper Davidson Deltell Diotte Doherty Gallant Généreux Godin Gourde Harder Kmiec Lloyd Lobb Maguire Martel McCauley (Edmonton West) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall Paul-Hus Rayes Reid Shipley Stanton Stubbs Tilson Wagantall Warkentin Zimmer Total: -- 37
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Baylis Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Bratina Breton Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dusseault Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Hajdu Hardie Hébert Hehr Hogg Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Khalid Khera Kwan Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacKinnon (Gatineau) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Morneau Morrissey Murray Nault O'Connell Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Picard Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Tabbara Tan Tassi Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 165
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Fortin Fry Gill LeBlanc Total: -- 4

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 — Order Repealing Interim Order No. 5 Respecting Flooded Areas (81100-3-76), dated June 4, 2019, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, R.S. 2001, c. 26, s. 10.1. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1223-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2019-2020 to 2023-2024 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets, and Borrowing Plan of the Business Development Bank of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-421-833-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

Midnight

Adjournment Proceedings

At 12:05 a.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 12:34 a.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until later today at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).