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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 74 Thursday, June 16, 2016 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying), with the following amendments:

1. Preamble, page 2: Replace line 21 with the following:

“unique needs, and it commits to working with provinces,".

2. Clause 3, pages 4 to 7 and 9:

(a) On page 4, replace line 24 with the following:

“ance in dying in accordance with section 241.2, except if they know or believe that they are a beneficiary under the will of that other person, or a recipient, in any other way, of a financial or other material benefit resulting from that person’s death.”;

(b) on page 5,

(i) add after line 6 the following:

“irremediable, in respect of a medical condition, means not remediable by any treatment that is acceptable to the person who has the medical condition. (irrémédiable)”, and

(ii) replace line 36 with the following:

“condition — including an illness, disease or disability — that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to them in the circumstances of their condition;”;

(i) replace line 5 with the following:

“sistance in dying after having had a palliative care consultation and having been informed of treatment, technology or support options available to relieve their suffering.”,

(ii) delete lines 6 to 21, and

(iii) replace line 35 with the following:

“condition, and after the condition has begun to cause enduring suffering that is intolerable to the person;”;

(d) on page 7, replace lines 33 and 34 with the following:

“who is at least 18 years of age, who understands the nature of the request for medical assistance in dying and who does not know or believe that they are a beneficiary under the will of the person making the request, or a recipient, in any other way, of a financial or other material benefit resulting from that person’s death —”; and

(e) on page 9, replace line 2 with the following:

“graphs 241.2(3)(b) to (i) and subsection 241.2(8) is guilty”.

3. Clause 4, page 10:

(a) Replace lines 2 and 3 with the following:

“ulations.”;

(b) replace lines 9 to 11 with the following:

“the recipient designated in those regulations.

(3) The Minister of Health must make regulations”;

“(3.1) The Minister of Health, after consultation with repre-”; and

(d) replace line 34 with the following:

“health, must establish guidelines on the information to be”.

4. Clause 9.1, page 13:

(a) Replace line 21 with the following:

“9.1 (1) The Minister of Justice and the Minister of”; and

(b) add after line 28 the following:

“(2) The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health must, no later than two years after the day on which a review is initiated, cause one or more reports on the review, including any findings or recommendations resulting from it, to be laid before each House of Parliament.”.

5. Clause 11, page 14: Replace lines 12 and 13 with the following:

“11 Sections 4 and 5 come into force 12 months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent or on any earlier day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.”.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Information Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s. 38. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-734-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

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. 421-00217 concerning Afghanistan. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-49-01;

— Nos. 421-00224 and 421-00283 concerning impaired driving. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-7-06;

— No. 421-00226 concerning road transportation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-34-02.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — 2015 Annual Report on the RCMP's Use of the Law Enforcement Justification Provisions pursuant to section 25.3 of the Criminal Code. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-421-14.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. LeBlanc (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts”.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Second Part of the 2016 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and its Parliamentary Mission to the Slovak Republic, held in Strasbourg, France, and Bratislava, Slovak Republic, from April 18 to 28, 2016. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-51-03.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Sorenson (Battle River—Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 12th Report of the Committee, "Public Accounts of Canada 2015". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-80.

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. 15 and 20) was tabled.

Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the Second Report of the Committee, "Review of the Access to Information Act". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-81.

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. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 to 21) was tabled.

Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee, "An Update on Rail Safety". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-82.

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. 6 to 9 and 14 to 19) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), Bill C-296, An Act respecting a Government Awareness Day, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), Bill C-297, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting hours), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), Bill C-298, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting hours — Pacific time zone), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Pursuant to Standing Order 53(1), Mr. LeBlanc (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard), seconded by Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), moved, — That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, when Orders of the Day are called later this day, a Minister of the Crown be authorized to move, without notice, a motion relating to Senate amendments to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying).

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and, less than 10 Members having risen to object, pursuant to Standing Order 53(4), the motion was adopted.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning unborn children (No. 421-00520) and two concerning human rights (Nos. 421-00521 and 421-00522);

— by , one concerning military medals and decorations (No. 421-00523);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 421-00524);

— by , eight concerning impaired driving (Nos. 421-00525 to 421-00532);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-00533);

— by , one concerning Iran (No. 421-00534);

— by , one concerning China (No. 421-00535) and one concerning missing persons (No. 421-00536);

— by , one concerning sexual and violent content in the media (No. 421-00537);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-00538).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-190 — — With regard to the operation of the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency: what were the revenue figures for pari-mutuel wagering for horse racing conducted in Ontario, for each fiscal year from 2012-2013 to 2015-2016, broken down by (i) racetrack, (ii) year? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-421-190.

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Order was read for the consideration of the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying).

Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), seconded by Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board), moved, — That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours that this House:

agrees with the amendments numbered 1, 2(d), 2(e), 4, and 5 made by the Senate to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying);

proposes that amendment 2(c)(i) be amended by replacing the text of the amendment with the following text “sistance in dying after having been informed of the means that are available to relieve their suffering, including palliative care.”;

proposes that amendment 3 be amended in paragraph (b) by adding after the words “make regulations” the words “that he or she considers necessary”;

respectfully disagrees with amendment 2(a) because requiring that a person who assists to be free from any material benefit arising from the patient's death would eliminate from participation the family members or friends most likely to be present at the patient's express wish, and this would violate patient autonomy in a fundamental and inacceptable manner; and

respectfully disagrees with amendments 2(b), 2(c)(ii), and 2(c)(iii) because they would undermine objectives in Bill C-14 to recognize the significant and continuing public health issue of suicide, to guard against death being seen as a solution to all forms of suffering, and to counter negative perceptions about the quality of life of persons who are elderly, ill or disabled, and because the House is of the view that C-14 strikes the right balance for Canadians between protection of vulnerable individuals and choice for those whose medical circumstances cause enduring and intolerable suffering as they approach death.

Debate arose thereon.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Bill C-14's requirement that natural death has become reasonably foreseeable (s. 241.2(2)(d))". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-421-15.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), seconded by Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board), — That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours that this House:

proposes that amendment 3 be amended in paragraph (b) by adding after the words “make regulations” the words “that he or she considers necessary”;

The debate continued.

Mr. Rankin (Victoria), seconded by Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by:

(a) deleting the paragraph commencing with the words “respectfully disagrees with amendments numbered 2(b), 2(c)(ii), and 2(c)(iii)”; and

(b) replacing the words “agrees with amendments numbered 1, 2(d), 2(e), 4, and 5” with the words “agrees with amendments numbered 1, 2(b), 2(c)(ii), 2(c)(iii), 2(d), 2(e), 4, and 5”.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), seconded by Mr. Brison (President of the Treasury Board), — That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours that this House:
agrees with the amendments numbered 1, 2(d), 2(e), 4, and 5 made by the Senate to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying);
proposes that amendment 2(c)(i) be amended by replacing the text of the amendment with the following text “sistance in dying after having been informed of the means that are available to relieve their suffering, including palliative care.”;
proposes that amendment 3 be amended in paragraph (b) by adding after the words “make regulations” the words “that he or she considers necessary”;
respectfully disagrees with amendment 2(a) because requiring that a person who assists to be free from any material benefit arising from the patient's death would eliminate from participation the family members or friends most likely to be present at the patient's express wish, and this would violate patient autonomy in a fundamental and inacceptable manner; and
respectfully disagrees with amendments 2(b), 2(c)(ii), and 2(c)(iii) because they would undermine objectives in Bill C-14 to recognize the significant and continuing public health issue of suicide, to guard against death being seen as a solution to all forms of suffering, and to counter negative perceptions about the quality of life of persons who are elderly, ill or disabled, and because the House is of the view that C-14 strikes the right balance for Canadians between protection of vulnerable individuals and choice for those whose medical circumstances cause enduring and intolerable suffering as they approach death.
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Rankin (Victoria), seconded by Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot), — That the motion be amended by:
(a) deleting the paragraph commencing with the words “respectfully disagrees with amendments numbered 2(b), 2(c)(ii), and 2(c)(iii)”; and
(b) replacing the words “agrees with amendments numbered 1, 2(d), 2(e), 4, and 5” with the words “agrees with amendments numbered 1, 2(b), 2(c)(ii), 2(c)(iii), 2(d), 2(e), 4, and 5”.
The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 102 -- Vote n^o 102)
YEAS: 54, NAYS: 240
YEAS — POUR Aboultaif Angus Ashton Aubin Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boutin-Sweet Brosseau Cannings Caron Chan Choquette Christopherson Cullen Dabrusin Damoff Davies Donnelly Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Erskine-Smith Hardcastle Hughes Johns Jolibois Julian Kent Kwan Lametti Laverdière MacGregor Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Moore Nantel Oliphant Pauzé Quach Ramsey Rankin Saganash Sansoucy Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Thériault Trudel Weir Total: -- 54
NAYS — CONTRE Albas Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Arnold Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Baylis Beech Bennett Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blair Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boissonnault Bossio Boucher Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Clarke Cooper Cormier Cuzner DeCourcey Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski El-Khoury Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Foote Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fuhr Gallant Garneau Généreux Genuis Godin Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Harder Hardie Harvey Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kang Kelly Kenney Khalid Khera Kitchen Lake Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCallum McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Connell Oliver O'Regan O'Toole Ouellette Paradis Paul-Hus Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Qualtrough Raitt Ratansi Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Rioux Ritz Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tan Tassi Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warkentin Webber Whalen Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Yurdiga Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 240
PAIRED — PAIRÉS Nil — Aucun

Government Orders

proposes that amendment 3 be amended in paragraph (b) by adding after the words “make regulations” the words “that he or she considers necessary”;

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 103 -- Vote n^o 103)
YEAS: 190, NAYS: 108
YEAS — POUR Albas Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Baylis Beech Bennett Berthold Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Boucher Bratina Breton Brison Brown Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Clarke Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Dion Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Foote Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fuhr Garneau Généreux Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hehr Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kang Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCallum McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Nassif Nault Obhrai O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Paradis Paul-Hus Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Qualtrough Ratansi Rayes Reid Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Stanton Strahl Tabbara Tan Tassi Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Virani Webber Whalen Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 190
NAYS — CONTRE Aboultaif Albrecht Allison Anderson Angus Arnold Ashton Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Choquette Christopherson Cullen Davies Diotte Doherty Donnelly Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Erskine-Smith Falk Fast Gallant Garrison Genuis Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hoback Hughes Jeneroux Johns Jolibois Julian Kenney Kitchen Kwan Lake Lametti Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) Moore Nantel Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Ouellette Pauzé Quach Raitt Ramsey Rankin Rempel Richards Ritz Saganash Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Shields Sopuck Sorenson Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Stubbs Sweet Thériault Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Viersen Wagantall Warkentin Weir Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 108
PAIRED — PAIRÉS Nil — Aucun

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. McCallum (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), seconded by Ms. McKenna (Minister of Environment and Climate Change), — That Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, Bill S-1001, An Act to authorize La Capitale Financial Security Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of the Province of Quebec, be deemed to have been read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:37 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. Masse (Windsor West), seconded by Ms. Hardcastle (Windsor—Tecumseh), — That Bill C-221, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting), 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, June 22, 2016, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following Bill to which the concurrence of the House is desired:

Bill S-225, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (substances used in the production of fentanyl).

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

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

— by — Reports of the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-421-931-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

— by — Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, S.C. 1989, c. 3, sbs. 13(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-499-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Reports of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-421-886-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

— by — Reports of the Department of Justice for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-421-676-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Petitions Filed with the Acting Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning the criminal justice system (No. 421-00539);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 421-00540) and one concerning health care services (No. 421-00541);

— by , one concerning human rights (No. 421-00542) and one concerning unborn children (No. 421-00543).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:08 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 6:39 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).