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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 82 Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada entitled "An Electoral Framework for the 21st Century - Recommendations from the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Following the 42nd General Election", pursuant to the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, s. 536. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-4-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on the Privacy Act, for the period from April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016, and on the application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, for the period from January 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016, pursuant to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 40(1), and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, sbs. 25(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-626-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Freeland (Minister of International Trade), Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act, 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 amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act”.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona), seconded by Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), Bill C-304, An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (transport of dangerous goods by rail), 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. Arya (Nepean), seconded by Mr. Jowhari (Richmond Hill), Bill C-305, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , two concerning impaired driving (Nos. 421-00623 and 421-00624);

— by , nine concerning unborn children (Nos. 421-00625 to 421-00633);

— by , one concerning Iran (No. 421-00634);

— by , one concerning telecommunications (No. 421-00635);

— by , one concerning unborn children (No. 421-00636) and one concerning Iran (No. 421-00637);

— by , one concerning China (No. 421-00638).

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-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts.

Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Freeland (Minister of International Trade), 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.

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.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Copy of a document concerning a statement by Mr. Guy Giorno, former chief of staff to Prime Minister Harper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-6.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, September 22, 2016, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Niagara Falls), seconded by Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), — That the House call on the government to respect the custom of regional representation when making appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada and, in particular, when replacing the retiring Justice Thomas Cromwell, who is Atlantic Canada’s representative on the Supreme Court.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 109 -- Vote n^o 109)
YEAS: 270, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Alghabra Alleslev Allison Ambrose Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Aubin Badawey Bains Barlow Baylis Beech Bennett Benson Bergen Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boissonnault Bossio Boucher Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies Dhillon Di Iorio Diotte Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyolfson Falk Fast Fergus Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Foote Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Garrison Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gladu Godin Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Gourde Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Harvey Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Jolibois Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kang Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Kwan Lake Lametti Lamoureux Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière Lebel Lebouthillier Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McCallum McColeman McCrimmon McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Nicholson Nuttall O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan O'Toole Ouellette Paradis Paul-Hus Pauzé Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Raitt Rankin Rayes Rempel Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Ruimy Rusnak Saganash Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Saroya Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Spengemann Stanton Stetski Stewart Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trost Trudeau Trudel Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wong Wrzesnewskyj Young Yurdiga Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 270
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Revised answer to Q-258 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-7.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Chagger (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Freeland (Minister of International Trade), — That Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:39 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Item No. 1 in the order of precedence, standing in the name of Ms. Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles), was called and, not having been proceeded with, in accordance with Standing Order 42(2), dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper. (Private Members' Business C-236)

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 — Actuarial Report of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions on the Canada Pension Plan dated December 31, 2015, pursuant to the Canada Pension Plan Act, R.S., 1985, c. C-8, s. 115. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-83-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the First Report of the Standing Committee on Health (9th Report of the Standing Committee on Health presented to the House during the Second Session of the 41st Parliament) (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-77), presented to the House on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-77.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 5:40 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 6:09 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).