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43rd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 21 Friday, February 21, 2020 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Blair (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Ms. Qualtrough (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion), — That Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and the Canada Border Services Agency Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

Statements By Members

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, members made statements.

Oral Questions

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00097);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 431-00098);

— by , one concerning fisheries (No. 431-00099);

— by , one concerning health (No. 431-00100).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the revised return to the following question made into an order for return:

Q-50 — — With regard to contracts granted by any department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity, since January 1, 2017, to the Pembina Institute: (a) who authorized the contract; (b) what are the contracts' references and file numbers; (c) what are the dates of the contracts; (d) what are the descriptions of the services provided; (e) what are the delivery dates; (f) what are the original contracts' values; and (g) what are the final contracts' values, if different from the original contracts' values? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-431-50-01.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), seconded by Mrs. Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country), moved, — That the House do now adjourn.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 15 -- Vote n^o 15)
YEAS: 56, NAYS: 76
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Arnold Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Bragdon Carrie Chiu Cumming Dalton Dancho Davidson Deltell d'Entremont Doherty Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Fast Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Genuis Godin Gray Hoback Jansen Kitchen Kusie Lawrence Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lloyd Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Morantz Patzer Paul-Hus Poilievre Rempel Garner Ruff Scheer Shields Shin Soroka Tochor Uppal Van Popta Viersen Waugh Webber Williamson Yurdiga Total: -- 56
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Beech Bennett Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Brière Cannings Casey Chabot Chen Desilets Drouin Duclos Duguid El-Khoury Ellis Fergus Fisher Fortier Freeland Garneau Gill Guilbeault Hardie Harris Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Johns Kusmierczyk Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lauzon Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lightbound Long MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Manly Martinez Ferrada McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Miller Murray Ng Normandin Oliphant Powlowski Qaqqaq Regan Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Samson Scarpaleggia Sheehan Sorbara Tabbara Trudeau van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Yip Zann Zuberi Total: -- 76
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

The debate continued.

Mr. Hoback (Prince Albert), seconded by Mr. Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 16 -- Vote n^o 16)
YEAS: 45, NAYS: 74
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Arnold Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Bragdon Carrie Chiu Cumming Dancho d'Entremont Doherty Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Fast Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Genuis Gray Hoback Jansen Kitchen Kram Lawrence Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Morantz Patzer Paul-Hus Poilievre Rempel Garner Ruff Scheer Shields Soroka Tochor Uppal Van Popta Viersen Waugh Yurdiga Total: -- 45
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Beech Bennett Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Brière Cannings Casey Chabot Chen Desilets Drouin Duclos Duguid El-Khoury Ellis Fergus Fisher Fortier Freeland Garneau Gill Guilbeault Hardie Harris Holland Hussen Hutchings Johns Kusmierczyk Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lauzon Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lightbound Long MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Manly Martinez Ferrada McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Miller Murray Ng Normandin Oliphant O'Regan Powlowski Qaqqaq Regan Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Samson Scarpaleggia Sheehan Sorbara Tabbara van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Yip Zuberi Total: -- 74
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Mr. Barlow (Foothills), seconded by Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), moved, — That the House do now adjourn.

At 2:30 p.m., the Speaker declared that the motion had lapsed.

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 Mr. Bains (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry) — Report of the Commissioner of Competition for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, pursuant to the Competition Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-34, s. 127. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-352-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) — Report of the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2019, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-4, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1016-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by Mr. Duclos (President of the Treasury Board) — Audit Report for the Office of the Auditor General for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 21(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-100-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts)

— by Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and the Canada Border Services Agency Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1232-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-4, An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1232-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade)

— by — Orders in council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2020-61 and P.C. 2020-62. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-2-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2020-6. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-3-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2020-5 and P.C. 2020-14. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-14-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2020-10 and P.C. 2020-15. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-9-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2020-2 and P.C. 2020-3. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-4-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2020-4. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-16-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2020-60. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-22-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2020-48, P.C. 2020-49, P.C. 2020-50, P.C. 2020-51, P.C. 2020-52, P.C. 2020-53, P.C. 2020-54, P.C. 2020-55, P.C. 2020-56, P.C. 2020-57 and P.C. 2020-58. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-30-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2020-12 and P.C. 2020-13. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-431-24-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by Mr. Wilkinson (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — Report on the administration of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act for the year 2018, pursuant to the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act, S.C. 1992, c. 52, s. 28. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-104-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— by Mr. Wilkinson (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — Amendments to the Management Plan of the Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site of Canada, pursuant to the Canada National Parks Act, S.C. 2000, c. 32, sbs. 11(2) and to the Parks Canada Agency Act, S.C. 1998, c. 31, sbs. 32(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-566-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

Adjournment

At 2:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).