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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 110 Thursday, June 3, 2021 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and 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. 432-00828, 432-00833, 432-00835, 432-00836 and 432-00838 concerning foreign affairs;

— Nos. 432-00829 and 432-00832 concerning health;

— No. 432-00830 concerning public safety;

— Nos. 432-00831, 432-00834, 432-00837 and 432-00839 concerning justice.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), seconded by Ms. McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona), Bill C-306, An Act respecting the development of a national perinatal mental health strategy, 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. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), seconded by Mr. Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley), Bill C-307, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That a take-note debate on the subject of members not seeking re-election to the 44th Parliament be held, pursuant to Standing Order 53.1, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, and that, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House: (a) no member may speak for more than 10 minutes and the speeches not be subject to a question and comment period, provided that members rising to speak may indicate to the Chair that they will be dividing their time with another member; and (b) no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning justice (No. 432-01031);

— by , three concerning business and trade (Nos. 432-01032, 432-01033 and 432-01034);

— by , one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 432-01035);

— by , one concerning veterans' affairs (No. 432-01036);

— by , one concerning business and trade (No. 432-01037);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 432-01038);

— by , one concerning taxation (No. 432-01039);

— by , one concerning veterans' affairs (No. 432-01040).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-623 and Q-626 to Q-628 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 Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return:

Q-622 — — With regard to expenditures on consulting by the government since January 1, 2016, broken down by year and by department, agency or other government entity: (a) what was the total amount spent on (i) training consultants (code 0446), (ii) information technology and telecommunications consultants (code 0473), (iii) management consulting (code 0491), (iv) other types of consultants or consulting, broken down by type and object code; and (b) for each response in (a), what is the total value of the expenditures that were awarded (i) competitively, (ii) sole-sourced? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-432-622.

Q-624 — — With regard to government statistics on telecommunications, including Statistics Canada: (a) what is the total and mean GDP impact arising from rural communities and remote indigenous communities’ broadband connectivity, broken down by per capita and per community; and (b) what percentage of the spectrum from the (i) AWS-1, (ii) AWS-3, (iii) 600 MHz bands, that have been auctioned off to telecommunications providers remains unused (A) overall, (B) in urban and suburban areas, (C) in rural areas? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-432-624.

Q-625 — — With regard to amendments to the Canada Labour Code that expand the application of the Code to cover ministerial staff and their employer, adopted in Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, and broken down by minister’s office, including the Office of the Prime Minister: (a) has each minister’s office developed a harassment policy compliant with the Canada Labour Code, as it applied on January 1, 2021, and the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations; (b) on what date was each policy listed in (a) adopted; (c) if the response in (a) is negative, or if the response in (b) is a date after January 1, 2021, why was the deadline not met; (d) does each minister’s office have (i) a health and safety representative, (ii) a work place health and safety committee, and, if so, who are they, identified by title; (e) has a work place assessment, required by section 5 of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, been conducted in each minister’s office and, if so, on what date; (f) have work place risk factors been identified in each minister’s office and, if so, (i) on what date, (ii) what risk factors were identified; (g) if the answer in (f) is negative, why have they not been identified; (h) has each minister, including the Prime Minister, taken the employer training required by subsection 12(6) of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations and, if so, on what date; (i) if the response in (h) is negative, is the minister or Prime Minister currently scheduled to take the training and, if so, on what date; (j) who is the “designated recipient”, appointed under section 14 of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, for each minister’s office, including the Prime Minister’s office; and (k) has a list of persons who may act as investigators been developed or identified under paragraph 27(1)(a) of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations for each minister’s office, including the Prime Minister’s office, and, if so, who is on the list? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-432-625.

Business of Supply

The order was read for the consideration of the business of supply.

Mr. Singh (Burnaby South), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), moved, — That, given that,

(i) the discovery of the grave of 215 children at Kamloops Indian Residential School has led to an outpouring of grief and anger across Canada,

(ii) the vast majority of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action remain uncompleted, despite the clear path to justice and reconciliation that the Commission provides,

(iii) survivors, families and nations are demanding concrete action to advance real reconciliation, as opposed to just more words and symbolic gestures,

the House call on the government to:

(a) cease its belligerent and litigious approach to justice for Indigenous children by immediately dropping its appeal before the Federal Court in file numbers T-1621-19 (compensation) and T-1559-20 (Jordan's Principle for non-status First Nations kids recognized by their nations) and to recognize the government's legal obligation to fully comply with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders in this regard;

(b) agree to sit down with the St. Anne's residential school survivors organization Peetabeck Keway Keykaywin Association to find a just solution to the fact that survivors’ access to justice has been denied as a consequence of the actions of government lawyers in suppressing evidence at the Independent Assessment Process;

(c) accelerate the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action, including by providing immediate funding for further investigation into the deaths and disappearances of children at residential schools in compliance with calls to action 71 to 76;

(d) provide survivors, their families, and their communities with appropriate resources to assist with the emotional, physical, spiritual, mental, and cultural trauma resulting from residential schools; and

(e) within 10 days, table a progress report on actions taken in compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of the present motion, and that this report be deemed to have been referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs for consideration upon tabling.

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the House denounce the decision of the Air Canada’s executive officers to award themselves bonuses of $20 million while the company received nearly $6 billion in public aid.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Singh (Burnaby South), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That routine motion No. 97 standing on the Order Paper in the name of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons concerning the reappointment of Daniel Therrien as Privacy Commissioner, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(2), be deemed adopted on division.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Singh (Burnaby South), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

At 5:35 p.m., by unanimous consent, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Monday, January 25, 2021, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, June 7, 2021, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Notices of Motions

Ms. Tassi (Minister of Labour) 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 committee stage of Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

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-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation), without amendment.

Private Members' Business

At 5:40 p.m., by unanimous consent and 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. McLean (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan), — That Bill C-262, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (capture and utilization or storage of greenhouse gases), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Monday, January 25, 2021, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the order was read for the third reading of Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94).

Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), seconded by Ms. Tassi (Minister of Labour), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Royal Assent

A message was received informing the Commons that on June 3, 2021, at 6:34 p.m., His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada signified royal assent by written declaration to the following bills:

Bill S-223, An Act respecting Kindness Week — Chapter No. 9;

Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Offshore Health and Safety Act — Chapter No. 10;

Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) — Chapter No. 11.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), seconded by Ms. Tassi (Minister of Labour), — That Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94), be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to order made Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the bill was deemed read a third time and passed, on division.

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 the Speaker — Report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled "Supplementary Estimates (A) 2021-22", pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-53. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by the Speaker — Costing Note from the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) Enhancement, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-54. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Health) — Copies of Orders in Council P.C. 2021-419, P.C. 2021-420 and P.C. 2021-421 concerning minimizing the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in Canada, pursuant to the Quarantine Act, S.C. 2005, c. 20, sbs. 61(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1079-14. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by Ms. McKenna (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities) — Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy for The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated for 2020 to 2023, pursuant to the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c. 33, sbs. 11(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1274-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:56 p.m., pursuant to order made Tuesday, June 1, 2021, and 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 8:25 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).