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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 41 Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:00 p.m.

Prayer

National Anthem

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

Business of Supply

Pursuant to order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly), seconded by Mr. Therrien (La Prairie), — That the House:
(a) acknowledge the extraordinary work of health care workers (including doctors, nurses and orderlies) during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with seniors but also with the general public;
(b) recognize the courage and sacrifices required from them and their families in order to be on the front lines;
(c) highlight the work of Quebec and the provinces in responding to the health crisis and note the direct impact on their respective budgets; and
(d) call on the government to significantly and sustainably increase Canada health transfers before the end of 2020 in order to support the efforts of the governments of Quebec and the provinces, health care workers and the public.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 25 -- Vote n^o 25)
YEAS: 176, NAYS: 148
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alleslev Allison Angus Arnold Ashton Atwin Bachrach Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benzen Bergen Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Bibeau Blaikie Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Boudrias Boulerice Brassard Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Cannings Carrie Chabot Champoux Charbonneau Chiu Chong Collins Cooper Cumming Dalton Dancho Davidson Davies DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Diotte Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Duvall Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fortin Gallant Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Gray Green Hallan Harder Harris Hoback Hughes Jansen Jeneroux Johns Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kurek Kusie Kwan Lake Larouche Lawrence Lehoux Lemire Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Manly Martel Masse Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McPherson Melillo Michaud Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Nater Normandin O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Saroya Savard-Tremblay Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shin Shipley Simard Singh Sloan Soroka Stanton Steinley Ste-Marie Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Therrien Tochor Trudel Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Viersen Vignola Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williamson Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 176
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Amos Anand Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bessette Bittle Blair Blois Bratina Brière Carr Casey Chagger Chen Cormier Dabrusin Damoff Dhaliwal Dhillon Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Garneau Gould Guilbeault Hajdu Hardie Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Ien Jaczek Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Miller Monsef Morrissey Murray Ng O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Qualtrough Ratansi Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Saks Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simms Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tassi Trudeau Turnbull Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vaughan Virani Weiler Wilkinson Yip Young Zahid Zann Zuberi Total: -- 148
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the House thank the member for Cariboo—Prince George for sharing this joy with us today and encourage him to continue to do so.

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 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. 432-00113, 432-00123 and 432-00128 concerning transportation;

— No. 432-00114 concerning media and telecommunications;

— Nos. 432-00115, 432-00116, 432-00117, 432-00118, 432-00120, 432-00121, 432-00124, 432-00125 and 432-00126 concerning foreign affairs;

— Nos. 432-00119 and 432-00127 concerning justice;

— No. 432-00122 concerning business and trade;

— No. 432-00129 concerning taxation.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance), seconded by Mrs. Fortier (Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance), Bill C-14, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 30, 2020 and other measures, 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, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, the report stage of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), shall be disposed of as follows:

(a) on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at the conclusion of Adjournment Proceedings, the motion to adjourn the House is deemed withdrawn, and the House shall proceed to Government Orders to resume consideration of the bill at report stage for a period not to exceed four hours, provided that at the conclusion of the time provided for debate or when no member rises to speak, whichever comes first, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and put, forthwith and successively, every question necessary to dispose of the said stage of the bill, and the House shall adjourn until the next sitting day;

(b) any recorded division requested at the conclusion of debate at report stage on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, shall be deferred to the conclusion of Oral Questions at the next sitting day to dispose of the said stage; and

(c) during any period of debate held pursuant to this order, 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 foreign affairs (No. 432-00323);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 432-00324);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00325) and one concerning justice (No. 432-00326);

— by , one concerning natural resources and energy (No. 432-00327);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00328);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00329) and one concerning justice (No. 432-00330);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00331).

Questions on the Order Paper

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 answers to questions Q-138 and Q-141 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 returns to the following questions made into orders for return:

Q-139 — — With regard to the Canada Infrastructure Bank: (a) what was the total amount spent on administration in fiscal years (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by line item; (c) what is the total amount of expenditures on infrastructure projects in fiscal years (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20; (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by project; and (e) what are the details of each expenditure on infrastructure projects during fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, including (i) on what date was the money was actually spent or transferred, (ii) amount of expenditure, (iii) vendor or recipient of transfer? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-432-139.

Q-140 — — With regard to the government’s International Assistance Innovation Program and the $900 million announced in budget 2018 for the program: (a) what is the total amount of funding provided through the program since February 1, 2018; and (b) what are the details of all funding recipients, including (i) date the funding was transferred or provided, (ii) date of the announcement, if applicable, (iii) recipient, (iv) project description, (v) location of the project, including the country, (vi) amount, (vii) type of funding (grant, loan guarantee, equity, etc.)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-432-140.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 2 and 3).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), seconded by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), — That Bill C-7, in Clause 1, be amended by deleting lines 25 to 31 on page 3.

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), seconded by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), — That Bill C-7, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 5 with the following:

“(i) ensure that there are at least 120 clear days between”.

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

Private Members' Business

At 6:10 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), 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-236, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (evidence-based diversion measures).

Mr. Erskine-Smith (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mr. Oliphant (Don Valley West), 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.

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 Ms. Bennett (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations) — Report of the British Columbia Treaty Commission, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, pursuant to the British Columbia Treaty Commission Act, S.C. 1995, c. 45, sbs. 21(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-37-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs)

— by Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related 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. 8560-432-1232-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by , one concerning the correctional system (No. 432-00332).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:11 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

After debate, pursuant to order made earlier today, the question was deemed to have been withdrawn.

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made earlier today, the House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 2 and 3).

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

At 9:26 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:37 p.m., the sitting resumed.

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 2 and 3).

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

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and, pursuant to order made earlier today, the recorded division, which also applies to Motion No. 3, was deferred until Thursday, December 3, 2020, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Adjournment

At 10:50 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).