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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 47 Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:00 a.m.

The clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker.

Whereupon, Mr. Stanton (Simcoe North), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole, took the chair, pursuant to subsection 43(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Deputy Speaker laid upon the table, — Report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled "Fall Economic Statement 2020: Issues for Parliamentarians", pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-20. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

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. 432-00160, 432-00162 and 432-00163 concerning justice;

— No. 432-00161 concerning health;

— No. 432-00164 concerning foreign affairs.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Fortier (Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance) for Mr. LeBlanc (President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada), seconded by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (COVID-19 response), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mrs. Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the third report of the committee, "Follow-up Audit on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-432-46.

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. 5 and 12) was tabled.

Mrs. Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the fourth report of the committee, "Supplying the Canadian Armed Forces". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-432-47.

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. 7 and 12) was tabled.

Mr. Spengemann (Mississauga—Lakeshore), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the second report of the committee, "Good Friday Accord". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-432-48.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 11) was tabled.

Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), from the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented the second report of the committee, "Trade Between Canada and the United Kingdom: A Potential Transitional Trade Agreement – Interim Report". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-432-49.

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. 5 to 11) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 432-00408);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00409);

— by , three concerning justice (Nos. 432-00410, 432-00411 and 432-00412);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00413);

— by , two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 432-00414 and 432-00415);

— by , two concerning justice (Nos. 432-00416 and 432-00418) and one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00417);

— by , two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 432-00419 and 432-00421) and one concerning justice (No. 432-00420);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00422);

— by , two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 432-00423 and 432-00425), three concerning justice (Nos. 432-00424, 432-00427 and 432-00428) and one concerning public safety (No. 432-00426);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00429).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Lebouthillier (Minister of National Revenue), — That Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), seconded by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Health), — 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 second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

The debate continued.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Canadian Heritage), seconded by Ms. Murray (Minister of Digital Government), — That Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Lebouthillier (Minister of National Revenue), — That Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 39 -- Vote n^o 39)
YEAS: 213, NAYS: 106
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anand Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bessette Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blois Boudrias Boulerice Bratina Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Cannings Casey Chabot Chagger Champagne Champoux Charbonneau Chen Collins Cormier Dabrusin Damoff DeBellefeuille Deltell Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Garneau Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Gerretsen Gill Gould Guilbeault Hajdu Hardie Harris Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Ien Jaczek Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kelloway Kent Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon Lebouthillier Lemire Liepert Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Manly Martel Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod (Northwest Territories) McPherson Melillo Mendès Mendicino Michaud Miller Monsef Morantz Morrissey Murray Ng Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Paul-Hus Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Qualtrough Ratansi Rayes Regan Reid Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Saks Samson Sangha Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Simms Singh Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Tabbara Tassi Thériault Therrien Trudel Turnbull Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vaughan Vignola Virani Webber Weiler Wilkinson Yip Young Zahid Zann Total: -- 213
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Bragdon Brassard Calkins Carrie Chiu Chong Cooper Cumming Dalton Dancho Davidson d'Entremont Diotte Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Gallant Genuis Gladu Gourde Gray Hallan Harder Hoback Jansen Jeneroux Kelly Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kurek Kusie Lake Lawrence Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Moore Morrison Motz Nater O'Toole Patzer Poilievre Powlowski Redekopp Rempel Garner Richards Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Saroya Scheer Seeback Shields Shin Shipley Sloan Soroka Steinley Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tochor Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Viersen Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Williamson Wilson-Raybould Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 106
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the bill was read the third time and passed.


Pursuant to order made Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), seconded by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Health), — 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 second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 40 -- Vote n^o 40)
YEAS: 288, NAYS: 28
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anand Anandasangaree Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Battiste Beech Bendayan Benzen Bergen Berthold Bessette Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Blois Boulerice Bragdon Brassard Bratina Brière Calkins Cannings Carrie Casey Chagger Champagne Chen Chiu Chong Collins Cooper Cormier Cumming Dabrusin Dalton Dancho Davidson Davies Deltell d'Entremont Dhaliwal Dhillon Diotte Doherty Dong Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Fergus Fillmore Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gallant Garneau Garrison Gazan Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gladu Godin Gould Gourde Gray Guilbeault Hajdu Hallan Harder Hardie Harris Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Ien Jaczek Jansen Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kelloway Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Koutrakis Kram Kurek Kusie Kusmierczyk Kwan Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence Lebouthillier Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Manly Martel Martinez Ferrada Masse May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) McPherson Melillo Mendès Mendicino Miller Monsef Moore Morantz Morrison Morrissey Motz Murray Nater Ng O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Petitpas Taylor Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Ratansi Rayes Redekopp Regan Reid Rempel Garner Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Saks Samson Sangha Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schmale Schulte Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shin Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simms Singh Sorbara Soroka Spengemann Steinley Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tassi Tochor Turnbull Uppal Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vaughan Vecchio Vidal Viersen Virani Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Wilkinson Williamson Wilson-Raybould Wong Yip Young Yurdiga Zahid Zann Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 288
NAYS -- CONTRE Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bergeron Bérubé Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Boudrias Chabot Champoux Charbonneau DeBellefeuille Desbiens Desilets Fortin Gaudreau Gill Larouche Lemire Michaud Normandin Perron Plamondon Savard-Tremblay Simard Ste-Marie Thériault Trudel Vignola Total: -- 28
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:26 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac), seconded by Mr. Moore (Fundy Royal), — That Bill C-228, An Act to establish a federal framework to reduce recidivism, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.

Accordingly, Bill C-228, An Act to establish a federal framework to reduce recidivism, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

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 Prime Minister — Service Fees Report of the Privy Council Office from 2019 to 2020, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1205-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance) — Report on the operations of the Exchange Fund Account for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, pursuant to the Currency Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-52, sbs. 21(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-133-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call to action number 94), pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1232-14. (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-18, An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1232-15. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade)

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 foreign affairs (No. 432-00430).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:27 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 6:55 p.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).