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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 74 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid upon the table, — Report on Investigation by the Commissioner of Lobbying entitled "Report on investigation entitled David MacNaughton, President of Palantir Canada", pursuant to the Lobbying Act, R.S. 1985, c. 44 (4th Supp.), s. 10.5. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-932-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Easter (Malpeque) presented the report of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (CEUS), Virtual 73rd Annual Meeting of the Council of State Governments - Western Legislative Conference, by videoconference, on July 29 and 30, 2020. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-432-59-05.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Easter (Malpeque) presented the report of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (CEUS), National Conference of State Legislators Base Camp, by videoconference, from September 15 to 17, 2020. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-432-59-06.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Easter (Malpeque), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the third report of the committee (Bill C-208, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm or fishing corporation), without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-432-96.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 23, 25 and 26) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), seconded by Mr. Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska), Bill C-277, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking in persons), 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. Masse (Windsor West), seconded by Mr. Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), Bill C-278, An Act to amend the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act, 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 by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00700) and one concerning economics and finance (No. 432-00701);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 432-00702);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 432-00703);

— by , one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00704).

Business of Supply

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

Ms. Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), seconded by Mr. Cumming (Edmonton Centre), moved, — That, given that,

(i) COVID-19 restrictions have had serious economic and mental health impacts on Canadians,

(ii) COVID-19 restrictions have been advised by the federal government, including specifically by the Prime Minister on three separate occasions in November of 2020, as temporary measures to alleviate pressure on the public healthcare system,

(iii) public health tools, such as rapid tests, shared data on how COVID-19 spreads and vaccines, have not been positioned as permanent solutions to replace COVID-19 restrictions by the federal government, including in areas of federal competency like air travel and border restrictions,

(iv) the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom have both released public plans for economic reopening, while Canadian officials have not yet given Canadians clarity on when regular economic and social life will be able to resume,

the House call on the government to table within 20 calendar days, following the adoption of this motion, a clear data-driven plan to support safely, gradually and permanently lifting COVID-19 restrictions.

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.

Ways and Means

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), an order of the day was designated for the consideration of a ways and means motion for a budget presentation on Monday, April 19, 2021, at 4:00 p.m.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the House denounce the racism in the RCMP as found by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission in a report that also revealed that the RCMP destroyed records of police communications from the night Colton Boushie was killed, and condemn the cover-up by the RCMP.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to order made Monday, January 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Singh (Burnaby South), seconded by Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East), — That, given that,
(i) during the first wave, 82% of COVID deaths in Canada happened in long-term care, the highest proportion in the OECD,
(ii) there have been over 12,000 long-term care resident and worker deaths in Canada since the beginning of the pandemic,
(iii) residents and workers in for-profit long-term care homes have a higher risk of infection and death than those in non-profit homes,
the House call upon the government to ensure that national standards for long-term care which are currently being developed fully remove profit from the sector, including by:
(a) immediately bringing Revera, a for-profit long-term care operator owned by a federal agency, under public ownership;
(b) transitioning all for-profit care to not-for-profit hands by 2030;
(c) working with provinces and territories to stop licensing any new for-profit care facilities, and making sure that measures are in place to keep all existing beds open during the transition; and
(d) investing an additional $5 billion over the next four years in long-term care, with funding tied to respect for the principles of the Canada Health Act, to boost the number of non-profit homes.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 73 -- Vote n^o 73)
YEAS: 28, NAYS: 305
YEAS -- POUR Angus Ashton Atwin Bachrach Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boulerice Cannings Collins Davies Duvall Garrison Gazan Green Harris Hughes Johns Julian Kwan MacGregor Manly Masse Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McPherson Qaqqaq Sangha Singh Total: -- 28
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anand Anandasangaree Arnold Arseneault Arya Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Benzen Bergen Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bessette Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Blois Boudrias Bragdon Brassard Bratina Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Carr Carrie Casey Chabot Chagger Champagne Champoux Charbonneau Chen Chiu Chong Cooper Cormier Cumming Dabrusin Dalton Damoff Dancho Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Diotte Doherty Dong Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Duncan (Etobicoke North) 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 Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gallant Garneau Gaudreau Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Gould Gourde Gray Guilbeault Hajdu Hallan Harder Hardie Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Ien Jaczek Jansen Jeneroux Jones Jordan Jowhari Kelloway Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Koutrakis Kram Kurek Kusie Kusmierczyk Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lehoux Lemire Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Marcil Martel Martinez Ferrada May (Cambridge) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Melillo Mendès Mendicino Michaud Miller Monsef Moore Morantz Morrison Morrissey Motz Murray Nater Ng Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Ratansi Rayes Redekopp Regan Reid Rempel Garner Richards Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Saroya Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shin Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Simms Sloan Sorbara Soroka Spengemann Stanton Steinley Ste-Marie Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tassi Thériault Therrien Tochor Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Uppal Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Vidal Viersen Vignola Virani Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Wilkinson Williamson Wilson-Raybould Wong Yip Young Yurdiga Zahid Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 305
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), seconded by Mr. Cumming (Edmonton Centre), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

At 5:33 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), 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 Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:37 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 Ms. Zann (Cumberland—Colchester), seconded by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), — That Bill C-230, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to redress environmental racism, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

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. Blair (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of British Columbia, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-475-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by Mr. Blair (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the government of Yukon, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-475-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by Mr. Blair (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of New Brunswick, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-475-10. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

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 transportation (No. 432-00705).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:37 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 7:05 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).