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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 86 Thursday, April 22, 2021 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid upon the table, — Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the House of Commons (Spring 2021), pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 23(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-521-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mrs. Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (FedDev Ontario and Official Languages)) laid upon the table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 432-00621 concerning public safety;

— No. 432-00622 concerning the correctional system;

— Nos. 432-00623, 432-00624, 432-00625, 432-00626, 432-00627, 432-00628 and 432-00629 concerning justice;

— Nos. 432-00630 and 432-00631 concerning health.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 432-00852 and 432-00853) and one concerning justice (No. 432-00854);

— by , one concerning taxation (No. 432-00855);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 432-00856).

Ways and Means

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mrs. Fortier (Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; (Ways and Means No. 2)

And of the amendment of Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), seconded by Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“given that the budget:

(a) adds over half a trillion dollars in new debt that can only be paid through higher job-killing taxes;

(b) contains over $100 billion for a re-election fund while doing nothing to secure the long-term prosperity of Canadians; and

(c) fails to rule out the introduction of capital gains taxes on the principal residences of Canadians, currently being studied by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, as a way to pay for the government’s spending;

the House demand that the Liberal government’s budget be revised in order to focus on accelerating the vaccination plan to end the dangerous third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and policies that will create jobs and stimulate economic growth.".

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the House call on the government to immediately suspend non-essential passenger flights from countries with a high outbreak rate of COVID-19 variants, including India and Brazil, as Canada did in the suspension of flights from the United Kingdom on December 20, 2020.

Ways and Means

And of the amendment of Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), seconded by Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable).

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 84(5), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 95 -- Vote n^o 95)
YEAS: 120, NAYS: 213
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alleslev Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Bragdon Brassard Calkins Carrie Chiu Chong Cooper Cumming Dalton Dancho Davidson Deltell d'Entremont Diotte Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Gray Hallan Harder Hoback Jansen Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kurek Kusie Lake Lawrence Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Melillo Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Nater O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Saroya Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shin Shipley Soroka Stanton Steinley Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tochor Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Viersen Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williamson Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 120
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Amos Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Bergeron Bérubé Bessette Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blois Boudrias Boulerice Bratina Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Cannings Carr Casey Chabot Chagger Champagne Champoux Charbonneau Chen Collins Cormier Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeBellefeuille Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Garneau Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Gerretsen Gill Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hardie Harris Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Ien Jaczek Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemire Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Manly Marcil Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) McPherson Mendicino Michaud Miller Monsef Morrissey Murray Ng Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Powlowski Qaqqaq Qualtrough Ratansi Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Saks Samson Sangha Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Simms Singh Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Tabbara Tassi Thériault Therrien Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vignola Virani Weiler Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Yip Young Zahid Zann Zuberi Total: -- 213
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Private Members' Business

At 6:03 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with an amendment.

Mr. Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood), seconded by Mr. Baldinelli (Niagara Falls), moved, — That the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood), seconded by Mr. Baldinelli (Niagara Falls), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

Accordingly, the bill was read the third time and passed.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the table as follows:

— by Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance) — Report of the Governor of the Bank of Canada and Statement of Accounts, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2020, pursuant to the Bank of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. B-2, sbs. 30(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-65-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 432-00857 and 432-00858).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:40 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 7:08 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).