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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 138

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), — That Bill C-288, An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (transparent and accurate broadband services information), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.

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

(Division No. 228 -- Vote no 228)
YEAS: 318, NAYS: 0

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Allison
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arnold
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Benzen
Bergen
Bergeron
Berthold
Bérubé
Bezan
Bibeau
Bittle
Blaikie
Blair
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Block
Blois
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Bragdon
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Cannings
Carr
Carrie
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Chambers
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Chong
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Damoff
Dancho
Davidson
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont
Desbiens

Desilets
Desjarlais
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Doherty
Dong
Dowdall
Dreeshen
Drouin
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
Dzerowicz
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Ellis
Epp
Erskine-Smith
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Falk (Provencher)
Fast
Fergus
Ferreri
Fillmore
Findlay
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Gaheer
Gallant
Garneau
Garon
Gaudreau
Gazan
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Gray
Green
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Hoback
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Jeneroux
Johns
Jowhari
Julian
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khera
Kitchen
Kmiec
Koutrakis

Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lawrence
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lehoux
Lemire
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Longfield
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacKenzie
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maguire
Maloney
Martel
Masse
Mathyssen
May (Cambridge)
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McDonald (Avalon)
McGuinty
McKay
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLean
McLeod
McPherson
Melillo
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Moore
Morantz
Morrice
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Murray
Naqvi
Nater
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Pauzé
Perkins
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Poilievre
Powlowski

Qualtrough
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Rood
Ruff
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schiefke
Seeback
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Shields
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Simard
Singh
Small
Sorbara
Soroka
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stewart
St-Onge
Strahl
Stubbs
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Therrien
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Trudeau
Trudel
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Weiler
Wilkinson
Williamson
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 318

NAYS -- CONTRE

Nil--Aucun

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Caputo
Joly

Jones
Lametti

Martinez Ferrada
Muys

Schmale
Sinclair-Desgagné

Total: -- 8

Accordingly, Bill C-288, An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (transparent and accurate broadband services information), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.


Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), seconded by Mr. Williams (Bay of Quinte), — That Bill C-294, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (interoperability), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.

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

(Division No. 229 -- Vote no 229)
YEAS: 318, NAYS: 0

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Allison
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arnold
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Benzen
Bergen
Bergeron
Berthold
Bérubé
Bezan
Bibeau
Bittle
Blaikie
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Block
Blois
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Bragdon
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Cannings
Carr
Carrie
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Chambers
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Chong
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Damoff
Dancho
Davidson
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont

Desbiens
Desilets
Desjarlais
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Doherty
Dong
Dowdall
Dreeshen
Drouin
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
Dzerowicz
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Ellis
Epp
Erskine-Smith
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Falk (Provencher)
Fast
Fergus
Ferreri
Fillmore
Findlay
Fisher
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Gaheer
Gallant
Garneau
Garon
Gaudreau
Gazan
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Gray
Green
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Hoback
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Jeneroux
Johns
Jowhari
Julian
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khera
Kitchen
Kmiec
Koutrakis

Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lawrence
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lehoux
Lemire
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Longfield
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacKenzie
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maguire
Maloney
Martel
Masse
Mathyssen
May (Cambridge)
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McDonald (Avalon)
McGuinty
McKay
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLean
McLeod
McPherson
Melillo
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Moore
Morantz
Morrice
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Murray
Naqvi
Nater
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Pauzé
Perkins
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Poilievre
Powlowski

Qualtrough
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Rood
Ruff
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schiefke
Seeback
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Shields
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Simard
Singh
Small
Sorbara
Soroka
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stewart
St-Onge
Strahl
Stubbs
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Therrien
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Trudeau
Trudel
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Vis
Vuong
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Weiler
Wilkinson
Williamson
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 318

NAYS -- CONTRE

Nil--Aucun

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Caputo
Joly

Jones
Lametti

Martinez Ferrada
Muys

Schmale
Sinclair-Desgagné

Total: -- 8

Accordingly, Bill C-294, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (interoperability), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid upon the table, — Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick 2022, pursuant to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S. 1985, c. E-3, sbs. 21(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-459-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)


Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Ehsassi (Willowdale), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the eighth report of the committee (Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-156.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 27, 38 and 40) was tabled.


Mrs. Zahid (Scarborough Centre), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the 13th report of the committee, "Supplementary Estimates (B), 2022-23: Votes 1b, 5b and 10b under Department of Citizenship and Immigration and Vote 1b under Immigration and Refugee Board". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-157.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 45) was tabled.


Mr. Lightbound (Louis-Hébert), from the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, presented the eighth report of the committee, "Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery: How can we rebuild better?". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-158.

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. 40 and 41) was tabled.


Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Naqvi (Ottawa Centre), one concerning business and trade (No. 441-00888);
— by Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), one concerning government services and administration (No. 441-00889);
— by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), one concerning food and drink (No. 441-00890);
— by Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre), one concerning justice (No. 441-00891);
— by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), two concerning civil and human rights (Nos. 441-00892 and 441-00901), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00893), five concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-00894, 441-00896, 441-00897, 441-00898 and 441-00900), one concerning national defence and military operations (No. 441-00895) and one concerning justice (No. 441-00899).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-869, Q-871 and Q-873 on the Order Paper.


Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return:

Q-865 — Ms. Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam) — With regard to the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI), broken down by round, province and units: (a) how many RHI applications received federal funding; (b) how many RHI applications were denied federal funding; (c) of the units in (a), how many (i) have been completed, (ii) are still being built; and (d) of the units in (a), how many were not completed and the applications collapsed, and what were the reasons? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-865.

Q-866 — Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the southern resident killer whales at the Pender Island bluffs, broken down by year since 2015: (a) how many southern resident killer whales have travelled to the Pender Island bluffs; (b) on what date were they first spotted; (c) on what date did they leave the zone; (d) when did they travel, (e) what did they feed on; (f) how many (i) were struck or entangled, (ii) died; (g) how many boats were fined for entering the zone; (h) what was the yearly cost of enforcement; and (i) how often did DFO patrol the transit zone? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-866.

Q-867 — Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), broken down by year since 2015: (a) what was the DFO's budget and expenditures in view of enacting their willing buyer-willing seller policy, for all licence buy-backs; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by license type and species; and (c) how many licenses have been acquired, broken down by license type and species, and what is the average cost by species? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-867.

Q-868 — Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the spawning biomass of North Atlantic mackerel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, broken down by year since 2015: (a) what was the size of biomass, broken down by the date of data collected; and (b) what are the details of how the data in (a) was collected, including the location of data collected, the methodology used and what vessel was used to collect the data? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-868.

Q-870 — Mr. Kitchen (Souris—Moose Mountain) — With regard to reports that some files related to requests made under the Access to Information and Privacy Act (ATIP), which have received lengthy extensions and are not being worked on, broken down by government entity subject to the ATIP: (a) how many outstanding ATIP requests have received an extension in excess of five years; (b) for each request in (a), what are the details, including the (i) date received, (ii) length of extension, (iii) anticipated completion date, (iv) subject matter; and (c) for each request in (a), what specific work was conducted on the file, broken down by year since the request was received? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-870.

Q-872 — Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — With regard to the federal tobacco control strategy for fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22: (a) what was the budget for the strategy; (b) how much of that budget was spent within each fiscal year; (c) how much was spent on each component of the strategy, specifically (i) mass media, (ii) policy and regulatory development, (iii) research, (iv) surveillance, (v) enforcement, (vi) grants and contributions, (vii) programs for Indigenous Canadians; (d) were any other activities not listed in (c) funded by the strategy, and, if so, how much was spent on each of these activities; and (e) was part of the budget reallocated for purposes other than tobacco control, and, if so, how much was reallocated? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-872.
Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Miller (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations), seconded by Mr. MacAulay (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence), — That Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Thursday, December 1, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:49 p.m., by unanimous consent and 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-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, as reported by the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology with amendments.

Mr. Carr (Winnipeg South Centre), seconded by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), moved, — That the bill 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. Carr (Winnipeg South Centre), seconded by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), the order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:49 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).