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Tuesday, May 16, 2023 (No. 198)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-21

An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms)

Notices of Motions

Motion No. 1 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 0.1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 2 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 1.1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 3 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 4 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 5 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 6 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 17.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 7 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21, in Clause 21.2, be amended by adding after line 29 on page 37 the following:

“25.2 No person shall transfer a firearm of a make and model for which no Firearms Reference Number has been assigned and set out in the Firearms Reference Table of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.”

Motion No. 8 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21, in Clause 26, be amended by adding after line 34 on page 40 the following:

“38.1 No person shall import a firearm of a make and model for which no Firearms Reference Number has been assigned and set out in the Firearms Reference Table of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.”

Motion No. 9 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 36.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 10 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21, in Clause 36, be amended by replacing lines 16 and 17 on page 45 with the following:

“must deliver to a peace officer any firearm that they possess within 24 hours or”

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 11 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21, in Clause 37, be amended

(a) by replacing line 4 on page 46 with the following:

“or a chief firearms officer”

(b) by replacing line 19 on page 46 with the following:

“cer the firearm to which”

“ferred to in subsection (4), deliver to a peace officer any firearm that they pos-”

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 12 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 43.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(2), notice also received from:

— May 15, 2023

Motion No. 13 — May 15, 2023 — — That Bill C-21, in Clause 45, be amended by adding after line 5 on page 51 the following:

“(1.11) The portion of paragraph 117(k) of the Act after subparagraph (ii) is replaced by the following:

of firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices, ammunition, prohibited ammunition, cartridge magazines and components and parts designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or assembly into firearms;”


Bill S-5
An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1 to 3.
Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of May 3, 2023.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 2 -- Question put separately. Its vote also applies to Motion No. 3.

Motion No. 1 — May 15, 2023 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That the amendment to Clause 9 of Bill S-5 be deleted.

Motion No. 2 — May 15, 2023 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That the amendment to Clause 39.1 of Bill S-5 be amended by replacing subsections 108.1(1) and (2) with the following:

“108.1 (1) If the information that the Ministers assess under subsection 108(1) or (2) is in respect of a vertebrate or a prescribed living organism or group of living organisms, the Ministers shall ensure that the public is provided with the opportunity to bring forward any relevant Indigenous knowledge and scientific information before the expiry of the period for assessing that information.

(2) If the Minister is provided under paragraph 106(1)(a) with information in respect of a vertebrate or a prescribed living organism or group of living organisms, the Minister shall publish that information in the Environmental Registry within five days after its receipt.”

Motion No. 3 — May 15, 2023 — , seconded by , — That the amendment to Clause 44.1 of Bill S-5 be amended by adding the following after paragraph 114(1)(g.1):

“(g.2) prescribing processes for the consideration of Indigenous knowledge and scientific information provided to the Ministers under subsection 108.1(1);”