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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 204 Thursday, June 1, 2023 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary 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. 441-01295 and 441-01301 concerning business and trade;

— No. 441-01296 concerning the environment;

— Nos. 441-01297 and 441-01299 concerning justice;

— No. 441-01298 concerning health;

— No. 441-01300 concerning foreign affairs;

— No. 441-01302 concerning natural resources and energy;

— No. 441-01303 concerning consumer protection.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the table, — Certificate of nomination and biographical notes of Heather Powell Lank, the nominee for the position of Parliamentary Librarian, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1) — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-27-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1), referred to the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament)

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 29th report of the committee, "Public Accounts of Canada 2022". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-281.

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. 37 to 39, 59 and 60) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), one concerning employment and labour (No. 441-01494);

— by Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), one concerning justice (No. 441-01495);

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning employment and labour (No. 441-01496);

— by Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-01497);

— by Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East), one concerning the environment (No. 441-01498);

— by Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), two concerning the environment (Nos. 441-01499 and 441-01500);

— by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), one concerning transportation (No. 441-01501).

Business of Supply

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

Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), seconded by Mr. Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame), moved, — That, given that,

(i) the first carbon tax, including sales tax, will add 41 cents to a litre of gas,

(ii) the second carbon tax, including sales tax, will add 20 cents to a litre of gas,

(iii) the combination of carbon tax one and carbon tax two will mean that Canadians pay an extra 61 cents for each litre of gas,

(iv) making life more expensive for Canadians in a cost of living crisis by implementing a second carbon tax demonstrates how out of touch this Liberal prime minister is,

(v) the Parliamentary Budget Officer confirmed that both carbon taxes will have a net cost of up to $4,000, depending on the province in which they live,

the House recognize the failure of carbon tax one and call on the government to immediately cancel carbon tax two (the "Clean Fuel Regulations").

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry), seconded by Ms. Jaczek (Minister of Public Services and Procurement), — That Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, 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. 343 -- Vote n^o 343)
YEAS: 317, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Aldag Alghabra Ali Allison Anandasangaree Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barron Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Bergeron Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney Block Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Bragdon Brassard Brière Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Cannings Caputo Carrie Casey Chabot Chagger Chahal Chambers Champagne 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 Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) 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 Garon Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gould Gourde Gray Green Guilbeault 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 Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux 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) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Martel Martinez Ferrada 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 O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perkins Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Poilievre Powlowski Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Ruff Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Small Sorbara Soroka Sousa Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart St-Onge Strahl Stubbs Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thériault Therrien Thomas Thompson Tochor Tolmie Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Uppal Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Villemure Virani Vis Vuong Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Williams Williamson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 317
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Anand Normandin Total: -- 2
Accordingly, Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), seconded by Mr. Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

At 5:27 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 Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, June 5, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-325, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and conditional Release Act (conditions of release and conditional sentences).

Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), seconded by Mr. Lehoux (Beauce), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint it that the Senate has passed Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Judges Act, with the following amendments:

1. Clause 12, pages 4 to 7, 9, 10, 14 to 17, 20 and 23:

(a) On page 4, replace lines 8 and 9 with the following:

“for the purposes of this Division.”

(b) on page 5,

(i) replace line 1 with the following:

“84 The Council shall name persons”,

(ii) replace line 19 with the following:

“Council and one person from the roster of lay persons have reasonable grounds to believe that the pub-”, and

(iii) add the following after line 23:

“86.1 The Council shall, with respect to each complaint received, collect the following information, provided that the complainant consents to its collection:

(a) the race, Indigenous identity, national or ethnic origin, and religion of the complainant;

(b) the sex and gender identity of the complainant; and

(i) replace line 13 with the following:

“alleges sexual misconduct or sexual harassment or that alleges discrimination”,

(ii) add the following after line 15:

“(4) If the screening officer dismisses the complaint, they shall

(a) give notice of their decision and the reasons for it to the Council; and

(b) inform the complainant in writing of their decision and the reasons for it.

(5) The reasons shall not include information that is confidential or personal, or that is not in the public interest to disclose.

90.1 The Council shall make public the screening officer’s decision and the reasons for it, as soon as feasible after receiving them.”, and

(iii) replace lines 33 and 34 with the following:

“they shall

(a) give notice of their decision and the reasons for it to the Council; and

(b) inform the complainant in writing of their decision and the reasons for it.”;

(d) on page 7, add the following after line 3:

“94.1 The Council shall make public the reviewing member’s decision and the reasons for it, as soon as feasible after receiving them.”;

(e) on page 9, add the following after line 6:

“103.1 The Council shall make public the review panel’s decision and the reasons for it, as soon as feasible after receiving them.”;

(f) on page 10, replace lines 27 and 28 with the following:

“(c) a person named in the roster of lay persons.”;

(g) on page 14, replace line 5 with the following:

“Supreme Court of Canada, by a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal if the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision is final, or by the decision of an ap-”;

(h) on page 15, replace lines 13 and 14 with the following:

“(a) two members of the Council;

(b) a judge named in the roster of judges;

(d) a lawyer of at least 10 years’ standing at the bar of any province.”;

(i) on page 16,

(i) replace line 19 with the following:

“Further Appeals”, and

(ii) replace lines 23 to 26 with the following:

“sends them a notice of its decision, appeal the decision to the Federal Court of Appeal.

138 If leave to appeal a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal made on an appeal under section 137 is granted by the Supreme Court”;

(j) on page 17,

(i) replace line 4 with the following:

“pired,

(b.1) the Federal Court of Appeal has made a decision in respect of the appeal panel’s decision and

(i) the judge and the presenting counsel have both waived their right to seek leave to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, or

(ii) the time limit for filing an application for leave to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada has expired, and”,

(ii) replace lines 6 and 7 with the following:

“leave to appeal the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal or, if it has, it has made a decision in respect of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision.”,

(iii) replace line 9 with the following:

“decision and any decision of the appeal panel, the Federal Court of Appeal and the”;

(k) on page 20, replace line 13 with the following:

“Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada relating to those proceedings.”; and

(l) on page 23,

(i) replace lines 17 to 24 with the following:

“setting out, in respect of the year,

(a) the number of complaints

(i) received,

(ii) withdrawn or abandoned,

(iii) dismissed by a screening officer for a reason set out in

(A) paragraph 90(1)(a),

(B) paragraph 90(1)(b), and

(iv) dismissed by a reviewing member for a reason set out in

(A) paragraph 90(1)(a),

(B) paragraph 90(1)(b), and

(v) dismissed by a reviewing member for being wholly without merit,

(vi) reviewed by review panels, hearing panels and appeal panels, and

(vii) in respect of which any of the actions referred to in paragraphs 102(a) to (g) were taken;

(b) for each category listed in paragraph (a), the number of those complaints that allege

(i) sexual misconduct, or

(ii) discrimination on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act;

(c) for each category listed in paragraph (a), in a manner that does not allow for the identification of any complainant, a summary of the information collected under section 86.1; and

(d) for any withdrawn or abandoned complaints, the reasons provided, if any.”, and

(ii) add the following after line 26:

“(3) The Minister may recommend, on the basis of the information contained in the annual report, that the Council establish seminars under paragraph 60(2)(b).”.

2. Clause 16, page 25:

(a) Replace line 23 with the following:

“16 (1) If a report made under section 65 of the”; and

(b) replace lines 28 to 30 with the following:

“after that day, appeal the report to the Federal Court of Appeal.

(2) If leave to appeal a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal made on an appeal under subsection (1) is granted by the Supreme Court of Canada, section 138 of”.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House were laid upon the table as follows:

— by Mr. Alghabra (Minister of Transport) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-441-1305-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by Ms. Jaczek (Minister of Public Services and Procurement) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of Defence Construction (1951) Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-441-835-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by Ms. Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs) — Copy of the Special Economic Measures (Moldova) Regulations (P.C. 2023-475) and the Special Economic Measures (Moldova) Permit Authorization Order (P.C. 2023-476), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-495-44. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

Adjournment

At 6:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).