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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 210 Friday, June 9, 2023 10:00 a.m.

The acting clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker.

Whereupon, Mr. d'Entremont (West Nova), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole, took the chair, pursuant to subsection 43(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act.

Prayer

Government Orders

The order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with amendments.

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 8, 2023, the bill, as amended, was deemed concurred in at report stage, on division, and ordered for a third reading immediately.

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 8, 2023, Ms. Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs) for Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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.

Requests for Extension of Sitting Hours

Pursuant to order made Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Mrs. Fortier (President of the Treasury Board) requested that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment on Monday, June 12, Tuesday, June 13, Wednesday, June 14, and Thursday, June 15, 2023, be 12:00 a.m. and this request was deemed adopted.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) for Mr. Miller (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations) laid upon the table, — Notice of a ways and means motion to introduce an Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. (Ways and Means No. 17) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-17.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), an order of the day was designated for the consideration of this ways and means motion.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) laid upon the table, — Document entitled "A self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-441-31.

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. 441-01342 and 441-01354 concerning citizenship and immigration;

— Nos. 441-01343, 441-01345 and 441-01356 concerning justice;

— No. 441-01344 concerning business and trade;

— No. 441-01346 concerning fisheries;

— No. 441-01347 concerning taxation;

— No. 441-01348 concerning health;

— Nos. 441-01349, 441-01350 and 441-01351 concerning the environment;

— Nos. 441-01352 and 441-01357 concerning foreign affairs;

— No. 441-01353 concerning transportation;

— No. 441-01355 concerning civil and human rights.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Lewis (Essex), one concerning taxation (No. 441-01522);

— by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01523), two concerning citizenship and immigration (Nos. 441-01524 and 441-01526) and one concerning employment and labour (No. 441-01525);

— by Mr. Morrice (Kitchener Centre), one concerning animals (No. 441-01527);

— by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01528).

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-1435, Q-1436, Q-1441 and Q-1443 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-1437 — — With regard to government departments, except Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: what is the spending on settlement services for immigrants by governmental and non-governmental organizations, broken down by the (i) organization, (ii) fiscal year since 2015-16, (iii) projected spending for the fiscal year 2023-24, (iv) province and territory, (v) program line? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1437.

Q-1438 — — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and applications to the temporary resident to permanent resident pathway during the program's dates of May 6 to November 5, 2021, broken down by province and territory: (a) how many applications (i) were received, (ii) have been completed, (iii) were approved, (iv) have been refused, (v) are currently outstanding; (b) how many agents are working on the program; (c) on an average weekday, how many processing agents were working at the Whitehorse, Yukon, IRCC office on these files during this time; and (d) what was the budget for processing the applications? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1438.

Q-1439 — — With regard to overpayments made by the Phoenix pay system, as of April 24, 2023: (a) what was the total amount of overpayments made by the system; (b) what was the number of employees who received overpayments; (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by department, agency, or other government entity that used the Phoenix pay system; (d) of the amount in (a), how much has (i) been recovered, (ii) not yet been recovered; (e) of the amount in (d)(ii), how much has been written off by the government; and (f) for each amount in (e), what was the reason for the write-off? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1439.

Q-1440 — — With regard to the report released by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) titled "What We Heard: Perspectives on Climate Change and Public Health in Canada": (a) what was the estimated cost of producing the report; (b) what is the itemized breakdown of all costs associated with the report; (c) what was the total number of PHAC and Health Canada employees who worked on the report; (d) what are the details of all contracts issued related to the report, including, for each (i) the vendor, (ii) the value, (iii) the description of goods or services provided, (iv) whether the contract was sole-sourced or awarded through a competitive bidding process; and (e) what was the total amount spent on (i) travel, (ii) hospitality, related to the report? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1440.

Q-1442 — — With regard to government expenditures related to the Prime Minister's town hall meetings that have occurred since January 1, 2023: (a) what are the total expenditures to date associated with the meetings; (b) what is the breakdown of expenditures by meeting, including the date and location of each meeting; (c) what is the itemized breakdown of (a) and (b); and (d) for each meeting in (b), which groups or organizations hosted the meeting? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1442.

Q-1444 — — With regard to government funding of non-governmental organizations or groups, since November 4, 2015: (a) how much money has the government allocated to (i) Environmental Defense Canada, (ii) Climate Action Network Canada, (iii) Oil Change International, (iv) Canadian Climate Institute, (v) LeadNow Society, (vi) Centre for International Environmental Law, (vii) Climate Emergency Institute, (viii) International Institute for Sustainable Development, (ix) Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, (x) Canadian Labour Congress, (xi) Trottier Energy Institute, (xii) Friends of the Earth U.S.; (b) for each entity in (a), what are the details, including the (i) department, agency or other government entity, (ii) date of the funding, (iii) amount and deliverables expected; (c) of the allocations in (a), which ones were (i) sole-sourced, (ii) awarded through a competitive bidding process; (d) of the allocations in (c)(ii), what was the (i) duration of the competition, (ii) number of organizations that submitted bids for the required deliverables; and (e) what programs from each organization listed in (a) received government funding, broken down by year and deliverables expected? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1444.

Q-1445 — — With regard to government requests to remove, edit, or alter information in the media, since January 1, 2016: (a) how many requests has the government made to social media companies, including for any article, post or reply; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by social media platform, year, department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity that made the request; (c) what are the details of each request to a social media company, including, for each (i) the date, (ii) the platform, (iii) the description of the post or reply, (iv) a summary of the request, (v) the reason for the request, (vi) whether the information was removed, edited, or altered, and if so, what changed, (vii) the title of the individual who made the request; (d) how many requests has the government made to traditional media companies; (e) what is the breakdown of (d) by media outlet, year, department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity that made the request; and (f) what are the details of each request in (d), including, for each, (i) the date, (ii) the media outlet, (iii) the title of the individual who made the request, (iv) the description of the content subject to the request, (v) whether the content was removed, edited, or altered, and if so, what changed? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1445.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Ms. Hajdu (Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario), — That Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

At 1:25 p.m., pursuant to order made Thursday, June 8, 2023, the Deputy 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 12, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 1:27 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Chen (Scarborough North), seconded by Mr. Chiang (Markham—Unionville), — That, in the opinion of the House:

(a) the government should

(i) condemn anti-Asian hate and all forms of racism and racial discrimination,

(ii) ensure all anti-racism policies and programs address the historical and present-day racism, discrimination, stereotyping and injustices faced by people of Asian descent,

(iii) highlight the lived realities of racism and barriers to inclusion experienced by people of Asian descent in national consultations on issues of anti-Asian racism; and

(b) the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security should conduct a review of anti-Asian hate crimes and hate-motivated incidents across the country. (Private Members' Business M-63)

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 Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 Mrs. Fortier (President of the Treasury Board) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 26th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, "Greening Government Strategy" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-198), presented to the House on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-441-198.

— by Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) — Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2023-343 and P.C. 2023-344. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-2-11. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2023-347, P.C. 2023-348, P.C. 2023-410, P.C. 2023-411 and P.C. 2023-412. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-3-13. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2023-425, P.C. 2023-426 and P.C. 2023-427. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-14-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2023-334, P.C. 2023-345 and P.C. 2023-428. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-9-11. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2023-407 and P.C. 2023-408. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-8-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2023-323, P.C. 2023-331, P.C. 2023-332, P.C. 2023-333, P.C. 2023-379, P.C. 2023-380, P.C. 2023-381, P.C. 2023-382, P.C. 2023-383, P.C. 2023-384, P.C. 2023-385, P.C. 2023-386, P.C. 2023-387, P.C. 2023-390, P.C. 2023-429, P.C. 2023-430, P.C. 2023-431, P.C. 2023-432, P.C. 2023-433, P.C. 2023-438, P.C. 2023-439 and P.C. 2023-440. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-4-14. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2023-409. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-1-11. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs)

— P.C. 2023-420. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-13-12. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— P.C. 2023-342 and P.C. 2023-424. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-17-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— P.C. 2023-396. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-29-10. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2023-349, P.C. 2023-391, P.C. 2023-392, P.C. 2023-393, P.C. 2023-394, P.C. 2023-395, P.C. 2023-418, P.C. 2023-422 and P.C. 2023-423. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-30-11. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2023-335, P.C. 2023-336, P.C. 2023-337, P.C. 2023-338, P.C. 2023-339, P.C. 2023-340, P.C. 2023-341, P.C. 2023-388, P.C. 2023-389 and P.C. 2023-421. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-441-24-12. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by Ms. Khera (Minister of Seniors) — Report of the Canada Pension Plan, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, pursuant to the Canada Pension Plan, R.S. 1985, c. C-8, sbs. 117(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-59-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by Mr. Wilkinson (Minister of Natural Resources) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the third report of the Standing Committee on Science and Research, "Small Modular Nuclear Reactors" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-199), presented to the House on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-441-199.

Adjournment

At 2:24 p.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).