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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 300 Tuesday, April 16, 2024 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 before the House, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:

— No. 441-02240 concerning the correctional system.

Motions

Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), seconded by Mr. Bittle (St. Catharines), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the orders of the day.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 739 -- Vote n^o 739)
YEAS: 175, NAYS: 143
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Ali Anand Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Battiste Beech Bibeau Bittle Blair Blaney Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Brière Cannings Carr Casey Chagger Chahal Champagne Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Davies Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Gainey Garrison Gazan Gerretsen Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hanley Hardie Hepfner Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Johns Jones Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lamoureux Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Mendès Mendicino Miao Miller Morrice Morrissey Murray Naqvi Ng Noormohamed O'Connell O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Singh Sousa St-Onge Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thompson Trudeau Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Virani Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 175
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Berthold Bérubé Bezan Blanchette-Joncas Block Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Caputo Carrie Chabot Champoux Chong Cooper Dalton Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Ellis Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Findlay Fortin Gallant Garon Gaudreau Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hoback Jeneroux Jivani Kelly Khanna Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Lake Lantsman Larouche Lawrence Lehoux Lemire Leslie Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Maguire Majumdar Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Michaud Morantz Morrison Motz Muys Nater Normandin Patzer Paul-Hus Perkins Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Ruff Savard-Tremblay Scheer Seeback Shields Shipley Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Small Soroka Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart Strahl Stubbs Thériault Therrien Thomas Tochor Tolmie Trudel Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Vignola Villemure Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williams Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 143
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Anandasangaree Bergeron Schmale Sorbara Total: -- 4

Government Orders

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare.

Notice of the royal recommendation was given on Thursday, February 29, 2024, by the as follows:

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled "An Act respecting pharmacare".

Mr. Holland (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester), seconded by Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare, since the bill does nothing to address the health care crisis and will instead offer Canadians an inferior pharmacare plan that covers less, costs more, and builds up a massive new bureaucracy that Canadians can’t afford.”.

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.

Naming of a member

The Speaker named Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) for disregarding the authority of the Chair and, pursuant to Standing Order 11(1)(a), ordered the member to withdraw from the House for the remainder of today's sitting.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Holland (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities), — That Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health;

And of the amendment of Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester), seconded by Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:

The debate continued.

At 4:01 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the House proceeded to the consideration of ways and means motion No. 20 for the budget presentation.

Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages), moved, — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government. (Ways and Means No. 20)

Debate arose thereon.

Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance) laid before the House, —

(1) “Budget 2024” — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-20.

(2) Notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-21.

(3) Notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act and Other Legislation. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-22.

(4) Notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Excise Act, 2001 and Other Related Texts. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-23.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of , an order of the day was designated for the consideration of each ways and means motion, notice of which was laid before the House earlier today.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages). (Ways and Means No. 20)

The debate continued.

Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the motion was deemed adopted.

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 before the House as follows:

— by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs) — Agreement for RCMP policing services made between Canada and the Town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-475-20. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Adjournment

At 4:56 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).