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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 332 Friday, June 14, 2024 10:00 a.m.

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

Whereupon, Mrs. Mendès (Brossard—Saint-Lambert), Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole, took the chair, pursuant to Standing Order 8.

Prayer

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-40, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation (miscarriage of justice reviews), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 20).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting the short title.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Motion No. 5 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Motion No. 9 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

Motion No. 10 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Motion No. 11 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 11.

Motion No. 12 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 12.

Motion No. 13 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

Motion No. 14 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 14.

Motion No. 15 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 15.

Motion No. 16 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 16.

Motion No. 17 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 17.

Motion No. 18 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 18.

Motion No. 19 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 19.

Motion No. 20 of Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove), seconded by Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), — That Bill C-40 be amended by deleting Clause 20.

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division, which also applies to Motions Nos. 2 to 20, was deferred until Monday, June 17, 2024, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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.

Notices of Motions

Mr. MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the report stage and third reading stage of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024.

Mr. MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the second reading stage of Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act.

Requests for Extension of Sitting Hours

Pursuant to order made Wednesday, February 28, 2024, Mr. MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) requested that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment on Monday, June 17, 2024, be 12:00 a.m. and this request was deemed adopted.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mrs. Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence) laid before the House, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 441-02434 concerning public safety;

— No. 441-02438 concerning foreign affairs;

— No. 441-02440 concerning transportation.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Diab (Halifax West), from the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented the 24th report of the committee, "Consideration of George Dolhai for Appointment as Director of Public Prosecutions". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-470.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 110) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), seconded by Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge), Bill C-405, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Parliament of Canada Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mrs. Chatel (Pontiac), one concerning the environment (No. 441-02571);

— by Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-02572) and one concerning justice (No. 441-02573);

— by Ms. McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-02574) and one concerning citizenship and immigration (No. 441-02575);

— by Mrs. Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country), one concerning justice (No. 441-02576), one concerning transportation (No. 441-02577) and one concerning citizenship and immigration (No. 441-02578).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mrs. Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence) presented the answers to questions Q-2599, Q-2601, Q-2608, Q-2610 to Q-2612 and Q-2616 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mrs. Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return:

Q-2600 — — With regard to asylum claims made by individuals who arrived in Canada on a student visa, since 2018: how many claims (i) were accepted, (ii) were rejected, (iii) are still being processed, in total and broken down by the school in which the claimant was enrolled when the asylum claim was made? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2600.

Q-2602 — — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) response to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's special report to Parliament on February 15, 2024, indicating that a major privacy breach at the CRA involved "vast amounts of sensitive personal information" and that the CRA needed stronger security safeguards: (a) does the CRA accept the conclusions of the Privacy Commissioner that the current process and procedures that govern the handling of sensitive personal information are inadequate; (b) what steps is the CRA undertaking to rectify this lack of safeguards and due diligence to give Canadians confidence that their personal, sensitive and private information is secure with the CRA; (c) what steps is the CRA taking to limit collection until it can be confident that information can be properly secured; and (d) does the CRA take the position that seeking sensitive information from businesses with no sales or confirmed tax obligations would be a misuse of the Universal Periodic Review provisions, and, if not, why not? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2602.

Q-2603 — — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Challenger aircraft, since October 27, 2023: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2603.

Q-2604 — — With regard to usage of the government's fleet of Airbus and Polaris aircraft since September 1, 2023: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel, (ix) type of aircraft? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2604.

Q-2605 — — With regard to the 140 conflict of interest declarations filed in the 2022-23 fiscal year, and the 162 conflict of interest declarations filed in the 2023-24 fiscal year concerning public servants employed in the core public administration who were involved in contractual relationships with the Government of Canada, broken down by fiscal year: (a) what is the breakdown of the declarations by department, agency or other government entity by which the public servant was employed; (b) what are the names of the vendors which have contracts with the government that were the subjects of the declarations; and (c) what are the details of each contract provided to the vendors in (b), including, for each, the (i) department, agency, or other government entity that signed the contract, (ii) vendor, (iii) date, (iv) amount, (v) description of goods or services, (vi) manner in which the contract was awarded (sole-sourced, competitive bid)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2605.

Q-2606 — — With regard to human resource complaints submitted by employees of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, since January 1, 2016, broken down by year: (a) what was the total number of complaints broken down by the (i) name of the agency or Crown corporation employing the complainant, (ii) reason for the complaint, (iii) type of resolution or follow-up action that occurred; and (b) what was the average time between a complaint being filed and the matter being settled or otherwise concluded? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2606.

Q-2607 — — With regard to tax owed to the government for unpaid excise tax on cannabis: (a) what is the current amount owed, in total and broken down by the province or territory of the entity owing tax; (b) how many separate taxpaying entities have unpaid excise tax on cannabis; and (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by the tax year from which the unpaid tax is owed? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2607.

Q-2609 — — With regard to digital marketing firms contracted by the government to conduct digital marketing since 2016: what are the details of all contracts, including the (i) name of the firm contracted, (ii) commission provided to the marketing firm as part of the contract, (iii) total sum provided for marketing purposes, (iv) total amount used for marketing purposes, (v) marketing platforms used to communicate as part of the contract, (vi) policy initiative being communicated? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2609.

Q-2613 — — With regard to the event named "Symposium: Building a Safe and Respectful Digital World" hosted at the Governor General's residence on April 11, 2024: (a) what were the costs associated with the event, in total and broken down by type of expenditure; (b) was this event initiated by the Governor General and her staff or officials, or by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General and his staff or officials; (c) on what dates did organizational or planning meetings take place in preparation for the event, and who was in attendance at each meeting; (d) were any government bills or initiatives highlighted during the event, and, if so, which ones; and (e) what specific action, if any, was taken by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General to ensure that the event did not put the Governor General in a partisan situation, and to stop any government legislation, initiatives or talking points from being promoted at the event? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2613.

Q-2614 — — With regard to government engagement, association, or dealing in any other manner with social media influencers related to budget 2024 or any of the announcements leading up to the budget: (a) what are the names and handles of the influencers who were invited to (i) events on budget presentation day in Ottawa, (ii) government announcements or events in the month leading up to budget 2024; and (b) what are the amounts and details of all expenditures, in total, and broken down by influencer and type of cost the government incurred or expects to incur related to influencers, including, but not limited to, any payments being made to the influencers, travel costs, per diems, hospitality expenses, reimbursements for expenses incurred, honorariums, contracts, grants, monetary and non-monetary gifts, or any other type of incentive, financial or otherwise? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2614.

Q-2615 — — With regard to government information about crime, broken down by year since 2016: how many suspects who were charged or deemed chargeable with homicide were on (i) bail or other type of remand, (ii) house arrest, (iii) parole, (iv) another type of community supervision, broken down by type, (v) an arrest warrant for a different crime, at the time they were charged or deemed chargeable? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2615.

Q-2617 — — With regard to federal housing investments for Windsor, Toronto and Hamilton, since February 1, 2006, broken down by year and city: (a) how much federal funding was provided to support the construction of nonprofit or community housing and how many units were developed; (b) how much federal funding was provided to support the construction of cooperative housing and how many units were developed; and (c) how much federal funding was provided to support the construction of purpose-built rental housing and how many units were developed? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2617.

Q-2618 — — With regard to Rent-Geared-Income (RGI) subsidies and operating subsidies funded by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC): (a) how many housing projects and units are currently receiving RGI subsidies funded by the CMHC, broken down by municipality, province or territory; (b) how many are receiving operating subsidies funded by the CMHC, broken down by municipality, province and territory; (c) is there an end or expiration date for the CMHC-funded RGI subsidies and operating subsidies for these housing projects/units and, if so, (i) what is the end date, (ii) how many units will lose the CMHC RGI subsidies broken down by (iii) municipality, province and territory, (iv) year; (d) what is the CMHC’s annual budget allocation for RGI subsidies, broken down by (i) municipality, province and territory, (ii) year since 1990; and (e) what is the CMHC’s annual budget allocation for operating subsidies, broken down by (i) municipality, province and territory, (ii) year since 1990? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2618.

Private Members' Business

At 12:19 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. MacDonald (Malpeque), seconded by Mr. Kelloway (Cape Breton—Canso), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should designate the first day in October every year as National Canadian Seafood Day in recognition of the significant contributions of Canada’s fish harvesters and their families from coast to coast to coast, all the processors who help deliver world-class products that are enjoyed domestically and internationally, and all those who work in the seafood industry, which is a vital employment and economic driver in so many coastal communities across Canada. (Private Members' Business M-111)

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.

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 Ms. Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs) — Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2024-684), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-495-70. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

Adjournment

At 1:19 p.m., by unanimous consent, the Assistant Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).