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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 44

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

2:00 p.m.



The 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
National Anthem
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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the House: (a) consider that gardens and gardening contribute to the development of the country, our cities and people’s lives with respect to health, quality of life, reconciliation, inclusion and environmental challenges; (b) consider that our public, private and community gardens, as testaments to culture and history, are of great importance in our urban landscapes; and (c) designate 2022 as the Year of the Garden on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and the centennial of the Canadian ornamental horticulture sector.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), seconded by Mr. Maguire (Brandon—Souris), — That, given that,

(i) Canadians are facing severe hardship due to the dramatic escalation in gas prices,
(ii) the 5% collected under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), and the Quebec Sales Tax (QST) creates increased revenue for the federal government as fuel prices rise which compounds the pain on Canadian consumers and the economy,

the House call on the government to immediately provide relief at the pumps to all Canadians by introducing a temporary 5% reduction on gasoline and diesel whether collected under the GST, HST, or QST which would reduce the average price by approximately eight cents per litre.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 40 -- Vote no 40)
YEAS: 115, NAYS: 209

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Allison
Arnold
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Benzen
Bergen
Berthold
Bezan
Block
Bragdon
Brassard
Brock
Calkins
Caputo
Carrie
Chambers
Chong
Cooper
Dalton
Dancho
Davidson
Deltell
Doherty
Dowdall
Dreeshen

Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Ellis
Epp
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Falk (Provencher)
Fast
Ferreri
Findlay
Gallant
Généreux
Genuis
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gourde
Gray
Hallan
Jeneroux
Kelly
Kitchen
Kmiec
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Lake
Lantsman
Lawrence
Lehoux

Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lloyd
Lobb
MacKenzie
Maguire
Martel
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
Melillo
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Motz
Muys
Nater
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perkins
Poilievre
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Richards
Roberts
Rood
Ruff

Scheer
Schmale
Seeback
Shields
Shipley
Small
Soroka
Steinley
Stewart
Strahl
Stubbs
Thomas
Tochor
Tolmie
Uppal
Van Popta
Vecchio
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Williams
Williamson
Zimmer

Total: -- 115

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Bergeron
Bérubé
Bibeau
Bittle
Blaikie
Blair
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Blois
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Brière
Brunelle-Duceppe
Cannings
Carr
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Damoff
Davies

DeBellefeuille
Desbiens
Desilets
Desjarlais
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Dong
Drouin
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
Dzerowicz
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Erskine-Smith
Fergus
Fillmore
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Gaheer
Garneau
Garon
Garrison
Gaudreau
Gazan
Gerretsen
Gill
Gould
Green
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Johns
Joly

Jones
Jowhari
Julian
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Khalid
Khera
Koutrakis
Kusmierczyk
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lemire
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
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Morrice
Morrissey
Murray
Naqvi
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant

O'Regan
Pauzé
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Schiefke
Serré
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Sinclair-Desgagné
Singh
Sorbara
Spengemann
Ste-Marie
St-Onge
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Thériault
Therrien
Thompson
Trudel
Turnbull
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Vuong
Weiler
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zuberi

Total: -- 209

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

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 response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:

— No. 441-00140 concerning Indigenous affairs.


Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman), one concerning business and trade (No. 441-00239);
— by Mr. Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South), one concerning the environment (No. 441-00240);
— by Mr. Vis (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-00241);
— by Ms. Collins (Victoria), one concerning public safety (No. 441-00242) and one concerning business and trade (No. 441-00243);
— by Mrs. Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek), two concerning justice (Nos. 441-00244 and 441-00245) and one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00246);
— by Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot), one concerning public safety (No. 441-00247), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00248) and one concerning justice (No. 441-00249);
— by Mr. Redekopp (Saskatoon West), one concerning justice (No. 441-00250);
— by Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock), one concerning civil and human rights (No. 441-00251), two concerning justice (Nos. 441-00252 and 441-00255), one concerning media and telecommunications (No. 441-00253) and one concerning health (No. 441-00254);
— by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), one concerning health (No. 441-00256), two concerning justice (Nos. 441-00257 and 441-00260), one concerning natural resources and energy (No. 441-00258) and one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00259);
— by Mr. Dalton (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge), one concerning civil and human rights (No. 441-00261) and one concerning justice (No. 441-00262).

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-306, Q-309 and Q-311 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-305 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to overpayments made by the Phoenix pay system: (a) what was the total amount of overpayments made by the system; (b) of the amount in (a), how much (i) has been recovered, (ii) has not yet been recovered; and (c) of the amount not yet recovered, how much has been written off by the government due to (i) the six-year limitation period, (ii) other reasons, broken down by reason? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-305.

Q-307 — Mr. Dreeshen (Red Deer—Mountain View) — With regard to government contracts with Anderson Insight or its principal, Bruce Anderson, since January 1, 2019, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entities: what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) the date, (ii) the amount, (iii) the description of goods or services, (iv) the time period the contract covers, (v) whether or not the contract was sole-sourced? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-307.

Q-308 — Mr. Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — With regard to the government's decision to allow Zijin Mining Group to acquire Neo Lithium Corporation: (a) what specific concerns or issues about the transaction did the government consider when reviewing the purchase; and (b) for each concern or issue in (a), why did the government determine that it was not significant enough to stop the transaction? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-308.

Q-310 — Mrs. Kusie (Calgary Midnapore) — With regard to applications received by the government in relation to the relocation to Canada from Afghanistan of interpreters or other individuals who assisted Canadian Armed Forces, and their families: (a) what is the number of applications received from Afghanistan, for relocation to Canada, since August 1, 2021; (b) how many of the applications were prioritized as urgent; (c) how many of the applications are supported by (i) retired Canadian Forces personnel, (ii) other Canadian citizens or permanent residents; (d) how many of the applicants were relocated to Canada, broken down by month since August 1, 2021; and (e) how many staff members at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have been working full-time on processing these applications, broken down by month since August 1, 2021? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-310.

Q-312 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the budgetary loan provided to China in the amount of $365,714,786, listed on page 307 of the 2021 Public Accounts of Canada, Volume I: (a) what interest rate is China paying on the loan; and (b) what are the terms and length of repayment agreed to by China in relation to the loan? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-312.
Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-8, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures, as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance with an amendment;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 10).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Motion No. 5 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

Motion No. 9 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 44.

Motion No. 10 of Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That Bill C-8 be amended by deleting Clause 45.

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

Private Members' Business

At 5:43 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), 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 Finance of Bill C-241, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of travel expenses for tradespersons).

Mr. Lewis (Essex), seconded by Mr. Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by Mr. Vidal (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River), one concerning transportation (No. 441-00263).
Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:43 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted.

Accordingly, at 7:13 p.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).