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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 54

Wednesday, April 6, 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.

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. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), seconded by Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), — That, given that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance has made an immeasurable contribution to peace, security, and prosperity for all its members, the House call on the government to increase spending on national defence to at least two per cent of Canada's gross domestic product, in accordance with NATO's 2014 Wales Summit Declaration.

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

(Division No. 55 -- Vote no 55)
YEAS: 303, NAYS: 27

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Allison
Anand
Anandasangaree
Arnold
Arseneault
Arya
Atwin
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Benzen
Bergen
Berthold
Bérubé
Bezan
Bibeau
Bittle
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Block
Blois
Boissonnault
Bradford
Bragdon
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Caputo
Carr
Carrie
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Chambers
Champagne
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Chong
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Damoff
Dancho
Davidson
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
Desbiens
Desilets
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Doherty
Dong

Dowdall
Dreeshen
Drouin
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
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
Garneau
Garon
Gaudreau
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Gray
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Hoback
Holland
Housefather
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Ien
Jaczek
Jeneroux
Jones
Jowhari
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khera
Kitchen
Kmiec
Koutrakis
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Kusmierczyk
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos

Lametti
Lamoureux
Lantsman
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)
MacKenzie
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maguire
Maloney
Martel
Martinez Ferrada
May (Cambridge)
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McDonald (Avalon)
McGuinty
McKay
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLean
McLeod
Melillo
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Murray
Muys
Naqvi
Nater
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Pauzé
Perkins
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Poilievre
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts

Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Rood
Ruff
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schmale
Seeback
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Shields
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Sinclair-Desgagné
Small
Sorbara
Soroka
Spengemann
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
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Vis
Vuong
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Wilkinson
Williams
Williamson
Yip
Zahid
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 303

NAYS -- CONTRE

Angus
Ashton
Bachrach
Barron
Blaikie
Blaney
Boulerice

Cannings
Collins (Victoria)
Davies
Desjarlais
Garrison
Gazan
Green

Hughes
Idlout
Johns
Julian
Kwan
MacGregor
Masse

Mathyssen
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
McPherson
Morrice
Singh
Zarrillo

Total: -- 27

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Richards (Banff—Airdrie), from the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, presented the first report of the committee, "Review of Statutory Instruments". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-53.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 1) was tabled.


Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 10th report of the committee, "Special Examination Report – Public Sector Pension Investment Board". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-54.

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. 6 and 9) was tabled.


Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 11th report of the committee, "Securing Personal Protective Equipment and Medical Devices". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-55.

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. 5 and 9) was tabled.


Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the first report of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, presented earlier today, be concurred in.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any order adopted by the House, as of Monday, April 25, 2022, at their discretion, witnesses appearing before any standing, standing joint, special, special joint or legislative committee may either do so in person or by videoconference.


Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo), one concerning justice (No. 441-00354) and one concerning business and trade (No. 441-00355);
— by Mr. Dong (Don Valley North), one concerning culture and heritage (No. 441-00356);
— by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), one concerning health (No. 441-00357);
— by Mr. Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South), one concerning justice (No. 441-00358) and one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-00359);
— by Mr. Vis (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon), one concerning transportation (No. 441-00360);
— by Mr. Morrison (Kootenay—Columbia), one concerning justice (No. 441-00361);
— by Mr. Redekopp (Saskatoon West), one concerning justice (No. 441-00362);
— by Mr. Soroka (Yellowhead), one concerning justice (No. 441-00363);
— by Mr. Williams (Bay of Quinte), one concerning justice (No. 441-00364);
— by Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot), one concerning justice (No. 441-00365);
— by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), one concerning justice (No. 441-00366), one concerning natural resources and energy (No. 441-00367), four concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-00368, 441-00369, 441-00370 and 441-00372) and one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00371).
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

The notice of motion for the production of papers P-1 was called pursuant to Standing Order 97(1) and was transferred by the clerk to “Notices of Motions (Papers)”.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mrs. Fortier (President of the Treasury Board), — That Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages.

The debate continued.

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 Transport, Infrastructure and Communities of Bill C-245, An Act to amend the Canada Infrastructure Bank Act.

Ms. Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski), seconded by Ms. Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

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.

Appointments to a committee

Pursuant to order made Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the list of members on the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying was deposited with the Clerk of the House as follows:

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying

Members (10)

Gary Anandasangaree
René Arseneault
Michael Barrett
Michael Cooper
Hedy Fry
Marc Garneau
Alistair MacGregor
James Maloney
Luc Thériault
Dominique Vien

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 7:11 p.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).