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| 44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION | |
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JournalsNo. 69 Wednesday, May 11, 2022 2:00 p.m. |
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The clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker. |
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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 |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 31, members made statements. |
| Oral Questions |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions. |
| Requests for extension of sitting hours |
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Pursuant to order made Monday, May 2, 2022, Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) requested that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment on Thursday, May 12, 2022, be 12:00 a.m. and this request was deemed adopted. |
| Deferred Recorded Divisions |
Business of Supply |
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Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Champoux (Drummond), seconded by Mrs. Gill (Manicouagan), — That, given that the House respects the beliefs and non-beliefs of all parliamentarians and of the general public and it is committed to the principle of the separation of religion and the state, the diversity of views and freedom of conscience while upholding the secularism and religious neutrality of the state and out of a desire for inclusiveness, the reading of the prayer at the opening of a sitting be abolished and replaced by a moment of reflection; and that, accordingly, Standing Order 30 be amended, in paragraphs (1) and (2), by substituting the following: |
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“(1) A moment of reflection be observed every day at the meeting of the House before any business is entered upon.
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(2) Not more than two minutes after the moment of reflection, the business of the House shall commence.”.
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The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division: |
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| (Division No. 83 -- Vote no 83) | |
| YEAS: 56, NAYS: 266 |
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YEAS -- POUR Ashton Collins (Victoria) Hughes Pauzé Total: -- 56 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Aitchison Dubourg Lametti Rodriguez Total: -- 266 |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
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Private Members' Business |
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Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Sarai (Surrey Centre), seconded by Mr. Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should develop and publicly release within 120 days following the adoption of this motion a comprehensive plan to expand pathways to permanent residency for temporary foreign workers, including international students, with significant Canadian work experience in sectors with persistent labour shortages, and such plan should incorporate the following elements: |
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(a) amending eligibility criteria under economic immigration programs to give more weight to significant in-Canada work experience and expand the eligible occupational categories and work experience at various skills levels;
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(b) examining evidence and data gathered from recent programs such as Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident Pathway, Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP), Rural and Northern Immigration Program (RNIP), and Agri-Food Pilot, and Provincial Nominee Process (PNP);
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(c) incorporating data on labour market and skills shortages to align policy on immigrant-selection with persistent labour gaps;
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(d) assessing ways to increase geographic distribution of immigration and encourage immigrant retention in smaller communities, as well as increase Francophone immigration outside Quebec;
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(e) identifying mechanisms for ensuring flexibility in immigration-selection tools to react quicker to changes in labour market needs and regional economic priorities; and
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(f) specifically considering occupations and essential sectors that are underrepresented in current economic immigration programs, such as health services, agriculture, manufacturing, service industry, trades, and transportation; (Private Members' Business M-44)
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The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East), seconded by Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby), — That the motion be amended:
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(a) by adding after the words "comprehensive plan to expand" the following: "the economic immigration stream to allow workers of all skill levels to meet the full range of labour needs and"; and
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(b) in paragraph (f), by adding the word ", caregivers" after the words "health services".
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The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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| YEAS: 323, NAYS: 1 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aitchison Doherty Kwan Reid Total: -- 323 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Gould Total: -- 1 |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the question was put on the main motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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| (Division No. 85 -- Vote no 85) | |
| YEAS: 324, NAYS: 0 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aitchison Dhillon Kusmierczyk Redekopp Total: -- 324 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
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| Daily Routine Of Business |
Tabling of Documents |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate)) laid upon the table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions: |
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— No. 441-00286 concerning transportation; |
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— Nos. 441-00287, 441-00288, 441-00289, 441-00291, 441-00294, 441-00295 and 441-00296 concerning foreign affairs; |
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— Nos. 441-00290 and 441-00297 concerning civil and human rights; |
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— No. 441-00293 concerning social affairs and equality. |
Presenting Reports from Committees |
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Ms. Chagger (Waterloo), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the sixth report of the committee (item to remain votable). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-65. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the report was deemed concurred in. |
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Mr. Dubourg (Bourassa), from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, presented the fourth report of the committee, "Main Estimates 2022-23: Votes 1 and 5 under Department of Veterans Affairs and Vote 1 under Veterans Review and Appeal Board". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-66. |
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A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 13) was tabled. |
Presenting Petitions |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows: |
— by Mr. Kusmierczyk (Windsor—Tecumseh), one concerning taxation (No. 441-00439);
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— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning the environment (No. 441-00440);
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— by Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00441);
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— by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), one concerning food and drink (No. 441-00442);
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— by Mr. Dong (Don Valley North), one concerning culture and heritage (No. 441-00443);
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— by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), two concerning justice (Nos. 441-00444 and 441-00453), three concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 441-00445, 441-00448 and 441-00449), one concerning the environment (No. 441-00446), one concerning civil and human rights (No. 441-00447), two concerning natural resources and energy (Nos. 441-00450 and 441-00451) and one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-00452).
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Questions on the Order Paper |
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Mr. Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate)) presented the answers to questions Q-431, Q-433, Q-436 and Q-438 on the Order Paper. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate)) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return: |
Q-426 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the Departmental Plan and Departmental Results Report from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the indicator listed in the reports tracking the "Number of influencers reached through Canadian-hosted events": (a) how many events have taken place where influencers have been reached since January 1, 2020; (b) what are the details of the events in (a), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) total expenditures, (iv) itemized breakdown of the expenditures, (v) number of influencers reached, (vi) names of the influencers reached; and (c) what criteria does GAC use to determine if an individual is considered an influencer? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-426.
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Q-427 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to research projects located outside of Canada that received government funding since January 1, 2020: (a) what are the details of all such projects, including, for each, the (i) recipient, (ii) date the funding was provided, (iii) amount of funding, (iv) country the research is taking place in, (v) project description, including the topics and the type of research, (vi) start and end dates of the research, (vii) country, (viii) municipality, (ix) program under which the funding was provided; and (b) for all the projects in (a) which are completed, what are the findings or the website location where the findings can be viewed? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-427.
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Q-428 — Mr. Vidal (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River) — With regard to the government’s Wellness Together Canada portal and the related PocketWell application: (a) how many unique accounts have been created, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) gender; (b) how many unique visits have been made to the site since the portal was launched, broken down by month; (c) how many Canadians have fully completed the course of treatment; (d) what has been the total cost of each of the programs or services identified through the portal and the application; (e) what is the total operating cost for the portal and the application; (f) what provisions are in place to provide identity theft protection to those impacted by data leaks related to the portal or the application; and (g) what is the budget for the identity theft protection provisions in (f)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-428.
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Q-429 — Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — With regard to the Safe Return to Class Fund, since its inception, broken down by province and territory: (a) what is the total amount allocated through this fund; (b) what is the total amount received by each province and territory every month; and (c) what accountability measures exist to ensure that students, educators, and other school staff benefit from this fund? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-429.
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Q-430 — Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — With regard to provincial and territorial requests for assistance in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020, broken down by province and territory: (a) what was the nature of each request received by the government; (b) of the requests in (a), was the government able to meet the request in full; and (c) of the requests in (b) that were not fully met, what was the reason the government could not fulfill the request? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-430.
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Q-432 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to the development of a national suicide prevention action plan since May 8, 2019: (a) what resources have been provided to establish culturally appropriate community-based suicide prevention; (b) what guidelines have been established since 2019 for best practices in suicide prevention; (c) what resources have been provided toward the creation of a national public health monitoring program for the prevention of suicide and identification of groups at elevated risk; (d) what progress has been made to identify and fill gaps in knowledge relating to suicide and its prevention; (e) what progress has been made in creating national standards for training persons engaged in suicide prevention; (f) what progress has been made in creating a national online hub to provide essential information and guides related to suicide prevention; (g) what analysis has been done of high-risk groups of people and the risk factors specific to these groups; and (h) when will preparations for the implementation of the national action plan, including a statistical overview of suicide in Canada, be tabled in Parliament? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-432.
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Q-434 — Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — With regard to transcriptions or transcripts procured by the government since January 1, 2016, and broken down by department or agency: (a) what is the (i) date of the proceeding or event, (ii) location of the proceeding or event, (iii) description or summary of the proceeding or event, (iv) main participants speaking at the proceeding or event, (v) subject matter of the proceeding or event, for each transcription prepared in this period; (b) what was the cost of each transcription in (a); (c) who requested each transcription in (a) be prepared; and (d) what was the total amount spent on transcriptions or transcripts, broken down by year? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-434.
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Q-435 — Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — With regard to the Canada training credit (CTC): (a) how much has the CTC cost the government, or is currently forecasted to cost, for (i) 2019–20, (ii) 2020–21, (iii) 2021–22, (iv) 2022–23, (v) 2023–24; (b) how do the actual costs, or currently forecasted costs, in (a) compare to the projections in budget 2019; (c) for any costs in (b) that are lower than the projections in budget 2019, why have the projections been revised for lower cost and lower uptake; (d) what is the breakdown by (i) age, (ii) federal income tax bracket, (iii) province, (iv) type of the two eligible educational institutions that tuition or other fees were paid to, (v) average refund received, (vi) median refund received, of the 400,000 individuals who claimed this credit in 2020 as referenced in part 4 of the Department of Finance’s “Report on Federal Tax Expenditures - Concepts, Estimates and Evaluations 2022”; (e) how much has been spent by government departments or agencies to administer the CTC since 2019; (f) what is the number of employees directly or indirectly involved in the administration of the CTC; (g) how much has been spent by government departments or agencies to advertise or otherwise promote the CTC since 2019; and (h) what is the breakdown of (g) by type of advertising or promotion? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-435.
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Q-437 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — With regard to the government's response to question Q-306 and its reference to the 40 individuals, associations and organizations who were sent the email to promote the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS): (a) what are the names of these 40 individuals, associations and organizations; (b) how were they chosen; and (c) which ones responded to the email indicating an interest in sharing information about the NSS? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-437.
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| Government Orders |
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Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Ng (Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the bill; and |
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That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the time allocation motion. |
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Debate arose thereon. |
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The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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| YEAS: 174, NAYS: 145 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aldag Dhillon Julian O'Connell Total: -- 174 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Aitchison Dreeshen Lewis (Essex) Ruff Total: -- 145 |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
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| Private Members' Business |
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At 5:40 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business. |
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The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce), seconded by Mr. Barlow (Foothills), — That Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. |
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The debate continued. |
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The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions. |
| Government Orders |
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At 6:26 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage), seconded by Ms. Khera (Minister of Seniors), — That Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage; |
And of the amendment of Ms. Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill), seconded by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words afler the word "That" and substituting the following:
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"Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, be not now read a second time but that the order be discharged, the bill withdrawn and the subject matter thereof referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.";
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And of the subamendment of Mr. Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), seconded by Mr. Kitchen (Souris—Moose Mountain), — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:
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"; and that the committee report back no later than 10 sitting days following the adoption of this motion.".
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The debate continued. |
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At 11:45 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings. |
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The question was put on the subamendment and, pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the recorded division was deferred until Thursday, May 12, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions. |
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Pursuant to order made Monday, May 2, 2022, Mrs. Fortier (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate)), moved, — That this House do now adjourn. |
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Pursuant to order made Monday, May 2, 2022, the motion was deemed adopted. |
| Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the table as follows: |
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— by Ms. Anand (Minister of National Defence) — Report of the Military Grievances External Review Committee for the year 2021, pursuant to the National Defence Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-5, sbs. 29.28(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-752-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence) |
| Adjournment |
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Accordingly, at 11:47 p.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1). |