House Publications
The Debates are the report—transcribed, edited, and corrected—of what is said in the House. The Journals are the official record of the decisions and other transactions of the House. The Order Paper and Notice Paper contains the listing of all items that may be brought forward on a particular sitting day, and notices for upcoming items.
For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
| 44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION | |
|
|
|
JournalsNo. 62 Monday, May 2, 2022 11:00 a.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 |
| Private Members' Business |
|
At 11:04 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business. |
|
Mr. Arya (Nepean), seconded by Mr. Duguid (Winnipeg South), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should recognize the contributions that Hindu Canadians have made to the socio-economic development of Canada, and their services to the Canadian society, the richness of Hindu Heritage and its vast contribution to the world of arts and science, astronomy to medicine, and its culture and traditions and the importance of educating and reflecting upon it for our future generations in Canada by declaring November, every year, Hindu Heritage Month. (Private Members' Business M-42) |
|
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. |
| Statement by the Speaker |
|
The Chair ruled on Government Business No. 11 and directed that (i) paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), relating to the business of the House for the remaining sitting weeks until Thursday, June 23, 2022, (ii) paragraph (e), which relates to deadlines set for the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, (iii) the last paragraph that seeks to permanently amend Standing Order 28(1), listing the days on which the House shall not meet, be voted on separately. |
| Government Orders |
|
Pursuant to Standing Order 57, Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), seconded by Mr. MacAulay (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence), moved, — That, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 11, the debate not be further adjourned. |
Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the closure motion.
|
|
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 63 -- Vote no 63) | |
| YEAS: 182, NAYS: 151 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Dhaliwal Kayabaga O'Regan Total: -- 182 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Doherty Lewis (Essex) Savard-Tremblay Total: -- 151 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Bennett (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health), — That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, |
(a) on the day of the adoption of this order, the ordinary hour of daily adjournment shall be 12:00 a.m., that until Thursday, June 23, 2022, a minister of the Crown may, with the agreement of the House leader of another recognized party, rise from his or her seat at any time during a sitting, but no later than 6:30 p.m., and request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for the current sitting or a subsequent sitting be 12:00 a.m., provided that it be 10:00 p.m. on a day when a debate pursuant to Standing Order 52 or 53.1 is to take place, and that such a request shall be deemed adopted;
|
(b) on a sitting day extended pursuant to paragraph (a),
|
(i) proceedings on any opposition motion pursuant to Standing Order 81(16) shall conclude no later than 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 6:30 p.m. on a Monday or 1:30 p.m. on a Friday, on an allotted day for the business of supply, except pursuant to Standing Order 81(18)(c),
|
(ii) after 6:30 p.m. the Speaker shall not receive any quorum calls or dilatory motions, and shall only accept a request for unanimous consent after receiving a notice from the House leaders or whips of all recognized parties stating that they are in agreement with such a request,
|
(iii) motions to proceed to the orders of the day, and to adjourn the debate or the House may be moved after 6:30 p.m. by a minister of the Crown, including on a point of order, and such motions be deemed adopted,
|
(iv) the time provided for Government Orders shall not be extended pursuant to Standing Orders 33(2), 45(7.1) or 67.1(2);
|
(c) until Thursday, June 23, 2022,
|
(i) during consideration of the estimates on the last allotted day, pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), when the Speaker interrupts the proceedings for the purpose of putting forthwith all questions necessary to dispose of the estimates,
|
(A) all remaining motions to concur in the votes for which a notice of opposition was filed shall be deemed to have been moved and seconded, the questions deemed put and recorded divisions deemed requested,
|
(B) the Speaker shall have the power to combine the said motions for voting purposes, provided that, in exercising this power, the Speaker be guided by the same principles and practices used at report stage,
|
(ii) when debate on a motion for concurrence in committee reports is adjourned or interrupted, including on the day of the adoption of this order, the debate shall again be considered on a day designated by the government, after consultation with the House leaders of the other recognized parties, but in any case not later than the 35th sitting day after the interruption,
|
(iii) a motion for third reading of a government bill may be made in the same sitting during which the said bill has been concurred in at report stage,
|
(iv) a minister of the Crown may move, without notice, a motion to adjourn the House until Monday, September 19, 2022, provided that the House shall be adjourned pursuant to Standing Order 28 and that the said motion shall be decided immediately without debate or amendment;
|
(d) notwithstanding the order adopted on Thursday, November 25, 2021, and Standing Order 45(6), no recorded division requested after 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2022, shall be deferred, except for any recorded division requested in regard to a Private Members’ Business item, for which the provisions of the order adopted on Thursday, November 25, 2021, shall continue to apply; and
|
(e) notwithstanding paragraph (j) of the order made Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the deadline for the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying to submit to Parliament a final report of its review, including a statement of any recommended changes, be no later than Monday, October 17, 2022, provided that an interim report on mental illness as a sole underlying condition be presented to the House no later than Thursday, June 23, 2022, and that a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House has passed this order; and
|
|
that Standing Order 28(1) be amended as follows: “(1) The House shall not meet on New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the day fixed for the celebration of the birthday of the Sovereign, St. John the Baptist Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day and Christmas Day. When St. John the Baptist Day, Canada Day or the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation fall on a Tuesday, the House shall not meet the preceding day; when those days fall on a Thursday, the House shall not meet the following day.”. (Government Business No. 11) |
|
The debate continued. |
|
Mr. Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil), seconded by Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended: |
(a) in paragraph (a),
|
(i) by replacing the words “a minister of the Crown may, with the agreement of the House leader of another recognized party” with the words “a House leader of a recognized party may, with the agreement of the House leaders of two other recognized parties”,
|
(ii) by replacing the words “but no later than 6:30 p.m., and request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for the current sitting or” with the words “request, with at least two sitting days’ notice, that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for”,
|
(iii) by adding, after the words “a subsequent sitting”, the words “, other than a Friday,”,
|
(iv) by adding, after the words “a day when a debate pursuant to Standing Order 52 or 53.1 is to take place”, the words “or a day appointed for the consideration of business under Standing Order 81(4)(a)”;
|
(b) in paragraph (b),
|
(i) by deleting subparagraph (i),
|
(ii) by deleting, in subparagraph (ii), the words “quorum calls or”,
|
(iii) by deleting, in subparagraph (iii), all the words after the word “Crown”; and
|
(c) in paragraph (c),
|
(i) by replacing, in subparagraph (ii), the word “35th” with the word “15th",
|
(ii) by deleting subparagraph (iv).
|
|
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. |
| Motions |
|
By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the House mourn the tragic loss of four officer cadets on Friday, April 29, 2022, and express its deepest condolences to their families, friends and the Royal Military College of Canada community during this difficult time. |
| Deferred Recorded Divisions |
Government Orders |
|
Pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division 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. |
| Group No. 1 | |
|
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on 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. |
|
|
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 64 -- Vote no 64) | |
| YEAS: 118, NAYS: 210 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Ellis Liepert Schmale Total: -- 118 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Desbiens Kelloway Petitpas Taylor Total: -- 210 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
Accordingly, Motions Nos. 2 to 10 were also negatived on the same division. |
|
|
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance), seconded by Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), moved, — That the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage. |
|
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 65 -- Vote no 65) | |
| YEAS: 183, NAYS: 148 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Dhaliwal Kelloway Oliphant Total: -- 183 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Desilets Lemire Savard-Tremblay Total: -- 148 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
Accordingly, the bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House. |
|
| 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. 441-00228 concerning foreign affairs. |
Presenting Reports from Committees |
|
Mr. Schiefke (Vaudreuil—Soulanges), from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented the third report of the committee, "The Canada Infrastructure Bank". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-61. |
|
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response. |
|
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 10) was tabled. |
|
|
|
Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the fourth report of the committee, "Collection and Use of Mobility Data by the Government of Canada and Related Issues". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-62. |
|
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. 3 to 10, 13, 14 and 16) was tabled. |
Motions |
|
By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the second report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, presented on Monday, April 25, 2022, be modified to substitute the name of the organization “First Nations Finance Authority” with “First Nations Financial Management Board” on page 16 of the report in English, and page 20 in French. |
|
|
|
Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot), seconded by Mrs. Kusie (Calgary Midnapore), moved, — That the third report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented on Thursday, March 31, 2022, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 5) |
|
Debate arose thereon. |
|
Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman), seconded by Mr. Brock (Brantford—Brant), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following: |
"the third report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented on Thursday, March 31, 2022, be not now concurred in, but that it be recommitted to the committee for further consideration, provided that:
|
(a) the committee be instructed to
|
(i) make every effort possible to receive evidence from Ben Chin, Rick Theis and Amitpal Singh, the witnesses who did not comply with the House's order of Thursday, March 25, 2021, to appear before the committee,
|
(ii) consider further the concerns expressed in the report about the member for Waterloo's failure "in her obligation to be accurate with a committee",
|
(iii) report back by Monday, October 17, 2022; and
|
(b) the committee be empowered to order the attendance of the member for Waterloo, from time to time, as it sees fit".
|
|
Debate arose thereon. |
|
Mr. Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands), seconded by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), 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. 66 -- Vote no 66) | |
| YEAS: 176, NAYS: 145 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Dhaliwal Jowhari Oliphant Total: -- 176 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Desilets Lehoux Rood Total: -- 145 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
| Government Orders |
|
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Bennett (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health); (Government Business No. 11) |
And of the amendment of Mr. Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil), seconded by Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable).
|
|
The debate continued. |
|
Mr. Thériault (Montcalm), seconded by Mr. Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé), moved the following subamendment, — That the amendment be amended, in subparagraph (a)(ii), by replacing the words “two sitting days’ notice” with the words “one sitting day’s notice”. |
|
Debate arose thereon. |
|
At 8:02 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today under the provision of Standing Order 57, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings. |
|
The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 67 -- Vote no 67) | |
| YEAS: 152, NAYS: 177 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Doherty Lewis (Essex) Savard-Tremblay Total: -- 152 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Dhaliwal Kayabaga O'Connell Total: -- 177 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 68 -- Vote no 68) | |
| YEAS: 148, NAYS: 181 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Desilets Lehoux Savard-Tremblay Total: -- 148 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Dhillon Kayabaga Noormohamed Total: -- 181 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
Pursuant to the Chair’s ruling earlier today, the question was put on paragraphs (a) to (d) of the main motion and they were adopted on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 69 -- Vote no 69) | |
| YEAS: 182, NAYS: 149 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Diab Khalid O'Regan Total: -- 182 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Desilets Lehoux Ruff Total: -- 149 |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
Pursuant to the Chair's ruling earlier today, the question was put on paragraph (e) of the main motion and it was adopted on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 70 -- Vote no 70) | |
| YEAS: 330, NAYS: 0 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Dhillon Kwan Richards Total: -- 330 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
Pursuant to the Chair's ruling earlier today, the question was put on the last paragraph of the main motion and it was adopted on the following division: |
|
| (Division No. 71 -- Vote no 71) | |
| YEAS: 329, NAYS: 0 |
|
|
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Dhillon Kwan Reid Total: -- 329 |
|
|
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun |
|
|
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun |
|
|
|
|
Pursuant to order made earlier today, the order was read for the third reading 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. |
|
Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) for Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. MacAulay (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass. |
|
Debate arose thereon. |
|
Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola), seconded by Mr. Richards (Banff—Airdrie), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: |
"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, be not now read a third time, but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Finance for the purpose of reconsidering clauses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 with a view to remove the income tax provisions of the bill.".
|
|
Debate arose thereon. |
| Motions |
|
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), the following motion, standing on the Order Paper in the name of Ms. Bergen (Leader of the Opposition), was deemed adopted, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), all votes under Department of Fisheries and Oceans and all votes under Department of Public Works and Government Services, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, be referred to committees of the whole. |
Accordingly, the said votes were deemed withdrawn from the standing committees to which they were originally referred.
|
| Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House |
|
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the table as follows: |
|
— by Ms. Bibeau (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) — Report of the Chicken Farmers of Canada, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-4, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-42-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food) |
|
— by Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of Manitoba, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-475-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security) |
|
— by Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of Alberta, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-475-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security) |
|
— by Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety) — Amendment to the Agreement for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of Prince Edward Island, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-475-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security) |
| Adjournment |
|
At midnight, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until later today at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1). |