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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 286 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Sheehan (Sault Ste. Marie) presented the report of the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group, 21st Bilateral Meeting of The Canada–Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group and the Japan-Canada Diet Friendship League, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from August 27 to 30, 2023 . — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-57-04.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Sheehan (Sault Ste. Marie) presented the report of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CACN) and Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group (CAJP), 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), Jakarta, Indonesia, from August 6 to 10, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-441-57-05.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 36th report of the committee, "Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-393.

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. 42, 90, 94 and 95) was tabled.

First Reading of Senate Public Bills

Pursuant to Standing Order 69(2), on motion of Ms. Hutchings (Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) for Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change), seconded by Ms. Ien (Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth), Bill S-14, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, the Rouge National Urban Park Act and the National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations, was read the first time 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. Shanahan (Châteauguay—Lacolle), two concerning health (Nos. 441-02214 and 441-02215);

— by Mr. Ehsassi (Willowdale), one concerning citizenship and immigration (No. 441-02216);

— by Mr. Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-02217) and one concerning justice (No. 441-02218);

— by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), one concerning food and drink (No. 441-02219);

— by Mrs. Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster), one concerning civil and human rights (No. 441-02220) and one concerning employment and labour (No. 441-02221);

— by Mr. Chahal (Calgary Skyview), one concerning health (No. 441-02222);

— by Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot), one concerning the correctional system (No. 441-02223);

— by Ms. O'Connell (Pickering—Uxbridge), one concerning Indigenous affairs (No. 441-02224);

— by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), one concerning health (No. 441-02225).

Business of Supply

The order was read for the consideration of the business of supply.

Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), moved, — That, given that,

(i) the Auditor General's ArriveCAN audit determined that the app cost taxpayers at least $60-million, but concluded it is "impossible to determine the actual cost of the application",

(ii) the Procurement Ombud found that in 76% of ArriveCAN contracts, some or all of the contractors' proposed resources, such as subcontractors and employees, did not perform any work,

(iii) GC Strategies, an IT company that does no actual IT work, was paid nearly $20-million in relation to the ArriveCAN app,

the House:

(a) call on the Prime Minister to table in the House of Commons, no later than Monday, March 18, 2024, a report which details the complete direct and associated costs concerning the ArriveCAN app incurred to date, including the total amounts paid to contractors and subcontractors, broken down by contractor or subcontractor, and the value of staff time represented by the salary, bonuses and other expenses paid to all public servants who worked on the app, in relation to all expenses respecting,

(i) research and development of the app,

(ii) management and storage of the data collected by the app,

(iii) software development, testing and maintenance,

(iv) training for government employees for using and troubleshooting the app,

(v) call centres used for the app,

(vi) ArriveCAN-related communications with travellers by e-mail or text message,

(vii) market and opinion research,

(viii) advertising,

(ix) public relations,

(x) merchandise, gifts and promotional material,

(xi) processing of security clearances,

(xii) travellers' expenses after being wrongfully directed by the ArriveCAN app to quarantine,

(xiii) the services of legal counsel involved in contract negotiation, litigation arising from procurement or the use and implementation of the app, and the numerous investigations conducted related to the app,

(xiv) any other costs related to the ArriveCAN app; and

(b) call on the government to collect and recoup all funds paid to ArriveCAN contractors and subcontractors which did no work on the ArriveCAN app, within 100 days of this motion being adopted, and for the Prime Minister to table a report in the House demonstrating that taxpayer funds have been repaid.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors), seconded by Ms. Ng (Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development), — That Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 647 -- Vote n^o 647)
YEAS: 318, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Aldag Alghabra Ali Allison Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barron Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney Block Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Bragdon Brassard Brière Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Cannings Caputo Carr Carrie Casey Chabot Chagger Chahal Chambers Champagne Champoux Chatel Chen Chiang Chong Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cooper Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Dalton Dancho Davidson Davies DeBellefeuille Deltell Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Doherty Dong Dowdall Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Dzerowicz Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Fillmore Findlay Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Fry Gaheer Gainey Gallant Garon Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gould Gourde Gray Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hallan Hanley Hardie Hepfner Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Kelly Khalid Khanna Khera Kitchen Kmiec Koutrakis Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Kusmierczyk Kwan Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lamoureux Lantsman Lapointe Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lehoux Lemire Leslie Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Majumdar Maloney Martel Martinez Ferrada Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McDonald (Avalon) McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Melillo Mendès Mendicino Miao Michaud Miller Moore Morantz Morrice Morrison Morrissey Motz Murray Muys Naqvi Nater Noormohamed Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Paul-Hus Pauzé Perkins Perron Petitpas Taylor Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Robillard Rogers Romanado Rood Rota Ruff Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Singh Small Sorbara Soroka Sousa Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart St-Onge Strahl Stubbs Sudds Tassi Taylor Roy Thériault Therrien Thomas Thompson Tochor Tolmie Trudel Turnbull Uppal Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Vignola Villemure Virani Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Wilkinson Williams Williamson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 318
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Dreeshen Ng Plamondon Rodriguez Total: -- 4
Accordingly, Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

Notices of Motions

Mr. MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 57, that, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 35, the debate not be further adjourned.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

At 5:27 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:31 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Carrie (Oshawa), seconded by Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), — That Bill C-320, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims), be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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 before the House as follows:

— by Mrs. Valdez (Minister of Small Business) — Copy of Regulations Amending the Canada Small Business Financing Regulations, pursuant to the Canada Small Business Financing Act, S.C. 1998, c. 36, sbs. 14(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-657-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology)

— by Mr. Virani (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-61, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S. 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-1232-61. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), one concerning the democratic process (No. 441-02226);

— by Mrs. Chatel (Pontiac), two concerning the democratic process (Nos. 441-02227 and 441-02228);

— by Mr. Hanley (Yukon), one concerning the democratic process (No. 441-02229).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:26 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 6:57 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).