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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 300

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

10:00 a.m.



Prayer
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 before the House, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:

— No. 441-02240 concerning the correctional system.


Motions

Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), seconded by Mr. Bittle (St. Catharines), 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. 739 -- Vote no 739)
YEAS: 175, NAYS: 143

YEAS -- POUR

Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Anand
Angus
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Barron
Battiste
Beech
Bibeau
Bittle
Blair
Blaney
Blois
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Brière
Cannings
Carr
Casey
Chagger
Chahal
Champagne
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Damoff
Davies
Desjarlais
Dhaliwal
Dhillon

Diab
Drouin
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Dzerowicz
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Erskine-Smith
Fillmore
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Gaheer
Gainey
Garrison
Gazan
Gerretsen
Gould
Green
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Johns
Jones
Jowhari
Julian
Kayabaga
Kelloway

Khalid
Khera
Koutrakis
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lapointe
Lattanzio
Lauzon
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
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
Mendicino
Miao
Miller
Morrice
Morrissey
Murray
Naqvi
Ng
Noormohamed
O'Connell

O'Regan
Petitpas Taylor
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Rota
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Scarpaleggia
Schiefke
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Singh
Sousa
St-Onge
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Thompson
Trudeau
Turnbull
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Virani
Weiler
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zuberi

Total: -- 175

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Allison
Arnold
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Barsalou-Duval
Beaulieu
Berthold
Bérubé
Bezan
Blanchette-Joncas
Block
Bragdon
Brassard
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Caputo
Carrie
Chabot
Champoux
Chong
Cooper
Dalton
Davidson
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont
Desbiens
Desilets
Doherty
Dowdall
Dreeshen

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

Lemire
Leslie
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lloyd
Lobb
Maguire
Majumdar
Martel
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McLean
Melillo
Michaud
Morantz
Morrison
Motz
Muys
Nater
Normandin
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perkins
Perron
Plamondon
Poilievre
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts
Rood
Ruff
Savard-Tremblay

Scheer
Seeback
Shields
Shipley
Simard
Sinclair-Desgagné
Small
Soroka
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stewart
Strahl
Stubbs
Thériault
Therrien
Thomas
Tochor
Tolmie
Trudel
Uppal
Van Popta
Vecchio
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vignola
Villemure
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Williams
Williamson
Zimmer

Total: -- 143

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Anandasangaree

Bergeron

Schmale

Sorbara

Total: -- 4

Government Orders

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare.

Notice of the royal recommendation was given on Thursday, February 29, 2024, by the Minister of Health as follows:

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled "An Act respecting pharmacare".

Mr. Holland (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester), seconded by Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare, since the bill does nothing to address the health care crisis and will instead offer Canadians an inferior pharmacare plan that covers less, costs more, and builds up a massive new bureaucracy that Canadians can’t afford.”.

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.

Naming of a member

The Speaker named Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) for disregarding the authority of the Chair and, pursuant to Standing Order 11(1)(a), ordered the member to withdraw from the House for the remainder of today's sitting.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Holland (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities), — That Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health;

And of the amendment of Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester), seconded by Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare, since the bill does nothing to address the health care crisis and will instead offer Canadians an inferior pharmacare plan that covers less, costs more, and builds up a massive new bureaucracy that Canadians can’t afford.”.

The debate continued.


At 4:01 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the House proceeded to the consideration of ways and means motion No. 20 for the budget presentation.

Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages), moved, — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government. (Ways and Means No. 20)

Debate arose thereon.


Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance) laid before the House, —

    (1) “Budget 2024” — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-20.

    (2) Notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-21.

    (3) Notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act and Other Legislation. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-22.

    (4) Notice of a ways and means motion to amend the Excise Act, 2001 and Other Related Texts. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-441-23.

    Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), an order of the day was designated for the consideration of each ways and means motion, notice of which was laid before the House earlier today.


The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages). (Ways and Means No. 20)

The debate continued.

Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the motion was deemed adopted.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid before the House as follows:

— by Mr. LeBlanc (Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs) — Agreement for RCMP policing services made between Canada and the Town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-475-20. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Adjournment

At 4:56 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).