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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 217 Wednesday, October 18, 2017 2:00 p.m.

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.

Royal Assent

A message was received informing the Commons that on October 18, 2017, at 1:00 p.m., Ms. Patricia Jaton, Deputy Secretary to the Governor General, in her capacity as Deputy of the Governor General, signified Royal Assent by written declaration to the following Bills:

Bill S-226, An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and to make related amendments to the Special Economic Measures Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act — Chapter No. 21;

Bill S-231, An Act to amend the Canada Evidence Act and the Criminal Code (protection of journalistic sources) — Chapter No. 22.

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas Delegation respecting its bilateral visit to Havana, Cuba, from March 13 to 15, 2017 and its participation at the 2nd Gathering of the Open Parliament Network and at the 42nd Meeting of the ParlAmericas Board of Directors, held in San Jose, Costa Rica, from March 15 to 18, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-74-07.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas respecting its participation at the 9th Annual Gathering of the Group of Women Parliamentarians and the 43rd Board of Directors Meeting, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 22 to 24, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-74-08.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas concerning its participation at the 47th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), held in Cancun, Mexico from June 18 to 21, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-74-09.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), from the Liaison Committee, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee, "Committee Activities and Expenditures - April 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-273.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 7) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Eyolfson (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley), seconded by Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), Bill C-373, An Act respecting a federal framework on distracted driving, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City), seconded by Mr. Vandal (Saint Boniface—Saint Vital), Bill C-374, An Act to amend the Historic Sites and Monuments Act (composition of the Board), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed 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 , one concerning the use of animals in research (No. 421-01715), one concerning immigration (No. 421-01716) and one concerning marine transportation (No. 421-01717);

— by , one concerning navigable waters (No. 421-01718);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-01719), one concerning the tax system (No. 421-01720) and one concerning health care services (No. 421-01721);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-01722);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-01723).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. McKenna (Minister of Environment and Climate Change), seconded by Ms. Bennett (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs), — That Bill C-57, An Act to amend the Federal Sustainable Development Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, at the conclusion of Oral Questions on Monday, November 6, 2017, the Speaker, a Member of each recognized party, a Member of the Bloc Québécois and the Leader of the Green Party each be permitted to make a statement marking the 150th anniversary of the first meeting of the First Parliament of Canada and the time taken for these statements shall be added to the time provided for Government Orders.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Thursday, October 19, 2017, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord), seconded by Mr. Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), — That Bill C-349, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts (criminal organization), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 366 -- Vote n^o 366)
YEAS: 18, NAYS: 261
YEAS -- POUR Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Berthold Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Boucher Boudrias Fortin Généreux Genuis Gill Gourde Marcil May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Motz Paul-Hus Pauzé Plamondon Rayes Total: -- 18
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Baylis Beech Bennett Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Block Bossio Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Gladu Goldsmith-Jones Gould Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Jolibois Jones Jowhari Kelly Kent Khalid Kitchen Kusie Kwan Lake Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leitch Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morrissey Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Ng Nicholson Nuttall Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Reid Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sikand Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Stanton Stewart Strahl Stubbs Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wong Wrzesnewskyj Young Yurdiga Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 261
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun


Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Shields (Bow River), seconded by Mr. Sopuck (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should recognize that the ongoing contribution of ranchers and farmers as stewards of the land and conservationists is part of our history, proudly shared by all Canadians, and should consider establishing policies which would support and encourage the development of private farm and ranch land conservation and restoration projects. (Private Members' Business M-108)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 367 -- Vote n^o 367)
YEAS: 282, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barlow Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Bossio Boucher Boudrias Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Brown Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk Fast Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Goldsmith-Jones Gould Gourde Hajdu Hardcastle Harder Hardie Hehr Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Jolibois Jones Jowhari Kelly Kent Khalid Kitchen Kusie Kwan Lake Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leitch Lemieux Leslie Levitt Liepert Lightbound Lobb Long Longfield Ludwig Lukiwski MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morrissey Motz Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Ng Nicholson Nuttall Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Paul-Hus Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rayes Reid Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sikand Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Stanton Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tan Tassi Tilson Tootoo Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wong Wrzesnewskyj Young Yurdiga Zahid Zimmer Total: -- 282
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Private Members' Business

At 6:19 p.m., 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 Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland), — That the Standing Committee on Finance be instructed to undertake a study on: (a) how the government could examine approaches and methods to ensure maximum transparency for consumers related to the costs of carbon pricing, including a requirement for a dedicated line item on invoices and receipts; (b) mechanisms the government could use to report annually to Parliament on the financial impact, past and projected, of the federally-mandated price on carbon on Canadian households and employers; and that the Committee report its findings and recommendations to the House within four months of the adoption of this motion. (Private Members' Business M-131)

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, October 25, 2017, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-305, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief), without amendment.

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons requesting that House to unite with the Senate for the following purpose:

To urge the Government of Canada to call upon the Government of Myanmar:

1. to bring an immediate end to the violence and gross violations of human rights against Rohingya Muslims;

2. to fulfill its pledge to uphold the spirit and letter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and

3. to respond to the urgent calls of the international community and allow independent monitors entry into the country forthwith, in particular Rakhine State.

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 — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 14th Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, "Aviation Safety in Canada" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-262), presented to the House on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-262.

— by — Notice of opinion concerning Regulations Amending the Firearms Marking Regulations (SOR/2107-88), pursuant to the Firearms Act, S.C. 1995, c. 39, sbs. 119(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-779-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 12th Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, "LGBTQ+ At Risk Abroad: Canada’s Call to Action" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-264), presented to the House on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-264.

— by — Proposed Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sbs. 5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-790-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:06 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 7:37 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).