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43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals

No. 105

Thursday, May 27, 2021

10:00 a.m.



Prayer
Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 79(3), the Speaker read the following message from His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada, presented by Mr. Duclos (President of the Treasury Board):

Message on Estimates
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada transmits to the House of Commons the Supplementary Estimates (A) of sums required to defray expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2022, and, in accordance with section 54 of the Constitution Act, 1867, recommends those estimates to the House of Commons.

Mr. Duclos (President of the Treasury Board) laid upon the table, — Document entitled "Supplementary Estimates (A), 2021-22". — Sessional Paper No. 8520-432-93.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, were deemed referred to the several standing committees of the House as follows:

(1) To the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(2) To the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

Canada Council for the Arts, Vote 1a

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Vote 1a

Department of Canadian Heritage, Votes 1a and 5a

Library and Archives of Canada, Vote 5a

National Arts Centre Corporation, Vote 1a

Telefilm Canada, Vote 1a

(3) To the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Vote 1a

(4) To the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Department of the Environment, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

Parks Canada Agency, Vote 1a

(5) To the Standing Committee on Finance

Canada Revenue Agency, Votes 1a and 5a

Department of Finance, Votes 1a and L10a

(6) To the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(7) To the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates

Department of Public Works and Government Services, Vote 1a

Privy Council Office, Vote 1a

Shared Services Canada, Votes 1a and 5a

Treasury Board Secretariat, Votes 1a, 10a, 25a and 35a

(8) To the Standing Committee on Health

Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Votes 1a and 5a

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Vote 5a

Department of Health, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

Public Health Agency of Canada, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(9) To the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Vote 1a

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Vote 1a

Department of Employment and Social Development, Votes 1a and 5a

(10) To the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs

Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a and 25a

Department of Indigenous Services, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(11) To the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Votes 1a and 5a

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Vote 5a

Department of Industry, Votes 1a and 10a

Department of Western Economic Diversification, Votes 1a and 5a

Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Votes 1a and 5a

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Votes 1a and 5a

National Research Council of Canada, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

Statistics Canada, Vote 1a

(12) To the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada, Vote 1a

(13) To the Standing Committee on National Defence

Communications Security Establishment, Vote 1a

(14) To the Standing Committee on Natural Resources

Department of Natural Resources, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(15) To the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Canada Border Services Agency, Votes 1a and 5a

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Votes 1a and 5a

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vote 10a

(16) To the Standing Committee on the Status of Women

Department for Women and Gender Equality, Votes 1a and 5a

(17) To the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Vote 1a

Department of Transport, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

Office of Infrastructure of Canada, Votes 1a and 10a

VIA Rail Canada Inc., Vote 1a


Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— Nos. 432-00768, 432-00769, 432-00773, 432-00780, 432-00781 and 432-00784 concerning foreign affairs;

— No. 432-00770 concerning economics and finance;

— Nos. 432-00771 and 432-00785 concerning health;

— No. 432-00772 concerning infrastructure;

— Nos. 432-00774 and 432-00775 concerning citizenship and immigration;

— Nos. 432-00776, 432-00777, 432-00778, 432-00779, 432-00782 and 432-00783 concerning justice;

— No. 432-00786 concerning transportation.


Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Trudeau (Prime Minister) made a statement.


Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), seconded by Mr. Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland), Bill C-299, An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (access to transparent and accurate broadband services information), 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. Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska), seconded by Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Bill C-300, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (books by Canadian authors), 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. Therrien (La Prairie), seconded by Mr. Ste-Marie (Joliette), Bill C‑301, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and the Canada Health Act, 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. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock), seconded by Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland), Bill C-302, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (pornographic material), 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 Mr. Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith), one concerning the environment (No. 432-00983);
— by Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 432-00984) and one concerning justice (No. 432-00985);
— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning the environment (No. 432-00986);
— by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), one concerning business and trade (No. 432-00987).
Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance), seconded by Mrs. Fortier (Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance), — That Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021 and other measures, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Monday, January 25, 2021, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

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.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Canadian Heritage) laid upon the table, — Certificate of Nomination and biographical notes of Daniel Therrien, the nominee for the position of Privacy Commissioner, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8540-432-25-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Monday, January 25, 2021, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance), seconded by Mrs. Fortier (Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance), — That Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021 and other measures, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 123 -- Vote no 123)
YEAS: 212, NAYS: 119

YEAS -- POUR

Alghabra
Amos
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bagnell
Bains
Baker
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Bergeron
Bérubé
Bessette
Bibeau
Blaikie
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney (North Island—Powell River)
Blois
Boudrias
Boulerice
Bratina
Brière
Brunelle-Duceppe
Cannings
Carr
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Champagne
Champoux
Charbonneau
Chen
Cormier
Dabrusin
Damoff
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Desbiens
Desilets
Dhaliwal
Dhillon

Dong
Drouin
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Etobicoke North)
Duvall
Dzerowicz
Easter
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Ellis
Erskine-Smith
Fergus
Fillmore
Finnigan
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Garneau
Garrison
Gaudreau
Gazan
Gerretsen
Gill
Gould
Green
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hardie
Harris
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Ien
Jaczek
Johns
Joly
Jones
Jordan
Jowhari
Julian
Kelloway
Khalid
Khera

Koutrakis
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lametti
Lamoureux
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lefebvre
Lemire
Lightbound
Long
Longfield
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacGregor
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maloney
Manly
Marcil
Martinez Ferrada
Masse
Mathyssen
May (Cambridge)
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
McCrimmon
McDonald
McGuinty
McKay
McKenna
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLeod (Northwest Territories)
McPherson
Mendès
Mendicino
Michaud
Miller
Monsef
Morrissey
Murray
Ng
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
Pauzé
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon

Powlowski
Qualtrough
Ratansi
Regan
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Sahota (Brampton North)
Saini
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sangha
Sarai
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Schiefke
Schulte
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Simms
Singh
Sorbara
Spengemann
Ste-Marie
Tabbara
Tassi
Thériault
Therrien
Trudeau
Trudel
Turnbull
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vaughan
Vignola
Virani
Weiler
Wilkinson
Wilson-Raybould
Yip
Young
Zahid
Zann
Zuberi

Total: -- 212

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Alleslev
Allison
Arnold
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Benzen
Bergen
Berthold
Bezan
Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis)
Block
Bragdon
Brassard
Calkins
Carrie
Chiu
Chong
Cooper
Cumming
Dalton
Dancho
Davidson
Deltell
d'Entremont
Diotte
Doherty

Dowdall
Dreeshen
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Epp
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Falk (Provencher)
Fast
Findlay
Gallant
Généreux
Genuis
Gladu
Godin
Gourde
Gray
Hallan
Harder
Hoback
Jansen
Jeneroux
Kelly
Kent
Kitchen
Kmiec
Kram
Kurek
Kusie
Lake
Lawrence
Lehoux

Lewis (Essex)
Liepert
Lloyd
Lobb
Lukiwski
MacKenzie
Maguire
Martel
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McColeman
McLean
McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo)
Melillo
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Motz
Nater
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Poilievre
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Rood
Ruff

Sahota (Calgary Skyview)
Saroya
Scheer
Schmale
Seeback
Shields
Shin
Shipley
Sloan
Soroka
Stanton
Steinley
Strahl
Stubbs
Sweet
Tochor
Uppal
Van Popta
Vecchio
Vidal
Viersen
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Williamson
Wong
Zimmer

Total: -- 119

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

Accordingly, Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021 and other measures, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Government Orders

The order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill S‑3, An Act to amend the Offshore Health and Safety Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Natural Resources without amendment.

Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Ms. Qualtrough (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion), moved, — That the bill be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.

Accordingly, the bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Ms. Qualtrough (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the bill was read the third time and passed.

Private Members' Business

At 5:44 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-268, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (intimidation of health care professionals).

Mrs. Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek), seconded by Mrs. Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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.

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 the Speaker — Report of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled "Impact Assessment of Budget 2021 Measures", pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-49. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by the Speaker — Costing Note from the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the Digital Services Tax, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-50. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by the Speaker — Costing Note from the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the Canada Recovery Hiring Program, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-51. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by the Speaker — Costing Note from the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefits Extension, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1119-52. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Mr. Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2021-2022 of the Standards Council of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-432-820-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by Mr. Sajjan (Minister of National Defence) — Report of the Chief of Defence Staff on the National Sex Offender Registry for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, pursuant to the National Defence Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-5, sbs. 227.171. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-432-1051-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:46 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 7:13 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).