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| 44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION | |
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JournalsNo. 194 Wednesday, May 10, 2023 2:00 p.m. |
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| Prayer |
| National Anthem |
| Statements By Members |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 31, members made statements. |
| Oral Questions |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions. |
| Deferred Recorded Divisions |
Question of Privilege |
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Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), seconded by Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), — That the prima facie contempt concerning the intimidation campaign orchestrated by Wei Zhao against the member for Wellington—Halton Hills and other members be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. |
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The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Desjarlais Kusie Rempel Garner Total: -- 319 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bibeau Fortin Liepert Total: -- 6 |
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| Daily Routine Of Business |
Tabling of Documents |
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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 responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions: |
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— Nos. 441-01199, 441-01200 and 441-01203 concerning the environment; |
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— No. 441-01201 concerning civil and human rights; |
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— No. 441-01202 concerning foreign affairs. |
Presenting Reports from Committees |
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Mr. Ehsassi (Willowdale), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the 17th report of the committee, "Main Estimates 2023-24: Votes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and L30 under Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Vote 1 under International Development Research Centre and Vote 1 under International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-256. |
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A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 62 and 63) was tabled. |
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Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), from the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented the ninth report of the committee, "The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Trade Impacts on Certain Canadian Sectors". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-257. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response. |
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A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 34, 36 to 40, 44, 51, 57, 59 and 62) was tabled. |
Presenting Petitions |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows: |
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— by Mr. Bergeron (Montarville), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01434); |
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— by Ms. Sahota (Brampton North), one concerning the environment (No. 441-01435); |
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— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning transportation (No. 441-01436); |
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— by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), one concerning transportation (No. 441-01437). |
Questions on the Order Paper |
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Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-1344, Q-1346, Q-1348, Q-1350, Q-1353 and Q-1355 on the Order Paper. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return: |
Q-1343 — Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — With regard to government advertising on television and radio since January 1, 2022, broken down by department or agency: what are the details of all such advertisements, including the (i) type of advertisement (tv, radio, or both), (ii) title and description of the message, (iii) purpose, (iv) amount spent on running the advertisement, (v) start and end dates of when the advertisement ran? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1343.
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Q-1345 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to the government's use of artificial intelligence (AI): (a) which government departments and agencies have used AI; (b) for each entity in (a), what are the specific uses of the technology; (c) has (i) the Department of National Defence, (ii) Public Safety Canada, (iii) the RCMP, (iv) CSIS, (v) the Communications Security Establishment, (vi) Global Affairs Canada, (vii) the Canadian Armed Forces, ever used AI to gather information on Canadians, and, if so, how many times has AI been used in the last five years and how was it used; (d) for each entity in (c), what specific privacy policies and protocols are employed before using AI; (e) in the last five years, how many incidents of inappropriate use of AI by any government entity have occurred, including the date of the incident and what happened; (f) is the government aware of any foreign governments or state-owned entities using AI on Canadians in the last five years, and, if so, what are the details of all such incidents, including (i) the date, (ii) the name of the government or entity, (iii) how AI was used; and (g) what specific actions, if any, is the government taking to protect Canadians from the harmful application of AI by (i) government entities, (ii) foreign entities? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1345.
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Q-1347 — Mr. Zimmer (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies) — With regard to the items listed in the Supplementary Estimates (C), 2022-23, under Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs: what is the detailed breakdown of the $18,954,772 listed under "Funding for the stabilization of internal services", including how the funds were used and the specific details of each project funded with the money, broken down by the amount spent on the project? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1347.
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Q-1349 — Mr. Zimmer (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies) — With regard to the sale of federal properties since December 1, 2021: (a) what are the details of the properties sold, including, for each, the (i) province or territory, (ii) city, (iii) street address, (iv) type of listing (residential, office, etc.), (v) description of property, (vi) sale price, if different than the asking price, (vii) buyer, (viii) future use of the property, if known, (ix) date of sale; (b) for each sale in (a), what were the costs incurred by the government related to the sale, broken down by type of expense; and (c) for each sale in (a), how did the government reinvest the net profits? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1349.
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Q-1351 — Mr. Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to surplus government buildings being converted to affordable housing: (a) what are the details of all buildings which have been sold by the government since November 4, 2015, including, for each, the (i) location, (ii) address, (iii) description of the building, including the square footage, (iv) buyer, (v) price, (vi) number of affordable housing units expected; (b) what are the details of all government buildings currently deemed to be surplus, including, for each, the (i) location, (ii) address, (iii) description of the building, including the square footage; (c) of the buildings in (b), which ones will be sold or used for the purpose of developing affordable housing; and (d) are there any other government buildings, not listed in (c), which the government is taking steps toward converting to affordable housing, and, if so, what are the details, including, for each, the (i) location, (ii) address, (iii) description of the building, including the square footage? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1351.
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Q-1352 — Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre) — With regard to the Pembina Institute, from November 4, 2015, to present: (a) how much money has the government allocated to the Pembina Institute and what are the details, including, the (i) department, agency or other government entity, (ii) date of the funding, (iii) amount and deliverables expected; (b) of the allocations in (a), which ones were (i) sole-sourced, (ii) awarded through a competitive bidding process; (c) of the allocations in (b)(ii), what was the (i) duration of the competition, (ii) number of organizations that submitted bids for the required deliverables; and (d) what programs from the Pembina Institute received government funding, broken down by year and deliverables expected? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1352.
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Q-1354 — Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre) — With regard to the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB): (a) what are the details of the process that led to the selection of the former McKinsey & Company partner Ehren Cory as the CEO of the CIB in October 2020; (b) how much money was spent on consulting services since the creation of the CIB, including, for each, the (i) consulting firm, (ii) number of consultants hired from each firm, (iii) fees paid to each consultant, (iv) duration of each consultant's contract, (v) reason each consultant was hired, (vi) proposals worked on by each consultant; (c) how many employees were hired by the CIB, broken down by month since its creation; and (d) how many project proposals were received by the CIB, broken down by year since its creation, including the number of proposals (i) rejected, (ii) approved? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-1354.
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The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Official Languages with amendments; |
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And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 10 and 15). |
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Motion No. 1 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 2, be amended by |
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(a) replacing, in the English version, line 39 on page 2 with the following:
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(b) replacing, in the English version, line 44 on page 2 with the following:
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Motion No. 2 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 8 on page 4 with the following: |
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Motion No. 3 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 4, be amended by |
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(a) replacing line 14 on page 4 with the following:
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(b) replacing lines 17 and 18 on page 4 with the following:
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Motion No. 4 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 6, be amended by deleting lines 23 to 28 on page 5. |
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Motion No. 5 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 14 on page 6 with the following: |
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Motion No. 6 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 14, be amended by |
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(a) adding after line 2 on page 11 the following:
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(b) replacing lines 7 to 13 on page 11 with the following:
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Motion No. 7 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 16, be amended by |
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(b) adding after line 15 on page 12 the following:
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(c) adding after line 27 on page 12 the following:
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Motion No. 8 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 21, be amended by |
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(a) replacing line 19 on page 14 with the following:
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(b) replacing line 31 on page 16 with the following:
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Motion No. 9 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 22, be amended by replacing line 38 on page 18 to line 2 on page 19 with the following: |
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Motion No. 10 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 50, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 9 on page 44 with the following: |
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Motion No. 15 of Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blair (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness), — That Bill C-13, in Clause 71, be amended by adding after line 39 on page 75 the following: |
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The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1. |
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The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies Motions Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 8 to 10, was deferred. |
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The question was put on Motion No. 4 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion No. 6 was deferred. |
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The question was put on Motion No. 7 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion No. 15 was deferred. |
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Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions. |
| Private Members' Business |
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At 5:06 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business. |
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Mr. Lake (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin), seconded by Mrs. Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country), moved, — That: |
(a) the House recognize that,
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(i) Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Canada signed in 2007 and ratified in 2010, states that signatories “shall ensure an inclusive education system at all levels and lifelong learning directed to enabling persons with disabilities to participate effectively in a free society”,
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(ii) according to the Global Education Monitoring Report, in low- and middle-income countries, approximately 50% of children with disabilities are estimated to be out of school,
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(iii) a 2021 UNICEF report found that, compared to children without disabilities, children with disabilities were 49% more likely to have never attended school; and
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(b) in the opinion of the House, where the federal government spends money on education, domestically or internationally, clear consideration must be given to the maximum inclusion of people with disabilities, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Private Members' Business M-78)
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Debate arose thereon. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper. |
| Messages from the Senate |
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A message was received from the Senate as follows: |
— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint it that the Senate has passed Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and the Income Tax Act, without amendment.
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| Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House were laid upon the table as follows: |
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— by Mr. Alghabra (Minister of Transport) — Interim Order No. 6 Respecting Flooded Areas, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26, sbs. 10.1(7). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-1223-14. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) |
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— by Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — Report on the administration of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, S.C. 1999, c. 33, sbs. 342(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-601-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development) |
| Adjournment Proceedings |
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At 6:07 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed. |
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After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted. |
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Accordingly, at 6:38 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1). |