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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 301

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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.

Privilege

Pursuant to order made Monday, April 8, 2024, Mr. Kristian Firth appeared at the bar of the House, received an admonishment by the Speaker and answered questions.

At 4:17 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:28 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to order made Monday, April 8, 2024, the House resumed the questioning of Mr. Firth.

At 5:07 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:17 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to order made Monday, April 8, 2024, the House resumed the questioning of Mr. Firth.

Pursuant to order made Monday, April 8, 2024, Mr. Firth was excused.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre), seconded by Mr. Arya (Nepean), — That Bill S-209, An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day, be now read a third time and do pass.

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

(Division No. 740 -- Vote no 740)
YEAS: 198, NAYS: 116

YEAS -- POUR

Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bérubé
Bibeau
Bittle
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Blois
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Brière
Brunelle-Duceppe
Cannings
Carr
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Champagne
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Damoff
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Desbiens

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

Kelloway
Khalid
Koutrakis
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lebouthillier
Lemire
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
Michaud
Miller
Morrice
Morrissey
Murray
Naqvi
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
O'Regan
Pauzé
Perron
Petitpas Taylor

Plamondon
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Rota
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Sinclair-Desgagné
Singh
Sousa
Ste-Marie
St-Onge
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Thériault
Therrien
Thompson
Trudeau
Trudel
Turnbull
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zuberi

Total: -- 198

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Allison
Arnold
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Berthold
Bezan
Block
Bragdon
Brassard
Calkins
Caputo
Carrie
Chambers
Chong
Cooper
Dalton
Dancho
Davidson
Deltell
Doherty
Dowdall
Dreeshen
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Ellis
Epp

Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Falk (Provencher)
Fast
Ferreri
Findlay
Gallant
Généreux
Genuis
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gourde
Gray
Hallan
Hoback
Jeneroux
Jivani
Kelly
Khanna
Kitchen
Kmiec
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Lake
Lantsman
Lawrence
Lehoux

Leslie
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lloyd
Lobb
Maguire
Majumdar
Martel
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McLean
Melillo
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Motz
Muys
Nater
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perkins
Poilievre
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts

Rood
Ruff
Scheer
Schmale
Seeback
Shields
Shipley
Small
Soroka
Steinley
Stewart
Strahl
Stubbs
Thomas
Tolmie
Uppal
Van Popta
Vecchio
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Williams
Williamson
Zimmer

Total: -- 116

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Bergeron

Sorbara

Total: -- 2

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

Presenting Reports from Committees

By unanimous consent, Ms. Chagger (Waterloo), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 64th report of the committee, which was as follows:

The committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following changes to the lists of members of the following standing committees:

Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Jamil Jivani for Frank Caputo

Standing Committee on National Defence

Dean Allison for Shelby Kramp-Neuman

Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Frank Caputo for Damien Kurek

Standing Committee on the Status of Women

Shelby Kramp-Neuman for Karen Vecchio

Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Scot Davidson for Chris Lewis

The committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, that the names of the following members be added to the lists of associate members of the following standing committees:

Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Frank Caputo

Standing Committee on National Defence

Shelby Kramp-Neuman

Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Damien Kurek

Standing Committee on the Status of Women

Karen Vecchio

Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Chris Lewis

The committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following change to the list of members of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations:

Colin Carrie for Dean Allison

The committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, that the name of the following member be added to the list of associate members of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations:

Dean Allison

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 1) is tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 64th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

Private Members' Business

At 6:17 p.m., 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-381, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (extortion).

Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods), seconded by Mr. Soroka (Yellowhead), 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), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid before the House as follows:

— by Ms. Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance) — Impacts report in terms of gender and diversity of all new budget measures in Budget 2024, pursuant to the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act, S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 314 "3". — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-1384-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:17 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 7:47 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).