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41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 257 Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (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:

— No. 411-3558 concerning euthanasia. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-60-04;

— No. 411-3568 concerning the Canada Post Corporation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-13-14;

— No. 411-3598 concerning the manufacturing industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-141-01.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 56th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following change to the list of members of the Standing Committee on Official Languages:


Matthew Dubé for Tyrone Benskin

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

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North), seconded by Ms. Murray (Vancouver Quadra), Bill C-512, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (confidence motion), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 56th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), seconded by Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie), moved, — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented on Monday, May 14, 2012, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 17)

Debate arose thereon.

At 10:36 a.m, pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings and the debate was deemed adjourned.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

— by , one concerning abortion (No. 411-3921);

— by , one concerning the nuclear industry (No. 411-3922);

— by , one concerning the Canadian Coast Guard (No. 411-3923).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-1283, Q-1286, Q-1288, Q-1291, Q-1294, Q-1297 and Q-1299 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (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-1278 — — With regard to infrastructure in Labrador: (a) has the federal government at any time since January 1, 2009, received from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador any proposals, requests, or other documentation in support of funding for the following projects or proposals, namely (i) Nain Airport, (ii) Port Hope Simpson Airport, (iii) other airports or airstrips in Labrador, specifying which airports or airstrips, (iv) a new ferry or ferries for the Strait of Belle Isle ferry service, (v) a feasibility study concerning the construction of a highway from central to northern Labrador; (b) when did the federal government receive any proposals, requests or documentation referred to in (a); (c) which department or departments have received any proposals, requests or documentation referred to in (a); (d) what federal funding share is the provincial government seeking on the part of the federal government in respect of the projects or proposals enumerated in (a); and (e) what has been the response of the relevant federal government department to each of the projects or proposals enumerated in (a)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1278.

Q-1295 — — With regard to Transport Canada and Marine Atlantic Incorporated: (a) by how much has the price of a round-trip ferry crossing, both personal and commercial, increased since 1986 for both the Argentina to North Sydney and the Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney runs; (b) what were the increases on a yearly basis from 1986 to 2013 for personal and commercial crossings for both the Argentina to North Sydney and the Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney runs; (c) what other fees have been added to both commercial and personal ferry crossing fares between 1986 and 2013; and (d) how many days were the new vessels the MV Blue Puttees and MV Highlander docked due to weather during the 2011-2012 season? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1295.

Q-1298 — — With regard to the automotive and manufacturing industry in Canada, what has the government done to attract new automotive and manufacturing investments since 2006? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1298.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-48, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and related legislation, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder), 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 agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 698 -- Vote n^o 698)
YEAS: 242, NAYS: 34
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adams Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Angus Armstrong Ashfield Ashton Aspin Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Baird Bateman Bellavance Benoit Bernier Bevington Bezan Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Blaney Block Boivin Boughen Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Braid Breitkreuz Brosseau Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Caron Carrie Cash Charlton Chicoine Chisholm Chisu Chong Choquette Chow Christopherson Clarke Cleary Clement Comartin Côté Crockatt Crowder Cullen Daniel Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dewar Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Dykstra Fantino Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Galipeau Gallant Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Glover Goguen Goodyear Gosal Gourde Gravelle Grewal Groguhé Harper Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder Hughes James Jean Julian Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Kellway Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lapointe Latendresse Lauzon Laverdière Lebel Leitch Lemieux Leslie Leung Liu Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis Merrifield Michaud Miller Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Mourani Mulcair Nantel Nash Nicholls Nicholson Norlock Nunez-Melo Obhrai O'Connor Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Papillon Paradis Patry Payne Péclet Perreault Pilon Plamondon Poilievre Preston Quach Raitt Rajotte Rankin Rathgeber Ravignat Raynault Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Ritz Saganash Sandhu Saxton Scott Seeback Sellah Shea Shipley Shory Sims (Newton—North Delta) Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Stewart Storseth Strahl Sullivan Sweet Tilson Toet Toews Toone Tremblay Trost Trottier Truppe Turmel Tweed Uppal Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 242
NAYS -- CONTRE Andrews Bélanger Bennett Brison Byrne Casey Coderre Cotler Cuzner Dion Duncan (Etobicoke North) Easter Eyking Foote Fry Garneau Hsu Hyer Karygiannis Lamoureux LeBlanc (Beauséjour) MacAulay May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Murray Pacetti Rae Regan Sgro Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Trudeau Valeriote Total: -- 34
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Moore (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration of the second reading stage of the Bill; and

that, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration of the second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the time allocation motion.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 699 -- Vote n^o 699)
YEAS: 161, NAYS: 120
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adams Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Ashton Aspin Baird Bateman Benoit Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boivin Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Chow Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dewar Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fantino Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harper Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder James Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mulcair Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Ritz Saxton Seeback Shea Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Tilson Toet Toews Trost Trottier Truppe Tweed Uppal Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 161
NAYS -- CONTRE Andrews Angus Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brison Brosseau Byrne Caron Casey Cash Charlton Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Chow Christopherson Cleary Coderre Côté Cotler Crowder Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Easter Eyking Foote Fortin Freeman Fry Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Hyer Julian Karygiannis Lamoureux Lapointe Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (Beauséjour) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Mulcair Murray Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Patry Péclet Perreault Pilon Plamondon Quach Rae Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Saganash Sandhu Scott Sellah Sgro Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Stewart Sullivan Toone Tremblay Trudeau Turmel Valeriote Total: -- 120
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Moore (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Blaney (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie), — That Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — 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-49, An Act to amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, because it:

(a) represents the government’s interference in Canadian history and its attacks on research and the federal institutions that preserve and promote history such as Library and Archives Canada and Parks Canada;

(b) transforms the mission of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the most popular museum in Canada, to give a secondary role to temporary exhibitions on world cultures when it is precisely these exhibitions that make it a major tourist attraction, an economic force and a job creator for the national capital region;

(c) removes research and collection development from the mission of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, when the Museum is an internationally renowned centre of research;

(d) puts forward a monolithic approach to history that could potentially exclude the experiences of women, francophones, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and marginalized groups;

(e) was developed in absolute secrecy and without substantial consultations with experts, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Canadians and key regional actors;

(f) attacks a winning formula at the expense of Canadian taxpayers; and

(g) does not propose any measure to enhance the Museum’s independence and thereby opens the door to potential interference by the minister and the government in determining the content of Museum exhibitions when this should be left to experts.”.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:31 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. Braid (Kitchener—Waterloo), seconded by Mr. Wallace (Burlington), — That Bill C-458, An Act respecting a National Charities Week and to amend the Income Tax Act (charitable and other gifts), 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 Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

At 7:32 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, May 27, 2013, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

(c) removes research and collection development from the mission of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, when the Museum is an internationally renowned centre of research;

(d) puts forward a monolithic approach to history that could potentially exclude the experiences of women, francophones, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and marginalized groups;

(e) was developed in absolute secrecy and without substantial consultations with experts, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Canadians and key regional actors;

(f) attacks a winning formula at the expense of Canadian taxpayers; and

The debate continued.

Notice of Motion

Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the third reading of Bill C-52, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (administration, air and railway transportation and arbitration).

Government Orders

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

(c) removes research and collection development from the mission of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, when the Museum is an internationally renowned centre of research;

(d) puts forward a monolithic approach to history that could potentially exclude the experiences of women, francophones, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and marginalized groups;

(e) was developed in absolute secrecy and without substantial consultations with experts, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Canadians and key regional actors;

(f) attacks a winning formula at the expense of Canadian taxpayers; and

The debate continued.

At 11:27 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, May 27, 2013, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Bill S-6, An Act respecting the election and term of office of chiefs and councillors of certain First Nations and the composition of council of those First Nations.

Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State) for Mr. Valcourt (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Fantino (Minister of International Cooperation), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Debate arose thereon.

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 — Report on the administration of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-17, ss. 57, 59.7 and 72. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-92-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— by — Report of the Chief of Defence Staff on the National Sex Offender Registry for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, pursuant to the National Defence Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-5, sbs. 227.171. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-1051-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by , one concerning funding aid (No. 411-3924).

Midnight

Adjournment Proceedings

At 12:09 a.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 12:27 a.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the Speaker adjourned the House until later today at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).