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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 184 Wednesday, May 31, 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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie), — That the Third Report of the Special Committee on Electoral Reform, presented on Thursday, December 1, 2016, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 13)
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 290 -- Vote n^o 290)
YEAS: 146, NAYS: 159
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Ambrose Anderson Angus Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Cannings Caron Carrie Casey (Charlottetown) Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Clement Cooper Cullen Davies Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Erskine-Smith Falk Finley Gallant Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hardcastle Harder Hughes Jeneroux Johns Jolibois Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Lebel Leitch Liepert Lobb Lukiwski MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Mulcair Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Plamondon Poilievre Quach Raitt Rankin Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Ritz Saganash Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Stewart Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Watts Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 146
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bains Beech Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Chagger Champagne Chan Chen Cormier Cuzner Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Eyking Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Harvey Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jones Jowhari Kang Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemieux Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Murray Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Poissant Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Tabbara Tan Tassi Vandal Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Young Zahid Total: -- 159
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Daily Routine Of Business

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Gould (Minister of Democratic Institutions), seconded by Mr. Sohi (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, held in Anchorage, Alaska, on February 23 and 24, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-51-07.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Fuhr (Kelowna—Lake Country), from the Standing Committee on National Defence, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee, "The Canada-U.S. Relationship: Perspectives on Defence, Security, and Trade". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-225.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 47 to 50) was tabled.

Mr. May (Cambridge), from the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, presented the Seventh Report of the Committee, "Breaking the Cycle: A Study on Poverty Reduction". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-226.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 20, 22 to 26, 28 to 32, 35 to 45, 47 to 49 and 55 to 59) was tabled.

Mr. Easter (Malpeque), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 17th Report of the Committee (Bill C-44, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-227.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 87 to 96) was tabled.

Mr. Ruimy (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge), from the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee, "The Canadian Manufacturing Sector: Urgent Need to Adapt". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-228.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 13 to 17, 19 to 30, 34, 35, 37 to 43, 49, 53 and 59) was tabled.

Mr. Housefather (Mount Royal), from the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (Proposals for a Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment, 2017). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-229.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 58) was tabled.

Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2017-18: Vote 1 under Canada Council for the Arts, Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vote 1 under Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Vote 1 under Canadian Museum of History, Vote 1 under Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Vote 1 under Canadian Museum of Nature, Vote 1 under Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Votes 1 and 5 under Department of Canadian Heritage, Votes 1 and 5 under Library and Archives of Canada, Vote 1 under National Arts Centre Corporation, Votes 1 and 5 under National Capital Commission, Vote 1 under National Film Board, Votes 1 and 5 under National Gallery of Canada, Vote 1 under National Museum of Science and Technology, Vote 1 under Telefilm Canada and Vote 1 under The National Battlefields Commission). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-230.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 63) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-01401);

— by , one concerning rail transportation (No. 421-01402);

— by , two concerning rail transportation (Nos. 421-01403 and 421-01404);

— by , one concerning genetic engineering (No. 421-01405) and one concerning China (No. 421-01406);

— by , three concerning the Governor General's Medals of Honour (Nos. 421-01407 to 421-01409);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 421-01410);

— by , one concerning cannabis (No. 421-01411);

— by , one concerning the labelling of food products (No. 421-01412) and one concerning marine transportation (No. 421-01413);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 421-01414);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 421-01415).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Sohi (Minister of Infrastructure and Communities), — That Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), 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-349, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts (criminal organization).

Mr. Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord), seconded by Mr. Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), 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.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as follows:

— by — Report on transportation in Canada for the year 2016, pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act, S.C. 1996, c. 10, sbs. 52(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-79-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Petitions Filed with the Acting Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning Syria (No. 421-01416).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 10:08 p.m., by unanimous consent, 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 10:27 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).