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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 229

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

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

Business of Supply

Pursuant to order made Thursday, September 28, 2023, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), — That, given that,

(a) the Bloc Québécois supported the so-called "Clean Fuel Standard", a second national carbon tax, which will raise gas prices in Quebec by 17 cents per litre, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer;
(b) the Bloc Québécois said carbon taxes need to be "increased much more radically than it is now";
(c) the New Democratic Party and Liberals supported measures to quadruple the carbon tax to 61 cents per litre; and
(d) Atlantic Liberal members of Parliament allege they are not in favour of the carbon taxes but have supported carbon tax measures 23 times since 2015,

the House call on the government to introduce legislation, within seven days of this motion being adopted, to repeal all carbon taxes to bring home lower prices on gas, groceries, and home heating.

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

(Division No. 416 -- Vote no 416)
YEAS: 119, NAYS: 209

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Aitchison
Albas
Allison
Arnold
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Berthold
Bezan
Block
Bragdon
Brassard
Brock
Calkins
Caputo
Carrie
Chambers
Chong
Cooper
Dalton
Dancho
Davidson
Deltell
d'Entremont
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
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)
McDonald (Avalon)
McLean
Melillo
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Motz
Muys
Nater
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perkins
Poilievre
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts
Rood
Ruff

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

Total: -- 119

NAYS -- CONTRE

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

Desbiens
Desilets
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
Gazan
Gerretsen
Gill
Gould
Green
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Johns
Joly
Jones
Jowhari
Julian

Kelloway
Khalid
Khera
Koutrakis
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lametti
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
LeBlanc
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)
McGuinty
McKay
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLeod
McPherson
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Morrice
Morrissey
Murray
Naqvi
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
Pauzé
Perron

Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Rayes
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Savard-Tremblay
Scarpaleggia
Schiefke
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Sinclair-Desgagné
Singh
Sorbara
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
Weiler
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zuberi

Total: -- 209

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Nil--Aucun

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West), from the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented the 11th report of the committee, "Travel Expenditures Related to the Office of the Governor General's Secretary since 2014". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-321.

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. 28, 46, 54, 58 and 76) was tabled.


Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), seconded by Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North), Bill C-358, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (carbon pollution pricing), 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. Vis (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon), one concerning the environment (No. 441-01715);

— by Mr. Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01716) and one concerning the environment (No. 441-01717);

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning national defence and military operations (No. 441-01718);

— by Mr. Kram (Regina—Wascana), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01719);

— by Mr. Morrison (Kootenay—Columbia), two concerning health (Nos. 441-01720 and 441-01721);

— by Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville), one concerning public safety (No. 441-01722), three concerning justice (Nos. 441-01723, 441-01724 and 441-01725) and one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 441-01726);

— by Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01727);

— by Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), one concerning justice (No. 441-01728);

— by Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock), one concerning transportation (No. 441-01729), one concerning public safety (No. 441-01730) and one concerning foreign affairs (No. 441-01731).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Virani (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage), — That Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Private Members' Business

At 5:42 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Larouche (Shefford), seconded by Mr. Thériault (Montcalm), — That Bill C-319, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (amount of full pension), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House were laid before the House as follows:

— by Mr. Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Science and Research, "Pursuing a Canadian Moonshot Program" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-284), presented to the House on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-441-284.

— by Ms. Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, "New Contract for the Administration of Veterans Affairs Canada's Rehabilitation Program" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-294), presented to the House on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-441-294.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:32 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 7:01 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).