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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 159 Monday, February 13, 2023 11:00 a.m.

Prayer

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-39, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), be disposed as follows:

(a) the bill be ordered for consideration at the second reading stage later today and Wednesday, February 15, 2023;

(b) later today and Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the House shall continue to sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for the purpose of considering the bill;

(c) after 6:30 p.m. today and Wednesday, February 15, 2023, no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair;

(d) today, when no member rises to speak or at 11:59 p.m., whichever is earlier, the debate be deemed adjourned and the House be deemed adjourned until the next sitting day, and that the debate pursuant to Standing Order 38 not take place;

(e) on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, no later than 11:59 p.m., or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, the bill be deemed read a second time and referred to a committee of the whole, deemed considered in committee of the whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed, after which the House be deemed adjourned until the next sitting day, and that the debate pursuant to Standing Order 38 not take place; and

that the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights be instructed to consider the subject matter of the bill on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, and have the first priority for the use of House resources for committee meetings, on that day.

Private Members' Business

At 11:05 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-241, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of travel expenses for tradespersons), as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance without amendment.

Mr. Lewis (Essex), seconded by Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex), moved, — That the bill be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Lewis (Essex), seconded by Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex), moved, — That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), the order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made earlier today, the order was read for the second reading and reference the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-39, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).

Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Debate arose thereon.

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, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly), seconded by Mr. Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord), — That the House remind the government that it is solely up to Quebec and the provinces to decide on the use of the notwithstanding clause.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 257 -- Vote n^o 257)
YEAS: 142, NAYS: 174
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Block Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Caputo Carrie Chabot Chambers Champoux Chong Cooper Dalton Dancho Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desilets Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Ellis Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Ferreri Findlay Fortin Gallant Garon Gaudreau Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Gray Hallan Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Lake Lantsman Lawrence Lehoux Lemire Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Maguire Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McLean Melillo Michaud Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Muys Nater Normandin O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perron Plamondon Poilievre Rayes Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Rood Scheer Schmale Seeback Shields Shipley Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Small Soroka Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart Strahl Stubbs Thériault Therrien Thomas Tochor Tolmie Trudel Uppal Van Popta Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Villemure Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williams Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 142
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Ali Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Barron Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Brière Cannings Casey Chagger Chahal Champagne Chatel Chen Chiang Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Damoff Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Garneau Garrison Gazan Gerretsen Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hanley Hardie Hepfner Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Johns Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Martinez Ferrada Masse May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McDonald (Avalon) McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod McPherson Mendès Mendicino Miao Miller Morrice Morrissey Murray Naqvi Ng Noormohamed O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Qualtrough Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Singh Sorbara Sousa St-Onge Sudds Tassi Thompson Turnbull Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Vuong Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zuberi Total: -- 174
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Joly Larouche McGuinty Ruff Savard-Tremblay Taylor Roy Vignola Virani Total: -- 8

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Ms. Jaczek (Minister of Public Services and Procurement), — That Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 258 -- Vote n^o 258)
YEAS: 314, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Aldag Alghabra Ali Allison Anandasangaree Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Atwin Bachrach Badawey Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barron Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney Block Blois Boissonnault Boulerice Bradford Bragdon Brassard Brière Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Cannings Caputo Carrie Casey Chabot Chagger Chahal Chambers Champagne Champoux Chatel Chen Chiang Chong Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Collins (Victoria) Cooper Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Dalton Damoff Dancho Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desilets Desjarlais Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Doherty Dong Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Dzerowicz El-Khoury Ellis Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Fergus Ferreri Fillmore Findlay Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Gaheer Gallant Garneau Garon Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Goodridge Gould Gourde Gray Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hallan Hanley Hardie Hepfner Hoback Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Idlout Ien Jaczek Jeneroux Johns Jowhari Julian Kayabaga Kelloway Kelly Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Koutrakis Kram Kramp-Neuman Kurek Kusie Kusmierczyk Kwan Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lantsman Lapointe Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lehoux Lemire Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Martel Martinez Ferrada Masse May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McDonald (Avalon) McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod McPherson Melillo Mendès Mendicino Miao Michaud Miller Moore Morantz Morrice Morrison Morrissey Motz Murray Muys Naqvi Nater Ng Noormohamed Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan O'Toole Patzer Paul-Hus Pauzé Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Richards Roberts Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Sahota Sajjan Saks Samson Sarai Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Sinclair-Desgagné Singh Small Sorbara Soroka Sousa Steinley Ste-Marie Stewart St-Onge Strahl Stubbs Sudds Tassi Thériault Therrien Thomas Thompson Tochor Tolmie Trudel Turnbull Uppal Valdez Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vecchio Vidal Vien Viersen Villemure Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Wilkinson Williams Williamson Yip Zahid Zarrillo Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 314
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Joly Larouche McGuinty Ruff Savard-Tremblay Taylor Roy Vignola Virani Total: -- 8
Accordingly, Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate)) laid upon the table, — Copy of Order in Council P.C. 2023-77 dated February 9, 2023, concerning the appointment of Eric Janse as Acting Clerk of the House of Commons. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-441-16.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), from the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented the fifth report of the committee, "Transporting Goods in Rail Containers: Some Trade Implications for Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-194.

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. 29, 30 and 46) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning justice (No. 441-01136);

— by , one concerning animals (No. 441-01137);

— by , one concerning the environment (No. 441-01138).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Rodriguez (Minister of Canadian Heritage), — That Bill C-39, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

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 Mr. Alghabra (Minister of Transport) — Interim Order No. 77 Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, pursuant to the Aeronautics Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-2, sbs. 6.41(5) and (6). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-926-27. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment

At 10:24 p.m., pursuant to order made earlier today, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).