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45th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 12 Tuesday, June 10, 2025 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid before the House, — Reports of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons (Spring 2025), pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S., 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 7(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-64-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts)

The Speaker laid before the House, — Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the House of Commons (Spring 2025), pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S., 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 7(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-64-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts)

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East), seconded by Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), Bill C-205, An Act to amend the National Housing Strategy Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), seconded by Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), Bill C-206, An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona), seconded by Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), Bill C-207, An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan, 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 Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning social affairs and equality (No. 451-00032);

— by Cheryl Gallant (Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke), one concerning health (No. 451-00033).

Business of Supply

The order was read for the consideration of the business of supply.

Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean), seconded by Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel), moved, — That, given that,

(i) as of April 1, 2025, the government eliminated carbon pricing for Canadian consumers and that this pricing did not apply to Quebec,

(ii) despite its elimination, the government spent $3.7 billion to continue Canada Carbon Rebate payments that Quebeckers do not receive,

(iii) individuals in the listed provinces received the rebate cheque on April 22, 2025, during the federal general election,

(iv) the rebate was paid for with government funds, and therefore by all taxpayers, including those from Quebec,

the House call on the government to pay Quebec, without conditions, an amount equivalent to its contribution to the $3.7 billion in spending, estimated at $814 million.

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 Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Jasraj Hallan (Calgary East), seconded by Eric Lefebvre (Richmond—Arthabaska), — That, given that,
(i) the Prime Minister said he will be held to account by prices Canadians pay at the grocery store,
(ii) under the Liberal government, food inflation continues to rise, forcing families to eat less nutritious foods,
(iii) Canadian families will pay $16,834 for food this year, an $800 increase from last year,
the House call on the government to present a fiscally responsible budget before the House adjourns for the summer, that reverses Liberal inflationary policies so Canadians can afford to put food on the table.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 5 -- Vote n^o 5)
YEAS: 162, NAYS: 174
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Allison Anderson Anstey Arnold Au Baber Bailey Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Bélanger (Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt) Berthold Bexte Bezan Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Block Bonin Bonk Borrelli Bragdon Brassard Brock Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Caputo Chambers Champoux Chong Cobena Cody Cooper Dalton Dancho Davidson Davies (Niagara South) Dawson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont DeRidder Deschênes Diotte Doherty Dowdall Duncan Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake) Falk (Provencher) Fortin Gallant Garon Gaudreau Généreux Gill (Calgary Skyview) Gill (Brampton West) Gill (Calgary McKnight) Gill (Windsor West) Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan) Gill (Abbotsford—South Langley) Gladu Godin Goodridge Gourde Groleau Guglielmin Gunn Hallan Hardy Ho Hoback Holman Jackson Jansen Jeneroux Jivani Kelly Khanna Kibble Kirkland Kmiec Konanz Kram Kronis Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) Kuruc (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) Kusie Lake Lantsman Larouche Lawrence Lawton Lefebvre Lemire Leslie Lewis (Essex) Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) Lloyd Lobb Ma Mahal Malette (Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk) Mantle Martel Mazier McCauley McKenzie McLean (Calgary Centre) Melillo Menegakis Moore Morin Morrison Motz Muys Nater Normandin Patzer Paul-Hus Perron Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Reynolds Richards Roberts Rood Ross Rowe Ruff Savard-Tremblay Scheer Schmale Seeback Shipley Simard Small Steinley Ste-Marie Stevenson Strahl Strauss Stubbs Thériault Thomas Tochor Tolmie Uppal Van Popta Vien Viersen Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Williamson Zimmer Total: -- 162
NAYS -- CONTRE Acan Al Soud Ali Alty Anand Anandasangaree Auguste Bains Baker Bardeesy Battiste Beech Belanger (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River) Bendayan Bittle Blair Blois Boulerice Brière Carney Carr Casey Chagger Champagne Chang Chartrand Chatel Chen Chenette Chi Church Clark Connors Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Dandurand Danko Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Deschênes-Thériault Desrochers Dhaliwal Dhillon Diab Duclos Duguid Dzerowicz Earle Ehsassi El-Khoury Erskine-Smith Eyolfson Fancy-Landry Fanjoy Fergus Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser Freeland Fry Fuhr Gaheer Gainey Gasparro Gazan Gerretsen Gould Grant Greaves Guay Guilbeault Gull-Masty Hanley Harrison Hill Hepfner Hirtle Hodgson Hogan Housefather Hussen Iacono Idlout Jaczek Johns Joly Joseph Kayabaga Kelloway Khalid Klassen Koutrakis Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lamoureux Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles) Lapointe (Sudbury) Lattanzio Lauzon Lavack Lavoie LeBlanc Leitão Lightbound Long Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacDonald (Malpeque) MacDonald (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malette (Bay of Quinte) Maloney May McGuinty McKelvie McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McKnight McLean (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke) McPherson Ménard Mendès Michel Miedema Miller Mingarelli Morrissey Myles Naqvi Nathan Nguyen Noormohamed Ntumba Oliphant Olszewski O'Rourke Osborne Petitpas Taylor Powlowski Provost Ramsay Rana Robertson Rochefort Romanado Royer Sahota Saini Sarai Sari Sawatzky Schiefke Sgro Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sodhi Sousa St-Pierre Sudds Tesser Derksen Thompson Turnbull Valdez van Koeverden Vandenbeld Villeneuve Watchorn Weiler Wilkinson Yip Zahid Zerucelli Zuberi Total: -- 174
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Genuis Hajdu Majumdar Solomon Total: -- 4

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean), seconded by Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

Rhéal Éloi Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord), seconded by Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by adding:

(a) after the words “including those from Quebec” the words “and from British Columbia”;

(b) after the words “to pay Quebec” the words “and British Columbia”; and

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

At 6:29 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to order made Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the consideration of all votes in the Main Estimates and the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.

At 10:30 p.m., the committee rose.

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 before the House as follows:

— by Anita Anand (Minister of Foreign Affairs) — Report of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2024, pursuant to the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission Act, S.C. 1964-65, c. 19, s. 7. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-229-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— by Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025), pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1232-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— by Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1232-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Sean Fraser (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Charter Statement — Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S., 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1232-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by Joël Lightbound (Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement) — Amendments to the Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2024-25 to 2028-29 of the Canada Lands Company Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-451-840-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

Adjournment

At 10:31 p.m., pursuant to order made Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).