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45th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 14

Thursday, June 12, 2025

10:00 a.m.



Prayer
Board of Internal Economy

The Speaker informed the House that the following members have been appointed members of the Board of Internal Economy for the purposes and under the provisions of the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P‑1, sbs. 50(2), namely:

Arielle Kayabaga and Steven MacKinnon, members of the King's Privy Council;

Mark Gerretsen, representative of the government caucus;

Andrew Scheer and Chris Warkentin, representatives of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus; and

Yves Perron, representative of the Bloc Québécois caucus.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid before the House, — Report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner on activities in relation to the Conflict of Interest Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, par. 90(1)(b). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1002-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)


The Speaker laid before the House, — Report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's activities in relation to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, par. 90(1)(a). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1004-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(a)(vii), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)


Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre), seconded by Peter Fonseca (Mississauga East—Cooksville), Bill C-209, An Act to establish Albanian Heritage Month, 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, a petition certified by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

— by Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning veterans' affairs (No. 451-00038).

Business of Supply

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

Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes), seconded by Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West), moved, — That, given that the Auditor General found that ArriveCAN contractor, GCStrategies Inc., was paid $64 million from the Liberal government, and in many cases, there was no proof that any work was completed, the House call on the government to:

(a) get taxpayers their money back, within 100 days of the adoption of this motion; and
(b) impose a lifetime contracting ban on GCStrategies Inc., any of its subsidiaries, its founders Kristian Firth and Darren Anthony, and any other entities with which those individuals are affiliated.

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

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Finance and National Revenue), seconded by Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety), — That Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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

(Division No. 8 -- Vote no 8)
YEAS: 335, NAYS: 0

YEAS -- POUR

Aboultaif
Acan
Aitchison
Al Soud
Albas
Ali
Allison
Alty
Anand
Anandasangaree
Anderson
Anstey
Arnold
Au
Auguste
Baber
Bailey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Bardeesy
Barlow
Barrett
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Belanger (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River)
Bélanger (Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt)
Bendayan
Berthold
Bexte
Bezan
Bittle
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Block
Blois
Bonin
Bonk
Borrelli
Boulerice
Bragdon
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Caputo
Carney
Carr
Casey
Chagger
Chambers
Champoux
Chang
Chartrand
Chatel
Chen
Chenette
Chi
Chong
Church
Clark
Cobena
Cody
Connors
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Dandurand
Danko
Davidson
Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)
Davies (Niagara South)
Dawson
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont
DeRidder
Deschênes

Deschênes-Thériault
Desrochers
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Diotte
Doherty
Dowdall
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan
Dzerowicz
Earle
Ehsassi
El-Khoury
Epp
Erskine-Smith
Eyolfson
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake)
Falk (Provencher)
Fancy-Landry
Fanjoy
Fergus
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Fry
Fuhr
Gaheer
Gainey
Gallant
Garon
Gasparro
Gaudreau
Gazan
Généreux
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill (Calgary Skyview)
Gill (Brampton West)
Gill (Calgary McKnight)
Gill (Windsor West)
Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan)
Gill (Abbotsford—South Langley)
Gladu
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Grant
Greaves
Groleau
Guay
Guglielmin
Guilbeault
Gull-Masty
Gunn
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardy
Harrison Hill
Hepfner
Hirtle
Ho
Hoback
Hodgson
Hogan
Holman
Housefather
Hussen
Iacono
Idlout
Jackson
Jaczek
Jansen
Jeneroux
Jivani
Johns
Joseph

Kayabaga
Kelloway
Kelly
Khanna
Kibble
Kirkland
Klassen
Kmiec
Konanz
Koutrakis
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kronis
Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot)
Kuruc (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Kusie
Kwan
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles)
Lapointe (Sudbury)
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lavack
Lavoie
Lawrence
Lawton
LeBlanc
Lefebvre
Leitão
Lemire
Leslie
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
Ma
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacDonald (Cardigan)
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Mahal
Malette (Bay of Quinte)
Malette (Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk)
Maloney
Mantle
Martel
May
Mazier
McCauley
McGuinty
McKelvie
McKenzie
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McKnight
McLean (Calgary Centre)
McLean (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke)
McPherson
Melillo
Ménard
Mendès
Menegakis
Michel
Miedema
Miller
Mingarelli
Moore
Morin
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Muys
Myles
Naqvi
Nater
Nathan
Nguyen
Noormohamed

Normandin
Ntumba
Oliphant
Olszewski
O'Rourke
Osborne
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Powlowski
Provost
Ramsay
Rana
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Reynolds
Richards
Roberts
Robertson
Rochefort
Romanado
Rood
Ross
Rowe
Royer
Ruff
Sahota
Saini
Sarai
Sari
Savard-Tremblay
Sawatzky
Scheer
Schiefke
Schmale
Seeback
Sgro
Sheehan
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Small
Sodhi
Sousa
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stevenson
St-Pierre
Strahl
Strauss
Stubbs
Sudds
Tesser Derksen
Thériault
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandenbeld
Vien
Viersen
Villeneuve
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Watchorn
Waugh
Weiler
Wilkinson
Williamson
Yip
Zahid
Zerucelli
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 335

NAYS -- CONTRE

Nil--Aucun

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Champagne
Dancho

Joly
Majumdar

Plamondon
Solomon

Total: -- 6

Accordingly, Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding Standing Order 28 or any other usual practice of the House, the following proposed calendar for the year 2026, referred to as Option G, be tabled and that the House adopt this calendar.

Accordingly, Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid before the House, — The House of Commons calendar for the year 2026. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-451-2.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Michael Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes), seconded by Kelly McCauley (Edmonton West), in relation to the business of supply.

The debate continued.

At 6:27 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, June 16, 2025, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.


At 6:32 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to orders made Tuesday, May 27 and Wednesday, June 11, 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 8:32 p.m., the committee rose.

Pursuant to order made Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the considered votes were deemed reported.

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 the Speaker — Annual Report of the Pay Equity Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Pay Equity Act, S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 416 "117(2)". — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1291-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women)

— by Shafqat Ali (President of the Treasury Board) — Report of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act, S.C. 1999, c. 34, sbs. 48(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-768-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by Chrystia Freeland (Minister of Transport and Internal Trade) — Interim Order No. 3 for the Protection of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2025, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26, sbs. 10.1(7). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1223-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by Steven Guilbeault (Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages) — Report on official languages for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R.S., 1985, c. 31 (4th Supp.), s. 44. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-565-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages)

— by Heath MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) — Report of the Chicken Farmers of Canada, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2024, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-4, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-42-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by Heath MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) — Report of the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2024, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-4, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-433-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by Heath MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) — Report of the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2024, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-4, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-434-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by Heath MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) — Report of the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2024, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S., 1985, c. F-4, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-523-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by Jamil Jivani (Bowmanville—Oshawa North), one concerning employment and labour (No. 451-00039).

Adjournment

At 8:38 p.m., pursuant to order made Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).