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45th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 20 (Unrevised) Friday, June 20, 2025 10:00 a.m.

The clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker.

Whereupon, Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole, took the chair, pursuant to subsection 43(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act.

Prayer

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Monday, June 16, 2025, the order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Deputy Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21 to 24.

Group No. 1

Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères), seconded by Marilène Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-5 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Chris Warkentin (Grande Prairie), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 2 and 3 on page 9 with the following:

“tee of both Houses of Parliament, designated or established for the purposes of section 24, which shall

(a) include at least one member of the House of Commons from each party that has a recognized membership of 12 or more persons in that House and at least the Leader of the Government in the Senate or Government Representative in the Senate, or his or her nominee, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, or his or her nominee, and the Leader or Facilitator who is referred to in any of paragraphs 62.4(1)(c) to (e) of the Parliament of Canada Act, or his or her nominee; and (b) have as its chair or joint chair, on the part of the House of Commons, a member of that House who is not a member of the government party. (comité d'examen parlementaire)”

Chris Warkentin (Grande Prairie), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 5, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 9 with the following:

“Act. Its chair or joint chair, on the part of the House of Commons, shall be a member of that House who is not a member of the government party. (comité d'examen parlementaire)”

Shannon Stubbs (Lakeland), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 7, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 12 on page 11 with the following:

“b) que tout titulaire de charge publique principal, au sens de”

Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Dominic LeBlanc (President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy), seconded by Heath MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), moved Motion No. 9, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 12 with the following:

Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), moved Motion No. 11, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 13 with the following:

“participation of the affected Indigenous peoples and the public and that”

Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Clarke), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 15, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended

(a) by replacing lines 27 and 28 on page 14 with the following:

“dissolved.”;

(b) by replacing lines 21 and 22 on page 19 with the following:

“or dissolved.”;

“rogued or dissolved.”; and

(d) by replacing lines 10 and 11 on page 20 with the following:

“rogued or dissolved.”

(a) replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 15 with the following:

partments and agencies regarding the project;

(b) replacing lines 24 to 27 on page 15 with the following:

(4) The Minister must cause to be tabled a report containing the information set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e) in each House of Parliament and, at the request of 10 or more members of that House, must appear, to explain the Minister’s decisions in

Marilène Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan), seconded by Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères), moved Motion No. 18, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 2 on page 19 the following:

“(b.1) the Canada Labour Code;”

Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), moved Motion No. 19, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 15 on page 19 the following:

“(m.1) the Species at Risk Act;”

Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Clarke), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 21, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 21 with the following:

“Canada, including its prosperity and economic security, assured in part by the pursuit of the objectives”

Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Clarke), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 22, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 21 with the following:

“set out in section 4 relating to the development of natural resources, energy products and related infrastructure, shared jurisdiction, public”

Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Clarke), seconded by Dan Muys (Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North), moved Motion No. 23, — That Bill C-5, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 21 with the following:

“safety, national and international security, the facilitation of export markets, the quality of”

Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères), seconded by Marilène Gill (Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan), moved Motion No. 24, — That Bill C-5 be amended by deleting the Schedule.

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Tim Hodgson (Minister of Energy and Natural Resources) laid before the House, — Copy of the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems, and Explanatory Memorandum, done at Paris on January 29 2025. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-451-4.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Ryan Turnbull (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and National Revenue and to the Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)) laid before the House, — Report of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-451-4.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid before the House, —Departmental Results Reports for the period ended March 31, 2024, as follows:

— Department of Finance. — Sessional Paper No. 8563-451-2;

— Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. — Sessional Paper No. 8563-451-3;

— Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8563-451-4;

— Office of the Auditor General. — Sessional Paper No. 8563-451-5.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Karim Bardeesy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry) laid before the House, — Copy of the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunication Union, and Explanatory Memorandum, done at Dubai on December 15, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-451-5.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Wade Grant (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change) laid before the House, — Copy of the Amendment to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and Explanatory Memorandum, adopted at Geneva between May 1 and 12, 2023. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-451-6.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Yasir Naqvi (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Secretary of State (International Development)) laid before the House, — Report by Export Development Canada on Canada Account Operations for the fiscal year 2023-24. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-451-5.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans), from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, presented the first report of the committee, "The Persian Gulf War Was a War". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-451-3.