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45th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 9 Thursday, June 5, 2025 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid before the House, — Report of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on the Privacy Act and on the application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Privacy Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 40(1) and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, sbs. 25(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-626-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Lena Metlege Diab (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship), seconded by Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House:

(a) for the duration of the 45th Parliament,

(i) Standing Order 104(2) be amended by adding, after the words “10 members,” the following: “which shall be composed of five members from the Liberal Party, four members from the Conservative Party and one member from the Bloc Québécois, except for the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, which shall consist of nine members and be composed of four members from the Liberal Party, four members from the Conservative Party and one member from the Bloc Québécois,"

(ii) Standing Orders 104(5), 104(6)(b), 114(2)(e) and 114(2)(f) be suspended,

(iii) the Clerk of the House be authorized to make any required editorial and consequential alterations to the Standing Orders, including to the marginal notes;

(b) the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be appointed by the whip of each recognized party depositing with the Clerk of the House a list of their party’s members of the said committee no later than 12 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025, to prepare and report lists of members to compose the standing and standing joint committees of the House, provided that,

(i) the Clerk of the House shall convene a meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs no later than Tuesday, June 10, 2025,

(ii) immediately upon the presentation of the report referred to in paragraph (b), it shall be deemed concurred in; and

(c) on any day, at midnight or thereafter, if the House has not completed a series of recorded divisions related to the business of supply or on any bill, a minister of the Crown may move, at any time, the suspension of the sitting of the House, which shall be deemed adopted, and the sitting of the House shall be suspended until 9:00 a.m., later that calendar day.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Eric Melillo (Kenora—Kiiwetinoong), one concerning justice (No. 451-00016);

— by Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong), one concerning justice (No. 451-00017);

— by Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan), one concerning parliament and politics (No. 451-00018), two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 451-00019 and 451-00022), one concerning health (No. 451-00020) and two concerning justice (Nos. 451-00021 and 451-00023);

— by Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock), two concerning foreign affairs (Nos. 451-00024 and 451-00025).

Government Orders

Ways and Means

The order was read for consideration of a ways and means motion to introduce a bill respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure (Sessional Paper No. 8570-451-1), notice of which was laid before the House on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Ways and Means No. 1)

François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Finance and National Revenue), seconded by Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 4 -- Vote n^o 4)
YEAS: 333, 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 Champagne Champoux Chang Chartrand Chatel Chen Chenette Chi Church Clark Cobena Cody Connors Cooper Cormier Coteau Dabrusin Dalton Dancho 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 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 Joly Joseph Kayabaga Kelloway Kelly Khalid 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 Majumdar Malette (Bay of Quinte) Malette (Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk) Maloney Mantle Martel May Mazier McCauley 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 Reid Rempel Garner Reynolds Richards Roberts Robertson Rochefort Romanado Rood Ross Rowe Royer Sahota Saini Sarai Sari Savard-Tremblay Sawatzky Scheer Schiefke Schmale Seeback Sgro Sheehan Shipley Sidhu (Brampton South) Simard Small Sodhi Solomon 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 Williamson Yip Zahid Zerucelli Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 333
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Chambers Chong Duguid McGuinty Plamondon Ruff Sidhu (Brampton East) Wilkinson Total: -- 8

Pursuant to Standing Orders 83(4) and 69(1), on motion of François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Finance and National Revenue), seconded by Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure”.

The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures.

Notice of the royal recommendation was given on Monday, June 2, 2025, by the as follows:

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled "An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures".

Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-202, An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management), 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.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Gary Anandasangaree (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), — That Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

Business of Supply

At 6:30 p.m., 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 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.

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

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that house that joint committees have been authorized, as far as the Senate is concerned, to hold hybrid meetings or meetings entirely by videoconference, for the remainder of the current session, with the following provisions applying in relation to any such meeting:

(a) all members participating count towards quorum;

(b) such meetings be considered to be occurring in the parliamentary precinct, irrespective of where participants may be located, subject to subpoint (d)(i);

(c) the committee be directed to approach in camera meetings with the utmost caution and all necessary precautions, taking account of the risks to the confidentiality of in camera proceedings inherent in such technologies; and

(d) subject to variations that may be required by the circumstances, to participate in a meeting of the committee by videoconference senators must:

(i) participate from a designated office or designated residence within Canada;

(ii) use a device and a headset with integrated microphone provided by the Senate and authorized for videoconferences with interpretation;

(iii) be the only people visible during the videoconference;

(iv) have their video on and broadcasting their image at all times, unless the meeting is suspended; and

(v) leave the videoconference if they leave their seat, unless the meeting is suspended.

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 — Costing note from the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the Canada Disability Benefit, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1119-14. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by Julie Dabrusin (Minister of Environment and Climate Change) — Report of the Minister's Advisory Council, pursuant to the Impact Assessment Act, S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1 "118(3) and (4)". — Sessional Paper No. 8560-451-1276-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

Adjournment

At 10:33 p.m., pursuant to order made Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).