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House Hansard - 195

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 11, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 195 - May/11/23
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • May/11/23 3:10:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, reproductive health rights are at risk. Generations of women are exhausted by their continued fight to protect and improve access to reproductive health care. The Liberals claim they are feminists but they have not invested to deliver the health care services women and diverse genders need. In B.C., the NDP government has taken the important step of making prescription contraceptives free. Why will the Liberals not do the work and make this a reality for all Canadians?
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Ms. Jenna Sudds (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Lib.)
  • May/11/23 3:11:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am glad my colleague across the way mentioned B.C. because earlier this week we are able to announce a $4.2-million investment to SCI Action Canada Lab and UBC so that they can continue to serve women with vital, reproductive health care and access to abortion. On this side of the House, we will continue to do everything possible to ensure access to reproductive health care.
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Mr. Kevin Vuong (Spadina—Fort York, Ind.)
  • May/11/23 3:12:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the government shudders in fear over what China may do to punish it for expelling a diplomat, Canada should look at reining in China’s ability to waltz in and buy numerous mining land claims. Canadian prospecting companies have no chance of getting claims approved in China, which are rejected without reason, but the welcome mat is often put out for Chinese companies that are often thinly veiled arms of the Chinese Communist Party. Canada’s indigenous groups are not even consulted as they see Chinese land claims spring up on territorial lands. Will the government send a clear signal to Beijing that Canada is not their personal plaything and that we too will strongly stand up for our national security and sovereignty?
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Hon. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • May/11/23 3:12:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague well knows that we have a very important Indo-Pacific strategy that includes our China strategy. In there it is clear that we will put a national security lens on foreign investments. Therefore, of course we have the security of Canadians in mind, at stake, as a priority. Meanwhile, as my colleague mentioned in his question, we will never accept any form of foreign interference. We will never accept any form of meddling in our democracy. That is why we declared the diplomat in question persona non grata.
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The Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:13:43 p.m.
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That is all the time we have for question period today. The hon. member for Northumberland—Peterborough South.
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Mr. Philip Lawrence
  • May/11/23 3:13:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. There was some surprise when I told the Liberals that in fact some Canadians are facing 50% to 60%. Therefore, I would like to table a document from the C.D. Howe Institute that demonstrates that many low- and middle-income Canadians— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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The Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:13:54 p.m.
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I do not think we have unanimous consent. I am hearing no already. It was a good attempt at debate, though.
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The Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:13:54 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Pursuant to order made on Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions on the motions at report stage of Bill C-13. Call in the members. And the bells having rung:
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:29:51 p.m.
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The question is on Motion No. 1. A vote on this motion also applies to Motions Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 8 to 10. May I dispense? Some hon. members: No. [Chair read text of motion to House]
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:42:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
I declare Motion No. 1 carried. I therefore declare Motions Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 8 to 10 also carried. The question is on Motion No. 4. A vote on this motion also applies to Motion No. 6.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:53:49 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
I declare Motion No. 4 carried. I therefore declare Motion No. 6 carried.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 3:53:49 p.m.
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A vote on this motion also applies to Motion No. 7. A vote on this motion also applies to Motion No. 15. Shall I dispense? Some hon. members: No. [Chair read text of motion to House]
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 4:07:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
I declare Motion No. 7 carried. I therefore declare Motion No. 15 carried.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 4:07:37 p.m.
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The vote is on the motion. If a member of a recognized party present in the House wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division or wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages, Lib.)
  • May/11/23 4:07:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
moved that Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact An Act respecting the use of French within the federal private sector and to make related amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.
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Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/11/23 4:08:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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The Deputy Speaker
  • May/11/23 4:20:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
I declare the motion carried. I wish to inform the House that, because of the deferred recorded divisions, Government Orders will be extended by 50 minutes.
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Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/11/23 4:20:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been a big week in the House. I would like the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons to tell the House what we will be working on at the end of this week and into next week, the week before constituency week. Would the government House leader kindly share his plans with us?
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Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question, which is an important one. This is such a busy time for the House of Commons. Tomorrow, we will deal with third reading of Bill C-13, an act for the substantive equality of Canada's official languages. On Monday, we will resume report stage debate of Bill S-5, which would amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. On Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, we will be dealing with report stage and third reading of Bill C-21, which, as we know, is the firearms legislation. Thursday, May 18, will be an allotted day. Finally, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), I would like to designate Monday, May 15, for the consideration in a committee of the whole for all votes under the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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The Deputy Speaker
The Chair would like to make a statement regarding the status of Bill C-243, an act respecting the elimination of the use of forced labour and child labour in supply chains, standing in the name of the member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River. On June 6, 2022, the Chair advised the House of similarities between Bill C-243 and Bill S-211, an act to enact the fighting against forced labour and child labour in supply chains act and to amend the Customs Tariff. Both bills have the same objective. They seek to require certain entities to report on measures they take to prevent, and reduce, the risk of using forced labour and child labour in the production of goods and in supply chains. A long-standing practice prohibits the House from deciding the same question twice during a session. As a result, the Chair ordered that the status of Bill C-243 remain pending pursuant to Standing Order 94(1) and that it not be considered until proceedings on Bill S-211 have concluded. Bill S-211 was adopted by this House on May 3, 2023. The bill subsequently received royal assent yesterday, May 10, 2023. Accordingly, the Chair is ordering that Bill C-243 be dropped from the Order Paper. I thank all members for their attention.
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