House of Commons Hansard #135 of the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was businesses.
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, the second petition calls for the discontinuance of the purchase of bottled water for personal use in federal institutions. This primarily comes from residents of Nanaimo and Saanich—Gulf Islands.
Kirsty Duncan Liberal Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition regarding eating disorders. Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are serious mental illnesses that incapacitate more than 600,000 Canadians and can be fatal.
The petitioners call upon the government to work with the provinces, territories, and stakeholders to develop comprehensive pan-Canadian strategies for eating disorders, including better prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and support.
Wladyslaw Lizon Conservative Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise in the House to present a petition on behalf of many Canadians.
The petitioners are asking members of Parliament to condemn discrimination against girls occurring through sex-selective pregnancy termination.
Rathika Sitsabaiesan NDP Scarborough—Rouge River, ON
Mr. Speaker, I stand today to submit petitions on behalf of residents from all throughout the greater Toronto areas with respect to the Rouge national urban park.
The petitioners request that the Government of Canada protect the irreplaceable 100 square kilometres of public land assembly within a healthy and sustainable Rouge national park. Since this land is the ancestral home of the Mississauga, Huron-Wendat, and Seneca first nations and their sacred burial and village sites, people would like to see the cultural and historical aspects of these lands protected, as well as assurance that there is an enjoyable nature experience and agricultural experience for people who live within the greater Toronto area.
Joe Preston Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from citizens of London and St. Thomas and the rest of the riding who are looking for a ban on dog and cat fur imported from China.
Questions on the Order PaperRoutine Proceedings
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Saskatchewan
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski ConservativeParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, Question No. 668 will be answered today.
Matthew Dubé NDP Chambly—Borduas, QC
With regard to the Fryer Island Dam, located on the Richelieu River in Quebec and forming part of the Chambly Canal National Historic Site: (a) how much has been spent, per year, on maintaining and repairing this dam since it was built; (b) what is the number of dam inspection reports since 2005, what are their titles, and what is the inspection policy for this dam; (c) what are the longer term plans of the government or Parks Canada for the dam’s repair and modernization; and (d) how much money has been set aside to repair and modernize the Fryer Island Dam in the coming years?
Question No. 668Questions on the Order PaperRoutine Proceedings
Nunavut Nunavut
Conservative
Leona Aglukkaq ConservativeMinister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, regarding part (a) of the question, the Fryer dam was built in 1938 and has never been operational. Access to the structure has been prohibited for several years and additional security measures have been put in place to ensure public safety near the structure. Parks Canada has not undertaken maintenance or repairs due to the fact that the dam was never operational and access has been restricted.
Regarding part (b), since 2005, two inspection reports have been produced by consulting firms on the Fryer dam. Staff conduct rounds of the Chambly Canal area and inspections are conducted as required.
Regarding parts (c) and (d), at this time, no funding for the Fryer dam is identified for repair or modernization.
Questions Passed as Orders for ReturnsRoutine Proceedings
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Saskatchewan
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski ConservativeParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, if Question No. 678 could be made an order for return, this return would be tabled immediately.
Rodger Cuzner Liberal Cape Breton—Canso, NS
With regard to Part III of the Canada Labour Code: (a) which recommendations from the 2006 comprehensive review of Part III of the Labour Code conducted by Commissioner Harry Arthurs has the government (i) implemented, including when and why, (ii) not implemented and why; (b) what measures has the government implemented since 2006 besides those listed in (a), including (i) the rationale for implementation, including listing any studies and their document or reference number that was done to support the change, (ii) when the changes were implemented; and (c) what studies has the government undertaken on making changes to Part III of the Canada Labour Code since 2006 not listed in (b), including the rationale for undertaking each, and their document or reference number?
(Return tabled)
Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Mr. Speaker, lastly I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
York—Simcoe Ontario
Conservative
Peter Van Loan ConservativeLeader of the Government in the House of Commons
moved:
That, in relation to Bill C-43, a second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures, not more than three further sitting days shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and
That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the third day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.
Of course, this motion would result in there being four days of debate here at second reading.
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
NDP
The Deputy Speaker NDP Joe Comartin
Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, there will now be a 30-minute period.
I invite hon. members who may wish to ask questions to rise in their places so the Chair has some idea of how many wish to participate in the question period.
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NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, here we are again. Eighty times now the Conservative government has chosen the path of what some have called bulldozer politics when it comes to Parliament. Eighty times they have shut down debate, breaking every record set by any government under any circumstances in Canadian history.
When the Conservatives sat in opposition, they detested this exact same procedure when it was used by the Liberals. Now that they are in government and are a little long in the tooth, having been here a number of years, they are running out of ideas and do not like the conversation that happens around a 460-page omnibus bill—
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
Conservative
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
October 30th, 2014 / 10:20 a.m.
Conservative
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
NDP
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, if they want to get into the debate, they can rise, but at this moment I have the microphone, and they will listen to the question that I have for them.
We are speaking of a 460-page omnibus bill that has virtually nothing to do with the economy.
I would also suggest to my Conservative colleagues that they do not have a clue about what is in this legislation, because when we count the number of Conservatives who showed up to listen to departmental officials at the technical briefing just two nights ago, the answer is none. Is that not amazing? Is it not amazing that we had a six-hour technical briefing on this very bill?
Opposition members of Parliament are meant to do one specific thing: hold the government to account. That applies also to backbench Conservatives, although they do not do that job because they vote as they are told to vote.
This bill proposes changes to the Refugee Act, the Public Safety Act, the Judges Act, and all sorts of things that have nothing to do with affairs of the budget and the government of the day as our economy sits in fragile territory.
I have a specific question for my colleague across the way. Is stripping social assistance from refugee claimants something that was important for the government to do to restore Canada's fiscal capacity and put Canadians back to work?
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
Crowfoot Alberta
Conservative
Kevin Sorenson ConservativeMinister of State (Finance)
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure again to stand in the House and to move the motion.
Canadians expect their government to make decisions and to make those decisions in a timely manner. We have made commitments in platforms and during the budget period. Our government is now doing something that is novel for the other parties to understand, because we are living up to our commitments. We are keeping our promise. We will continue to make our commitments to Canadians and we will then introduce the proper legislation and pass that legislation because of the commitments and the promises we have made.
My colleague spoke about the size of this legislation. It is common practice to include various measures in a budget and subsequent budget implementation bills. This budget has been before Parliament since February. We introduced the budget in February, over 250 days ago, over eight months ago. There has been debate in the House on the first part of the budget, and now we have the second budget implementation bill.
The member asked a question in regard to social assistance. The measures in this bill would simply allow the provinces their rightful jurisdiction to implement timelines in which residency must take place before individuals receive social assistance.
We look forward to the debate.
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
Liberal
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, there is a genuine lack of respect for parliamentary procedure. This is the second time. On the one hand, parliamentary committees that should be meeting have lost hundreds of hours of opportunities to hold the government accountable on aboriginal affairs, foreign affairs, and other things because of a bunch of lazy New Democrats. On the other hand, the government brings in time allocation and—
Bill C-43—Time Allocation MotionEconomic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders
NDP
The Deputy Speaker NDP Joe Comartin
Order. The hon. member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley is rising on a point of order.
