House of Commons Hansard #155 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was conversation.

Topics

Standing Orders of the HousePoints of OrderOral Questions

3:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

I thank the hon. members for their comments.

Government Response to PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:15 p.m.

Winnipeg North Manitoba

Liberal

Kevin Lamoureux LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to five petitions.

Industry, Science and TechnologyCommittees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings

3:15 p.m.

Liberal

Dan Ruimy Liberal Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology entitled “BillC-25, an Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and the Competition Act”.

Royal Canadian Mounted PolicePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:20 p.m.

Conservative

John Barlow Conservative Foothills, AB

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to submit a petition from more than 1,600 residents of Alberta.

Many of us in the House will remember the flood of June 2013, which devastated many communities in my riding, including High River. However, what made that flood more damaging to the community was the actions of the RCMP after the flood, where it allegedly illegally entered more than 4,600 homes in the community.

The petitioners ask the government to look into and determine if any of these were unwarranted entries that violated the privacy rights and property rights of High River residents; determine if these entries were contrary to any provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and debate and vote on a motion calling on the government to rebuild trust within the RCMP among High River residents by holding an independent judicial inquiry into the legal justification from the RCMP entering 4,600 homes in High River.

The EnvironmentPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:20 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table a petition signed by hundreds of young students from my riding of Vancouver Kingsway and the greater Vancouver area who are petitioning the House to draw our attention to the fact that Nestlé is taking water from Hope, B.C. and only paying the price of $2.25 per million litres. That is less than the price of a chocolate bar. From this, it is making huge profits from our water.

The petitioners point out that numerous droughts and wildfires have happened in B.C. recently. They ask that our House consider stopping Nestlé and other big companies and conserve our water for future generations to come. They also want us to encourage the public to start using reusable bottle and stop buying plastic bottles.

I would like to thank the students of Windermere Secondary School in my riding for their wonderful concern about the environment and our freshwater supplies.

Palliative CarePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

March 22nd, 2017 / 3:20 p.m.

Conservative

Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB

Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition in regard to palliative care and the approach that is needed to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

While I am on my feet, I move:

That the House proceed to orders of the day.

Palliative CarePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Palliative CarePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Some hon. members

Yea.

Palliative CarePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

All those opposed will please say nay.

Palliative CarePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Some hon. members

Nay.

Palliative CarePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Call in the members.

During the taking of the vote:

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

Order. The pages will not bring the documents in now. You have to wait.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4 p.m.

Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

Order. We will carry on with the vote.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #233

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

I declare the motion carried.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:05 p.m.

Conservative

Gord Brown Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I know members were very enthusiastic about voting today, but in the process of the vote that we just took, a couple of members, the opposition House leader and the New Democratic Party deputy House leader, voted twice. They might want to clarify what their vote is.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:05 p.m.

Conservative

Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB

Mr. Speaker, I wanted to vote yes on that. The reason for this vote is that if the Liberals have their way, this will be the last budget where the opposition will be able to hold them to account. The—

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:05 p.m.

Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

The hon. member for Beloeil—Chambly is rising on a point of order.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:10 p.m.

NDP

Matthew Dubé NDP Beloeil—Chambly, QC

Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to clarify something. I wanted to vote in favour of the motion.

While I am on my feet, since we are talking about unilateral moves and privilege, I would point out that some members received the budget before others. In the spirit of what we are debating today, about the government wanting to do things on its own and not include the opposition, I think that is a great point to raise as well.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Geoff Regan

Order. The member has raised a point of order. I thank the hon. member for Beloeil—Chambly for his point of order.

In fact, the pages were instructed earlier today to distribute the documents. We are not going to blame the pages for this. I will certainly take responsibility for this. We have an unusual circumstance, as we know, and I have previously seen documents distributed before the speech actually begins.

Distribution of the BudgetPrivilegeRoutine Proceedings

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

Gérard Deltell Conservative Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC

Mr. Speaker, we all recognize the important work that the pages have to do and this is not about them personally.

Distribution of the BudgetPrivilegeRoutine Proceedings

4:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Hear, hear!