House of Commons Hansard #139 of the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-30.
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Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act Report stage of Bill C-30. The bill, which implements the spring economic update, sparks debate over legislative programming tactics and economic management. Liberals defend the economic measures and youth-focused investments as vital, while the Conservatives argue the government mismanages taxpayer funds and stifles parliamentary debate. Meanwhile, the Bloc Québécois criticizes provisions regarding airport privatization, pesticide regulation, and the lack of consultation. 13300 words, 2 hours.
Business of the House Members unanimously adopt a government motion to expedite the passage of several legislative bills, including those related to national defence, self-government agreements, and financial crimes, while establishing the House's upcoming sitting schedule. 300 words.
Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act Third reading of Bill C-30. The bill implements the 2026 spring economic update. NDP MP Jenny Kwan criticized the legislation, arguing that it fails to address housing insecurity and rising affordability pressures. Green Party MP Elizabeth May also voiced strong opposition, specifically condemning the reduction of pesticide regulation and the bill's omnibus nature. Despite these objections, the House passed the legislation at third reading. 9500 words, 2 hours.
Kevin Lamoureux LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8)(a), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 16 petitions. These returns will be tabled in an electronic format.
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Liberal
Ahmed Hussen Liberal York South—Weston—Etobicoke, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development concerning Bill C-219, an act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), the Special Economic Measures Act and the Broadcasting Act.
The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House with amendments.
Ben Carr Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, entitled “The Impact Of U.S. Tariffs on the Tool, Die, Mould and Metallurgical Manufacturing Industries in Canada”.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
Kathy Borrelli Conservative Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table a dissenting report to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology's report on the impact of U.S. tariffs on Canada's metallurgical and advanced manufacturing sectors. I would like to recognize and thank my Conservative colleagues, our staff and, especially, the member forEssex, whose advocacy was important in bringing attention to this issue.
When this crisis emerged, the Conservatives responded immediately because we understand that these industries are foundational to Canada. The Conservatives know the committee's report and recommendations do not reflect the urgency expressed by the witnesses. That is why our dissenting report calls for urgent negotiations to secure a trade agreement, stronger protections for our manufacturing base, support for domestic production and action to preserve the jobs and industrial capacity that are vital to Canada.
The industry asked for a quick response to secure its future. The Conservatives answered that call immediately, and we always will.
Brad Vis Conservative Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Speaker, I have a number of petitions to present today.
The first is petition e-7198, which has 5,746 signatures. It calls upon the Minister of Fisheries to not remove the recreational access to chinook and coho salmon in the allotment of salmon allocation.
The petitioners note that they want to respect the rights of first nations and the conservation policies of the government, but they would like to maintain common property resource access for recreational fishers as well. They also note that commercial interests do not supersede those recreational interests.
Brad Vis Conservative Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Speaker, the second petition I would like to present today is with regard to the elimination of the federal apprenticeship incentive.
The petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to reinstate the apprenticeship incentive grant for Red Seal trades, index it to inflation, link it to the successful completion of technical training and ensure timely, predictable payments to support apprentices during their training.
Brad Vis Conservative Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Speaker, the third petition I would like to present today is on nicotine pouches. This petition is being presented on behalf of small businesses, including convenience stores. The petitioners call upon the Minister of Health to remove the restrictions on the sale of nicotine pouches to only pharmacies in order to allow convenience stores to sell the product as well.
The petitioners also note that the actions of the government have led to an illegal online trade and that it would be better to tax the product in Canada, versus allowing American producers to reap the economic benefits.
Billy Morin Conservative Edmonton Northwest, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of presenting my first petition, petition e-6909, which has approximately 13,000 signatures.
The petitioners call on the government to protect the records and testimony of residential school survivors. I know there is some ambiguity with respect to these records.
There is a conversation still happening in Canada. Ultimately, reconciliation is most important when we talk about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. At the end of the day, the survivors and their families deserve justice. The conversation is still happening in Canada, but before we can have reconciliation, the truth needs to be kept and upheld.
There is some great work that has been done by the truth and reconciliation centre out of Winnipeg, but this ambiguity needs to be addressed by the House of Commons so that it can be a forthright and respectful conversation going forward with Canadians, and we can all, Canadians and indigenous peoples, move forward in a country that is focused on a bright future together.
Ali Ehsassi Liberal Willowdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to present petition e-7172, which has been signed by no fewer than 13,198 Canadians across the country.
The petitioners call upon the government to conduct a comprehensive and independent review of the structure, governance, practices, legal status, funding sources and activities of the Iranian Canadian Congress. It is an organization that has made no attempt to gauge the interests of the community. There is further consternation because this group has publicly opposed human rights policies, which are broadly supported by members of the community, including its call for the removal of the terrorist designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
It is an organization that has all sorts of challenges. It has never made an attempt to reach out to the members of the community. In addition, all of its positions over the course of the past five to six years have run counter to the aspirations of the members of the community.
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, I rise to table three petitions today.
The first petition is signed by electors of Vancouver Fraserview–South Burnaby and Vancouver Quadra, who brought their petitions to their local MPs but had to ask for my assistance to table this in the House.
The petitioners have raised many concerns about fracked methane gas and liquefied methane gas, or LNG, including the severe emissions and health impacts to people and the disruption of LNG to clean salmon rivers.
They know there is no business case for LNG, and these fossil fuel projects will become stranded assets. They note that Ksi Lisims is 100% American-owned, LNG Canada's phase two is 60% foreign-owned, not Canadian-sovereign, and the Ksi Lisims and Prince Rupert gas transmission pipelines early investors are U.S. private equity firms linked to Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. The petitioners are concerned that hydro subsidies for these American-owned projects have been promised and will increase household utility costs. They also note that these projects violate indigenous sovereignty, as the Gitanyow and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, as well as the Lax’yip firekeepers of the Gitxsan have clearly said no to consent.
Therefore, the petitioners call on the House of Commons, the Government of Canada, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure to rescind the referral of Ksi Lisims' and LNG Canada's phase two to the Major Projects Office as projects of national interest; to not fund, subsidize or in any way support it, but instead refer indigenous-owned, shovel-ready solar, electric and other renewable energy projects to the Major Projects Office for funding as green projects of national interest; and to fund affordable housing through the Canada Infrastructure Bank and other monies.
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, the second petition is signed by Canadians who are concerned about Canada's safe third country agreement with the United States. They note that Canadian law offers safe haven to persons with a well-founded fear of persecution. They also note that a continual review of all countries designated as safe third countries should be required to ensure that the conditions that led to that designation continue to be met.
The petitioners say refugee claimants in the U.S., including those who enter the country regularly, are being arrested, detained and deported without due process. In his recent speech to the World Economic Forum, the Prime Minister called for the creation of agreements that function as described, yet Canada is a signatory to the 1951 UN refugee convention and its 1967 protocol, which violates the refugee convention and its own laws by implementing the safe third country agreement.
Therefore, they call on the House of Commons to instruct the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to immediately report to the governor in council that the U.S. no longer meets the requirements for designation as a safe third country, notify the U.S. in writing that Canada intends to terminate the safe third country—
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The Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia
In presenting petitions, we are supposed to summarize the petitions. It sounds like the member is reading the petition verbatim. I could be mistaken. She can continue, but summarize quickly.
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, the petitioners are asking for the government to terminate the safe third country agreement in accordance with article 10 of the agreement and, finally, to instruct the Canada Border Services Agency to change its policy so that it no longer enforces the safe third country agreement.
Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, the last petition that I am tabling has been signed by 25 people, including several constituents of my Vancouver East riding, who share with me their support and calls to the House regarding Bill C-218.
The petitioners say Canadians with mental illness should be provided with treatment and support, mental illness is complex and can include suicidal ideation as a symptom, and they are concerned that the lives of Canadians with mental illness will be at risk when they are eligible for medical assistance in dying on the basis of mental illness alone, especially when treatment and support are not readily available.
Pierre Poilievre Conservative Battle River—Crowfoot, AB
Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the constituents of Battle River—Crowfoot in communities like Amisk, Hardisty, Hughenden, Czar, Metiskow and Lougheed and the MDs of Wainwright, Provost and Flagstaff, who have all raised significant concerns about problems with cellphone coverage and data service, adding to already limited connectivity in rural communities.
Residents are deeply concerned that emergency services, including 911 and SOS communications, have become increasingly unreliable. The inability to reliably access emergency services is particularly concerning and has led to tragedy.
I also note that connectivity is now a necessity in the farming sector, and when it is not reliable, our farmers are held back and our food supply is threatened.
Constituents from my riding are asking for improved cellular services to be connected, especially in east central Alberta, and they call on the government to enable policies of more competition, more capital investment and improved connectivity across rural Canada, which, of course, is the backbone of our country.
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, I will briefly summarize my three petitions.
Constituents and others have asked that this petition be tabled here and that the government take action on an issue that we rarely hear about, which is the looming threat of the commercial farming of cephalopods. These are octopus and squid. Commercial industrial farming operations in other countries are threatening to come into Canada.
The petitioners ask that large-scale aquatic farms of cephalopods be banned in Canada, that we take action to ban the importation of farmed cephalopod products and that we prohibit the breeding and raising of these sentient beings within farms in Canada.
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, the second petition I am presenting is an e-petition with over 1,181 signatures.
The petitioners call on the government, in the effort to make Canada an energy superpower, to support renewable energy at least as much as it supports fossil fuels. They call on the government to commit to protect our biosphere while becoming an energy superpower and, in order to do that, ensure that renewable generation receives at least dollar for dollar the same kinds of subsidies that flow toward fossil fuels.
The petitioners ask Parliament and the government to provide a legislative foundation that will provide financial support for renewable energy at least as much as fossil fuels and ban, by legislation, coal-fired electricity generation.
Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, this is my final petition. It is a shame, in 2026, that this needs to be said. The petitioners are calling for the government to declare the overdose crisis in Canada a public health emergency, to call for action related to opioid deaths, recognize that this is a public health emergency and take steps based on the advice of experts.
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, today I am tabling a petition from a number of individuals. Actually, over 1,000 people have signed the petition.
The petitioners are looking for a sense, from both the provincial Government of Manitoba and Ottawa, of working together to try to come up with a solution to deal with Manitoba's unique situation related to our workforce and how temporary workers could potentially fit in.
Dan Albas Conservative Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise on behalf of petitioners who have asked that the government recognize the very real pain that is being inflicted upon Falun Gong practitioners by the repressive government in Beijing. Recent events include a bomb and shooting threats targeting Shen Yun, a classical Chinese dance and music performance presented globally by the Falun Gong community that showcases traditional China before Communism and exposes these atrocities.
The petitioners publicly call on the Chinese regime to end its persecution of Falun Gong and to end transnational repression abroad.
I would like to thank the petitioners who were key to this: Mike and his friend Kelloway. I would certainly be open to meeting with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, either in his office or in my study, to further discuss the petition.
I wish everyone a good summer.
Adam Chambers Conservative Simcoe North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of the residents, recreational users, camp owners and indigenous communities surrounding Lake Couchiching who are concerned about an aerodrome being placed on the water, on the lake. It is a very busy lake.
These individuals would like to see more consultation done before aerodromes are allowed to be placed in certain locations. They are calling on the government to change aerodrome regulations so public consultation with these groups would be required in the future.
Jacob Mantle Conservative York—Durham, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to present a petition on behalf of residents in my riding of York—Durham, particularly those from the town of Georgina and the community of Keswick on the south shore of Lake Simcoe, with respect to a new invasive species called water soldier. It was discovered in Lake Simcoe only a short time ago and has been spreading across the lake. It is a physical threat to our enjoyment of the lake. It is a threat to the aquatic species in the lake, and it is potentially a threat to our farming endeavours in the Holland Marsh at the lower end of Lake Simcoe.
Therefore, residents in my riding are calling on the government to list or otherwise identify water soldier as an invasive aquatic plant under relevant federal law; to nominate a single federal department or agency to take responsibility for the federal government's response to water soldier; and then, to allocate sufficient financial and technical support to the Lake Simcoe water soldier working group in the same way that the Government of Ontario has done just recently.
Kevin Lamoureux LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
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