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Before we continue with the answer from the government House leader, I am going to ask the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby to please not comment while members are asking the questions. He does not have the floor at this time. The hon. government House leader.
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Colleagues, the amount of time that the Speaker has to spend getting up to ask members who do not have the floor to please not take the floor is almost equivalent to a question. I would like members to please make sure that we can have our question period move along quickly, that members please refrain from speaking when the members are asking questions and that members refrain from speaking when …
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I will ask hon. members to please allow the hon. minister to finish his answer. He has about 24 seconds left on the clock.
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I wish to draw the attention of members to the presence in the gallery of the finalists for the 2024 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing: Rob Goodman, Benjamin Perrin and John Vaillant.
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The hon. member for Montcalm is rising on a point of order.
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It being 3:17 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of the hon. member for Cumberland—Colchester to the motion for second reading of Bill C‑64. Call in the members.
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I declare the amendment defeated. The next question is on the main motion. If a member participating in person wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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I am now ready to rule on a point of order first raised on April 18, 2024, by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby concerning the use of false titles. In his intervention, the member objected to the frequent use by the official opposition of the term “NDP-Liberal government” to characterize the current government. He qualified the term as disinformation. He emphasized that there is no coalition …
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The question is on the motion. If a member participating in person wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the division stands deferred until Wednesday, May 8, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby is rising on a point of order.
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Is the House ready for the question?
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I heard someone indicate that they do not give the motion unanimous consent, so there is not unanimous consent. On a point of order, the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby.
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I cannot clarify that at all. There was not unanimous consent given by the House. On a point of order, the hon. member for Perth—Wellington.
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That sounds very close to debate, but I thank the hon. member for the point.
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Again, I am going to ask the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby to please not take the floor until he is recognized for doing so. I know this is a very difficult issue for many, so I ask members to please listen carefully to the questions and listen carefully to the answers. The hon. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
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I am going to ask the hon. member for Timmins—James Bay to please keep his voice quiet unless he is recognized by the Speaker to speak. The hon. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.
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The Chair has been pretty patient with the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan calling out when he does not have the floor. I am going to ask him to please listen respectfully to the questions that are asked and to the answers that are given. The hon. Minister of Health can start from the top, please.
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The hon. member for Wellington—Halton Hills.
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If a member participating in person wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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Call in the members. Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:
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I thank the hon. member for recognizing an extraordinary Canadian, John Allen Fraser.
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I would ask the hon. member to start again. I am hearing voices from the far end of this room, and I cannot hear. The hon. member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from the top.
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Before the hon. member for Joliette speaks, I just want to encourage members not to interrupt when someone else has the floor. I hope that this will also apply to the member for Joliette. The hon. member for Joliette.
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Order. The hon. government House leader has the floor.
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I will come back to this matter later, but I do warn members, please, to be very careful about what they say about other hon. members. The hon. government House leader.
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The hon. member for St. Albert—Edmonton.
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When the hon. member for St. Albert—Edmonton was asking his question, the Chair was quite happy to make sure that he had free time to be able to ask his question. I would ask the hon. member to please hold back his comments while the minister is answering. The hon. Minister of Diversity, from the top, please.
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I thank the member, but this is veering into debate. I appreciate the member's comments with respect to false titles. He is indeed correct. The Speaker will be coming back to the House on this.
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All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. It is agreed. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to)
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I thank the hon. member. The hon. member for Guelph is rising on a point of order.
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The hon. member for Yellowhead is rising with respect to a dissenting report.
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I appreciate that the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby was using the opportunity to respond to an issue that was raised by the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle, but I am glad he made it brief so that we did not get into a debate in terms of what had already been discussed and what the Chair has already heard.
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I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on April 10, 2024, by the member for St. Albert—Edmonton concerning allegedly misleading statements made by the Minister of National Defence. The question of privilege is based on his reading of the 63rd report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented on April 10, 2024. According to the member, the testimony p…
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I thank the hon. member for South Surrey—White Rock as well as all other members who participated. I do agree with the member that this is an important and serious matter.
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I will get back to this at the end of question period, but I encourage all members, aside perhaps from the last question, to continue in the positive vein, which I think Canadians have noticed, that members have been taking today. The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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Read full speech →Hon. colleagues, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to acknowledge a very sorrowful occurrence, the loss of one of our colleagues, Constable Jeffrey S. Marcoux. Over the course of several years, Constable Marcoux showed up in this place to serve, to keep each one of us safe. To lose a colleague who was in the prime of his life is hard. To find words adequate to express the tragedy of this …
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The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-351 under Private Members' Business. Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:
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Time is up. The right hon. Prime Minister.
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I thank the hon. member for raising this point.
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I declare the motion lost. I wish to inform the House that, because of the deferred recorded divisions, Government Orders will be extended by 25 minutes. The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is rising on a question of privilege.
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The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is rising on a point of order. The Chair is having difficulty hearing the member. I will ask all members to please carry their conversations out into the lobbies. The hon. member as the floor.
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The hon. Leader of the Opposition has the floor.
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I thank the hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, and I do invite him to share all information he would judge important for the Speaker to know before making a ruling on a prima facie case of privilege. I now recognize the hon. member for Lethbridge, who has given notice of a question of privilege.
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I am just going to interrupt the hon. member. I hope her question has something to do with the administration of the government. She has 15 seconds left, but I hope she gets to the heart of the matter. The hon. member for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle.
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I thank the hon. member for Lethbridge for raising this question of privilege. I encourage her to share all the information that she would like to have the speakership evaluate. Certainly, we take this question as having extreme importance. I see the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby is rising on the same question of privilege.
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Colleagues, I indicated that I would come back to an issue that came up in terms of a question earlier today that did not deal with the business of the administration of government. I intervened in another question that I thought was going in that direction, but it seems that a correction was made. I want to make it clear to colleagues that the Chair and the chair occupants have been discussing th…
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