House of Commons Debates VOLUME 148 Ï NUMBER 345 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 42nd PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Speaker: The Honourable Geoff Regan CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 22987 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, October 30, 2018 The House met at 10 a.m. 2017 annual report on the RCMP's use of the law enforcement justification provisions. *** Prayer GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PETITIONS Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to Ï (1000) table in both official languages the government's response to one petition. [English] CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION *** Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ï (1005) Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE ACT Mr. Speaker, this certificate of nomination proposes the appointment of the Right Hon. David Johnston to the position of commissioner of Mr. David Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands, CPC) debates. moved for leave to introduce Bill C-418, an act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Pursuant to Standing Order 111.1, I have the honour to table in both official languages a certificate of nomination, with biographical He said: Mr. Speaker, it is my honour today to table the protection notes, for the proposed appointment of the Right Hon. David of freedom of conscience act. The purpose of this is to protect the Johnston as the debates commissioner. rights of health care professionals who conscientiously object to participation in medical assistance in dying, making it an offence to I request that the certificate of nomination and biographical notes intimidate or try to force a health care professional to be involved in be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House this activity. It also makes it an offence to fire or refuse to employ a Affairs. health care professional for refusing to take part, either directly or indirectly, in the provision of medical assistance in dying. *** OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL INVESTIGATOR I believe it is time to stand up for the doctors and health care providers who are not willing to leave their core ethics behind when Hon. Ralph Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emer- they are at a patient's bedside. Access to medical assistance in dying gency Preparedness, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing and the right to conscientious objection are not mutually exclusive. Order 32(2), I have the honour to table in both official languages today the 2017-18 annual report of the Office of the Correctional (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) Investigator. *** I am also tabling the response to one recommendation in that CRIMINAL CODE report that is directed to me in my capacity as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the response to one recom- Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, mendation directed to the Department of Public Safety, as well as the CPC) moved that Bill S-240, an act to amend the Criminal Code response to the 19 recommendations that were directed in the report and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in to the Correctional Service of Canada. human organs), be read the first time. *** He said: Mr. Speaker, for 10 years members of Parliament have been trying to pass legislation to address the scourge of international ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE organ trafficking. My colleague, the member for Etobicoke Centre, Hon. Ralph Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emer- as well as the former Liberal MP and justice minister Irwin Cotler, gency Preparedness, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing both presented bills on this issue in the previous Parliament. None Order 32(2), I have the honour to table in both official languages the have passed until this point though. 22988 COMMONS DEBATES October 30, 2018 Routine Proceedings I would like to commend to the House the excellent work of the Petitioners calls on Parliament to quickly pass Bill S-240 to make it a Senate, and Senator Ataullahjan in particular, for getting Bill S-240 criminal offence for a Canadian to go abroad to receive an organ that through the Senate. Great work was done and constructive was violently harvested from someone without their consent. amendments were proposed and passed at committee to ensure that we have an effective system for prohibiting the terrible practice of Ï (1010) harvesting organs. This is further than this bill has ever made it before, but it is CANADA SUMMER JOBS INITIATIVE critical that we pass this legislation in this Parliament, so we do not have to start it all over again. It has been 10 years with the Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, involvement of multiple members and multiple parties. I hope we CPC): Mr. Speaker, the second petition deals with the Canada will finally be able to get this done in this Parliament. summer jobs values test. It notes the protections of freedom of (Motion agreed to and bill read the first time) conscience and beliefs in section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and in light of that calls on the Prime Minister and the *** government to withdraw the values test attestation requirement from PETITIONS the Canada summer jobs program. HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING HUMAN RIGHTS Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC): Mr. Speaker, this petition is timely, coming after the motion of the member for Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.): Mr. Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan. I am pleased to table a petition Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I would like to present a signed by several dozen Canadians who call upon Parliament to take petition signed by 36 constituents in my riding of Etobicoke Centre. action to curb organ harvesting and trafficking. The petitioners are gravely concerned with the ongoing systematic VISION CARE persecution against the Uighurs and other ethnic Turkic groups by the Government of China. Ms. Sheri Benson (Saskatoon West, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to table a petition calling for a national framework to promote eye health. Folks in my riding are asking the government to These human rights violations have included mass arbitrary develop a national framework, stating that the number of Canadians arrests, imprisonment in detention camps, torture, disappearances, with vision loss is expected to double in the next 20 years. They say forced ideological re-education and the deliberate obstruction of there is an emerging eye health and vision care crisis affecting all contact with family members of Uighurs living abroad, including in segments of the Canadian population, but in particular Canada's Canada. most vulnerable populations. Children, seniors and indigenous people are at particular risk. The petitioners pray and request that the House consider all The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to available options to put a stop to this persecution and urge China to acknowledge eye health and vision care as a growing public health fully respect its international human rights obligations. issue, particularly for Canada's vulnerable populations, and to respond to it through the development of a national framework for THE ENVIRONMENT action to promote eye health and vision care. This would benefit all Canadians through the reduction of vision impairment resulting from Ms. Sheila Malcolmson (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP): Mr. preventable conditions and the modification of known risks. Speaker, ocean plastics are making their way into everything, onto HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING every beach on our coast and into salmon that we eat. They are choking seabirds, albatross, whales and sea turtles. We have seen Mr. Jamie Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, terrible images across the country. CPC): Mr. Speaker, this petition is quite timely, building on what my friend, the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan mentioned regarding Bill C-350 in this House and Bill S-240 in the Petitioners from Alma, Quebec, and from Nanaimo, Ladysmith other place. and Gabriola Island in my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith, urge Parliament to adopt a strategy to combat plastic pollution, These petitioners from across Ontario are encouraging the particularly focused on marine plastics. government to act and prohibit Canadians from travelling abroad to acquire human organs removed without consent or as a result of a financial transaction, and to render inadmissible to Canada any and HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING all permanent residents or foreign nationals who have participated in this organ trade. Mr. Martin Shields (Bow River, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I would Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, like to table a petition in support of Bill C-350 and Bill S-240, which CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table two petitions today. was just tabled in this House, regarding harvesting organs for financial gain. This is a problematic issue that needs to be dealt with. The first is in support of Bill C-350 and Bill S-240, which has These petitioners support Bill S-240 and are in favour of passing the now passed the Senate and which I just tabled in this House. bill. October 30, 2018 COMMONS DEBATES 22989 Government Orders QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER I would like to remind this House that this legislation is also Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the repealing measures enacted by the previous Harper Conservatives, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): which made it harder for Canadians to vote. Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand. The Speaker: Is that agreed? Certainly, some of the more egregious aspects of this so-called Some hon.