House of Commons Debates VOLUME 148 Ï NUMBER 335 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 42nd PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Speaker: The Honourable Geoff Regan CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 22413 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, October 16, 2018 The House met at 10 a.m. In that regard, the petitioners call on the House of Commons to adopt Bill C-350 and Bill S-240 to ensure that this horrible scourge no longer takes place in Canada or around the world. Prayer THE ENVIRONMENT Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay—Alberni, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS an honour to rise again today to table a petition on behalf of constituents from Parksville and Qualicum. Ï (1000) [English] Our oceans and our freshwater waterways are all under threat right now from ocean plastics. The petitioners call on the government to CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE ACT develop a national strategy to combat plastic pollution. They are Hon. Ralph Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emer- looking for regulations to mitigate single-use plastics and the gency Preparedness, Lib.) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-83, industrial use of plastics in our waterways. These petitioners are an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and looking for funding for beach cleanups and education campaigns. another act. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) The petitioners support my Motion No. 151 to create a national strategy to combat plastic in our waterways. *** PHARMACARE PETITIONS ABANDONED VESSELS Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure that I table another petition on the pharmacare Ms. Sheila Malcolmson (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP): Mr. program. Speaker, I bring voices from coastal communities urging government action to deal with the backlog of abandoned vessels. The petitioners call on the Prime Minister, the Government of The petitioners call on the government for legislation that would Canada and all members of the House of Commons to be aware that direct the recycling and/or removal of abandoned vessels and to pilot the federal government should develop jointly with provincial and a turn-in program modelled on the successful cash for clunkers territorial partners a universal, single-payer, evidence-based and program that different provinces use for automobiles. sustainable public drug plan with the purchasing power to secure best available pricing. The plan should begin with a list of essential It has been proven in Washington state and Oregon that the medicines addressing priority health needs and expanding a backlog of abandoned vessels that present an oil spill risk and comprehensive permanent plan that would promote the health and jeopardize coastal jobs can be dealt with using a vessel turn-in well-being of all Canadians. program. Many other solutions in this petition would be in line with existing marine salvage businesses. Ï (1005) The petitioners are from Nanaimo, Duncan and other communities HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING on Vancouver Island. I commend this petition to the House. Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC): Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand in the House and table this petition HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING from Canadians regarding their increasing concern over the Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC): Mr. international trafficking of human organs. Speaker, it is my honour to rise today to present a petition. The people who have signed this petition are concerned about the organ The petitioners urge the government and all parliamentarians to harvesting that is happening around the world. work to pass Bill C-350 as well as Bill S-240 in the Senate. 22414 COMMONS DEBATES October 16, 2018 Government Orders Mr. David Sweet (Flamborough—Glanbrook, CPC): Mr. of residents of Canada who have increasing concerns about the Speaker, I have a petition in my hand from citizens of Canada in trafficking of human organs. They are asking Parliament to quickly regard to Bill S-240 and Bill C-350. These are bills that would end pass Bill C-350 in the House of Commons and Bill S-240 in the the trafficking of human organs. Most Canadians would hardly Senate to limit this practice. believe that this goes on, but it does. TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE These petitioners are calling for fast passage of these two bills in Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, order to prevent that from happening anymore. it is an honour to rise this morning to present a petition from FIREARMS residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands calling on the government to immediately halt any plans to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, or to support its expansion. CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table two petitions today. Events may have transpired, but preventing the expansion is still a The first deals with firearms. Petitioners are concerned about possibility to which the petitioners wish the government to turn its arbitrary reclassification that affects property owners. This is a attention. firearms issue and also a rule of law issue. *** People own firearms that are arbitrarily reclassified, and that has an immediate effect on the value. Some people may have a great deal QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER of their money wrapped up in firearms that could lose their value Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the overnight. That could have a big effect on their well-being and their Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): retirement. Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand. In particular, these petitioners call on the House to remove the The Speaker: Is that agreed? power of arbitrary reclassification from the RCMP and to make it the subject of decision-making higher up. Some hon. members: Agreed. HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the second petition deals with organ harvesting GOVERNMENT ORDERS and international organ trafficking. The petitioners call on the House and the Senate to work for the speedy passage of Bill C-350 and Bill Ï (1010) S-240. These bills would make it a criminal offence for a Canadian [English] to go abroad and receive an organ for which there was not consent. CANADA LABOUR CODE The petition also deals with the admissibility to Canada of those The House proceeded to the consideration of amendments made who have been involved in the trafficking of organs. by the Senate to Bill C-65, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code The Speaker: I have to remind the hon. members that presenting (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff petitions is not the time to tell the House what they think about a Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1. petition but to tell us in a concise form what the petitioners are Hon. Patty Hajdu (Minister of Employment, Workforce calling for. Development and Labour, Lib.) moved: The hon. member for Provencher. that a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours that, in relation to Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), CANADA SUMMER JOBS INITIATIVE the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, the House: agrees with amendments 3, 5(b), Mr. Ted Falk (Provencher, CPC): Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege 6 and 7(a) made by the Senate; for me to rise today to present a petition signed by Canadians respectfully disagrees with amendment 1 because replacing the word “means” domiciled in Winnipeg, Manitoba. with “includes” would result in a lack of clarity for both employees and employers; Their particular concern is with the Charter of Rights and respectfully disagrees with amendment 2 because, in focusing on harassment and Freedoms, specifically freedom of conscience, freedom of thought violence, it would create an imbalance relative to all of the other occupational and freedom of belief. They believe these are fundamental rights that health and safety measures under Part II of the Canada Labour Code, and, in need to be recognized by the current government. addition, other legislation, such as the Employment Equity Act, addresses some of those issues; They would like to make it known to the Prime Minister that they proposes that amendment 4 be amended by deleting paragraph (z.163) and by would like him to defend their rights of conscience, belief and renumbering paragraph (z.164) as paragraph (z.163) because the addition of thought, and to remove the attestation from the Canada summer jobs proposed paragraph (z.163) would mean that a single incident of harassment and violence in a work place would be considered to be a violation of the Canada program and any other government funding. Labour Code on the part of the employer, which would undermine the framework HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING for addressing harassment and violence that Bill C-65 seeks to establish; respectfully disagrees with amendment 5(a) because the complaints that are Mr. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga, CPC): Mr. investigated under the section that would be amended do not include complaints Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by a number relating to an occurrence of harassment and violence; October 16, 2018 COMMONS DEBATES 22415 Government Orders respectfully disagrees with amendment 7(b) because this would be inconsistent broaden the scope of legislation to include staff working right here with the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board’s other and in constituency offices, both in this House and in the other annual reporting obligations under both the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board Act and Part I of the Parliamentary chamber.