House of Commons Debates VOLUME 147 Ï NUMBER 200 Ï 2nd SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Friday, April 24, 2015 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 12977 HOUSE OF COMMONS Friday, April 24, 2015 The House met at 10 a.m. [Translation] Ms. Rosane Doré Lefebvre (Alfred-Pellan, NDP) moved: Motion No. 5 Prayers That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 3. Motion No. 6 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 4. Motion No. 7 GOVERNMENT ORDERS That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 5. ANTI-TERRORISM ACT, 2015 Motion No. 8 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 6. The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-51, An Act to Motion No. 9 enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 7. Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Motion No. 10 Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 8. Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Motion No. 11 Acts, as reported (with amendments) from the committee. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 9. Ï (1005) Motion No. 12 [English] That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 10. Motion No. 13 SPEAKER'S RULING That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 11. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bruce Stanton): There are 66 motions Motion No. 14 in amendment standing on the notice paper for report stage of Bill That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 12. C-51. Motions Nos. 1 to 66 will be grouped for debate and voted Motion No. 15 upon according to the voting pattern available at the table. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 13. [Translation] Motion No. 16 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 14. I will now put Motions Nos. 1 to 66 to the House. Motion No. 17 MOTIONS IN AMENDMENT That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 15. Ms. Rosane Doré Lefebvre (Alfred-Pellan, NDP) moved: Motion No. 18 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 16. Motion No. 1 Motion No. 19 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting the long title. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 17. Motion No. 2 Motion No. 20 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting the short title. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 18. Motion No. 3 Motion No. 21 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 2. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 19. [English] Motion No. 22 Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP) , seconded by That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 20. the member for Edmonton—St. Albert, moved: Motion No. 23 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 21. Motion No. 4 Motion No. 24 That Bill C-51, in Clause 2, be amended That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 22. (a) by replacing line 21 on page 5 with the following: Motion No. 25 “information that is necessary to protect Canada against activities that undermine the security of Canada and that is disclosed under subsection” That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 23. (b) by replacing line 25 on page 5 with the following: Motion No. 26 “restrictions and prohibitions, while respecting any caveats on, and originator That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 24. control over, shared information.” Motion No. 27 12978 COMMONS DEBATES April 24, 2015 Government Orders That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 25. Motion No. 51 Motion No. 28 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 48. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 26. Motion No. 52 Motion No. 29 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 49. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 27. Motion No. 53 Motion No. 30 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 50. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 28. Motion No. 54 Motion No. 31 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 51. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 29. Motion No. 55 Motion No. 32 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 52. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 30. Motion No. 56 Motion No. 33 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 53. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 31. Motion No. 57 Motion No. 34 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 54. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 32. Motion No. 58 Motion No. 35 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 55. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 33. Motion No. 59 Motion No. 36 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 56. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 34. Motion No. 60 Motion No. 37 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 57. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 35. Motion No. 61 Motion No. 38 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 58. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 36. Motion No. 62 Motion No. 39 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 59. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 37. Motion No. 63 Motion No. 40 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 60. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 38. Motion No. 64 Motion No. 41 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 61. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 39. Motion No. 65 Motion No. 42 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 62. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 40. Motion No. 66 Motion No. 43 That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting the Schedule. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 41. Motion No. 44 She said: Mr. Speaker, thank you for accepting the amendments That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 42. that the official opposition wants to make to Bill C-51. Ï (1010) These amendments did not come out of nowhere, and I will [English] comment on that in my speech. After the Conservative government Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP) , seconded by introduced Bill C-51, we, the official opposition, took the time to do the member for Edmonton—St. Albert, moved: the work that the government should have done. We consulted the people and experts in various fields affected by this bill. Motion No. 45 That Bill C-51, in Clause 42, be amended by replacing line 29 on page 49 with the Most of the Canadians who have been following the debate on following: Bill C-51 realize that is has some serious flaws. We are not the only “enforcement power, including the power to perform the duties that are the ones to have identified those flaws; many other members of our primary responsibility of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.” society have as well. These include important leaders in our first Ï (1015) nations communities, eminent constitutional law professors, former [Translation] Supreme Court justices, former prime ministers and community Ms. Rosane Doré Lefebvre (Alfred-Pellan, NDP) moved: leaders. The Canadian Bar Association also testified before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security about Motion No. 46 the serious flaws in Bill C-51. That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 43. Motion No. 47 We have taken the time to study the bill, unlike the Liberals, who That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 44. immediately said they would support it, even though it is a bad bill. Motion No. 48 The official opposition did its job. We read the bill carefully and That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 45. realized that we unfortunately could not support it. That is why Motion No. 49 today, after examining it rather closely in committee and consulting That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 46. with a number of stakeholders and citizens, we must present these Motion No. 50 amendments. That is the most sensible thing to do, given that in That Bill C-51 be amended by deleting Clause 47. committee we were told to go back to the drawing board. April 24, 2015 COMMONS DEBATES 12979 Government Orders For my colleagues who were unable to attend, let me give a brief That is fundamental, but Bill C-51 is not even constitutional. The overview of the evidence we heard on Bill C-51 at the Standing members opposite did not do their job properly. Committee on Public Safety and National Security. There were nine committee meetings to hear evidence, including one with the There was talk of the need to provide law enforcement agencies Minister of Public Safety and the Minister of Justice. At the other with new tools, but a number of the RCMP and police services eight meetings, the vast majority of the witnesses were there at the representatives that we talked to told us they already have the tools government's request, but there were also a few that appeared at the they need to deal with terrorism.