43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION House of Commons Debates Official Report (Hansard) Volume 150 No. 074 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Speaker: The Honourable Anthony Rota CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 5087 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, March 23, 2021 The House met at 10 a.m. has decided to report the bill back to the House without amend‐ ment. Prayer * * * [Translation] ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS CRIMINAL CODE ● (1005) Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, [English] CPC) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-277, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and An Act to amend the Criminal Code (ex‐ COMMISSIONER OF LOBBYING ploitation and trafficking in persons). The Speaker: It is my duty to lay upon the table, pursuant to section 10.5 of the Lobbying Act, a report on investigation from the He said: Mr. Speaker, I am introducing this bill that seeks to Commissioner of Lobbying. combat the scourge of sexual exploitation of minors. The bill im‐ [Translation] plements some of the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, whose report was unanimously Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), this report is deemed perma‐ adopted by the Quebec National Assembly less than four months nently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Informa‐ ago. tion, Privacy and Ethics. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) * * * [English] * * * INTERPARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS [English] Hon. Wayne Easter (Malpeque, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present to the House, in CIVIL AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES both official languages, two reports of the Canada-United States In‐ COMMERCIALIZATION ACT ter-Parliamentary Group. Mr. Brian Masse (Windsor West, NDP) moved for leave to in‐ The first report concerns the 73rd annual meeting of the Council troduce Bill C-278, An Act to amend the Civil Air Navigation Ser‐ of State Governments West, the CSG West, held virtually by video vices Commercialization Act. conference on July 29 and July 30, 2020. The second report relates to the National Conference of State He said: Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today. I want to Legislatures, NCSL Base Camp, held virtually by video conference thank my colleague from the west coast for seconding this impor‐ September 15 to September 17, 2020. tant legislation. * * * Nav Canada right now is in the process of considering closure of COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE traffic control centres in Whitehorse, Windsor, Regina, Fort Mc‐ Murray, Prince George, Sault Ste. Marie and St-Jean in Quebec. FINANCE The government has not been assertive on this. It has said that it has Hon. Wayne Easter (Malpeque, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I have the to wait for a study to take place, but through economic develop‐ honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the ment and the changes that would take place with aviation, Windsor Standing Committee on Finance in relation to Bill C-208, an act to would see significant consequences and upheaval during the time amend the Income Tax Act, transfer of small business or family of this pandemic, especially to keep regional airports alive. We are farm or fishing corporation. The committee has studied the bill and asking for a delay of the study and the closures. 5088 COMMONS DEBATES March 23, 2021 Routine Proceedings The government has said that it cannot stop the study from tak‐ The petitioners would like to draw the attention of the Govern‐ ing place because of legislation, so we have proposed tools for the ment of Canada to the fact that many businesses are not currently government to stop the study and support air traffic control towers eligible for the rental subsidy program because they are non-arm's in existence right now. The excuse the government has that it can‐ length tenants. They draw to government's attention to the fact that not act would be lifted by this legislation. It could also be done for 22 years many businesses have been engaged in the tourism in‐ through an order in council or through the government taking this dustry and are leasing or renting units. They would like the govern‐ legislation, just as it has taken previous legislation of mine in the ment to reconsider the rental subsidy program and ensure tenants past. I would encourage it to do so. who are currently excluded are included in this program. They re‐ quest that the Government of Canada change the legislation so In particular, I want to thank pilot Dante Albano. There are oth‐ businesses are no longer falling through the cracks. ers, but he has been a coordinating person for this and was active in creating a petition that thousands of Canadians signed in support of this initiative. I also thank the Air Traffic Controllers Association. CONVERSION THERAPY This affects economic development and safety. The Windsor air‐ port has five different competing traffic zones, including the United States, that complicate this airspace. This legislation would give the Mrs. Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City, CPC): Mr. government the power to immediately stop this nonsense, which Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to present a peti‐ will continue to go on for months, if not a year, with studies caus‐ tion regarding Bill C-6. The petitioners have serious concerns about ing upheaval in local economies, putting public safety in jeopardy the consequences of the legislation, including limiting the options and, more important, creating confusion. available for LGBT Canadians to receive counselling and the crimi‐ nalization of conversations between children, their parents and oth‐ We are hopeful that the Prime Minister will look at this and do it er mentors about sexuality. through an order in council or steal this legislation in a positive way and implement it. We need to ensure that when we build back from COVID. We have the proper tools to do so. I would argue that hav‐ A recent Nanos poll has found that 91% of Canadians agree that ing the safety and protection at regional airports to do those things consenting adults should be free to get the sexuality counselling of would be a net asset as opposed to the process right now , which is their choice regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. destabilizing our air industry. This is consistent across regions, age and gender. This is precisely (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) what Bill C-6 would ban, counselling that Canadians may choose for themselves. * * * ● (1010) PETITIONS The petitioners want to see a conversion therapy ban but not this conversion therapy ban. Bill C-6 would ban more than conversion MYANMAR therapy. Let us fix the definition used in the bill so we can ban the Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have two harmful and degrading practices that have no place in Canada, petitions to present. while maintaining the supports available for LGBT Canadians. The first petition is on the coup in Myanmar. The petitioners call on the government to condemn the coup in SAANICH INLET the strongest terms. They call for the immediate and unconditional release of all elected officials as well as political prisoners. They want the government to take actions against the Myanmar military Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, and call for the repeal of an unlawfully declared state of emergency it is an honour to rise virtually in the House this morning to present and respect the November 2020 election. a petition signed by many constituents. It relates to the Saanich In‐ let. Those who do not live on Vancouver Island will not be aware The petitioners also call for an immediate law barring Canadian that there is a small inlet, like the space between my thumb and my businesses from exporting arms and technologies to Myanmar and index finger, just above Victoria. In that inlet, there is a very signif‐ to put forward to the General Assembly of the United Nations a res‐ icant risk of contamination from mostly recreational boaters. olution calling for member states to address the long-term threat to peace and stability in Myanmar. They would like to see members of the Myanmar military and their families and associates barred from pursuing education or business opportunities in Canada as well as a The petitioners urge that the Saanich Inlet be declared a non- draft resolution, a motion, to refer this matter to the International sewage discharge area. This has been done, as some of the mem‐ Criminal Court. bers from Cape Breton Island will know, for the Bras d'Or Lake. They urge the government take action and work with the province RENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM to declare Saanich Inlet a zero-discharge area. It has very low flush‐ Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the next peti‐ ing capacity, it is an area that has increasingly strong biodiversity, tion I am presenting is on the rental subsidy program. but it must be protected. March 23, 2021 COMMONS DEBATES 5089 Business of Supply ● (1015) The answer we got back from the health minister, a year into the HUMAN ORGAN TRAFFICKING pandemic, could be summarized like this: She does not know, is not sure she wants to tell us, and believes it is a provincial jurisdiction, Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, but she will give the provinces advice. CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am presenting two petitions today. One is in support of Bill S-204, which has just passed second reading in the Senate. That bill is on organ harvesting and traffick‐ ing.