44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2022 10:00AM
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I am almost speechless—almost. I will take a couple of minutes to thank you for that warm welcome.
Thank you for giving me such a warm welcome.
It is great to see you all again and it is great to be back. Please do not let me regret saying that.
I just want to thank you all for the texts, the calls, the emails, the fruit baskets, the flowers, the plants you sent me while I was away. It really made the time go faster knowing that someone was thinking of me, and that is something that I really do appreciate from each and every one of you.
It was so kind of you. It really helped me pass the time. Thank you for all your support while I was away.
I also want to take a second for a bit of a shout-out to some very special people, folks at Health Sciences North in Sudbury: Dr. Bittira, who was the lead surgeon, and Dr. MacDonald, who were both outstanding, and Dr. Wong, who was my cardiologist, who said “You better go see these people; otherwise, you're not going to be around much longer.” I thank all three of them very much, as well as some North Bay doctors: Dr. Graham, who is my family doctor, and Dr. Andrews, who is a cardiologist in North Bay, who has been following up to make sure everything goes well.
Doctors do great jobs, but to someone who is lying there in the hospital, there is a certain group of people who really do an excellent job, and they are the nurses.
Some hon. members: Hear, hear!
The Speaker: That is well deserved. A special shout-out goes to Victoria, Lianne, Angela and Shannon, who made my stay as pleasant as it could be.
There are two people I really want to thank, my wife Chantal and my daughter Samantha.
They both stayed at my bedside. They brought me all sorts of things and made sure I did what I was supposed to do, which was not always easy.
Of course, the the staff in the constituency office and the staff in the Speaker's office did yeoman's work to make sure that everything continued to work well. I did not get any major complaints, aside from what you guys were doing here on both sides, but other than that, overall, they took good care of constituents.
The Table officers in the Clerk's office did outstanding work, to the point where they even signed an order making sure that I would get better, so I had to follow that order. They did an excellent job that way.
Of course, in my absence, there were some very special people here.
I am thinking of one person in particular, the hon. member for Joliette, who was here every day helping out and making sure that everything was going smoothly.
Of course, there are the chair occupants: the hon. member for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing and the hon. member for Brossard—Saint-Lambert, who did outstanding work.
Of course, last but not least, there is the Deputy Speaker, the hon. member for West Nova, who did outstanding work.
Thank you all so much.
Now let us get on with the business of Parliament.
Oral Questions, the hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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I am going to ask the minister to stop for a second. I think everybody wants to hear the answer to that question, especially the hon. member for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake. Maybe we will let the minister start from the top so that everyone can hear the answer.
The hon. Minister of National Defence.
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- May/31/22 3:18:29 p.m.
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It being 3:17 p.m., pursuant to order made on Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion to concur in the third report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
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- May/31/22 3:19:44 p.m.
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The question is on the amendment. Shall I dispense?
Some hon. members: No.
[Chair read text of amendment to House]
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I declare the amendment defeated.
The next question is on the main motion.
If a member of a recognized party present in the House wishes to request a recorded division or that the motion be adopted on division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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- May/31/22 3:47:20 p.m.
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I declare the motion carried.
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- May/31/22 3:49:46 p.m.
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Pursuant to order made on Thursday, November 25, 2021, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment to the motion at second reading of Bill C‑18.
The question is on the amendment. May I dispense?
Some hon. members: No.
[Chair read text of amendment to House]
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I declare the amendment defeated.
The next question is on the main motion.
If a member of a recognized party present in the House wishes to request a recorded division or that the motion be adopted on division, I invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
The hon. deputy House leader.
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I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
The Speaker: I wish to inform the House that because of the deferred recorded divisions, Government Orders will be extended by 56 minutes.
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