44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 20, 2022 10:00AM
- Sep/20/22 10:05:49 a.m.
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I wish to inform the House that, in accordance with the representation made by the government, pursuant to Standing Order 55(1), I have caused to be published a special Order Paper giving notice of two government bills.
I therefore lay the relevant document upon the table.
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I would like to provide a short update regarding a statement I made on May 11, 2022, concerning similarities between two bills that were before the House at that time. They were Bill C-250, an act to amend the Criminal Code (prohibition—promotion of antisemitism), standing in the name of the member for Saskatoon—Grasswood, and Bill C-19, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, and other measures.
As members will recall, clause 332 of Bill C-19 contained near identical text to Bill C-250. To be more specific, the two bills sought to amend section 319 of the Criminal Code pertaining to hate propaganda, for similar purposes. Both made it an offence to wilfully promote antisemitism by condoning, denying or downplaying the Holocaust through statements communicated other than in private conversation. There was only a minor difference in the wording of one of the acceptable defences.
As indicated in my earlier statement on this matter, there is a long-standing principle to keep or avoid having the same question from being decided twice within the same session. On May 11, 2022, the Chair had therefore ordered that, pending the fate of Bill C-19, Bill C-250 may not be called for its second hour of debate at second reading.
Bill C-19 received royal assent on June 23, 2022. Accordingly, I am ordering that the order for the second reading of Bill C-250 be discharged and that the bill be dropped from the Order Paper.
I thank all the members for their attention.
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- Sep/20/22 10:37:50 a.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay.
The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.
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- Sep/20/22 10:44:23 a.m.
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All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay.
Hearing none, it is agreed.
The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.
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- Sep/20/22 2:12:42 p.m.
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Before we go to the next person, I just want to remind everyone that there are statements being made. It is great to see everyone talking to each other. I know we have missed each other. If members want to cross over and whisper as opposed to talking across the aisle, that would be great.
The hon. member for Peterborough—Kawartha.
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- Sep/20/22 2:14:13 p.m.
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Order. I just want to make sure everybody is listening to each other, not shouting or heckling.
If he does not mind, the hon. member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo will begin again, from the top.
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- Sep/20/22 2:29:13 p.m.
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Order.
We had started so well. I just want to continue and make sure that everybody knows that when somebody is talking, we normally stay quiet and listen, and then we can ask questions or answer after.
The hon. Minister of Tourism.
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- Sep/20/22 2:49:43 p.m.
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I will have to interrupt the hon. parliamentary secretary. There are some folks close to my left ear, and I am having a hard time hearing. I am going to ask the member to start from the top please, so that I can hear the whole answer.
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- Sep/20/22 3:10:02 p.m.
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I am sure the minister wants to hear the question. I could not hear it.
I will ask the hon. member to start from the top.
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- Sep/20/22 3:13:15 p.m.
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I wish to draw the attention of members to the 30th anniversary of CPAC, the Cable Public Affairs Channel. CPAC has been broadcasting the debates of the House, gavel to gavel, for three decades.
CPAC was originally created in 1992 by a consortium of 27 Canadian cable companies. Its primary mandate was to broadcast the proceedings of the House of Commons to millions of homes with cable, at no cost to taxpayers.
Since then, CPAC has expanded to provide continued unfiltered coverage of House of Commons proceedings and parliamentary committees, as well as a multitude of other public affairs activities across the country.
Despite the rapidly advancing forms of social and digital communications, CPAC continues to play a key role in keeping our fellow citizens informed about the business of Parliament. CPAC has worked in close partnership with us to ensure that Canadians have a front-row view into the very heart of our democracy.
CPAC has come to play such a significant role in Canadian political life that it is truly hard to imagine that such an essential service did not always exist. Today we welcome to the gallery the members of CPAC's board of directors.
On behalf of all members of Parliament, I would like to thank them for their invaluable contribution to the Canadian democratic process.
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- Sep/20/22 3:16:09 p.m.
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I will have to interrupt. I am afraid this is more debate than a point of order. I am sure that if the member checks things out and finds something that is a point of order, he can bring it back tomorrow.
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