It was agreed, — That the written response from Public Services and Procurement Canada following their appearance on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, be classified as confidential.

The committee commenced consideration of a draft report.

It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: "Changeover of the Public Service Health Care Plan from Sun Life to Canada Life".

It was agreed, — That the Chair, clerk and analysts be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to the report.

It was agreed, — That dissenting or supplementary opinions be in Calibri 12-point font, left aligned, single-spaced, and be submitted electronically, in both official languages, to the clerk of the committee, not later than noon EDT on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

At 5:49 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 6:02 p.m., the sitting resumed in public.

It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $1,500, for the study of Global Affairs Canada Audit of procurement of consulting services, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of the national shipbuilding strategy, the proposed budget in the amount of $81,326.50, for the committee’s travel to Quebec and Lévis, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, in summer 2024, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of the national shipbuilding strategy, the proposed budget in the amount of $81,702.50, for the committee’s travel to destination of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, in summer 2024, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That, for its meeting on Monday, June 3, 2024, the committee undertake a study of the subject matter of the 2024-25 Main Estimates and invite the relevant officials of the Treasury Board Secretariat to appear for the first hour of the meeting and the relevant officials of Public Services and Procurement Canada for the second hour of the meeting.

Kelly Block moved, — That, in relation to its study of the ArriveCAN application, Minh Doan be ordered to appear before the committee for three hours, at a date and time to be fixed by the Chair but no later than Friday, June 7, 2024, provided that: (a) Mr. Doan be offered all the accommodations which had been offered to Kristian Firth; and (b) if Mr. Doan does not appear as ordered, the Chair be directed to report the material facts of the matter to the House forthwith.

Debate arose thereon.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That, in relation to its study of the ArriveCAN application, Minh Doan be ordered to appear before the committee for three hours, at a date and time to be fixed by the Chair but no later than Friday, June 7, 2024, provided that Mr. Doan be offered all the accommodations which had been offered to Kristian Firth.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Jenica Atwin, Taylor Bachrach, Parm Bains, Kelly Block, Garnett Genuis, Majid Jowhari, Stephanie Kusie, Irek Kusmierczyk, Charles Sousa, Julie Vignola — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

Irek Kusmierczyk moved, — That, given the recent media reports that Conservative Party of Canada members used taxpayer funds to benefit themselves, their spouses, and their staff by expensing hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend partisan events, the committee condemn the hypocrisy of Conservative members flagrant disregard for taxpayer money and demand a commitment to cease such practices.

RULING BY THE CHAIR

The Chair ruled that the motion was inadmissible on the grounds that it falls outside the Committee’s mandate.