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Notice Paper

No. 326

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

2:00 p.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions

Q-19372 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. Saroya (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to the online application system run by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: (a) how many hours has the online system been down in total since January 1, 2017; and (b) what is the number of hours the online system has been down, broken down by week since January 1, 2017?
Q-19382 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe) — With regard to the comments made by the Prime Minister on September 25, 2018, in relation to the 2015 election that Canada did not have “much direct interference” by Russia: in what specific ways did Russia interfere in the 2015 election?
Q-19392 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the Churchill Rail Line: (a) what are the details of all correspondence, including electronic, that the government has sent or received, since November 4, 2015, including (i) sender, (ii) recipient, (iii) date, (iv) title and subject matter, (v) description or summary of contents, (vi) file number; and (b) what are the details of all memorandums about the Churchill Rail Line, including (i) date, (ii) sender, (iii) recipient, (iv) title and subject matter, (v) file number?
Q-19402 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the Joint Support Ship (JSS) project: (a) how many extensions have occurred since the project’s inception; (b) what are the costs associated with the extensions to date; (c) how many amendments have occurred since the project’s inception; (d) what are the costs associated with the amendments to date; (e) how many full-time equivalents work on the project; (f) are there any anticipated lay-offs occurring from project extensions and amendments and, if so, how many; and (g) what are the rationales for each instance of an extension and amendment to date?
Q-19412 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the Public Service Pay Centre in Miramichi, since December 1, 2015, broken down by year: (a) how much has been spent on employee overtime for those working at the Centre; and (b) of the employees in (a), how many hours have been logged, broken down by amount paid out per person and job title?
Q-19422 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the air travellers security surcharge since January 1, 2016: (a) how much is collected from passengers, broken down into averages for (i) day, (ii) month, (iii) year; (b) how much is used to pay for security services; (c) what other programs or services are funded with the security surcharge; and (d) of the programs in (c), how much funding did each program receive?
Q-19432 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the Senate Advisory Board within the Privy Council Office, since January 1, 2018: (a) what are the full job descriptions as they are written for each job posting within the secretariat to the Senate Advisory Board; (b) what is the pay scale and occupational group and level of the positions being filled in the secretariat to the Senate Advisory Board; (c) what is the budget for the occupational group assigned to the secretariat to the Senate Advisory Board; (d) how much has been spent by the secretariat to the Senate Advisory Board, broken down by (i) accommodation, (ii) travel, (iii) per diems, (iv) incidentals, (v) office renovation, (vi) office set-up; (e) how much has been budgeted for the support group to the Senate selection group; (f) how many openings were posted in this time period, broken down by province; (g) how many resumes were received for each opening; and (h) how many interviews were facilitated for each opening?
Q-19442 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to the government’s current bid to win a seat on the UN Security Council: (a) what amount is budgeted for gifts to foreign dignitaries; (b) to date, how much has been spent on gifts; and (c) to date, what are the details of every gift provided, including for each (i) country of representative, (ii) title, (iii) description of item, (iv) value, (v) quantity?
Q-19452 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to the requirement for dissolving corporations to apply for and receive tax clearance certificates from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) before disbursing remaining capital to investors: (a) how many applications for tax clearance certificates are in process at the CRA at this time; (b) what is the CRA’s target for processing tax clearance certificate applications; (c) for each year between 2014 and 2018, what percentage of applications for tax clearance certificates did the CRA process within its target timeline; (d) for each year in (c), what was the average processing time for tax clearance certificate applications; (e) for each year in (c), what was the average value of capital awaiting disbursal while a tax clearance certificate application was in process; (f) for each year in (c), what was the aggregate value of capital awaiting disbursal further to processed tax clearance certificates; (g) what is the aggregate value of capital awaiting disbursal further to applications for tax clearance certificates at this time; and (h) what is the average value of capital awaiting disbursal further to applications for tax clearance certificates at this time?
Q-19462 — September 25, 2018 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to the Department of Veterans Affairs, what was the total allotments, expenditures and amount and percentage of all “lapsed spending“ for the 2017-18 fiscal year?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Opposition Motions
September 25, 2018 — Ms. Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) — That the House recognize that the government has not kept its promises with respect to improving employment insurance sickness benefits and that it immediately call on the government: (a) to increase the duration of sickness benefits limited to 50 weeks for people with serious illness; and (b) to establish a 360-hour eligibility threshold regardless of the regional unemployment rate.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé) and Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) — September 25, 2018

September 25, 2018 — Ms. Ramsey (Essex) — That, in the opinion of the House, given the impacts of the previous trade agreements on the auto sector and the supply management industries, any other trade deal, including a renegotiated NAFTA, should not have any negative impacts on those sectors.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé) — September 25, 2018

September 25, 2018 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) apologize to all Canadians and to all indigenous people for (i) having spent $4.5 billion of Canadians’ money to bail out a Texas oil company, instead of following through on its electoral commitments to address the problems facing everyday Canadians, (ii) having failed to respect indigenous communities in Canada by ignoring its constitutional obligations on meaningful consultation and accommodation, (iii) having failed to properly examine the impact on marine life as a result of a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia; (b) keep its promise to overhaul the Harper government’s destructive approval process for pipeline projects; (c) commit to accepting the federal court’s decision without further appeal; and (d) reject the Conservatives’ suggestion of forcing the pipeline through over the objections of the courts and rights of Canadians by using extraordinary constitutional powers.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé) — September 25, 2018

September 25, 2018 — Ms. Benson (Saskatoon West) — That, given that a housing crisis is raging in Canada and that 90% of the funding for the government's national housing strategy will only flow after the next election, and that much of the funding depends on collaboration with provincial governments and the private sector, the House call on the government to: (a) recognize the right to housing as a human right; and (b) bring forward 50% of the strategy’s funding before the next election to invest in (i) housing for indigenous communities, (ii) the construction of new affordable housing, new social housing units and new co-ops units, (iii) a plan to end homelessness, (iv) the renovation of existing social housing and old housing stock, (v) the expansion of rent supplements, (vi) the administration of programs that meet the special need of seniors and person with reduced mobility.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé) — September 25, 2018

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

Private Members' Business

C-393 — February 1, 2018 — Mr. Thériault (Montcalm) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (non-application in Quebec).

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