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Notice PaperNo. 41 Monday, April 18, 2016 11:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-1062 — April 15, 2016 — Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) — With regard to the upcoming agricultural policy framework replacing the current Growing Forward 2 framework, and the ongoing consultations being held in preparation of the agreement: (a) what information, including all the details of documents and correspondence, has the Minister of Agriculture, his staff, or the department of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada shared with, or received from, their provincial counterparts; (b) what information, including all the details of documents and correspondence, has been exchanged between the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Finance or their ministerial offices, and between the Department of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and Finance Canada; and (c) what information, including the details of all documents and correspondence, has been exchanged between the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or their ministerial offices, and between the Department of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| April 15, 2016 — Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton) — That the House urge the Minister of Justice to: |
| (a) follow her government’s own guidelines for Ministers and Ministers of State as described in Annex B of Open and Accountable Government 2015, that “Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries must ensure that political fundraising activities or considerations do not affect, or appear to affect, the exercise of their official duties or the access of individuals or organizations to government”; that “There should be no preferential access to government, or appearance of preferential access, accorded to individuals or organizations because they have made financial contributions to politicians and political parties”; and that “There should be no singling out, or appearance of singling out, of individuals or organizations as targets of political fundraising because they have official dealings with Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, or their staff or departments”; |
| (b) apologize for the fundraising event on behalf of the Liberal Party with one of the top law firms in Canada; and |
| (c) return all funds collected from the event, as was done in 2014 for the event involving the former Minister of Canadian Heritage. |
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| April 15, 2016 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — That, given that the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are facing an economic downturn, due to the collapse in the energy sector, this House: |
| (a) recognize that all regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan are impacted by this economic downturn; |
| (b) understand the economic hardship that Albertans and Saskatchewanians are facing, particularly those who are unemployed due to this economic downturn; and |
| (c) call upon the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour to include the Edmonton Capital Region, Southern Saskatchewan, and the province of New Brunswick in the government’s proposed Employment Insurance (EI) extension program, in order to provide EI parity to those being affected by low economic growth in these regions. |
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| April 15, 2016 — Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) — That the House: (a) agree that the sharing economy is a key driver of competition and innovation; (b) note that without federal leadership, excessive regulation can impede the growth of the sharing economy and, by extension, competition and innovation; (c) share the position of the Canadian Competition Bureau that the sharing economy lowers prices for consumers, provides them with greater convenience, and offers them with a wider array of choices; (d) concur with the Competition Bureau that competition should be the default and only be restricted in limited circumstances where it can be shown that regulation is needed to address a market failure while being sure the regulation is minimally restrictive on competition; (e) endorse the 2008 report of the Competition Policy Review Panel, Chapter 2, Creating Wealth: Competitiveness and Productivity, which stated that “competition is the strongest spur to innovation and value creation, leading to a higher standard of living for all Canadians” and recognize the role that the sharing economy has on fostering competition; and, therefore, (f) call on the government to enable and provide support for innovative sharing economy businesses in regulated sectors, including, but not limited to, working with the provinces to establish one common minimally restrictive framework Canada-wide. |
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| April 15, 2016 — Mr. Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) — That the House urge the Minister of Justice to: |
| (a) follow her government’s own guidelines for Ministers and Ministers of State as described in Annex B of Open and Accountable Government 2015, that “Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries must ensure that political fundraising activities or considerations do not affect, or appear to affect, the exercise of their official duties or the access of individuals or organizations to government”; that “There should be no preferential access to government, or appearance of preferential access, accorded to individuals or organizations because they have made financial contributions to politicians and political parties”; and that “There should be no singling out, or appearance of singling out, of individuals or organizations as targets of political fundraising because they have official dealings with Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, or their staff or departments”; |
| (b) apologize for the fundraising event on behalf of the Liberal Party with one of the top law firms in Canada; and |
| (c) return all funds collected from the event, as was done in 2014 for the event involving the former Minister of Canadian Heritage. |
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| April 15, 2016 — Mr. Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) — That, given that the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are facing an economic downturn, due to the collapse in the energy sector, this House: |
| (a) recognize that all regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan are impacted by this economic downturn; |
| (b) understand the economic hardship that Albertans and Saskatchewanians are facing, particularly those who are unemployed due to this economic downturn; and |
| (c) call upon the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour to include the Edmonton Capital Region, Southern Saskatchewan, and the province of New Brunswick in the government’s proposed Employment Insurance (EI) extension program, in order to provide EI parity to those being affected by low economic growth in these regions. |
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| April 15, 2016 — Mr. Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) — That the House: (a) agree that the sharing economy is a key driver of competition and innovation; (b) note that without federal leadership, excessive regulation can impede the growth of the sharing economy and, by extension, competition and innovation; (c) share the position of the Canadian Competition Bureau that the sharing economy lowers prices for consumers, provides them with greater convenience, and offers them with a wider array of choices; (d) concur with the Competition Bureau that competition should be the default and only be restricted in limited circumstances where it can be shown that regulation is needed to address a market failure while being sure the regulation is minimally restrictive on competition; (e) endorse the 2008 report of the Competition Policy Review Panel, Chapter 2, Creating Wealth: Competitiveness and Productivity, which stated that “competition is the strongest spur to innovation and value creation, leading to a higher standard of living for all Canadians” and recognize the role that the sharing economy has on fostering competition; and, therefore, (f) call on the government to enable and provide support for innovative sharing economy businesses in regulated sectors, including, but not limited to, working with the provinces to establish one common minimally restrictive framework Canada-wide. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| M-43 — February 25, 2016 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — That the Standing Committee on Finance be instructed to undertake a study to prepare and bring in a bill, and to report to the House on: (a) the steps necessary to establish an enforceable duty of care between the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and individual taxpayers; (b) the steps necessary to make the provisions of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights legally enforceable, such as by amending the Canada Revenue Agency Act to establish a duty of care owed by the employees of CRA to the taxpayer when performing duties and functions under all revenue related law, with the standard of care being defined as the rights contained in the Taxpayer Bill of Rights; (c) the steps necessary to amend the Taxpayer Bill of Rights with the following changes, (i) in Right 4, add the requirement that CRA take reasonable and necessary steps to avoid frivolous, vexatious, malicious, and/or grossly negligent actions toward taxpayers, (ii) in Right 8, add the requirement that information provided by CRA via any means, including but not limited to correspondence, telephone calls, and its website, be accurate, reliable, and in compliance with all applicable revenue law, and add the requirement that information provided by CRA to taxpayers by telephone be followed, within a reasonable time, by the same advice in writing, (iii) in Right 9, add the requirement that complaints about CRA’s service be addressed in a timely manner, add investigation and enforcement powers to the Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman, including the power to dispense remedies to make a taxpayer whole in relation to the standard of care set out in the Taxpayers Bill of Rights; (iv) or, if the changes mentioned in (i), (ii), and (iii) are not possible, to add the additional rights mentioned in subsections (i), (ii), and (iii), as new rights; (d) the steps necessary to empower the Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman to direct compliance with Tax Court rulings or formal decisions on specific cases; and (e) the steps necessary to impose reasonable limits on the rights forming the standard of care and duty of care created by the sections above; and, that the Committee report to the House no later than December 15, 2017, provided that in its report, the Committee shall recommend the principles, scope and general provisions of the said bill and may include recommendations regarding legislative wording; and, that the tabling of a report pursuant to this order shall be an order to bring in a bill based thereon; and when the Member for Calgary Rocky Ridge, in proposing a motion for first reading of a bill, states that the bill is in response to the recommendations contained in a report pursuant to this order, the second reading and subsequent stages of the bill shall be considered under Private Members' Business and the bill shall be placed immediately at the bottom of the Order of Precedence of Private Members' Business as a votable item in the name of the Member for Calgary Rocky Ridge. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — February 26, 2016 |
| Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — March 30, 2016 |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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