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Notice PaperNo. 25 Thursday, February 27, 2020 10:00 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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| February 26, 2020 — Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, be concurred in. |
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| February 26, 2020 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, be concurred in. |
Questions |
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| Q-3692 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona) — With regard to the Offshore Compliance Division of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), since April 1, 2006: (a) how many employees have been assigned to the division, broken down by fiscal year; (b) what is its operating budget, broken down by fiscal year; (c) how many audits have been conducted; (d) how many audits in (c) have been referred to the CRA's Criminal Investigations Program; (e) how many investigations in (d) have been referred to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada; (f) how many prosecutions in (e) have led to convictions; and (g) what sentences were imposed for each conviction in (f)? |
| Q-3702 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona) — With regard to call centres across the government, broken down by fiscal year from 2011-12 to 2018-19, by department and by call centre: (a) what is the rate of inaccurate information provided by call agents; (b) what is the annual funding allocated; (c) how many full-time call agents have been allocated; (d) how many calls couId not be directed to a call agent; (e) what is the wait time target set; (f) what is the actual performance against the wait time target; (g) what is the average wait time to speak to a call agent; (h) what is the established call volume threshold above which callers are referred to the automated system; and (i) what is the method used to test the accuracy of responses given by call agents to callers? |
| Q-3712 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona) — With regard to recommendations from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada to federal organizations, between 2011 and 2019, broken down by year and by federal organization, for each recommendation: (a) was it accepted, rejected or partially accepted; (b) what is the rationale for acceptance or rejection; and (c) for each recommendation in (a) that was accepted, either fully or partially, was it implemented fully, partially or not at all? |
| Q-3722 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Chiu (Steveston—Richmond East) — With regard to government action in relation to the Frontier project by Teck Resources Limited: (a) who in the government communicated with Teck Resources about the project between January 1, 2020, and February 23, 2020; and (b) what are the details of each communication, including (i) name and title of government representatives, (ii) date, (iii) title of Teck Resources representatives, (iv) information or advice provided to Teck Resources by the government, (v) summary or description of communication? |
| Q-3732 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Shields (Bow River) — With regard to plans by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to deal with African swine fever: (a) what specific contingency plans are in place to deal with an outbreak; (b) who is in charge of preparing for and dealing with an outbreak; and (c) when were the plans in (a) finalized? |
| Q-3742 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Shields (Bow River) — With regard to the Minister of Canadian Heritage mandate letter and the section directing the minister to “Co-develop, with Indigenous Peoples, a framework for repatriating Indigenous cultural property and ancestral remains”: (a) what specific action has the minister taken to date in order to complete the directive; (b) on what date was each action in (a) taken; (c) what is the government’s estimate on the amount of Indigenous cultural property currently in foreign countries, broken down by country; and (d) what percentage of the amount in (c) does the government anticipate repatriating by the end of (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022? |
| Q-3752 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove) — With regard to federal funding for the SkyTrain to Langley: (a) what is the total amount of federal funding for the project committed to date; (b) has any of the funding in (a) actually been delivered to date, and, if so, what are the details, including (i) amount, (ii) date of payment; and (c) what is the timeline for the project, including (i) construction start date, (ii) projected completion date? |
| Q-3762 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove) — With regard to federal funding for the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project: (a) what is the total amount of federal funding for the project committed to date; (b) has any of the funding in (a) actually been delivered to date, and, if so, what are the details, including (i) amount, (ii) date of payment; (c) what are the project details; and (d) what is the timeline for the project, including (i) construction start date, (ii) projected completion date? |
| Q-3772 — February 26, 2020 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to first round of funding to dairy farmers as a result of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): (a) what type of funding program was used to allocate the funding; (b) how were potential recipients notified; (c) how were successful recipients chosen; (d) what was the maximum allowable grant to farmers; (e) how much money was paid to Canadian farmers; (f) for all the money paid in (e), who were the recipients of the funding, broken down by (i) name of recipient, (ii) city, (iii) province, (iv) date of payment, (v) amount requested, (vi) amount received? |
| Q-3782 — February 26, 2020 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to Health Canada: (a) what is the department’s official position on the health risks and increased health-care costs associated with (i) 5G wireless technology, (ii) exposure to radio frequency radiation (RF or RFR), (iii) exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF); (b) for each official position in (a), when was the position last updated and what was the position previous to the last update; (c) has the department ever funded studies on the health risks or increased health-care costs associated with (i) 5G wireless technology, (ii) exposure to RF or RFR, (iii) exposure to EMF; (d) if the answer to (c) is affirmative, what are the details of the studies, broken down by (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) date published, (iv), findings, (v) amount spent on funding; (e) has the department ever published a report on the health risks or increased health-care costs associated with (i) 5G wireless technology, (ii) exposure to RF or RFR, (iii) exposure to EMF; (f) if the answer to (e) is affirmative, what are the details of the report, broken down by (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) date published, (iv) findings, (v) internal tracking number; (g) have any briefing materials been produced on the health risks or increased health-care costs associated with (i) 5G wireless technology, (ii) exposure to RF or RFR, (iii) exposure to EMF; and (h) if the answer to (g) is affirmative, what are the details, broken down by (i) title, (ii) author, (iii) recipient, (iv) date prepared, (v) internal tracking number? |
| Q-3792 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Duvall (Hamilton Mountain) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency's compliance activities for fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19 : (a) what is the total amount of interest and penalties waived or cancelled proactively by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), broken down by category of taxpayer; (b) what is the total amount of interest and penalties waived or cancelled by the CRA at the request of the taxpayer, broken down by category of taxpayer; (c) what is the estimated amount of interest and penalties that the CRA has not waived or cancelled, even though the CRA is responsible for it, broken down by category of taxpayer; (d) what is the definition of "undue delay" used to justify proactive interest and penalty relief; (e) what are the criteria used to determine what the CRA considers to be "undue delay"; (f) what details does the CRA have in place to clarify what is considered an agency-attributable delay, and what is considered a taxpayer-attributable delay; (g) what is the average time the CRA takes to respond to its requests for information, broken down by category of taxpayers; and (h) what is the average time to close audit files, broken down by category of taxpayers? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| February 26, 2020 — Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — That, notwithstanding Standing Order 81, for the supply period ending March 26, 2020, three additional allotted days shall be added for a total of ten, provided that one of the additional days is allotted to the Conservative Party, one of the additional day is allotted to the Bloc Quebecois, and one of the additional days is allotted to the New Democratic Party, and, if necessary to accommodate these additional days, the supply period may be extended to April 2, 2020, and no allotted days shall fall on a Wednesday or a Friday. |
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| Mr. Strahl (Chilliwack—Hope) and Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — February 26, 2020 |
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| February 26, 2020 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — That the House express its grave disappointment in the loss of jobs, investment, and tax revenue that the Teck Frontier mine project would have generated and call on the government to take immediate steps to restart the project. |
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| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 26, 2020 |
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| February 26, 2020 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — That the House call on the government to table in the House no later than 30 days from the adoption of this motion a comprehensive economic impact assessment of the decline of the natural resource sector to include, but not be limited to, its impact on (i) cancelled and foregone projects, (ii) jobs across the country, (iii) other sectors of the economy, (iv) Canada’s GDP, (v) federal and provincial government revenue, (vi) transfers to other levels of government; and that the Standing Committee on Natural Resources be instructed to conduct a study on the above topics to begin no later than 14 days from the adoption of this motion, and, as part of this study, review the government’s assessment referred to above. |
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| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 26, 2020 |
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| February 26, 2020 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — That the House express its regret over the cancellation of the Teck Frontier project and affirm its support of the continued expansion and development of the oil sands. |
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| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 26, 2020 |
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| February 26, 2020 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — That the House recognize that the cancellation of the Teck Frontier project has serious consequences for jobs across the country and call on the government to engage with Teck Resources to determine the conditions necessary for them to proceed with the Frontier project. |
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| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 26, 2020 |
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| February 26, 2020 — Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) — That the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security be both instructed to conduct a study on the government’s response to the rail blockades and report back to the House within three months following the adoption of this motion to propose legislative amendments that would ensure that the law is enforced. |
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| Mr. Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner) and Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — February 26, 2020 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-37 — February 26, 2020 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should amend the Income Tax Act to make the disability tax credit refundable within the meaning of the act. |
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