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Notice PaperNo. 74 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 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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Questions |
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| Q-5662 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to the Western Economic Diversification’s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund, since the program was launched: (a) how many applications have been received; (b) how many applications have been approved; (c) what is the total dollar value of disbursements to approved applicants; (d) what is the average dollar value per approved applicant; (e) what is the average processing time for applications; and (f) what is the target processing time for applications? |
| Q-5672 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to all pandemic relief programs and small businesses: (a) how many small businesses have opened since March 2020; (b) how many of the small businesses in (a) have successfully applied for any the pandemic relief program; (c) how many person hours of preparation and filing do the Canada Revenue Agency’s new multiple T4 reporting periods require of small businesses; (d) how much has it cost small businesses to comply with the new multiple T4 reporting periods; and (e) what efforts were taken to align T4 reporting periods with calendar months? |
| Q-5682 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to sole-sourced COVID-19 spending between November 25, 2020, and March 18, 2021: (a) how many contracts have been sole-sourced; and (b) what are the details of each such sole-sourced contract, including the (i) date of award, (ii) description of the goods or services, including the volume, (iii) final amount, (iv) vendor, (v) country of the vendor? |
| Q-5692 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Davidson (York—Simcoe) — With regard to environment impact assessments conducted by the Department of Environment and Climate Change and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, since January 1, 2019: (a) how many requests for assessments have been (i) received, (ii) accepted, (iii) turned down; (b) who requested each assessment in (a) (for example the public, the federal government, the municipal government, etc.), broken down by (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii); and (c) what are the details of each impact assessment conducted or concluded since January 1, 2019, including the (i) requestor, (ii) summary of the project assessed, including the location, (iii) date the assessment was completed, (iv) findings? |
| Q-5702 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Diotte (Edmonton Griesbach) — With regard to expenditures on communications professional services (codes 035, 0351, and 0352) since December 1, 2020, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of goods or services, (v) whether the contract was sole-sourced or competitively bid? |
| Q-5712 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Kram (Regina—Wascana) — With regard to the decision by the government to remove the international designation from the Regina International Airport and the Saskatoon International Airport: (a) on what date did the government make the decision posted in Transport Canada’s Advisory Circular No. 302-032 to remove the international designation from the airports in Regina and Saskatoon; (b) on what date did the Minister of Transport become aware that the airports in Regina and Saskatoon were being stripped of their international designation; (c) will the Minister of Transport reverse this decision, and, if not, why not; (d) did the government conduct any studies or assessments on the financial harm such a decision may bring to Saskatchewan, and, if so, what were the findings; (e) what impact does the government project that removing the international designation from these airports will have on the number of international flights arriving in or departing from these airports; (f) what other Canadian airports are losing or potentially losing their international designation; and (g) for each airport in (f), what is the specific reason why the government is considering removing its international designation? |
| Q-5722 — March 22, 2021 — Mrs. Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country) — With regard to federal grants and contributions to Respon International Group, since January 1, 2018, broken down by department, agency or other government entity: (a) how many grants or contributions have been allocated; (b) what are the details of each grant or contribution, including the (i) amount or value of the federal contribution, (ii) program under which the grant was provided, (iii) summary of purpose or project description; and (c) do the terms and conditions of these grants or contributions specifically prohibit the advocacy of the recipient on behalf of a foreign government, and, if not, why not? |
| Q-5732 — March 22, 2021 — Mrs. Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country) — With regard to federal grants and contributions to the Council of Newcomer Organizations, since January 1, 2018, broken down by department, agency or other government entity: (a) how many grants or contributions have been allocated; (b) what are the details of each grant or contribution, including the (i) amount or value of the federal contribution, (ii) program under which the grant was provided, (iii) summary of purpose or project description; and (c) do the terms and conditions of these grants or contributions specifically prohibit the advocacy of the recipient on behalf of a foreign government, and, if not, why not? |
| Q-5742 — March 22, 2021 — Mrs. Gill (Manicouagan) — With regard to the port facilities owned by Transport Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, since January 1, 1996: (a) what was the total amount invested in the rehabilitation, maintenance and improvement of wharves and port facilities, broken down by (i) province, (ii) year, (iii) port facility, further broken down by year; (b) of the port facilities in (a)(iii), how many detailed infrastructure inspections were conducted to ensure compliance with safety standards, broken down by (i) year, (ii) port facility, further broken down by year; (c) of the port facilities in (a)(iii) located in Quebec and included in the Ports Asset Transfer Program, what are the investments planned for the next five years, broken down by port facility; (d) since 1996, which facilities were transferred under the Ports Asset Transfer Program and to which firm or individual were they transferred; and (e) of the port facilities in (d), what pre-transfer amounts were provided to individuals or firms for the rehabilitation of the facilities? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Supplementary Estimates (C) |
| UNOPPOSED VOTES |
| March 11, 2021 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, be concurred in. |
| Interim Supply |
| March 11, 2021 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the House do concur in interim supply as follows: |
| That a sum not exceeding $59,304,837,417 being composed of the following amounts, each item rounded up to the next dollar: |
| (1) three twelfths ($18,679,234,304) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Proposed Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, except for those items below; |
| (2) twelve twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Finance Vote 5, and Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Votes 20 and L25, of the said estimates, $3; |
| (3) eleven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization Vote 5, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Vote 1, Department of Health Votes 1 and 10, Department of lndigenous Services Vote 5, Leaders' Debates Commission Vote 1, Public Health Agency of Canada Votes 1, 5 and 10, and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 5, of the said estimates, $13,526,117,614; |
| (4) nine twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Canadian Heritage Vote 5, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Vote 10, Department of Indigenous Services Vote 10, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 10, of the said estimates, $11,857,264,249; |
| (5) eight twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Employment and Social Development Vote 5, and Department of Justice Vote 1, of the said estimates, $2,250,429,186; |
| (6) seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Vote 1, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 1, and Statistics Canada Vote 1, of the said estimates, $448,144,442; |
| (7) six twelfths of the total of the amounts of Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Vote 1, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Vote 1, Department for Women and Gender Equality Vote 5, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Vote 5, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 1, and Shared Services Canada Votes 1 and 5, of the said estimates, $2,795,109,015; |
| (8) five twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canada Council for the Arts Vote 1, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Vote 1, Canadian High Arctic Research Station Vote 1, Canadian Space Agency Vote 10, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Vote 10, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10, Department of Veterans Affairs Vote 5, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat Vote 1, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Vote 1, and The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited Vote 1, of the said estimates, $3,716,073,356; |
| (9) four twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vote 1, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Vote 10, Department of Employment and Social Development Vote 1, Department of Finance Vote 1, Department of Indigenous Services Vote 1, Department of Industry Votes 1, 5 and 10, Department of Public Works and Government Services Vote 1, Department of Transport Vote 1, Library of Parliament Vote 1, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Vote 5, Privy Council Office Vote 1, Public Service Commission Vote 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 1, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Vote 5, Treasury Board Secretariat Votes 1 and 10, and VIA Rail Canada Inc. Vote 1, of the said estimates, $6,032,465,248; |
| be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-76 — March 22, 2021 — Ms. McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) — That the House recognize that: |
| (i) Canadians cherish our Rocky Mountains and do not want to see the natural landscape and water quality diminished or destroyed by the introduction or continuation of destructive coal mining, coal exploration, or expansion of previous coal mining operations, |
| (ii) coal mining is a sunsetting industry with limited potential to provide economic benefit or long-term employment, but has significant legacy costs to Canadians, |
| (iii) coal exploration and development threaten vital fish and wildlife habitat and further endangers species at risk, |
| (iv) the Federal government has an important role to play to ensure resource exploration and development proposals meet the highest standards of consultation and involvement with Indigenous peoples in accordance with section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the TRC 94 Calls to Action, |
| (v) the failure of the Alberta government to provide adequately environmental stewardship, |
| and that, in the opinion of the House, the government should amend the Impact Assessment Act as well as all other regulations in place to require that any coal mine expansion be subject to an environmental impact assessment. |
| M-77 — March 22, 2021 — Mr. Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith) — That: |
| (a) the House recognize that, |
| (i) a humanitarian crisis has unfolded in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, |
| (ii) seniors, residents and staff in LTC are most vulnerable to COVID-19, |
| (iii) many LTC residents live in inhumane conditions, a longstanding issue, which has been made worse by the pandemic, |
| (iv) the death and suffering in Canada’s LTC facilities is deplorable, |
| (v) Canada is known internationally as a caring nation, but that during the pandemic, we often ranked worst among OECD countries for deaths in LTC, |
| (vi) LTC residents must have the dignity, quality of life and care they deserve, |
| (b) in the opinion of the House, the government should, |
| (i) work urgently with the provinces and LTC experts to take immediate life-saving action to get COVID-19 cases to zero in LTC, |
| (ii) provide proper and adequate supplies of personal protective equipment for staff, family caregivers and residents, |
| (iii) increase rapid testing at facilities for residents, staff and family caregivers, |
| (iv) implement a basic care guarantee and increase the number of trained staff in LTC facilities to ensure a minimum of four hours of regulated personal care per day for every resident, |
| (v) pay LTC staff adequately for their work, and provide benefits and paid sick leave, |
| (vi) invest in training and education to support ongoing professional development and specialization for LTC workers, |
| (vii) support unions to better ensure workers’ safety and standards of care for residents and staff, |
| (viii) support LTC home family councils and ensure they are included in decision making and not kept out of the residences unnecessarily, |
| (ix) make LTC a publicly insured, core health care service that is accessible and universal, |
| (x) create a long term care act, modelled after the Canada Health Act that establishes national standards for care and staffing, and mechanisms to enforce these standards in all types of residences and facilities, |
| (xi) ensure enforcement of standards of care through accountability and penalties, including criminal prosecution, |
| (xii) end private, for-profit care and transition LTC facilities to non-profit and co-operative management structures and ownership, |
| (xiii) increase the proportion of LTC investment in community and home-based care from 13 to 35 per cent in order to match the OECD average, |
| (xiv) work with the provinces to support shifting LTC policy towards innovative community care, such as naturally occurring retirement communities, co-housing models, and enhanced home support programs, to allow people to stay in their own homes as long as possible. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-230 — December 8, 2020 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Ms. Zann (Cumberland—Colchester), seconded by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), — That Bill C-230, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to redress environmental racism, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Manly (Nanaimo—Ladysmith) — July 17, 2020 |
| Debate — one hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
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