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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 100
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 3:30 p.m. to 5:18 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
John Williamson, Chair (Conservative)

• Larry Brock (Conservative)
• Frank Caputo (Conservative)
• Garnett Genuis (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Mahdi Benmoussa, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Office of the Auditor General
• Jerry V. DeMarco, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
• Marie-Pierre Grondin, Director
• Kimberley Leach, Principal
Department of Natural Resources
• Monique Frison, Director General, Trade, Economics and Industry Branch
• Glenn Hargrove, Assistant Deputy Minister
• Jeff Labonté, Associate Deputy Minister
• Michael Vandergrift, Deputy Minister
Department of the Environment
• Derek Hermanutz, Director General, Economic Analysis Directorate
• Lindsay Pratt, Director, Pollutant Inventories and Reporting
• Jean-François Tremblay, Deputy Minister
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee commenced consideration of Report 1, Forests and Climate Change, of the 2023 Reports 1 to 5 of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, referred to the committee on Thursday, April 20, 2023.

Jerry V. DeMarco, Jean-François Tremblay, and Michael Vandergrift made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 5:10 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:11 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

Motion

John Nater moved, —

That, given that the Auditor General was unable to properly audit subcontractors used by GC Strategies and other contractors in ArriveCan and the Procurement Ombudsman found that 76% of subcontractors used in ArriveCan did no actual work, the Committee:

  1. order the Canada Border Services Agency, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada and all other government departments and agencies involved in ArriveCan to provide a complete list of subcontractors that received work on ArriveCan, the service provided, and the total amount of money paid under the subcontracts within seven days of this motion being adopted;
  2. order the main ArriveCan contractors, including GC Strategies, Dalian Enterprises Incorporated, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Microsoft Canada Inc., TEKsystems, Inc., Donna Cona Inc., BDO Canada LLP, MGIS Inc., 49 Solutions, Makwa Resourcing Inc./TPG Technology Consulting Limited, and Advanced Chippewa Technologies Inc. to provide a complete list of subcontractors that received work on ArriveCan, the service provided and the total amount of money paid under the subcontracts within seven days of this motion being adopted;
  3. order the Auditor General provide a complete list of the 21 “Other” contractors, that received a combined $6 million dollars, identified in Exhibit 1.1 of the ArriveCan app, the service provided and the total amount of money paid under the contracts within seven days of this motion being adopted; and
  4. order GC Strategies and all relevant government departments, agencies and Crown corporations to produce a complete list of subcontractors used, the service provided and the total amount of money paid in relation to all contracts GC Strategies has received since 2015, within seven days of this motion being adopted; and
  5. report this motion to the House for its information.

Debate arose thereon.

At 5:18 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Hilary Smyth
Clerk of the committee