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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 117
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 3:30 p.m. to 6:18 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
John Williamson, Chair (Conservative)

• Lena Metlege Diab for Iqra Khalid (Liberal)
• Stephen Ellis for Jake Stewart (Conservative)
• Stephen Ellis for John Nater (Conservative)
• Andy Fillmore for Shaun Chen (Liberal)
• Garnett Genuis for John Nater (Conservative)
• Damien C. Kurek for Jake Stewart (Conservative)
• Kelly McCauley for Arnold Viersen (Conservative)
• Kelly McCauley for Jake Stewart (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Mahdi Benmoussa, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee resumed consideration of Report 9, COVID-19 Vaccines, of the 2022 Reports 9 and 10 of the Auditor General of Canada, referred to the committee on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

The committee commenced consideration of a draft report.

At 3:50 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 3:53 p.m., the sitting resumed.

It was agreed, — That the draft report, as amended, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the report be entitled: "COVID-19 Vaccines".

It was agreed, — That the Chair, clerk and analysts be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to the report.

It was agreed, — That dissenting or supplementary opinions be in Calibri 12-point font, left aligned, single-spaced, and be submitted electronically, in both official languages, to the clerk of the committee, not later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

ORDERED, — That the clerk and analysts of the committee, in consultation with the Chair, prepare a news release for publication on the committee’s website and for distribution upon presentation of the report to the House.

ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House.

At 5:07 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:16 p.m., the sitting resumed in public.

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

Motion

Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné moved, — That the committee invite the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to appear for no less than two hours on the committee’s review of Report 1, ArriveCAN, from the Auditor General, within three weeks of this motion.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Lena Metlege Diab, Stephen Ellis, Andy Fillmore, Garnett Genuis, Damien C. Kurek, Kelly McCauley, Brenda Shanahan, Jean Yip — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

Motion

Damien C. Kurek moved, — That the committee resume debate on the motion of John Nater, moved on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Blake Desjarlais, Lena Metlege Diab, Stephen Ellis, Andy Fillmore, Damien C. Kurek, Kelly McCauley, Brenda Shanahan, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jean Yip — 9;

NAYS: Valerie Bradford — 1.

The committee resumed consideration of the motion of John Nater moved on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, which read as follows:

That, in relation to the committee’s ongoing work on government contracting and further to the information provided by the Treasury Board Secretariat on April 12, 2024, the committee order:

(a) the production of copies of the 140 conflict of interest declarations filed in the 2022-23 fiscal year and the 162 conflict of interest declarations filed in the 2023-24 fiscal year concerning public servants employed in the core public administration who were involved in contractual relationships with the Government of Canada;

(b) the production of copies of any conflict of interest declarations filed in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal years by persons employed by the federal government, including Crown corporations, but outside of the core public administration, who were involved in contractual relationships with the Government of Canada; and

(c) the production of records that detail all payments made in respect of the contractual relationships disclosed in the declarations referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), provided that

provided that

(d) the names and contact information of the public servants may be redacted;

(e) for greater certainty, no redactions shall be applied to the names of contracting entities or the value of the contractual relationship disclosed, including, where multiple relationships are disclosed, the value of each contractual relationship disclosed; and

(f) these documents, with only the redactions authorized by paragraph (d), shall be deposited with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages,

(i) in the case of the documents referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), within 21 days of the adoption of this order, and

(ii) in the case of documents referred to in paragraph (c), within 35 days of the adoption of this order.

Debate arose thereon.

Amendment

Brenda Shanahan moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the words “21 days” with “60 days”, and by replacing the words “35 days” with “60 days”.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the amendment and the result of the vote was announced:

YEAS: Valerie Bradford, Lena Metlege Diab, Andy Fillmore, Brenda Shanahan, Jean Yip — 5;

NAYS: Blake Desjarlais, Stephen Ellis, Damien C. Kurek, Kelly McCauley, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné — 5.

Whereupon, the Chair voted in the negative.

Accordingly, the amendment was negatived.

Debate on the motion of John Nater continued.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Lena Metlege Diab, Stephen Ellis, Andy Fillmore, Damien C. Kurek, Kelly McCauley, Brenda Shanahan, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jean Yip — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

At 6:18 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Hilary Smyth
Clerk of the committee