Kristina Michaud moved, — That, in addition to the meeting already scheduled by the Standing Committee on Public Safety on Thursday, December 16, 2021, to hear from the Minister of Public Safety and from departmental officials, the committee:

(a) hold, by Friday, December 17, 2021, at least one additional meeting to hear from Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials for a duration of three hours;

(b) plan, prior to the holiday break, to invite representatives from the Border Services Agency and union representatives of the Agency’s employees to appear for a period of three hours and that this meeting be held no later than Friday, February 4, 2022;

(c) plan additional meetings to hear from witnesses based on suggestions from the various parties on the committee, with the understanding that they will provide their suggestions to the clerk of the committee no later than Friday, January 14, 2022, at 4:00 p.m.; and

(d) report its findings and recommendations to the House no later than Friday, February 25, 2022.

After debate, the question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That, in addition to the meeting already scheduled by the Standing Committee on Public Safety on Thursday, December 16, 2021, to hear from the Minister of Public Safety and from departmental officials, the committee:

(a) invite representatives from the Canada Border Services Agency, union representatives of the Agency’s employees and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to appear for a period of three hours and that this meeting be held no later than Friday, February 4, 2022;

(b) include in this study the following urgent issues in relation to firearms:

i. all the ways that firearms are illegally diverted, including smuggling across the United States' border, and domestic diversion;

ii. the increasing involvement of gangs in firearms, the review of the programs that address the causes of youth gang involvement, programs that prevent recruitment and retention, causes of high recidivism rates, and programs that promote diversion;

(c) plan additional meetings to hear from witnesses based on suggestions from the various parties on the committee, with the understanding that they will provide their suggestions to the clerk of the committee no later than Friday, January 14, 2022, at 4:00 p.m.; and

(d) complete witness testimony no later than Friday, February 18, 2022, at which point the committee will draft and complete a report to be tabled in the House no later than Thursday, March 31, 2022.

Alistair MacGregor moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of systemic racism in policing in Canada;

that the evidence and documentation received by the committee during the 2nd Session of the 43rd Parliament on the subject be taken into consideration by the committee in the current session;

that the committee adopt the report entitled “Systemic Racism in Policing in Canada” adopted during the 2nd Session of the 43rd Parliament;

that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee request the government to table a comprehensive response to the report; and

that the Chair present the report to the House.

After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

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

Raquel Dancho moved, — That the committee instruct the Chair to report to the House the following:

The Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security call on the Minister of Public Safety to make a decision on Huawei’s involvement in Canada’s telecommunications networks. For over 3 years, security experts, allied countries, the House of Commons, and Canadians have called on your government to act on serious national security concerns and ban Huawei from Canada’s 5G infrastructure.

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Prime Minister promised to make a decision the “coming weeks”.

The government’s indecision has been exploited by Huawei, which sold Canadian telecommunications firms hundreds of millions of dollars in worth of critical equipment installed in their networks. Now, these large Canadian telecom companies are seeking over $1 billion in compensation from the taxpayer to remove and replace Huawei infrastructure from their networks.

Canadian consumers already pay some of the highest monthly fees for cellphone service in the world. The committee recommends that the government reject requests for compensation from Canada’s large telecommunications companies, and that the government inform the committee of the date on which a decision will be made on Huawei before year end; and

that the committee request a government response.

Debate arose thereon.

Ron McKinnon moved, — That the committee do now adjourn.

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

YEAS: Paul Chiang, Pam Damoff, Alistair MacGregor, Ron McKinnon, Taleeb Noormohamed, Sameer Zuberi — 6;

NAYS: Raquel Dancho, Dane Lloyd, Kristina Michaud, Doug Shipley, Tako Van Popta — 5.