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Notice PaperNo. 161 Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2:00 p.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 14, 2023 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 25th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 26th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| Q-12542 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — With regard to the government’s commitment in budget 2017 to provide $5 billion over 10 years to support mental health initiatives: (a) how much of the money has been spent to date; and (b) what is the breakdown of how the money in (a) was spent, including which initiatives have been funded and how much has been spent on each initiative? |
| Q-12552 — February 14, 2023 — Ms. Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam) — With regard to the funding of operational stress injury clinics and satellite services by Veterans Affairs Canada, broken down by province or territory: (a) what are the details of each clinic or satellite service, including (i) the name of the clinic, (ii) the number of veterans, Canadian Armed Forces members, or active RCMP members served, (iii) the services available, (iv) whether the clinic is for-profit, (v) the regulatory oversight body; (b) what are the details of the funding arrangement with each clinic or satellite service in (a), including the (i) duration of the existing arrangement, (ii) amount received, (iii) services to be provided with public funding; and (c) for each clinic in (a), what is the process for complaint escalation for common issues, such as quality of service received, client satisfaction, or wait times? |
| Q-12562 — February 14, 2023 — Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) — With regard to disability benefit payments provided by Veterans Affairs Canada, and broken down by province or territory and by fiscal year since 2019-20: (a) how many individuals receiving disability benefit payments have had their payments clawed back because they received compensation under the Merlo Davidson class action lawsuit; (b) how many notifications of the claw back were sent, including by (i) letter, (ii) email, (iii) phone call; (c) what is the total amount of disability benefit payments that have been clawed back, including the (i) total dollar value, (ii) percentage of benefits distributed to individuals in (a); (d) how many appeals have been made to restore or reverse claw backs by individuals in (a); (e) for each appeal in (d), how many appeals (i) were successful, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under consideration; (f) what is the total amount of costs incurred by Veterans Affairs Canada to (i) issue notices of claw backs to veterans, (ii) perform audits of benefits received by individuals in the Merlo Davidson class action lawsuit, (iii) challenge appeals made by individuals having their compensation clawed back? |
| Q-12572 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — With regard to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's announcement of the return-to-office plan for federal public servants, broken down by office building or workspace in the National Capital Region: (a) were the buildings assessed by heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) professionals to improve ventilation; (b) were new HVAC systems installed or improved to reduce the transmission of airborne viruses; (c) was ventilation improved in the buildings or workspaces; (d) were new workspaces provided or created with the intention of creating physical distance between public servants; (e) was proper ventilation in the workspaces or buildings considered in the decision to have employees return to the office; and (f) is personal protective equipment available at no cost to employees in these buildings or workplaces? |
| Q-12582 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to citizenship ceremonies completed in 2022, broken down by month: (a) how many citizenship ceremonies took place (i) in person, (ii) virtually, (iii) in a hybrid way; (b) how many individuals (i) were scheduled to become Canadian citizens, (ii) became Canadians citizens at the ceremonies, (iii) were considered no-shows, broken down by each type of ceremony in (a); (c) how many individuals scheduled to become citizens requested to attend a ceremony (i) in person, (ii) virtually; and (d) of the requests in (c), how many were granted? |
| Q-12592 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), since June 18, 2019: (a) how many Canadian businesses are investing in projects in the AIIB, broken down by year; (b) how much Canadian money is spent on projects in the AIIB, broken down by year; and (c) of the projects listed in (a), how many of these businesses are operating through, either directly or indirectly, the Canadian government? |
| Q-12602 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) — With regard to the statement made by the Minister of Labour on February 9, 2023, in the Senate that "I need more workers in the oil and gas industry, not less. We need more.": (a) has the Minister of Labour taken any action aimed at increasing the number of workers in the oil and gas sector and, if so, what action has been taken; (b) has the Minister of Labour taken any action aimed at ensuring that oil and gas companies are able to retain workers currently employed in the oil and gas sector; (c) how many oil and gas workers have received training through the government's Just Transition Initiative to date, in total and broken down by program; (d) how many workers does Natural Resources Canada estimate are no longer working in the oil and gas sector as a result of the government's Just Transition strategy; and (e) what action, if any, is the Minister of Natural Resources taking to get more workers in the oil and gas industry? |
| Q-12612 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac) — With regard to inquiries and reports received by the RCMP in a language other than English or French, broken down by year for each of the last five years: (a) how many oral inquiries or reports did the RCMP receive, broken down by language; (b) how many written inquiries and reports, including emailed or online, did the RCMP receive, broken down by language; and (c) of the items in (b), how many were translated? |
| Q-12622 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to Health Canada's funding for PrescribeIT and e-Prescribing: (a) how much funding has the government provided to Prescribe IT (i) directly, (ii) indirectly, through the Canada Health lnfoway, broken down by year since November 4, 2015; (b) what are Health Canada's estimates based on the reports it has received as to how many (i) doctors, (ii) pharmacists, used PrescribeIT, broken down by each of the last five years; (c) what is the breakdown of (b) by province or territory; and (d) what metrics is the government using to measure the success or failure of Prescribe IT and how has the project measured up to the metrics? |
| Q-12632 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — With regard to the statement by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Commissioner, Bob Hamilton, at the House of Commons Standing Committee of Public Accounts on January 26, 2023, that it "wouldn't be worth the effort" to fully review $15.5 billion in potentially ineligible Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) payments: (a) did the Minister of National Revenue sign off or agree with this decision and, if not, why did the minister not intervene; (b) did the CRA perform a cost-benefit analysis prior to making the decision not to review these payments and, if so, (i) who conducted the analysis, (ii) what were the results; (c) how many recipients and what total dollar amount is represented by the potentially ineligible CEWS payments that the CRA considers to be (i) worth the effort, (ii) not worth the effort, to review; (d) what dollar amounts are represented by the amounts in (c) (i) and (ii); and (e) what is the estimated cost to the CRA of fully reviewing the $15.5 billion of payments? |
| Q-12642 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — With regard to information services (IS) employees (Treasury Board code 305) within the civil service: (a) how many IS workers are currently employed by the government, in total and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity; and (b) how many executives or workers, at the EX level or higher, do the IS workers report to, in total and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity? |
| Q-12652 — February 14, 2023 — Ms. Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville) — With regard to processing delays for applications for employment insurance benefits, as of February 10, 2023, broken down for Canada and Quebec: (a) how many unprocessed employment insurance applications (as a number, not a percentage) had a processing time of over (i) 28 days, (ii) 60 days, (iii) 90 days; and (b) how many unprocessed employment insurance applications (as a number, not a percentage) were attributable to fraud or attempted fraud? |
| Q-12662 — February 14, 2023 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency and post-payment assessment for compliance of Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) recipients: (a) what risk parameters are used in assessing whether CEWS payments need post-payment verification; (b) how is each risk parameter used in assessing whether CEWS payments need post-payment verification and are all CEWS payments assessed for post-payment verification using the same formula; (c) what data was provided to the Office of the Auditor General in conjunction with their 2022 audit of the CEWS outlined in 2022 Report 10 published by the Office of the Auditor General; (d) considering the statement made by Mr. Bob Hamilton in his testimony at the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on January 26, 2023, what specific factors are "great indicators of whether someone is eligible for the CEWS or not"; (e) what data sources are considered to identify risk and build audit plans; (f) how is each data source used in the identification of risk and construction of an audit plan; (g) until January 31, 2021 inclusive, how many companies who received the CEWS were audited for suspected non-compliance, and how many of those audits (i) have been completed, (ii) were undertaken only after the company's final CEWS payment period, (iii) resulted in a finding of non-compliance; and (h) how many companies at a high risk of non-compliance were not audited due to a low potential for recovery? |
| Q-12672 — February 14, 2023 — Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe) — With regard to the government’s response to the Report of the Independent External Comprehensive Review on the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, prepared by the Honorable Louise Arbour in May 2022 : (a) what is the total number of working groups and internal committees formed to respond to Louise Arbour’s recommendations; (b) what are the details of all working groups and committees formed, including the (i) title or name, (ii) recommendations from Louise Arbour being examined, (iii) number of anticipated or scheduled meetings, (iv) date of the first meeting, (v) number of members, (vi) names and titles of all individuals participating; and (c) for each committee or working group in (b), is the Minister of National Defence a member and, if so, what is the expected role of the minister? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Singh (Burnaby South) — That, given that, |
| (i) a new report from the Canadians for Tax Fairness details how some of the richest Canadians in the country used the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) while avoiding paying billions in taxes, |
| (ii) grocery prices alone have risen by 11%, |
| (iii) the report further details the continued use of schemes such as tax havens being used by profitable corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, |
| (iv) many low-income Canadians who were advised by government and social services staff to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) are now being pursued to reclaim their benefits through clawbacks, wage reductions, or impossible-to-repay fines, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) take all necessary legal action to recover CEWS funds from companies that received the CEWS and used that money for dividends, share buybacks and acquisitions; and |
| (b) implement a repayment amnesty for all people who received CERB whose incomes are below or just above the poverty line. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Ms. Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski), Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona), Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) and Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — February 14, 2023 |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Singh (Burnaby South) — That, given that, |
| (i) during the 2021 federal election campaign, the prime minister was harshly critical of the Conservative Party of Canada proposal to encourage “innovation” in the health care sector by expanding for-profit provision of publicly funded services, |
| (ii) the prime minister has now dramatically changed his position and has lauded as ‘’innovation” Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s proposed expansion of for-profit clinics, |
| (iii) for-profit clinics would poach workers from the public system and lead to longer wait times, |
| (iv) there are multiple public reports of two-tier health care in Canada, where people are charged for faster access to care, such as family doctors or surgery, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) express disappointment that the prime minister has promoted Ontario’s for-profit health plans as “innovation”; |
| (b) ensure that recently announced health care funding is not used for to the expansion of for-profit health care, but instead be used to rebuild and innovate within the public system by hiring more staff and reducing wait times; and |
| (c) enforce the Canada Health Act and immediately move to close loopholes that allow for the growth of two tier health care in Canada. |
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| Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) and Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — February 14, 2023 |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Singh (Burnaby South) — That, given that, Canadians are facing a cost-of-living crisis, most notably with the costs of housing and rental apartments increasing significantly since 2015, the House call on the government to: |
| (a) stop rich investors and corporate landlords from treating housing like a stock market by closing the federal tax loopholes for real estate investment trusts and by placing a moratorium on the acquisition of affordable homes by real estate investment trusts and other corporate landlords; |
| (b) preserve and expand existing affordable housing by creating a non-profit acquisition fund to prevent wealthy investors from monopolizing the supply of affordable rental units; and |
| (c) announce investments in the next budget to build 500,000 new affordable homes. |
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| Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East), Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) and Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — February 14, 2023 |
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| February 14, 2023 — Mr. Singh (Burnaby South) — That, given that, Canada is experiencing a mental health crisis that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the House call upon the government to introduce legislation that will enshrine in law parity between mental health and physical health in Canada’s universal public health care system, supported with the establishment of a Canada mental health transfer to sustainably fund the provision of mental health and substance use services, with an initial investment of $4.5 billion to the provinces and territories, as was committed to in the last federal election. |
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| Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) and Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — February 14, 2023 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
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