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Notice PaperNo. 338 Wednesday, September 18, 2024 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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Questions |
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| Q-29632 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — With regard to full-time Governor in Council appointees: (a) what GCQ 9 classified positions are currently (i) vacant, (ii) filled; (b) what GCQ 10 classified positions are currently (i) vacant, (ii) filled; and (c) for each filled position in (a) and (b), who was appointed to the position? |
| Q-29642 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — With regard to the filing requirements for the GST and HST for businesses, broken down by calendar year from 2018 through 2023, and by province or territory: how many businesses filed their GST return using (i) only electronic returns, (ii) paper returns for some, or all, of their filings? |
| Q-29652 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to travel expenditures incurred by the government, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: what were the total travel expenditures, broken down by object code and type of travel (i.e. 0251 Public servant travel - OperationaI activities, 0264 Non-public servant travel - Training, etc.) incurred during the (i) 2022-23, (ii) 2023-24, fiscal year? |
| Q-29662 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — With regard to simultaneous interpretation services provided by the Translation Bureau since January 1, 2020: how many requests were received for interpretation at meetings of the Cabinet or its committees where the Translation Bureau was unable to fulfill the request at the originally suggested or scheduled time due to a lack of resources, broken down by calendar year? |
| Q-29672 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to Jasper National Park, since 2015: (a) did any government department or agency do any consultations on the impact of the invasive mountain pine beetle, fire management, and fire preparedness, and, if so, (i) which groups and people were consulted, (ii) how much money was spent on the consultation process, (iii) what were the results or recommendations of the consultations, (iv) when were the consultations conducted, (v) how were the consultations conducted; (b) what briefings on the impact of the invasive mountain pine beetle, fire management, and fire preparedness were produced for the Privy Council Office, the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Office of the Prime Minister or any other government department; (c) what conversations, online, written, spoken, or otherwise, took place amongst Parks Canada or Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) officials in determining efforts to mitigate the impact of the mountain pine beetle; (d) following the mountain pine beetle infestation, what consideration led to the decision by the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to withhold the data on how many hectares of dead pine were left standing in Jasper National Park, and what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to this matter, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient; (e) how many hectares of dead pine were left standing in Jasper National Park; (f) following the release of 2021 Briefing Book and its advice that “There is still much work to do to mitigate Mountain Pine Beetle related impacts particularly in the forests surrounding communities within the Rocky Mountain National Parks, e.g. Jasper”, what consideration was undertaken by the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or ECCC to address this concern, and what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to this matter, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient; (g) following the 2022 Parks Canada Implementation Report to Parliament that warned precautions were inadequate and that “Fire has not yet been applied for Whitebark Pine restoration”, what consideration was undertaken by the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or ECCC to address this concern and what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to this matter, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient? |
| Q-29682 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) risk assessments on imports of honeybee hives, nucleus colonies, package bee imports, and honeybee queens: (a) what are the details of all documents prepared related to the 2003 and 2013 CFIA assessments about the possibility of opening the border with the United States for such imports, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) subject matter, (iii) type of document, (iv) department’s internal tracking number, (v) sender, (vi) recipients, (vii) summary of the contents; (b) what is the reason that a risk assessment for such imports was not undertaken between 2013 and 2023; (c) what are the details of all documents related to the matter in (b), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) subject matter, (iii) type of document, (iv) department’s internal tracking number, (v) sender, (vi) recipients, (vii) summary of the contents; (d) what are the details of the proposed 2024 CFIA risk assessment for the import of honeybee hives, nucleus colonies, package bee imports, and honeybee queens from the United States, including, (i) which groups and people were consulted, (ii) how much money was spent on the consultation process, (iii) what were the results or recommendations of the consultations, (iv) when were the consultations conducted, (v) how were the consultations conducted; and (e) what are the details of all notes, minutes of meetings, briefings or any other documents related to matters in (d), including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient, (vii) summary of the contents? |
| Q-29692 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the $75 million allocated to the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking announced on September 4, 2019: (a) what is the breakdown of how the $75 million was spent, including (i) which departments and agencies received funding, (ii) how much each received, (iii) how much was allocated for each initiative, program or organization; (b) what are the details of all projects and programs which have been provided funding, to date, through the strategy, including, for each, the (i) name, (ii) project description, (iii) amount, (iv) date of the funding, (v) start date of the project or program, (vi) end date of the project or program, (vii) duration of the project or program funded, (viii) recipient, (ix) location; and (c) what criteria or process was used to determine which projects were funded and how much each project received? |
| Q-29702 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the government’s commitment in the 2019 National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking to establish a federal advisory committee of victims and survivors: (a) on what date was the committee established; (b) who are the members of the committee; (c) who is the Chair of the committee; (d) how many times, and on what dates, has the committee met; (e) for each meeting in (d), what were the agenda items; (f) what are the details related to the individuals and organizations the government consulted related to the establishment, structure, composition or any other aspect of the committee, including (i) when was each consulted, (ii) what feedback was received; (g) how much was spent on the consultation process, in total, and broken down by type of expense; (h) how much was spent on the committee and what was the committee budget (i) each year since 2019, (ii) for each of the next three years; and (i) what are the details of all memorandums or briefing notes provided to the Minister of Public Safety or his office, or the Prime Minister or his office, including, for each, the (i) internal tracking number, (ii) date, (iii) title, (iv) type of document, (v) sender, (vi) recipient, (vii) summary of the contents? |
| Q-29712 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) — With regard to the Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Projects, since January 1, 2020: (a) how much funding has been provided by the government for any such projects, in total and broken down by individual project; and (b) has the government received any requests for such projects which it has not yet funded, and, if so, what are the details of the requests and the reason why they have not yet been funded? |
| Q-29722 — September 17, 2024 — Mrs. Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington) — With regard to visitor visa applicants and assessments done by the government, including agencies such as the Canada Border Services Agency at border crossings: what are the criteria used to assess the admissibility of applicants, including the amount of funds that applicants must have, broken down by type of visa? |
| Q-29732 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Brock (Brantford—Brant) — With regard to the Minister of Public Safety's announcement on May 8, 2023, about the government investing $390 million "in programs to help stop gun crime and gang violence before it starts": (a) how much of the $390 million has been spent to date in total, broken down by province or territory; (b) which organizations received the funding and how much did each receive; (c) what were the guidelines used to determine the eligibility of a funding recipient; and (d) what metrics and accountability measures is the government using to ensure that organizations use the funding in an appropriate fashion? |
| Q-29742 — September 17, 2024 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to Immigration and Refugee Board hearings on refugee claims, in 2021 and 2022: (a) for accepted written hearings, (i) what is the total number of persons on all applications, (ii) what is the amount of applications that had one person's name attached, (iii) what is the amount of applications that had more than one person's name attached, (iv) what is the amount of applications that had a marital partner's name attached, (v) what is the amount of applications that had one or more children's names attached, (vi) what is the amount of applications that had a dependent other than a marital spouse or a child attached, (vii) what is the total amount of persons' names on all applications; and (b) of the total amount of persons' names accepted through written hearings, (i) what is the number broken down by country of origin, (ii) what is the amount of people of each age, broken down by year from 0 to 100 years old, (iii) what is the amount of people broken down by gender, (iv) what is the amount of people showing English language proficiency, (v) what is the amount of people showing French language proficiency, (vi) what is the amount of people showing both English and French language proficiency? |
| Q-29752 — September 17, 2024 — Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) — With regard to the government’s relationship with the Canadian Climate Institute: (a) what role did the government have in the creation and beginnings of the institute; (b) how much funds to date has the government provided to the institute; (c) what are the details of the government’s contribution agreement with the institute, including (i) its duration, (ii) the funding provided each year, (iii) reporting requirements, (iv) independent audit requirements, (v) any other conditions of the agreement; (d) what is the government’s understanding related to what percentage of the institute’s operating budget comes from government funding as opposed to other sources; (e) does Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) have the complete details of other funding sources the institute draws from on an annual basis; (f) if the answer to (e) is yes, what are the details of all the funding sources, including the (i) type of donor (corporation, not-for-profit corporation, charity, other levels of government, etc.), (ii) amount of the contribution, (iii) year of the contribution; (g) what is the charitable purpose of the institute as per the requirements of the Income Tax Act; and (h) what information does ECCC have regarding other charities or other initiatives with which the institute is formally engaged, including the (i) name of the charity or initiative, (ii) description of the engagement, (iii) amount of the donation or contribution? |
| Q-29762 — September 17, 2024 — Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) — With regard to the CRA’s audit and subsequent revocation of the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF): (a) since 2015, how many meetings with external stakeholders, either virtual or in-person, did the CRA have regarding the JNF’s charitable status; (b) how many meetings did the CRA officials have, either virtual or in-person, with JNF officials since 2015; (c) what are the details of the meetings in (a) and (b), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) names and titles of the attendees, (iii) purpose of the meeting, (iv) agenda items, (v) summary of what occurred at the meeting, including anything that was agreed to; and (d) what are the details of all meeting requests the CRA declined or did not respond to from the JNF since 2015, including, for each, the (i) date of the request, (ii) names and affiliations of those who made the request, (iii) purpose of the requested meeting, (iv) reason the meeting was declined or not responded to? |
| Q-29772 — September 17, 2024 — Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) — With regard to the administration of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada: (a) what is the current national standardized protocol for administering MAiD; (b) if the answer to (a) is that there is no standardized protocol, why not; (c) how is the government evaluating the MAiD protocols with regard to (i) their effectiveness, especially with regard to minimizing pain, (ii) procedure complications, (iii) procedure risks; (d) since 2016, what independent medical research has the government either commissioned or collected that (i) evaluates MAiD clinical practice and studies the evidence with regard to the medical risks and complications in MAiD deaths carried out to date, particularly as they pertain to the medications used and dosages given, (ii) analyzes the totality of patients’ physical experiences and impacts; (e) if the answer to (d) is none, what are the reasons; (f) how many autopsy reports have been done on MAiD patients; (g) if the answer to (f) is none or unknown, what are the reasons; (h) are any of the medications used to administer MAiD in Canada used in executions in other countries; (i) are any of the medications used to administer MAiD illegal or prohibited in other countries; (j) if the answers to (h) or (i) are in the affirmative, what are the details, including the (i) medication name, (ii) countries where used, (iii) method of use for execution or reasons the medication is illegal or prohibited; (k) is the government aware of concerns from some medical professionals that the use of Midazolam and Propofol in MAiD has the potential of causing a painful death even if it appears outwardly peaceful, and, if so, what is the government’s response; (l) what is the government doing to investigate the concerns in (k); (m) why does Statistics Canada not classify MAiD as a cause of death; and (n) when will the government resolve the death reporting incongruence between Statistics Canada and Health Canada? |
| Q-29782 — September 17, 2024 — Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) — With regard to the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the One Health approach: (a) has the government undertaken a formal and public review of Canada’s whole-of-government pandemic response to learn from the past and inform future national pandemic planning; (b) if the answer to (a) is negative, what are the reasons; (c) if the answer to (a) is negative, when will the government conduct a formal and public review of Canada’s whole-of-government pandemic response; (d) how does the government define a pandemic; (e) what is the government’s current policy with regard to the One Health approach; (f) how does the government define One Health; (g) if this term is not defined by the government, what are the parameters by which it plans to ensure compliance with the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations and the Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response accord; (h) how will the government implement a One Health approach as part of its public health planning in the future; and (i) what is the extent to which efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be included in the government’s One Health approach? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-273 — May 8, 2024 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — Consideration at report stage of Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Corinne’s Quest and the protection of children), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with an amendment. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Green (Hamilton Centre) — May 21, 2022 |
| Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) and Ms. Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam) — May 24, 2022 |
| Mr. MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford) — May 26, 2022 |
| Ms. Idlout (Nunavut) — May 27, 2022 |
| Mr. Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke) — May 30, 2022 |
| Mr. Morrice (Kitchener Centre) — December 6, 2022 |
| Committee report — presented on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-433. |
| Report and third reading stages — limited to two sitting days, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
| Motion for third reading — may be made in the same sitting, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
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