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Notice PaperNo. 148 Monday, March 6, 2017 11:00 a.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-9002 — March 2, 2017 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to the President of the Treasury Board’s mandate letter, specifically the instruction to ''work with the Minister of Finance and your colleagues to conduct a review of tax expenditures and other spending to reduce poorly targeted and inefficient measures, wasteful spending, and government initiatives that are ineffective or have outlived their purpose'': (a) what consultations with his colleagues in the Official Opposition and other parties has the President of the Treasury Board undertaken to review tax expenditures; (b) what consultations with non-government stakeholders has the President of the Treasury Board undertaken as part of a review of tax expenditures; (c) what consultations have the President of the Treasury Board, any of his officials, any other Minister, or any of their officials undertaken with stakeholders with links to political parties to review tax expenditures; (d) what were the results of the consultations in (a), (b), and (c); (e) on what evidence was the decision to conduct a review of tax expenditures based; (f) what criteria does the government anticipate will be used to judge the efficacy of given tax expenditures under review; (g) what specific goals or deliverables have the President of the Treasury Board and any other Minister determined for the reduction of tax expenditures through pruning of ineffective measures and wasteful spending; and (h) when does the government anticipate the President of the Treasury Board or any other Minister will report to Parliament on the findings of the tax measure review? |
| Q-9012 — March 2, 2017 — Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge) — With regard to the President of the Treasury Board’s mandate letter, specifically the instruction to ''work with the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons to improve reporting to Parliament'': (a) on what evidence is the assessment that reporting to Parliament needs to be improved based; (b) what steps do the President of the Treasury Board and the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons plan to take to improve reporting to Parliament; (c) on what criteria does the government anticipate success or failure of attempts to improve reporting to Parliament will be judged; (d) what consultations with the Official Opposition and other parties have the President of the Treasury Board and the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons undertaken or plan to undertake regarding improving reporting to Parliament; (e) at what intervals does the government anticipates the President of the Treasury Board will report to Parliament on efforts to improve reporting to Parliament; (f) what specific goals or deliverables has the President of the Treasury Board determined for the state of reporting to Parliament; and (g) if the President of the Treasury Board has not yet determined the specific goals or deliverables in (f), when does he anticipate he will do so and inform Parliament as to their nature or content? |
| Q-9022 — March 2, 2017 — Mr. Donnelly (Port Moody—Coquitlam) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' public commitment to implement a mandatory fins-attached management measure for all pelagic shark landings across Canada by March 2018: (a) what is the Department's timeline for proceeding with stakeholder consultations; (b) does the government anticipate it will be balancing these domestic measures with regulations to limit the trade of shark fins only to other countries with similar requirements; and (c) does the government anticipate these protections against shark finning will extend to preventing the de-winging of skates and rays by requiring that those animals be landed whole as well? |
| Q-9032 — March 2, 2017 — Mr. Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) — With regard to the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, between its launch on January 1, 2015, and February 22, 2017 and the constituency of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques: (a) which projects have been submitted from the constituency; and (b) which projects submitted from the constituency have been approved? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| March 2, 2017 — Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — That, given the government loses tens of billions of dollars annually to tax loopholes, deductions, and exemptions that mostly benefit the wealthy and estimates suggest that tax evasion through the use of offshore tax havens costs the government more than $7 billion dollars annually, the House call on the government to: (a) address tax measures that primarily benefit the wealthy, including keeping its promise to cap the stock option deduction loophole; and (b) take aggressive action to tackle tax havens including (i) tightening rules for shell companies, (ii) renegotiating tax treaties that let companies repatriate profits from tax havens to Canada tax-free, (iii) ending penalty-free amnesty deals for individuals suspected of tax evasion. |
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| March 2, 2017 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — That, given the government loses tens of billions of dollars annually to tax loopholes, deductions, and exemptions that mostly benefit the wealthy and estimates suggest that tax evasion through the use of offshore tax havens costs the government more than $7 billion dollars annually, the House call on the government to: (a) address tax measures that primarily benefit the wealthy, including keeping its promise to cap the stock option deduction loophole; and (b) take aggressive action to tackle tax havens including (i) tightening rules for shell companies, (ii) renegotiating tax treaties that let companies repatriate profits from tax havens to Canada tax-free, (iii) ending penalty-free amnesty deals for individuals suspected of tax evasion. |
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| March 2, 2017 — Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — That the House (a) affirm its belief that diversity is our strength and that immigration policy should not discriminate against anyone based on their race, religion, or national origin; (b) assert that the United States of America has ceased to be a safe country for refugees as it no longer offers a high degree of protection to asylum seekers; and (c) call on the government to take concrete measures to work with the provinces in order to support communities affected by the surge of asylum seekers. |
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| March 2, 2017 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — That the House (a) affirm its belief that diversity is our strength and that immigration policy should not discriminate against anyone based on their race, religion, or national origin; (b) assert that the United States of America has ceased to be a safe country for refugees as it no longer offers a high degree of protection to asylum seekers; and (c) call on the government to take concrete measures to work with the provinces in order to support communities affected by the surge of asylum seekers. |
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| March 2, 2017 — Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should recognize that: (a) Canada and the United States have among the highest levels of cross-border trade and travel in the world; (b) preclearance operations strengthen Canada’s economic competitiveness by expediting the flow of legitimate travel to and trade with the United States; (c) Bill C-23, Preclearance Act, 2016, goes well beyond simply expanding the number of preclearance areas and will be implemented to the detriment of human rights, the privacy of Canadians and the sovereignty of Canadian laws, given that it (i) neglects to take into account the climate of uncertainty at the border following the discriminatory policies and executive orders of the Trump Administration, (ii) does not address Canadians’ concerns about being interrogated, detained, and turned back at the border based on race, religion, travel history or birthplace as a result of policies that may contravene the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (iii) does nothing to ensure that Canadians’ right to privacy will be protected during searches of their online presence and electronic devices, (iv) violates Canadian sovereignty by increasing the powers of American preclearance officers on Canadian soil with respect to the carrying of firearms and by not properly defining a criminal liability framework. |
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| March 2, 2017 — Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should recognize that: (a) Canada and the United States have among the highest levels of cross-border trade and travel in the world; (b) preclearance operations strengthen Canada’s economic competitiveness by expediting the flow of legitimate travel to and trade with the United States; (c) Bill C-23, Preclearance Act, 2016, goes well beyond simply expanding the number of preclearance areas and will be implemented to the detriment of human rights, the privacy of Canadians and the sovereignty of Canadian laws, given that it (i) neglects to take into account the climate of uncertainty at the border following the discriminatory policies and executive orders of the Trump Administration, (ii) does not address Canadians’ concerns about being interrogated, detained, and turned back at the border based on race, religion, travel history or birthplace as a result of policies that may contravene the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (iii) does nothing to ensure that Canadians’ right to privacy will be protected during searches of their online presence and electronic devices, (iv) violates Canadian sovereignty by increasing the powers of American preclearance officers on Canadian soil with respect to the carrying of firearms and by not properly defining a criminal liability framework. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-123 — March 2, 2017 — Mr. Stewart (Burnaby South) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should work in collaboration with the provinces, territories, municipalities, Aboriginal communities, and public and private sector energy providers to establish, develop, and implement a national clean energy strategy that: (a) explores the feasibility of generating 100% of Canada’s primary energy supply needs from renewable sources including hydroelectricity, wind, waves, tidal, solar and geothermal power; (b) uses the information from (a) to establish a realistic target for the proportion of Canada’s primary energy supply to be generated through the use of renewable energy sources by 2050; (c) establishes a plan to increase the proportion of primary energy generated from renewable energy sources in Canada from its current level of 18% to the target established in (b); (d) ensures that Canadian workers and businesses are best positioned to take advantage of the opportunities created through the plan in (c); (e) explores how Canada can become a leading clean energy exporter; and (f) takes into account the unique needs and energy priorities of different regions, including British Columbia. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-211 — February 9, 2017 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), seconded by Mr. Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil), — That Bill C-211, An Act respecting a federal framework on post-traumatic stress disorder, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health. |
| Debate — 1 hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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