| M-193 — June 1, 2018 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: |
| (a) acknowledge the importance of Canadian steel industry in employing more than 23,000 Canadians and contributing $4.2 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product in 2017; |
| (b) recognize the important role that the use of Canadian steel in Canada plays in the reduction of greenhouse emissions through reduced transport emissions, improvements by Canada steel producers in the production of steel, access of raw materials, support for recycling, and from Canada’s progress in growing non-GHG emitting energy sources; |
| (c) support the symbolic importance of the use of Canadian steel in major Crown infrastructure projects and federal real property purchases and upgrades, such as the Parliamentary Precinct Long Term Vision and Plan (LTVP); |
| (d) create a National Steel Procurement Strategy; |
| (e) ensure that the strategy respects Canada’s free trade agreements and obligations, and respects the government’s principles of fair, open, transparent, and competitive procurements; |
| (f) align the strategy with the government’s recent strengthening of Canada’s trade remedy system and support for Canadian steel industry; |
| (g) consider, in cases exempt from free trade agreements and obligations, the use of Canadian steel as an element of the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy; |
| (h) examine the national security implications of the use of foreign steel in major Crown infrastructure projects; |
| (i) provide support and training for Canadian steel producers to participating in and partnering with companies that do business with the government of Canada; |
| (j) report to Parliament on the use and origin of steel in the construction, maintenance or repair of public works, federal real property or federal immovable; and |
| (k) request that the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates undertake a study on how the government could develop a National Steel Procurement Strategy, taking the above into consideration. |
| M-154 — April 23, 2018 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be instructed to undertake a study on the situation of endangered whales and be mandated to (i) identify steps that could be taken to better protect and help the recovery of right, beluga, and killer whales, (ii) identify immediate and longer term improvements limiting the impact of human activities on each of these species and, by so doing, add to recovery efforts and to recommendations for new or enhanced actions, (iii) call expert witnesses on each of the species, hearing from those who might be impacted by any possible actions, and working to find a balance among various competing claims; and that the Committee present its final report to the House within four months of the adoption of this motion; |
| And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by: (a) replacing the words “to better protect and help the recovery of right, beluga, and killer whales” with the words “to continue the efforts to protect and help the recovery of NARW, beluga, and Southern Resident Killer Whales”; (b) replacing the words “call expert witnesses on each of the species, hearing from those who might be impacted by any possible actions, and working” with the words “call on expert witnesses on each of the species, and those who might be impacted by any possible actions to work”; (c) replacing the words “within four months of the adoption of this motion” with the words “by the end of the 2018 calendar year”. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| — March 21, 2018 |
| — March 29, 2018 |
| and — April 3, 2018 |
| — April 4, 2018 |
| — April 10, 2018 |
| and — April 18, 2018 |
| 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). |