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Notice PaperNo. 377 Monday, February 4, 2019 11:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| February 1, 2019 — The Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism — Bill entitled “An Act respecting Indigenous languages”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| February 1, 2019 — Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent) — That the 16th Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented on Thursday, January 31, 2019, be concurred in. |
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| February 1, 2019 — Mr. O'Toole (Durham) — That the 22nd Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, be concurred in. |
Questions |
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| Q-22022 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — With regard to the GST/HST: (a) does the government plan to increase the GST/HST; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of increasing the GST/HST was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to increase the GST/HST, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22032 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — With regard to personal income tax rates: (a) does the government plan to increase personal income tax rates; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of increasing personal income tax rates was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to increase personal income tax rates, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22042 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — With regard to the small business tax rate: (a) does the government plan to raise or restore the small business tax rate; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of raising or restoring the small business tax rate was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to increase the small business tax rate, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22052 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Carrie (Oshawa) — With regard to the small business deduction: (a) does the government plan to eliminate the small business deduction; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of eliminating the small business deduction was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to eliminate the small business deduction, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22062 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Carrie (Oshawa) — With regard to corporate tax rates: (a) does the government plan to increase corporate tax rates; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of increasing corporate tax rates was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to increase corporate tax rates, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22072 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Saroya (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to Employment insurance (EI) premiums: (a) does the government plan to raise EI premiums; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of increasing EI premiums was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to increase EI premiums, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22082 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. Saroya (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to Canada Pension Plan (CPP) premiums: (a) does the government plan to raise CPP premiums; (b) what are the details of any discussions or meetings where the possibility of increasing CPP premiums was discussed, including (i) date, (ii) participants and location; and (c) do any supporting documents exist about any plan to increase CPP premiums, including but not limited to, e-mails, briefing notes, memos and reports, and, if so, what are the details of such documents? |
| Q-22092 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to water advisories, both boil-water or other water advisories, in Indigenous communities: (a) in addition to the online government website list, how many have been added since January 1, 2016; (b) of those added, how many are still under an advisory; (c) what is the complete list of Indigenous communities currently under a water advisory in addition to the online government website list, broken down by region, including new additions; (d) of the communities in (c), which communities are receiving direct assistance from the federal government to lift the advisory; and (e) of the communities in (d), what type of assistance is being provided by the federal government, broken down by (i) name of the program or initiative, (ii) funding amount if applicable? |
| Q-22102 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the subsidies credited for electric vehicles and charging stations since January 1, 2016: (a) how much has been credited to Canadians; and (b) what is the breakdown of these credits by province and city? |
| Q-22112 — February 1, 2019 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to government advertisements (ads) launched on Facebook since January 1, 2018: (a) how many ads have been launched by month and what were the corresponding campaigns for each (e.g. Employment Insurance, citizenship services, tax credits, grants, etc.); (b) for how long was each ad active online; (c) what were the insights for each ad launched, including (i) how many people were reached by each ad, (ii) what percentage of women and men were reached by each ad, (iii) what were the age-group ranges used for each ad, (iv) what were the federal, provincial, or municipal regions targeted by each ad, including postal codes, if applicable; and (d) who in the department or Minister's office receives or has access to the data gathered in the insights of these ads? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| February 1, 2019 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given: |
| (a) 81% of middle-income Canadians are seeing higher taxes since the government came to power; |
| (b) the average income tax increase for middle income families is $840; |
| (c) the government’s higher Canada Pension Plan premiums could eventually cost up to $2,200 per household; |
| (d) the government cancelled the Family Tax Cut of up to $2,000 per household; |
| (e) the government cancelled the Arts and Fitness tax credit of up to $225 per child; |
| (f) the government cancelled the education and textbook tax credits of up to $560 per student; |
| (g) the government’s higher employment insurance premiums are up to $85 per worker; |
| (h) the government’s carbon tax could cost up to $1,000 per household and as high as $5,000 in the future; |
| (i) the government’s intrusive tax measures for small business will raise taxes on thousands of family businesses all across Canada; |
| (j) this government tried to tax employer-paid health and dental benefits which would have cost up to $2,000 per household; and |
| (k) this government tried to tax modest food and discount benefits that retail employees receive from employers; |
| the House call on the Prime Minister to provide written confirmation that it will not further raise any taxes on Canadians. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 1, 2019 |
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| February 1, 2019 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That the House call on the government to tell Canadians how much the carbon tax will be raised after 2022. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 1, 2019 |
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| February 1, 2019 — Mr. Rayes (Richmond—Arthabaska) — That, given: |
| (a) the House has great respect for provincial jurisdiction and trust in provincial institutions; |
| (b) the people of Quebec are burdened with completing and submitting two tax returns, one federal and one provincial; and |
| (c) the House believes in cutting red tape and reducing unnecessary paperwork to improve the everyday lives of families; therefore, |
| the House call on the government to work with the Government of Quebec to implement a single tax return in Quebec, as adopted unanimously in the motion of the National Assembly of Quebec on May 15, 2018. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 1, 2019 |
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| February 1, 2019 — Ms. Rempel (Calgary Nose Hill) — That, given: |
| (a) the government’s failure to secure the border has resulted in 40,000 people illegally crossing the border from a safe third country, and backlogging our asylum system; |
| (b) this failure will cost taxpayers $1.6 billion; |
| (c) this failure has caused permanent structures to be erected at Roxham Road in Quebec; |
| (d) this failure has caused homeless shelters to be flooded with illegal border crossers; |
| (e) this failure has resulted in the government booking hotel rooms for illegal border crossers at taxpayer expense; |
| (f) this failure has taken resources away from screening arrivals to Canada, including repurposing more than 500 Canada Border Services Agency officers per month; and |
| (g) this failure has resulted in years-long backlogs at the Immigration and Refugee Board; |
| the House call on the government to immediately close the loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) and Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — February 1, 2019 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| M-174 — April 12, 2018 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — That, in the opinion of the House the government should: (a) establish a national suicide prevention action plan, including among its provisions (i) commitment to the actions and resources required to establish culturally appropriate community-based suicide prevention programs as articulated by representative organizations of the Inuit, First Nations, and Métis peoples, (ii) establishment of national guidelines for best practices in suicide prevention based on evidence of effectiveness in a Canadian context, (iii) the creation of a national public health monitoring program for the prevention of suicide and identification of groups at elevated risk, (iv) creation of programs to identify, and to attempt to fill, gaps in knowledge relating to suicide and its prevention, including timely and accurate statistical data, (v) development of tools to promote responsible and safe reporting of suicide and its prevention by media, (vi) establishment of national standards for the training of persons engaged in suicide prevention, whose contact with potentially vulnerable populations provides an opportunity to identify at-risk individuals and direct them to appropriate assessment and treatment, (vii) creation of a national online hub providing essential information and guides to accessing services, in English, French, selected Indigenous languages, and other languages spoken widely in Canada for suicidal individuals, their families and friends, people bereaved by a loved one’s suicide, workplaces and other stakeholders concerned with suicide prevention, (viii) conducting within 18 months comprehensive analyses of high-risk groups of people, and the risk factors specific to each such group, the degree to which child sexual abuse and other forms of childhood abuse and neglect have an impact on suicidal behaviour, the barriers to Canadians accessing appropriate and adequate health, wellness and recovery services, including substance use, addiction and bereavement services, the funding arrangements required to provide the treatment, education, professional training and other supports required to prevent suicide and assist those bereaved by a loved one’s suicide, the use of culturally appropriate suicide prevention activities and best practices, the role that social media plays with respect to suicide and suicide prevention, means to reduce stigma associated with being a consumer of mental health, bereavement and other associated services, and ways in which society can reduce access to means and methods for people to harm themselves; and (b) report to Parliament annually on preparations for and implementation of the national action plan for suicide prevention, including data on progress over the previous year, and a comprehensive statistical overview of suicide in Canada for the same year. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — November 28, 2018 |
| Mr. Erskine-Smith (Beaches—East York) — December 12, 2018 |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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