Skip to main content

House Publications

The Debates are the report—transcribed, edited, and corrected—of what is said in the House. The Journals are the official record of the decisions and other transactions of the House. The Order Paper and Notice Paper contains the listing of all items that may be brought forward on a particular sitting day, and notices for upcoming items.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication
Status of House Business
PDF

Notice Paper

No. 39

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

2:30 p.m.

Introduction of Government Bills
June 8, 2020 — The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion — Bill entitled “An Act respecting additional COVID-19 measures”.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions
Q-4862 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to the approximately 20,000 Atlantic salmon that escaped from the Robertson Island pen fire on December 20, 2019: (a) how many of the fish were reported recaptured to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) by Mowi ASA as of February 20, 2020; (b) how many independent reports of caught Atlantic salmon were reported to the DFO, broken down by date and location of catch; (c) how many of the escaped fish were infected with Piscine orthoreovirus; (d) how much funding has the government provided to assist with recapture; and (e) how much compensation has the government provided to Mowi ASA?
Q-4872 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — With regard to the government’s total market debt: (a) what is the share, in dollars and percentages, held by (i) domestic Canadian lenders, (ii) international lenders; and (b) what is the breakdown of international lenders by country, specifying each country’s share, in dollars and percentage, of the Government of Canada's debt?
Q-4882 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) — With regard to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: (a) what is the number of employers who have received the subsidy; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) sector, (ii) province; (c) what are the total government expenditures to date through the subsidy; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by (i) sector, (ii) province?
Q-4892 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) — With regard to loans made under the Canada Emergency Business Account: (a) what is the total number of loans made through the program; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) sector, (ii) province, (iii) size of business; (c) what is the total amount of loans provided through the program; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by (i) sector, (ii) province, (iii) size of business?
Q-4902 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency’s approach to workspace-in-the-home expense deductions in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic’s stay-at-home guidelines: are individuals who had to use areas of their homes not normally used for work, such as dining or living rooms, as a temporary office during the pandemic entitled to the deductions, and, if so, how should individuals calculate which portions of their mortgage, rent, or other expenses are deductible?
Q-4912 — June 8, 2020 — Ms. McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) — With respect to support for business during the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) what companies have received discretionary support funding, i.e. not through the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Business Account, or the Large Enterprise Emergency Financing Facility, broken down by (i) province, (ii) economic sector, (iii) program authority; and (b) what companies employing 500 or more people have received funding through the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy?
Q-4922 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) — With regard to Order in Council SOR/2020-96 published on May 1, 2020, which prohibited a number of previously non-restricted and restricted firearms, and the Canadian Firearms Safety Course: (a) what is the government’s formal technical definition of “assault-style firearms”; (b) when did the government come up with the definition, and in what government publication was the definition first used; and (c) which current members of cabinet have successfully completed the Canadian Firearms Safety Course?
Q-4932 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) — With regard to the government’s response to question Q-268 concerning the government's failure to raise Canada’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk status from “Controlled Risk to BSE” to “Negligible Risk to BSE” with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in the summer of 2019: (a) what is the government’s justification for missing the deadline with the OIE in the summer of 2019; (b) has the government conducted consultations with beef farmers to discuss the damage to the industry caused by missing this deadline, and, if so, what are the details of these consultations; (c) has the government sought a waiver to commence this application process; (d) has the government begun collating data from provincial governments and industry partners and stakeholders in order to ensure that a high-quality submission will be produced and submitted in July 2020, and, if so, when did this process begin; (e) what measures are in place to ensure that the July 2020 deadline, as well as other future deadlines, will not be missed; and (f) will an application be submitted to the OIE in July 2020 regardless of the quality of information provided in the document?
Q-4942 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Chiu (Steveston—Richmond East) — With regard to Global Affairs Canada and Canadians living in Hong Kong: (a) how many Canadian citizens or permanent residents are currently registered as living in Hong Kong; (b) how many Canadian citizens or permanent residents has Global Affairs Canada confirmed are currently in Hong Kong; (c) what is the government’s best estimate of the total number of Canadian citizens and permanent residents currently residing in Hong Kong; and (d) on what date and what data did the government use to come up with the number in (c)?
Q-4952 — June 8, 2020 — Mrs. Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing) — With regard to Indigenous communities and the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) how much money has been spent through the Indigenous Community Support Fund, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) recipient community, (iii) date of application, (iv) date of disbursement; (b) for each day between February 1 and May 31, 2020, what telephone calls did the minister of Indigenous Services, the deputy minister and any associate or assistant deputy ministers make to or hold with Indigenous communities, representative organizations (including National Indigenous Organizations (NIOs), tribal councils, and major political organizations, such as the Nishnawbe Aski Nation) regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, broken down by (i) departmental official, (ii) day, (iii) topic, (iv) organization or community; (c) how many ventilators were available in Indigenous communities in March 2020, and how many are available now; (d) how many ventilators is the Department of Indigenous Services ready to transfer to Indigenous communities on an urgent basis, if needed; (e) how many isolation tents did the Department of Indigenous Services have available in March 2020, and how many does it have available now; (f) what is the daily patient capacity of air ambulance services funded by the Department of Indigenous Services; (g) how much personal protective equipment expressed in shipments and in units has been sent in total to Indigenous communities, broken down further by province and date sent; and (h) how much funding has been disbursed to Indigenous organizations and communities providing services to Indigenous peoples in urban centres or off reserve, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) recipient community or organization, (iii) date of application, (iv) date of disbursement?
Q-4962 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) — With regard to the Interim Order Respecting Drugs, Medical Devices and Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose in Relation to COVID-19: (a) how many applications for the importation or sale of products were received by the government in relation to the order; (b) what is the breakdown of the number of applications by product or type of product; (c) what is the government’s standard or goal for time between when an application is received and when a permit is issued; (d) what is the average time between when and application is received and a permit is issued; and (e) what is the breakdown of (d) by type of product?
Q-4972 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey) — With regard to the Minister of National Defence’s use of Canadian Armed Forces aircraft from November 4, 2015, to June 15, 2020: what are the details of each flight, including (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) purpose of travel, (v) types of aircraft used?
Q-4982 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey) — With regard to the Minister of National Defence’s participation in military exercises and Skyhawks training where parachute jumps are involved from November 4, 2015, to June 15, 2020: (a) how many times did the minister take part in parachute jumps with the Canadian Armed Forces; and (b) what are the dates and locations of each parachute jump by the minister?
Q-4992 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to the motion respecting the business of supply on service standards for Canada's veterans adopted by the House on November 6, 2018: (a) what steps has the government taken since then to automatically carry forward all unused annual expenditures of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the next fiscal year; and (b) is the carry forward in (a) for the sole purpose of improving services to Canada's veterans until the department meets or exceeds the 24 service standards it has set?
Q-5002 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC), since its establishment: (a) how many complaints and requests for review were filed by individuals identifying as First Nations, Metis, or Inuit, broken down by percentage and number; (b) how many of the complaints and requests for review in (a) were dismissed without being investigated; (c) how many complaints and requests for review were filed for incidents occurring on-reserve or in predominantly First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities, broken down by percentage and number; (d) how many of those complaints and requests for review in (c) were dismissed without being investigated; and (e) for requests for review in which the CRCC is not satisfied with the RCMP’s report, how many interim reports have been provided to complainants for response and input on recommended actions?
Q-5012 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to active transportation in Canada: what federal actions and funding has been taken with or provided to provinces and municipalities, broken down by year since 2010, that (i) validates the use of roads by cyclists and articulates the safety-related responsibilities of cyclists and other vehicles in on-road situation, (ii) grants authority to various agencies to test and implement unique solutions to operational problems involving active transportation users, (iii) improves road safety for pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users, (iv) makes the purchase of bicycles and cycling equipment more affordable by reducing sales tax on their purchase?
Q-5022 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — With regard to all federal government advertising on Facebook, broken down by fiscal year and federal department, agency, Crown corporation, minister's office or other entity from 2009-10 to present: (a) how much was allocated in each departmental budget annually for overall advertising, (b) how much of those allocated funds were spent on Facebook advertising; and (c) how much was spent in total across government on Facebook advertising for each fiscal year from 2009-10?
Q-5032 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland) — With regard to the firearms regulations and prohibitions published in the Canada Gazette on May 1, 2020, and the proposed gun buyback program: (a) what is the total projected cost of the buyback program, broken down by type of expense; (b) is the projected cost a guess, or did the government use a formula or formal analysis to arrive at the projected cost; and (c) what are the details of any formula or analysis used by the government in coming up with the projected cost?
Q-5042 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland) — With regard to the firearms regulations and prohibitions published in the Canada Gazette on May 1, 2020: (a) did the government conduct any formal analysis on the impact of the prohibitions; and (b) what are the details of any analysis conducted including (i) who conducted the analysis, (ii) findings, (iii) date findings were provided to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness?
Q-5052 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Lloyd (Sturgeon River—Parkland) — With regard to the government’s firearms prohibitions and buyback program: (a) did the government conduct, either internally or externally, any analysis on the impacts of alternative mechanisms to address firearms related crimes; and (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, what are the details of each such analysis including (i) alternate mechanism analyzed, (ii) who conducted the analysis, (iii) date analysis was provided to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, (iv) findings, including any associated cost projections?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply
Supplementary Estimates (A)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
June 8, 2020 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, be concurred in.
Interim Supply
June 8, 2020 — President of the Treasury Board — That this House do concur in interim supply as follows:
That a sum not exceeding $55,143,895,167 being composed of the following amounts, each item rounded to the dollar:
(1) six twelfths ($34,859,234,573) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Proposed Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, except for those items below:
(2) eight twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Vote 1, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Vote 10, Department of Canadian Heritage Vote 5, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Vote 1, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Votes 1 and 5, Department of Health Vote 1, Department of Justice Vote 5, National Museum of Science and Technology Vote 1, Parks Canada Agency Vote 1, and Treasury Board Secretariat Votes 25 and 30, of the said Estimates, $6,580,175,147;
(3) seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canada Council for the Arts Vote 1, Department of Industry Vote 1, Department of Public Works and Government Services Vote 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 1, Shared Services Canada Vote 1, and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 20, of the said Estimates, $5,597,472,857;
(4) five twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department for Women and Gender Equality Vote 5, Department of Employment and Social Development Vote 5, Department of Health Vote 10, Department of Indigenous Services Vote 1, Department of Industry Vote 10, House of Commons Vote 1, Library of Parliament Vote 1, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Vote 5, Privy Council Office Vote 1, Public Service Commission Vote 1, Shared Services Canada Vote 5, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Vote 5, and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 1, of the said Estimates, $5,256,778,672;
(5) four twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Vote 1, Canadian High Arctic Research Station Vote 1, Canadian Space Agency Vote 10, Department of Veterans Affairs Vote 5, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Vote 1, and VIA Rail Canada Inc. Vote 1, of the said Estimates, $1,752,723,244;
(6) three twelfths of the total of the amounts of Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Vote 1, Department of Transport Vote 15, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 1, Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 10, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee Vote 1, of the said Estimates, $147,410,846;
(7) two twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Vote 1, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 1, and Marine Atlantic Inc. Vote 1, of the said Estimates, $16,835,514;
(8) one twelfth of the total of the amounts of Department of Indigenous Services Vote 10, Department of Justice Vote 1, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 10, of the said Estimates, $933,264,314;
(9) no additional amount of Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Votes 1, 5 and 10, Department of Finance Vote 5, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Votes 20 and L25, Leaders’ Debates Commission Vote 1, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat Vote 1, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 5, and Treasury Board Secretariat Votes 5 and 35, of the said Estimates, $0;
be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions
M-41 — June 8, 2020 — Mr. Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should take immediate measures to end the current deferral policy governing blood and plasma donations from gay men, men who have sex with men, and transgender women given the current blood shortages during the COVID-19 crisis and the urgency of obtaining plasma donations for research into prevention and treatment of COVID-19, and Canadian Blood Services, Héma-Québec, and Health Canada should replace the current discriminatory policy with a science and behaviour-based policy that protects the integrity of the Canadian blood supply while treating all potential donors with equal dignity and respect.
2 Response requested within 45 days
Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page