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Notice PaperNo. 41 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 12:00 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-5402 — July 6, 2020 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the government’s COVID-19 Supply Council: (a) who are the members of the council; (b) what specific measures are in place to ensure that members of the council are not placed in a conflict of interest; (c) what potential conflicts of interest have been identified for each member of the council, broken down by member; and (d) what specific council recommendations, deliberations, or decisions has each member of the council recused themselves from, broken down by member? |
| Q-5412 — July 6, 2020 — Mr. Chiu (Steveston—Richmond East) — With regard to government involvement in the negotiations with Vertex Pharmaceuticals for a Price Listing Agreement with the Pan Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance, in relation to cystic fibrosis treatments: (a) what is the current status of the negotiations; (b) what specific measures, if any, has the government taken to ensure that Kalydeco and Orkambi are available to all Canadians that require the medication; (c) has the government taken any specific measures to make Trikafta available to Canadians; and (d) how many months, or years, will it be before the government finishes the regulatory and review process related to the approval of Trikafta? |
| Q-5422 — July 6, 2020 — Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville) — With regard to changes made by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to credit worthiness checks for producers applying for a cash advance under the Advance Payments Program (APP): (a) why did AAFC make changes to the APP credit screening for 2020; (b) will the enhanced credit worthiness checks carry into 2021 and beyond; (c) what was the policy or criteria imposed by AAFC for program administrators to use regarding the credit worthiness checks when the processing of APP applications began on April 1, 2020; (d) was the new criteria published prior to April 1, 2020, and, if so, what are the details, including (i) date it was published, (ii) outlets and locations where it was published; (e) in the past five years, what percentage of APP recipients have abused or misused advances; (f) in the past five years, what percentage of APP recipients defaulted on their advance repayment; (g) in the past five years, how many separate-operation partners or separate- operation spouses have received separate cash advances, and of those, what percentage has misused their advance or defaulted on the advance; and (h) in the past five years, what percentage of APP recipients have repaid their advance without issue and remain in “good-standing”? |
| Q-5432 — July 6, 2020 — Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — With regard to the 2020 United Nations Security Council election and costs associated with Canada’s bid for a Security Council Seat: (a) what is the final total of all costs associated with the bid; (b) if the final total is not yet known, what is the projected final cost and what is the total of all expenditures made to date in relation to the bid; (c) what is the breakdown of all costs by type of expense (gifts, travel, hospitality, etc.); and (d) what are the details of all contracts over $5,000 in relation to the bid, including (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) summary of goods or services provided, (v) location goods or services were provided? |
| Q-5442 — July 6, 2020 — Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — With regard to the government’s decision not to exclude costs associated with grain drying from the carbon tax: (a) why did the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food say that the impact of these costs on farmers is “not that significant”, and what specific evidence does the minister have to back up this claim; (b) what is the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food’s definition of “not that significant”; (c) what are the government’s estimates on how much revenue will be received yearly from the carbon tax on grain drying, for each of the next five years; and (d) has Farm Credit Canada conducted any analysis or studies on the impact of the this tax on the income of farmers, and, if so, what were the findings of any such analysis or studies? |
| Q-5452 — July 6, 2020 — Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville) — With regard to the use of security notifications, also known as ‘security (staff safety) threat flags’, applied to users of Veterans Affairs Canada’s (VAC) Client Service Delivery Network (CSDN) from November 4, 2015, to present: (a) how many security threat flags existed at the beginning of the time frame; (b) how many new security threat flags have been added during this time frame; (c) how many security threat flags have been removed during the time frame; (d) what is the total number of VAC clients who are currently subject to a security threat flag; (e) of the new security threat flags added since November 4, 2015, how many users of VAC’s CSDN were informed of a security threat flag placed on their file, and of these, how many were provided with an explanation as to why a security threat flag was placed on their file; (f) what directives exist within VAC on permissible reasons for a security threat flag to be placed on the file of a CSDN user; (g) what directives exist within VAC pertaining to specific services that can be denied to a CSDN user with a security threat flag placed on their file; and (h) as a result of a security threat flag being placed on their file during this time frame, how many veterans have been (i) denied, (ii) delayed VAC services or financial aid? |
| Q-5462 — July 6, 2020 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — With regard to all telecommunications costs of Canada's Official Residences, including The Farm, Harrington Lake, Rideau Hall, Stornoway, 7 Rideau Gate and 24 Sussex Drive, broken down annually since the fiscal year 2010-11, including: (a) for each fiscal year, what was the total annual cost per residence; (b) what type of service(s) is provided (i.e fiberoptic, wireless, other or multiple); (c) who is the Telecom Service Provider (TSP) and is the TPS under contract; (d) how long is the contract if the TSP holds one; (e) what is the inventory of the type of services, products, channels or stations, and packages provided; (f) what is the amount of downloaded content; and (g) what is the speed of downloaded content? |
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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