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Notice PaperNo. 45 Wednesday, August 12, 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-5542 — August 10, 2020 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to Canadian Armed Forces personnel deployed to long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) what personal protective equipment (PPE) was issued to Canadian Armed Forces members deployed to long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec; and (b) for each type of PPE in (a), what was the (i) model, (ii) purchase date, (iii) purchase order number, (iv) number ordered, (v) number delivered, (vi) supplier company, (vii) expiration date of the product, (viii) location where the stockpile was stored? |
| Q-5552 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Chiu (Steveston—Richmond East) — With regard to the government’s position regarding visitors coming to Canada for the sole purpose of giving birth on Canadian soil and subsequently obtaining Canadian citizenship for their child: (a) what is the government’s position in relation to this practice; (b) has the government condemned or taken any action to prevent this practice, and if so, what are the details of any such action; and (c) has the government taken any action to ban or discourage Canadian companies from soliciting or advertising services promoting this type of activity, and if so, what are details? |
| Q-5562 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — With regard to the responses to questions on the Order Paper earlier this year by the Minister of National Defence, which stated that “At this time, National Defence is unable to prepare and validate a comprehensive response” due to the COVID-19 situation: what is the Minister of National Defence’s comprehensive response to each question on the Order Paper where such a response was provided, broken down by question? |
| Q-5572 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to the COVID-19 Supply Council: what are the costs associated with the Council, broken down by (i) salary top-ups and or additional pay for an individual sitting on the Council, (ii) hospitality expenses, (iii) travel expenses broken down by type, (iv) in-person meeting facilities, (v) service reimbursements like internet expenses, taxi or Uber costs, (vi) per diem expenses, (vii) incidentals? |
| Q-5582 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to personal protective equipment purchases since March 13, 2020: (a) what amount of supplies were ordered and pre-paid for; (b) of the supplies in (a), how many units have yet to be received; (c) what amount of N95 or KN95 masks were ordered but deemed unacceptable by Public Health Agency of Canada; (d) what was the dollar value associated with these masks; (e) were associated pre-payment costs reimbursed to the buyer and if so, how much; (f) what is the dollar amount associated with each contract signed for N95, KN95, and surgical masks to date; and (g) what was the total pre-paid to vendors to which no supplies were received or are not expected to be received? |
| Q-5592 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard to public service employees between March 15, 2020, and May 31, 2020, broken down by department and by week: (a) how many public servants worked from home; (b) how much has been paid out in overtime to employees; (c) how many vacation days have been used; and (d) how many vacation days were used during this same period in 2019? |
| Q-5602 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods) — With regard to government contracts for services and construction valued between $39,000.00 and $39,999.99, signed since January 1, 2016, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) what is the total value of all such contracts; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) vendor, (ii) amount, (iii) date, (iv) description of services or construction contracts, (v) file number? |
| Q-5612 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods) — With regard to government contracts for architectural, engineering and other services required in respect of the planning, design, preparation or supervision of the construction, repair, renovation or restoration of a work valued between $98,000.00 and $99,999.99, signed since January 1, 2016, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) what is the total value of all such contracts; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) vendor, (ii) amount, (iii) date, (iv) description of services or construction contracts, (v) file number? |
| Q-5622 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods) — With regard to government contracts entered into by the member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency that are for the acquisition of architectural, engineering or other services required in respect of the planning, design, preparation or supervision of an international development assistance program or project valued between $98,000.00 and $99,999.99, signed since January 1, 2016, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) what is the total value of all such contracts; and (b) what are the details of all such contracts, including (i) vendor, (ii) amount, (iii) date, (iv) description of services or construction contracts, (v) file number? |
| Q-5632 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — With regard the Atlantic Raven and the Atlantic Eagle since the start of their service on the B.C. Coast as part of contract awarded under the Oceans Protection Plan, broken down by month for each: (a) how many Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) personnel have been stationed on each ship by full-time equivalents; (b) how many hours per day while at sea were CCG personnel stationed on each ship; (c) how many hours per day while not at sea were CCG personnel stationed on each ship; (d) what were the costs for CCG personnel stationed on the tugs; and (e) on what day did the Irving crews aboard each vessel meet the Pacific Pilot Authority requirements? |
| Q-5642 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre) — With regard to the 2019 and 2020 iterations of the Canada Summer Jobs program: (a) how much has been granted in dollars per riding; (b) how much has been granted in dollars per province; (c) how many requests for funding have been made per riding; (d) how much has been given to non-profits or charities; (e) how much has been given to private sector; and (f) how many requests were denied or turned down by the non-profit or charity organizations and private sector? |
| Q-5652 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) — With regard to defaulted student loans owing for the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years, broken down by year: (a) how many student loans were in default; (b) what is the average age of the loans; (c) how many loans are in default because the loan holder has left the country; (d) what is the average reported T4 income for each of 2018 and 2019 defaulted loan holder; (e) how much was spent on collections agencies either in fees or their commissioned portion of collected loans; and (f) how much has been recouped by collection agencies? |
| Q-5662 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) — With regard to recipients of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit : what is the number of recipients based on 2019 income, broken down by federal income tax bracket? |
| Q-5672 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre) — With regard to vehicle purchases by departments for the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years: (a) how many vehicles have been purchased, broken down by brand and type; (b) of the vehicles in (a), how many were (i) gasoline, (ii) hybrid, (iii) electric, (iv) diesel, (v) natural gas; (c) what was the total cost of all purchases; (d) how many vehicles were disposed of, broken down by vehicles (i) sold, (ii) scrapped, (iii) given away or donated; (e) for the vehicles sold off in (d), how much were they sold for; and (f) for the vehicles given away or donated in (d), what was the market value at time of disposal? |
| Q-5682 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre) — With regard to the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) from April 9, 2020, to July 31, 2020: (a) how much was paid to banks and credit unions to administer CEBA; (b) what is the expected write-off of funds loaned through the CEBA program; (c) what was the total amount lent for the above timeframe through CEBA; (d) how many loans have been provided through CEBA; (e) how many loans have been repaid as of July 31, 2020; and (f) what is the total repaid amount as of July 31, 2020? |
| Q-5692 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Kitchen (Souris-Moose Mountain) — With regard to revenue collected from the federal carbon tax: (a) excluding any rebates, what is the total amount of revenue collected by the government from the carbon tax or price on carbon since January 1, 2017; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) year, (ii) province; (c) what is the total amount of GST collected on the carbon tax since January 1, 2017; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by (i) year, (ii) province? |
| Q-5702 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce) — With regard to the government's ethical apparel policy PN-132 and contract clause A3008C, since November 4, 2015: (a) how many times has the contract clause been breached by companies doing business with the government; (b) what are the details of each instance where a breach occurred including (i) date government advised vendor they were in breach, (ii) vendor, (iii) brand names involved, (iv) summary of breach; (c) for each instance in (b), did the government terminate the contract or issue a financial penalty to the vendor, and, if so, what are the details and amounts of the penalties; (d) how many investigations have been conducted to ensure compliance with PN-132, and of those, how many vendors were found to be (i) in compliance, (ii) not in compliance; (e) does the policy consider ethical procurement certification for contracting below the first-tier subcontractor level; (f) what specific measures has the government taken, if any, to ensure that all vendors, including any contractors or sub-contractors of such vendors are in compliance with the policy; (g) what specific measures, if any, has the government taken to ensure that any products produced by forced labour camps, and specifically the forced Uyghur labour camps in China, are not purchased by the government; (h) what is the government's policy, if it has one, in relation to the termination of contracts in cases where a second-, third-, or any level below the first-tier subcontractor are found to be non-compliant with PN-132; (i) what is the total number of employees or full-time equivalents assigned to ensure compliance with the ethical apparel policy; and (j) for each employee in (i), what percentage of their job has been assigned to investigate or ensure compliance? |
| Q-5712 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce) — With regard to what the Prime Minister describes as the "due diligence" conducted by government officials in relation to the original decision to have the WE Organization or the WE Charity administer the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG): (a) how many officials were involved in conducting the due diligence; (b) who conducted the due diligence; (c) who was in charge of overseeing the due diligence process; (d) did the due diligence process examine WE's recent corporate governance or financial issues; (e) if the answer to (d) is affirmative, why did the officials still recommend that WE be chosen to administer the CSSG; (f) if the answer to (d) is negative, why were such issues not examined in the due diligence process; and (g) on what date the due diligence process in relation to WE (i) begin, (ii) end? |
| Q-5722 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Diotte (Edmonton Griesbach) — With regard to the status of government employees since March, 1, 2020: (a) how many employees have been placed on “Other Leave With Pay” (Treasury Board Code 699) at some point since March 1, 2020; (b) how many employees have been placed on other types of leave, excluding vacation, maternity or paternity leave, at some point since March 1, 2020, broken down by type of leave and Treasury Board Code; (c) of the employees in (a), how many are still currently on leave; and (d) of the employees in (b), how many are still currently on leave, broken down by type of leave? |
| Q-5732 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) — With regard to the F-18 Australian Hornets purchased by the Department of National Defence: (a) how many total flight hours have the Australian F-18 Hornets flown for the Royal Canadian Air Force since the purchase was made, excluding aircraft operating for the Aeronautical Evaluation and Test Establishment; (b) how many operational flight hours have the Australian F-18 Hornets flown since the purchase was made, excluding aircraft operating for the Aeronautical Evaluation and Test Establishment; (c) what date are the Australian F-18 Hornets expected to be put into regular service alongside the CF-18s; (d) how many Australian F-18 Hornets will be upgraded with the APG-79(v)4 radar; and (e) what date is the upgrade of radar systems expected to be completed? |
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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| M-45 — August 10, 2020 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — That, given the unanimous declaration of the House on February 22, 2007, to condemn all forms of human trafficking and slavery, the House: (a) encourage Canadians to raise awareness of the magnitude of modern day slavery in Canada and abroad and to take steps to combat human trafficking; and (b) recognize the 22nd day of February as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. |
| M-46 — August 10, 2020 — Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should introduce legislation and work with provincial and territorial governments and Indigenous peoples to ensure that a guaranteed livable basic income (i) accounting for regional differences in living costs, (ii) for all Canadians over the age of 18, including single persons, students, families, seniors, persons with disabilities, temporary foreign workers, permanent residents, and refugee claimants, (iii) paid on a regular basis, (iv) not requiring participation in the labour market, education or training in order to be eligible, (v) in addition to current and future government public services and income supports meant to meet special, exceptional and other distinct needs and goals rather than basic needs, including accessible affordable social housing and expanded health services, replace the Canada Emergency Response Benefit on an ongoing and permanent basis in a concerted effort to eradicate poverty and ensure the respect, dignity and security of all persons in respect of Canada’s domestic and international legal obligations. |
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