| May 11, 2021 — — That the House call on the government, further to the recommendations of the External Review into Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) of 2015: |
| (a) to acknowledge that inappropriate sexual conduct is a serious problem that exists in the CAF and undertake to address it; |
| (b) to establish a strategy to effect cultural change to eliminate the sexualized environment and to better integrate women, including by conducting a gender-based analysis of CAF policies; |
| (c) to create an independent center for accountability for sexual assault and harassment outside of the CAF with the responsibility for receiving reports of inappropriate sexual conduct, as well as prevention, coordination and monitoring of training, victim support, monitoring of accountability, and research, and to act as a central authority for the collection of data; |
| (d) to allow members to report incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault to the center for accountability for sexual assault and harassment, or simply to request support services without the obligation to trigger a formal complaint process; |
| (e) with the participation of the center for accountability for sexual assault and harassment, |
| (i) to develop a simple, broad definition of sexual harassment that effectively captures all dimensions of the member’s relationship with the CAF, |
| (ii) to develop a definition of adverse personal relationship that specifically addresses relationships between members of different rank, and creates a presumption of an adverse personal relationship where the individuals involved are of different rank, unless the relationship is properly disclosed, |
| (iii) to define sexual assault in the policy as intentional, non-consensual touching of a sexual nature, |
| (iv) to give guidance on the requirement for consent, including by addressing the impact on genuine consent of a number of factors, including intoxication, differences in rank, and the chain of command, |
| (v) to develop a unified policy approach to address inappropriate sexual conduct and include as many aspects as possible of inappropriate sexual conduct in a single policy using plain language, |
| (vi) to simplify the harassment process by: |
| (A) directing formal complaints to commanding officers acting as adjudicators in a grievance, |
| (B) reducing emphasis on alternative dispute resolution; |
| (f) to allow victims of sexual assault to request, with the support of the center for accountability sexual assault and harassment, transfer of the complaint to civilian authorities; provide information explaining the reasons when transfer is not effected; |
| (g) to assign responsibility for providing, coordinating and monitoring victim support to the center for accountability for sexual assault and harassment, including the responsibility for advocating on behalf of victims in the complaint and investigation processes; and |
| (h) to assign to the center for accountability for sexual assault and harassment, in coordination with other CAF subject matter experts, responsibility for the development of the training curriculum, and the primary responsibility for monitoring training on matters related to inappropriate sexual conduct; and |
| That the House condemn the total lack of political will on the part of the government and, in particular, the Minister of National Defence to implement these recommendations. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — May 11, 2021 |
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| May 11, 2021 — — That the House: |
| (a) condemn the haphazard management of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) fraud by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); |
| (b) deplore the unacceptable telephone wait times, both for victims of fraud who have to contact the CRA, and for the general public; |
| (c) admonish the Minister of National Revenue for her inability to clearly explain in the House her department’s policies, creating confusion in the message being sent to the public and to CRA employees; |
| (d) be concerned about how the artificial increase in revenue for victims of CERB fraud will affect the government assistance they receive; and |
| (e) express its regret for the CRA’s processing times for Canada Recovery Benefit applications, which can take up to 10 weeks for what is supposed to be an emergency benefit. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — May 11, 2021 |
| M-85 — May 11, 2021 — — That: |
| (a) the House recognize that, (i) freighter parking in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, has increased dramatically since 2018, (ii) bulk freighters anchor in the Southern Gulf Islands due to supply-chain inefficiencies at the Port of Vancouver, and often make multiple trips back and forth between these locations, (iii) these supply-chain inefficiencies come with financial costs which are passed onto Canadian grain farmers, amounting to as much as $26 million per year according to reports, (iv) many of these freighters are exporting U.S. thermal coal that has been brought across the border for export because of bans on coal exports by the west coast U.S. states, (v) anchored freighters cause environmental damage to the Salish Sea ecosystem in addition to noise, light and dust pollution that is disruptive and harmful to local communities, (vi) several near-misses, and a freighter collision in March of 2020, highlight the threat of an environmentally devastating fuel spill posed by freighter anchorages, (vii) the government’s stated vision for the Port of Vancouver includes reducing anchorage use, promoting supply-chain efficiency, and mitigating the socio-environmental impacts of anchorages on Indigenous and local communities, but Transport Canada’s Interim Protocol for the Use of Southern B.C. Anchorages has failed to address these issues, (viii) the Vessel Arrival System mandated in Australia and the Just-in-Time shipping system mandated in Rotterdam have significantly reduced the use of anchorages, the amount of bunker fuel freighters needlessly burn and the amount of greenhouse gases they needlessly emit into the atmosphere when they race to port only to sit at anchor; and |
| (b) in the opinion of the House, the government should (i) mandate the implementation of a Vessel Arrival System at the Port of Vancouver to minimize the use and impact of anchorages, and facilitate effective and efficient trade, (ii) mandate the implementation of a Vessel Arrival System at other Canadian ports when the amount of freighter traffic warrants improvements in efficiencies. |
| — April 19, 2021 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill , , be now read a second time and referred . |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| — February 23, 2021 |
| Statements by Speaker regarding royal recommendation — March 22 and April 15, 2021 (See Debates). |
| Debate — one hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |