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Notice PaperNo. 120 Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Notices of Recommandations |
| An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts |
| Recommendation |
| (Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2)) |
| His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Official Languages Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts”. |
| Royal recommendation — notice given Wednesday, June 16, 2021, by the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (assistance for repayment of student loans)”. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (prorogation)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville) — That the seventh report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, presented on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, be concurred in. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning) — That the eighth report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Monday, June 14, 2021, be concurred in. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Dalton (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge) — That the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, be concurred in. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) — That the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, be concurred in. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Lobb (Huron—Bruce) — That the eighth report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Monday, June 14, 2021, be concurred in. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Hoback (Prince Albert) — That the eighth report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Monday, June 14, 2021, be concurred in. |
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| June 16, 2021 — Mr. Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil) — That the eighth report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Monday, June 14, 2021, be concurred in. |
Questions |
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| Q-8302 — June 16, 2021 — Mr. Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord) — With regard to the international transfer of offenders by Correctional Service Canada: (a) how many requests have been approved by Canada in the last 10 years, broken down by year and by country of the convicted offender; (b) how many requests have been denied by Canada in the last 10 years, broken down by year and by country of the convicted offender; (c) how many requests have been denied by other countries in the last 10 years, broken down by year and by country making the request; (d) what are the conditions for requesting a transfer from Japan; (e) where in the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons does it say that an offender must have served one third of their sentence before they can be transferred to Canada from Japan; (f) of all transfer requests in the last 10 years, how much time has elapsed, on average, between the transfer request and the transfer itself; (g) how many times has the Department of Foreign Affairs, in the last 10 years, intervened to fast-track a transfer request of a Canadian sentenced abroad; (h) in the last 10 years, how many administrative transfer agreements have been approved by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Safety; and (i) in the last 10 years, how many administrative transfer agreements have been signed by Canada with nations that are signatories to the Convention? |
| Q-8312 — June 16, 2021 — Mr. Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) — With regard to the intention to pay the remaining eight weeks of the extended Canada Recovery Benefit at a lower rate of $300 per week claimed, as per page 88 of the 2021 budget: (a) how many internal memos, presentations or other similar documents about the proposed measure have been prepared by the government or by consultants that it has hired; (b) of the documents in (a), what are their titles and dates; and (c) in what internal documents was this measure analyzed? |
| Q-8322 — June 16, 2021 — Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) — With regard to the Canada School of Public Service, broken down by department: (a) how many government employees, by unit and percentage of total employees, have completed the Indigenous Learning Series, as of June 10, 2021; (b) is participation in the Indigenous Learning Series mandatory; (c) are new employees expected to complete any part of the Indigenous Learning Series as part of their training; (d) how many employees have access to the available learning products of the Indigenous Learning Series; (e) are employees, both new and experienced, given time to complete training through the Indigenous Learning Series during contracted working hours; and (f) what percentage of content available through the Canada School of Public Service is available in an Indigenous language? |
| Q-8332 — June 16, 2021 — Ms. Blaney (North Island—Powell River) — With regard to the mandate letter of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the establishment of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages: (a) which meetings did the Minister of Canadian Heritage or departmental staff have with First Nations, Métis and Inuit governments, organizations, and rights holders, broken down by date and organization or individual; (b) what was the process for establishing and selecting members of the committee designed to appoint the Commissioner and Directors; (c) how many members of the Selection committee, as a total number and percentage, are representatives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, governments, or organizations; and (d) what were the key qualifications for the office as identified through consultations and prioritized by the selection committee? |
| Q-8342 — June 16, 2021 — Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) — With regard to the Ottawa area hotel used by the Prime Minister and the rest of the delegation as a quarantine hotel upon their return from the United Kingdom in June 2021: (a) how much did the government spend converting the hotel to a quarantine site, broken down by type of expense; and (b) did the Public Health Agency of Canada inspect and approve the site as a quarantine site, and, if so, who conducted the inspection and on what date was the inspection completed? |
| Q-8352 — June 16, 2021 — Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) — With regard to government employees working from home during the pandemic, broken down by department or agency: (a) how many employees, who were working from a government office location prior to the pandemic, or as of March 1, 2020, were still working from home as of June 15, 2021; (b) how many and what percentage of the employees in (a) will be (i) returning to work from a government office location in the future, (ii) working from home permanently; and (c) for those returning to a government office, what is the timeline for the return? |
| Q-8362 — June 16, 2021 — Mr. Shields (Bow River) — With regard to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB) ongoing campaign to discredit the benefits of Trikafta for Cystic Fybrosis patients and the position of the government on Trikafta: (a) why is the PMPRB accusing proponents of Trikafta of spreading misinformation; (b) does the PMPRB have any evidence to backup their misinformation claim, and, if so, what are the specific details of the evidence; (c) who at the PMPRB made the decision to engage in efforts aimed at discrediting Trikafta’s proponents; (d) why was the decision made to discredit Trikafta; (e) what is Health Canada’s position regarding the benefits of Trikafta; (f) why has Health Canada not yet approved Trikafta; (g) does the Minister of Health approve of the actions taken by the PMPRB against Trikafta proponents, and, if not, is she taking any measures to stop them; and (h) what is the timeline regarding when a decision will be made related to the approval of Trikafta? |
| Q-8372 — June 16, 2021 — Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) — With regard to the job posting which closed in October 2020 where the Privy Council Office was looking for a storyteller to join the Prime Minister and Visual Communications team: (a) how many storytellers are currently working for the Privy Council Office or the Office of the Prime Minister; (b) what is the organizational structure for the storytellers, such as is there a lead storyteller that the other storytellers pitch their stories to; (c) who decides whether or not a story is worth telling; (d) what is the yearly budget of the storytelling department; (e) who does the lead storyteller report to; and (f) of the storytellers currently employed, how many have prior experience writing fictional stories? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Main Estimates |
| OPPOSED VOTES |
| No. 1 — June 9, 2021 — The President of the Treasury Board — That Vote 1, in the amount of $741,693,237, under Department of Transport — Operating expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, be concurred in. |
| June 9, 2021 — Mrs. Kusie (Calgary Midnapore) — Notice of opposition to Vote 1, in the amount of $7,000,000, under Department of Transport — Operating expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. |
| UNOPPOSED VOTES |
| June 7, 2021 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, except any vote disposed of earlier today and less the amounts voted in the interim supply, be concurred in. |
| Supplementary Estimates (A) |
| UNOPPOSED VOTES |
| June 7, 2021 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, be concurred in. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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