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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 101
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 10:07 a.m. to 12:33 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
John Williamson, Chair (Conservative)

• Shafqat Ali for Brenda Shanahan (Liberal)
• Larry Brock for John Nater (Conservative)
• Garnett Genuis for Jake Stewart (Conservative)
• Michael Barrett (Conservative)
• Hon. Andrew Scheer (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Mahdi Benmoussa, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Office of the Auditor General
• Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada
• Andrew Hayes, Deputy Auditor General
• Lucie Després, Director
• Sami Hannoush, Principal
Public Health Agency of Canada
• Heather Jeffrey, President
• Martin Krumins, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
• Luc Brisebois, Acting Vice President, Health Security and Regional Operations
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), the committee resumed consideration of the Report 1, ArriveCAN, referred to the committee on Monday, February 12, 2024.

Karen Hogan and Heather Jeffrey made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

Motion

Iqra Khalid moved, — That pursuant to the motion adopted on December 12, 2023 in relation to the committee’s request for all contracts between a government department, agency or Crown Corporations and GC Strategies, Dalian, and Coradix, that the committee expand this request to include all other companies incorporated by the co-founders of GC Strategies.

A point of order was raised as to the procedural acceptability of the proposed motion.

RULING BY THE CHAIR

The Chair ruled the motion inadmissible as a 48-hour notice was not provided and the motion did not relate directly to the business at hand.

Whereupon, Iqra Khalid appealed the decision of the Chair.

The question: "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?" was put and was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Larry Brock, Garnett Genuis, Kelly McCauley — 3;

NAYS: Valerie Bradford, Shaun Chen, Blake Desjarlais, Lena Metlege Diab, Iqra Khalid, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jean Yip — 7.

Debate arose thereon.

Amendment

Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné moved, — That the motion be amended by adding after the words “the co-founders of GC Strategies,” the following: “and that the documents be received within two weeks of the adoption of this motion”.

Subamendment

Iqra Khalid moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the words “two weeks” with the words “30 days”.

After debate, the question was put on the subamendment of Iqra Khalid and it was agreed to.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, as amended, and it was agreed to.

After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

Pursuant to the motion adopted on December 12, 2023 in relation to the committee’s request for all contracts between a government department, agency, or Crown Corporations and GC Strategies, Dalian, and Coradix, that the committee expand this request to include all other companies incorporated by the co-founders of GC Strategies, and that the documents be received within 30 days of the adoption of this motion.

The questioning of witnesses resumed.

At 12:33 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Hilary Smyth
Clerk of the committee