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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 12
Thursday, March 31, 2022, 11:02 a.m. to 1:06 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
John Williamson, Chair (Conservative)

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• Dave Epp for Jeremy Patzer (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• André Léonard, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Committee Business
The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

Philip Lawrence gave notice of the following motions:

1. Whereas Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has failed to provide newcomers to Canada with timely responses to:

- Permanent residency applications and renewals

- Afghan Special Immigration Measure applications

- Work permits (Temporary Foreign Workers programs)

- Citizenship applications

- Proof of citizenship

- Visitor’s visas and electronic travel authorizations

- Refugee sponsorships

We call upon the Auditor General to commence a study on processing times within the IRCC.

2. Whereas the government has continually failed to meet long-term drinking water advisory targets; and Whereas the government has extended their initial target to eliminate all long-term drinking water advisories from March 2021 to March 2026; We call upon the Auditor General and officials from Indigenous Services Canada to appear at the Standing Committee of Public Accounts within 60 calendar days to provide an update on the status of the lifting of long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations Communities.

3. That the committee invites the Auditor General and officials from Public Services and Procurement Canada to provide an update on the National Shipbuilding Strategy in Canada given the international crisis in Ukraine, and the associated impacts on Canada’s arctic sovereignty.

Report 13, Health and Safety of Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Chris Forbes, Deputy Minister
Department of Employment and Social Development
• Jean-François Tremblay, Deputy Minister
• Lori MacDonald, Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development and Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada
• Mary Crescenzi, Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrity Services Branch, Service Canada
• Nisa Tummon, Assistant Deputy Minister, Program Operations Branch, Service Canada
• Brian Hickey, Director General, Temporary Foreign Workers Program, Skills and Employment Branch, ESDC
Office of the Auditor General
• Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada
• David Normand, Principal
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, February 3, 2022, the committee commenced consideration of Report 13, Health and Safety of Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, referred to the committee on Thursday, December 9, 2021.

Karen Hogan, Chris Forbes and Jean-François Tremblay made statements and, with Mary Crescenzi and Lori MacDonald, answered questions.

At 1:06 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the committee