PACP Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Blake Desjarlais moved, — That the committee report the following to the House:
That the committee calls on the Auditor General of Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency to investigate the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and that the committee believes it is in the public interest to prioritize this investigation.
Debate arose thereon.
Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné moved, — That the motion be amended by deleting the words “the Auditor General of Canada”.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to.
The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Francis Drouin, Peter Fragiskatos, Garnett Genuis, Michael Kram, Kelly McCauley, Brenda Shanahan, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jean Yip — 10;
NAYS: — 0.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That the committee report the following to the House:
That the committee calls on the Canada Revenue Agency to investigate the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and that the committee believes it is in the public interest to prioritize this investigation.
ORDERED, — That the Chair present the report to the House.
Garnett Genuis moved, — That, given that the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation received a $125-million taxpayer funded payment in 2002, the committee hold 3 hearings into the situation at the Trudeau Foundation and report its findings to the House.
Debate arose thereon.
At 11:42 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 11:51 a.m., the sitting resumed.
Blake Desjarlais moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the word “three” with the word “two”.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That, given that the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation received a $125-million taxpayer funded payment in 2002, the committee hold two hearings into the situation at the Trudeau Foundation and report its findings to the House.
Peter Fragiskatos moved, — That the motion be amended by adding after the words “to the House” the following: “and that the witnesses will not include elected members of parliament and Trudeau Family members”.
The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to.
The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Valerie Bradford, Blake Desjarlais, Francis Drouin, Peter Fragiskatos, Garnett Genuis, Michael Kram, Kelly McCauley, Brenda Shanahan, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Jean Yip — 10;
NAYS: — 0.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That, given that the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation received a $125-million taxpayer funded payment in 2002, the committee hold two hearings into the situation at the Trudeau Foundation and report its findings to the House, and that the witnesses will not include elected members of parliament or Trudeau Family members.
At 11:59 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:05 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $2,000, for the study of Report 1, Accessible Transportation for Persons With Disabilities, of the 2023 Reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $2,000, for the study of Report 2, Connectivity in Rural and Remote Areas, of the 2023 Reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $2,000, for the study of Report 3, Follow-up on Gender-Based Analysis Plus, of the 2022 Reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $2,000 for the study of Report 3, Rehabilitation of Parliament’s Centre Block—Public Services and Procurement Canada, of the 2023 Reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $1,250, for the study of Report 4, International Assistance in Support of Gender Equality—Global Affairs Canada, of the 2023 Reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada, be adopted.
It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $2,000, for the study of Report 7, Protecting Aquatic Species at Risk, of the 2022 Reports 6 to 10 of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, be adopted.
At 12:22 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:24 p.m., the sitting resumed.
At 12:24 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:24 p.m., the sitting resumed.
At 1:01 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.