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Notice PaperNo. 232 Monday, October 16, 2023 11:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| October 12, 2023 — The Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development — Bill entitled “An Act to implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine”. |
| Recommendation |
| (Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2)) |
| Her Excellency the Governor General 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 implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| October 12, 2023 — Mr. Blois (Kings—Hants) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Seeds Act and the Pest Control Products Act (provisional registration and approval)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| October 12, 2023 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| October 12, 2023 — Mrs. Kusie (Calgary Midnapore) — That the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| October 12, 2023 — Mr. Seeback (Dufferin—Caledon) — That the 10th report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Monday, September 18, 2023, be concurred in. |
Questions |
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| Q-18052 — October 12, 2023 — Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) — With regard to the Rental Construction Financing Initiative: (a) how much funding has been provided under the initiative since the creation of the program; (b) what are the details of all projects approved to date, including, for each, the (i) location, (ii) number of units, (iii) value of the project, (iv) amount of financing, (v) type of financing, (vi) financing recipient, if known, (vii) date of application, (viii) date of approval, (ix) date the financing was provided; and (c) of the projects in (b), how many units have been completed as of October 2023? |
| Q-18062 — October 12, 2023 — Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) — With regard to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA): (a) what is the current backlog of air traffic complaints, including the number of complaints and the length of time before new complaints are adjudicated; (b) what is the government’s plan to reduce the backlog; (c) does the government have a target date for when the backlog will be reduced to less than six months, and, if so, what is the target; (d) if the government does not have a target in (c), why not; and (e) what measures, if any, are in place to reduce the number of cases requiring a CTA ruling? |
| Q-18072 — October 12, 2023 — Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) — With regard to government expenditures related to the Prime Minister’s trip to New York in September 2023, to attend the United Nations General Assembly: (a) what are the expenditures incurred to date, in total and broken down by type of expense; (b) how many members were part of the Canadian delegation; (c) what are the names and titles of the delegation members; (d) what was the total amount spent on hotels in the New York City area during that visit; and (e) what are the details of the spending at each hotel, including the (i) total amount spent, (ii) name of the hotel, (iii) number of rooms rented each night, (iv) rate paid and the number of rooms at each rate? |
| Q-18082 — October 12, 2023 — Mr. Ste-Marie (Joliette) — With regard to the initiative in Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, that would implement a temporary enhancement to the GST New Residential Rental Property Rebate in respect of new purpose-built rental housing: (a) what are the details of the opinions and studies, including the (i) date, (ii) summary of the studies, (iii) source of the documents (internal or external to the department), (iv) name of the department or organization that provided the opinion, that led the Minister of Finance and deputy ministers and assistant deputy ministers at the Department of Finance to say that removing the GST would lower the cost of housing; (b) what are the details of the studies and opinions, including the (i) date, (ii) summary of the studies, (iii) source of the documents (internal or external to the department), (iv) name of the department or organization that provided the opinion, that were received by deputy ministers and assistant deputy ministers that support implementing the removal of GST for building rental housing; and (c) what are the details of the opinions and studies in (a) and (b), including the (i) date, (ii) summary of the studies, (iii) source of the documents (internal or external to the department), (iv) name of the department or organization that provided the opinion, that were sent to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities and his office? |
| Q-18092 — October 12, 2023 — Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester) — With regard to the government's Substance Use and Addictions Program, broken down annually for each of the last five years: (a) how much funding has been provided through the program; (b) how was the funding spent, broken down by type of expenditure; (c) what are the details of the funding recipients, including (i) which entities received funding through the program, including the name and location of each entity, (ii) how much funding each entity receive, (iii) what the funding was intended for; (d) what was the breakdown of the funding by province or territory and by municipal area, if known; and (e) what was the breakdown of the funding by type of substance? |
| Q-18102 — October 12, 2023 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to Veterans Affairs Canada, to date: (a) how many purpose-built accessible and affordable housing units have been built or procured since November 1, 2019, to specifically address homelessness of former members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, broken down by year and by province or territory; (b) what are the median rents for the purpose built-housing units mentioned in (a), broken down by year and by municipality; (c) how many formerly homeless veterans received access to homes through the procurement of the purpose-built housing units in (a), broken down by year and by province or territory; (d) how were federal funds allocated to construct purpose-built affordable housing for veterans experiencing homelessness across Canada; and (e) is the government aware of how many veterans are currently experiencing homelessness in Canada, and, if so, what is the most recent count? |
| Q-18112 — October 12, 2023 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) mortgage insurance loans for non-profit housing providers, to date: (a) how many non-profit housing projects with mortgage guarantees from CMHC defaulted, broken down by year and by province or territory; (b) for each project that defaulted in (a), what was the reason for the default; (c) how many and what percentage of non-profit projects that defaulted were eventually foreclosed; (d) how many and what percentage of projects in default were also guaranteed by provincial or territorial governments; (e) what is the amount of administrative fees the CMHC charges to non-profits seeking to have CMHC mortgage insurance for their housing project, on average; and (f) what is the total amount of administrative fees the CMHC has collected from non-profits broken down by year and by province or territory? |
| Q-18122 — October 12, 2023 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to the government's Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI), to date: (a) how many applications through the Projects Stream has the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) (i) received, broken down by municipality and by year; (ii) rejected, broken down by municipality, by year, and by number of units per application; (iii) approved, broken down by municipality and by year; (iv) accepted and delivered all funding for, broken down by municipality, by year, and by number of units; (b) how many applications through the Cities Stream has CMHC (i) received, broken down by municipality and by year; (ii) rejected, broken down by municipality, by year, and by number of units per application; (iii) approved, broken down by municipality and by year; (iv) accepted delivered all funding for, broken down by municipality, by year, and by number of units; (c) of the projects rejected, how many had either municipal, provincial, or territorial resources attached to the project (i) for the Projects Stream, and (ii) for the Cities stream; (d) how much federal funding has been paid out by the program; (e) what are the median processing times for RHI applications, broken down by municipality and by year; and (f) what are the median rents for completed RHI-funded units, broken down by municipality and by year? |
| Q-18132 — October 12, 2023 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to compliance inspections undertaken by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) related to the Temporary Foreign Worker program and the findings of those inspections: (a) of the more than 2,100 inspections undertaken by ESDC in the last fiscal year, how many and what percentage were conducted (i) in-person, (ii) remotely, broken down by year and by province; (b) of those inspections conducted in-person in (a), (i) how many provided formal or informal notice to employers prior to the date of inspection, (ii) how many and what percentage were found to be in violation of compliance standards, (iii) what were the reasons cited for the violation of compliance (ranked in order of the most frequent) and the percentage for each distinct reason in relation to all found violations, (iv) within what timeframe did the employer address the violations; (c) of those inspections conducted remotely in (a), (i) how many and what percentage were found to be in violation of compliance standards, (ii) what were the reasons cited for the violation of compliance (ranked in order of the most frequent) and the percentage for each distinct reason in relation to all found violations; (d) were any of the employers found to be repeat offenders and, if so, how many employers were found to be in violation of compliance standards more than once and how often did these employers violate compliance standards; (e) how many and what percentage of employers found to be in violation of compliance standards received a follow-up inspection following the original finding of violations, and how many and what percentage of follow-up inspections found the employer to be in (i) compliance, (ii) violation; (f) among employers who were found to be in violation of compliance standards of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, how many and what percentage (i) were required to provide adequate living accomodations for migrant workers, (ii) failed to meet the requirements to provide adequate living commodations, (iii) employed foreign nationals holding closed work permits and (g) in those cases whereby it was decided that employers failed to provide foreign nationals with appropriate and agreed-upon wages, failed to provide foreign nationals with health insurance, charged foreign nationals excessive fees, failed to provide adequate living accommodations, failed to maintain a workplace free of abuse or reprisal, failed to meet expectations listed in the offer of employment, or failed to provide information on the foreign national’s rights in Canada, what measures, if any, were taken to compensate affected foreign nationals? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| October 12, 2023 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that, |
| (i) the Liberal-NDP carbon tax will quadruple to 61 cents per litre, |
| (ii) the Bloc Québécois says that the carbon tax needs to be radically increased, |
| (iii) Atlantic Liberal members of Parliament allege they are not in favour of carbon taxes but have supported carbon tax measures 24 times since 2015, |
| (iv) after eight years of this Liberal government, inflation is at 40-year highs, the cost of groceries are punishing Canadians, rent payments have doubled, and monthly mortgage payments have increased 150% and now cost $3,500 on a typical family home, |
| therefore, the House: |
| (a) agree with the Liberal member for Avalon, in Newfoudland and Labrador, when he said “I've had people tell me they can't afford to buy groceries. They can't afford to heat their homes, and that's hard to hear from, especially seniors who live alone and tell me that they go around their house in the spring and winter time with a blanket wrapped around them 'cause they can't afford the home heating fuel and they can't afford to buy beef or chicken.”; and |
| (b) to ensure Canadians can heat their homes this winter, call on the government to immediately remove the carbon tax from home heating fuels. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) and Mr. Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame) — October 12, 2023 |
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| October 12, 2023 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that, |
| (i) after eight years of this Liberal government, this prime minister has added more to the national debt then all previous prime minister’s combined, |
| (ii) a half-trillion dollars of inflationary deficits has directly led to 40-year inflation highs, |
| (iii) prior to budget 2023, the Minister of Finance said, “What Canadians want right now is for inflation to come down and for interest rates to fall […] and that is one of our primary goals in this year’s budget: not to pour fuel on the fire of inflation," and then proceed to usher in $60 billion in new spending, |
| (iv) in order to combat inflation, the Bank of Canada has been forced to increase interest rates 10 times in just 19 months, |
| (v) interest rate increases have increased mortgage payments, and since this prime minister took office, monthly mortgage payments have increased 150% and now cost $3,500 on a typical family home, |
| (vi) the Liberal-NDP government must exercise fiscal discipline, end their inflation driving deficits so that interest rates can be lowered, |
| in order to avoid a mortgage default crisis, as warned by the International Monetary Fund, and to ensure Canadians do not lose their homes, the House call on the government to introduce a fiscal plan that includes a pathway back to balanced budgets, in order to decrease inflation and interest rates, and to introduce this in the House of Commons prior to the Bank of Canada’s next policy interest rate decision on October 25, 2023. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods) and Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — October 12, 2023 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-325 — June 1, 2023 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), seconded by Mr. Lehoux (Beauce), — That Bill C-325, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (conditions of release and conditional sentences), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — March 20, 2023 |
| Mr. Maguire (Brandon—Souris) and Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — March 30, 2023 |
| Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — April 12, 2023 |
| Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) — May 15, 2023 |
| 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). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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