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Notice PaperNo. 254 Thursday, November 23, 2023 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-20112 — November 22, 2023 — Mr. Redekopp (Saskatoon West) — With regard to government responses to document production orders adopted by the House of Commons and its committees: (a) does the government acknowledge the authority of the House and its committees to compel the production of documents through the power to send for papers and records; (b) does the "suggested key messages" briefed to the Office of the Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship by departmental officials, on May 2, 2022, that "Parliamentary committees may request documents from the government, but the government is of the view that they cannot compel their disclosure" represent the government's official position, and, if not, what is the government's official position; (c) if the answer to (b) is negative, what remedial action has been taken to ensure that the Department of Citizenship and Immigration is correctly informed about the House's constitutional authority to compel the production of documents; (d) are the key messages prepared for an assistant deputy minister of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration on April 28, 2022, for a briefing to be provided to the deputy minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, specifically that "even in the face of an order from the House of Commons, it remains open to protect personal information from disclosure if ministers wish to do so" reflective of the government's official position; (e) if the answer to (d) is negative, what remedial action has been taken to ensure that the department is correctly informed about ministers' authority to override orders of the House and its committees; and (f) is it the position of the government that ministers have any discretionary authorities to redact documents ordered by the House or its committees to be produced, and, if so, on what grounds and lawful authority may orders of the House and its committees be overridden "if ministers wish to do so"? |
| Q-20122 — November 22, 2023 — Mr. Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) — With regard to the ArriveCAN application: (a) how many employees were assigned to work on ArriveCAN, broken down by year and by executive level versus non-executive level; (b) broken down by each component in (a), how many and what percentage of those employees received bonuses; (c) what was the total amount paid in bonuses each year to employees that worked on ArriveCAN; and (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by executive level versus non-executive level? |
| Q-20132 — November 22, 2023 — Mr. Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning) — With regard to government information about housing: (a) how many non-primary residences are located within the greater area of (i) Edmonton, (ii) Vancouver, (iii) Calgary, (iv) Toronto, (v) Montréal; (b) of the residences in (a), how many are owned by (i) Canadian residents, (ii) non-residents; (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by vacant units versus occupied units; and (d) what is the breakdown of (a) by type of owner (foreign individual, domestic corporation, etc.)? |
| Q-20142 — November 22, 2023 — Mr. Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning) — With regard to Nutrition North Canada (NNC), broken down by year since January 1, 2016: (a) what was the total amount of funding committed through the (i) NNC retail subsidy, (ii) harvesters support grant program; (b) what was the total amount of funding paid out through the (i) NNC retail subsidy, (ii) harvesters support grant program, for each year; (c) how much of the $163.4 million committed in budget 2021 to expand NNC has been delivered to date; and (d) what is the itemized breakdown of how the money in (c) was spent? |
| Q-20152 — November 22, 2023 — Mrs. Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington) — With regard to the usage of the government's Hercules aircraft since January 1, 2016, excluding flights into war or conflict zones: what are the details of the legs of each flight which included the Prime Minister or other ministers as passengers, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of the passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight, (vii) volume of fuel used, or an estimate, (viii) amount spent on fuel? |
| Q-20162 — November 22, 2023 — Mrs. Kramp-Neuman (Hastings—Lennox and Addington) — With regard to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the October 6, 2023 directive for CAF reconstitution from the Chief of the Defence Staff and the deputy minister: (a) how many and what percentage of CAF members are considered non-essential; (b) how many and what percentage of those considered non-essential have been ordered to "temporarily cease activities" to focus on the reconstitution order; (c) what is the breakdown of how many CAF members have been reassigned to focus on the reconstitution order by the unit or squadron they were with; and (d) what are the details of each analysis conducted, including timelines, findings, and number of personnel involved, related to the part of the directive stating that "Before reductions in staffing processes and/or the ceasing of activities and tasks that do not directly contribute to CAF reconstitution efforts, an analysis shall be conducted to determine the impacts on Public Service processes and activities, and solutions will be devised in collaboration with ADM(HR-Civ) to mitigate negative second and third order effects"? |
| Q-20172 — November 22, 2023 — Mr. Dreeshen (Red Deer—Mountain View) — With regard to the orders in council adopted since November 4, 2015: (a) how many orders in council have not been published on the Privy Council Office website; and (b) with respect to each order in council not published, (i) what is the number assigned to it, (ii) what is the date on which it was adopted, (iii) who was the minister who gave the recommendation to adopt it, (iv) which departments, agencies or Crown corporations did it concern, (v) what is its subject-matter, (vi) did it enact regulations exempted from examination, publication or registration under the Statutory Instruments Act? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| S-210 — May 17, 2023 — Mrs. Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — October 30, 2023 |
| Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — November 7, 2023 |
| Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk), Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood), Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) and Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) — November 21, 2023 |
| Ms. Larouche (Shefford), Mrs. Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster), Ms. Lambropoulos (Saint-Laurent) and Mr. Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) — November 22, 2023 |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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