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Notice Paper

No. 290

Monday, March 18, 2024

11:00 a.m.

Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions
Q-24232 — March 14, 2024 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF): (a) what grading or scoring system is used by the CAF when determining whether someone gets promoted, including (i) what the scores based on, (ii) what importance or weight each item carries, (iii) what grade or score is required to be eligible for or to obtain a promotion; (b) what is the current breakdown of members of the CAF by demographic; and (c) how many and what percentage of members of the CAF received promotions, broken down by each demographic that the CAF tracks and by year, for the past five years?
Q-24242 — March 14, 2024 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) credits and Sustainable Development Technology Canada's (SDTC) decision to freeze funding to SRED recipients: (a) is the CRA targeting SDTC funding recipients for audits, and, if not, what is the CRA's explanation for the high rates of audits being conducted on such businesses; and (b) how many SRED recipients have had their SDTC funding frozen, and, of those, how many are the subject of a CRA audit?
Q-24252 — March 14, 2024 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to the temporary public policy to facilitate temporary resident visas (TRV) for certain extended family affected by the crisis in Gaza, since January 9, 2024: (a) how many crisis web form applications have been received by the department, and how many sponsored individuals are represented; (b) how many unique reference codes have been issued and how many anchors and sponsored individuals are represented; (c) how many crisis web form applications have been rejected and (i) how many sponsored individuals are represented, (ii) what was the reason for the rejection; (d) how many crisis web form applications are still being processed and how many sponsored individuals are represented; (e) how many unique reference codes have been used to complete TRV applications; (f) how many TRV applicants have completed biometric processing at a biometric collection processing site prior to January 9, 2024; (g) how many TRV permits have been issued to those who have completed their biometrics prior to January 9, 2024; (h) how many TRV applicants have completed biometric processing at a biometric collection service point since January 9, 2024, and how many of them have been issued a TRV permit; (i) how many TRV applications have been rejected, and what was the reason for rejection; (j) how many TRV applications have been stamped and approved; (k) how many successful applicants were sent to the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) to be allowed to exit Gaza to migrate to Canada; (l) how many TRV applicants have had personal details, which were shared in the application process, other than a full name, date of birth, sex, passport or national ID details, mobile phone number, or current location by district, shared with Israeli authorities; and (m) how many TRV applicants have had information disclosed or additional background information forms shared with Israeli authorities?
Q-24262 — March 14, 2024 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to application backlogs and processing times at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to date: (a) how many temporary resident applications, permanent resident applications, and citizenship applications are in backlog, broken down by individual stream, including pilot programs; (b) what is the month-to-month reduction or increase in the number of applications in backlog, broken down by each individual stream, including pilot programs for the previous 60 months; and (c) how many applications have been processed and accepted for each individual stream, broken down by year, and by province or territory?
Q-24272 — March 14, 2024 — Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario: (a) what was the total amount spent by the agency on consultations and consultants during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years; and (b) what are the details of all contracts related to the consultations or consultants in (a), including, for each, the (i) date of the contract, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount or value, (iv) description of the goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (i.e. sole-sourced, competitive bid)?
Q-24282 — March 14, 2024 — Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario: (a) what was the total amount spent by the agency on advertising and outreach during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years; (b) what are the details of the agency’s advertising and outreach initiatives; (c) what metrics were used to determine the success of such endeavours; and (d) were the targets met?
Q-24292 — March 14, 2024 — Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — With regard to the government’s provision of goods and services to irregular border crossers seeking asylum: (a) what items are provided to entrants at the time of crossing; (b) what items are provided to entrants once they are relocated to accommodations; and (c) what is the cost ,per item, of provisions to entrants, broken down by each item with its associated per unit cost?
Q-24302 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Villemure (Trois-Rivières) — With regard to the technologies used by the federal government and its various departments, agencies and Crown corporations, notably the RCMP, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) have they purchased Hikvision surveillance cameras, owned by the Chinese company Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.; (b) do they use Hikvision surveillance cameras, owned by the Chinese company Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.; and (c) if the answer to (a) and (b) is affirmative, have they conducted a privacy impact assessment?
Q-24312 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) — With regard to legal services provided to the government, broken down by department or agency: (a) for each year since 2020, what was the total amount of expenditures on contracts for legal services, in total and broken down by vendor; and (b) how many in‑house lawyers or legal advisors are currently employed by the government?
Q-24321-2 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — With regard to the letter sent to the Minister of Health by the office of the Member from Chatham-Kent—Leamington in December 2023, and the minister's mandate letter of July 2023: (a) why were representatives from Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) not made available to attend the CFIA Food Security Roundtable in Chatham-Kent, Ontario on March 24, 2024; and (b) what are the current best practices for industry and various levels of government, including HC, in the event of a pathogenic or contamination crisis, when importing and exporting Canadian greenhouse and mushroom products to and from the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement and the European Union?
Q-24332 — March 14, 2024 — Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville) — With regard to Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, National Advisory Committee on Immunization and Privy Council communications in 2022: (a) were there communications between any of the entities or their personnel with the Ottawa Police Services Board or Ottawa Police Services personnel or the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, was any of the communication with respect to Detective Helen Grus, stillbirths or deaths of infants under one year; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, what are the details of each communication, including the (i) date, (ii) type of communication such as memorandum, telephone conversation, fax, or email; (iii) subject, (iv) reports produced as a result of the communication, (v) names of people included or copied on the communication; (d) were any of the named entities above or their personnel included in communications involving one or more of the following individuals, Deputy Chief Steven Bell, Superintendent Heather Lachine, Hugh O’Toole of the Professional Standards Branch, Prosecutor Vanessa Stewart, or the Ontario Coroner’s office; and (e) if the answer to (d) is affirmative, what are the details of each communication, including the (i) date, (ii) type of communication, (iii) subject, (iv) reports produced as a result of the communication, (v) names of people included or copied on the communication?
Q-24342 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to the government’s approval of the merger of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Canada: (a) was the Minister of Finance aware of HSBC mortgage fraud allegations before she approved the merger, and, if so, when was the Minister of Finance aware of those allegations at HSBC Canada; (b) were any recommendations given by the Department of Finance to the Minister of Finance regarding the allegations of mortgage fraud taking place at HSBC Canada, and, if so, who provided the recommendations and what were they; (c) has HSBC Canada reported any suspicious mortgage‑related transactions to the Department of Finance since 2015, and, if so, what is the number of reported transactions, broken down by year since 2015; (d) how many of the reported suspicious transactions in (c) involved a mortgage borrower who is not a Canadian citizen; (e) were the allegations of mortgage fraud taken into account when the decision was made to allow the merger of RBC and HSBC Canada, and, if not, why not; (f) has the Minister of Finance received any concerns from any government departments, agencies, officers of Parliament, or the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments regarding the allegations of mortgage fraud at HSBC Canada, and, if so, what are the details, including (i) who raised the concern, (ii) what concern was raised, (iii) the date, (iv) the minister’s response; (g) have any suspicious transactions related to mortgages been reported by HSBC Canada since the RBC‑HSBC Canada merger was approved, and, if so, how many; and (h) who will be responsible for paying any fines issued to HSBC Canada, following the completion of the merger, for failure to comply with anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing rules, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, the Bank Act, or other laws in Canada?
Q-24352 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to anti-terrorist financing, broken down by year since 2015: (a) have any federally regulated financial institutions reported transactions involving people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and, if so, how many were reported; (b) how many of the reported suspicious transactions in (a) are related to people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (c) how many transactions involving people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been investigated by the Government of Canada or its agencies, including the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the RCMP; (d) how many people or organizations have been investigated for transactions involving the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (e) how many federally regulated financial institutions, credit unions, or lenders have been investigated for transactions involving the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (f) what are the names of each company or entity investigated in (e), and what is the current status of each investigation; and (g) why has the Government of Canada not listed the entire Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization?
Q-24362 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to the government approach to anti-money laundering: (a) how much money does the government estimate has been laundered through Canada, broken down by year since 2015; (b) how many individuals, companies, entities, or organizations have been convicted of money laundering offences in Canada since 2015, in total, and broken down by year; (c) how many investigations related to money laundering have led to (i) fines, (ii) incarceration, in Canada since 2015, in total, and broken down by year; (d) of the total number of fines in (c), how many are a result of plea deals or other agreements where charges were not filed or were dropped; and (e) has the Department of Finance, its agencies, or the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation done an analysis on the impact that money laundering has on the housing market, and, if so, what are the details, including when the analysis was conducted and the results?
Q-24372 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to government statistics on homelessness in Canada: (a) how many homeless people are there currently in Canada; (b) how many homeless people have there been in Canada, broken down by year since 2015; (c) how many homeless encampments are there in Canada; (d) how many homeless encampments have there been in Canada, broken down by year since 2015; (e) how many homeless people have been housed as a result of Infrastructure Canada funding; (f) how many homeless people have been housed as a result of the National Housing Strategy; (g) how many homeless people have been housed as a result of the National Housing Accelerator Fund; and (h) what is the breakdown of (c) through (g) by province or territory and by municipality?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply
Opposition Motions
March 14, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that the Liberal government is still planning to increase taxes on beer, wine and liquor on April 1, 2024, the House call on the Liberal government to immediately cancel the entire April 1 tax increase on beer, wine and liquor.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) and Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable) — March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that 70% of provinces and 70% of Canadians oppose the Prime Minister's 23% carbon tax hike on April 1, the House call on the NDP-Liberal coalition to immediately cancel this hike.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods), Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) and Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock) — March 14, 2024
Supplementary Estimates (C)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
February 28, 2024 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, be concurred in.
Interim Supply
February 28, 2024 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the House do concur in interim supply as follows:
That a sum not exceeding $74,011,525,281 being composed of the following amounts, each item rounded up to the next dollar:
(1) three twelfths ($24,716,610,903) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Proposed Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, except for those items below:
(2) twelve twelfths of the total of the amounts of Correctional Service of Canada Vote 10, Department of Finance Vote 5 and Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Vote 20, of the said estimates, $3;
(3) eleven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Vote 1, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Vote 5, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Vote L30, Leaders' Debates Commission Vote 1, Telefilm Canada Vote 1, Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 5 and VIA HFR - VIA TGF Inc. Vote 1, of the said estimates, $1,018,532,295;
(4) ten twelfths of the amount of Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Vote 10, of the said estimates, $7,423,697,296;
(5) nine twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Vote 1, Department of Indigenous Services Votes 5 and 10 and Department of Justice Vote 1, of the said estimates, $15,458,217,923;
(6) eight twelfths of the total of the amounts of Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 10, of the said estimates, $249,169,510;
(7) seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 1 and Department of the Environment Vote 10, of the said estimates, $836,989,879;
(8) six twelfths of the total of the amounts of Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Vote 1, Canadian Space Agency Vote 5, Department for Women and Gender Equality Vote 5, Department of Employment and Social Development Vote 5, Department of Health Vote 10 and Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 1, of the said estimates, $8,733,804,026;
(9) five twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian High Arctic Research Station Vote 1, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Votes 1 and 10, Department of lndigenous Services Vote 1, Department of Veterans Affairs Vote 5, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Vote 1, Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 5, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 1 and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 1, of the said estimates, $6,172,164,025;
(10) four twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Space Agency Vote 10, Correctional Service of Canada Vote 1, Department of Finance Vote 1, Department of Health Vote 1, Department of Industry Votes 1 and 10, Department of Public Works and Government Services Vote 1, Department of Transport Vote 5, House of Commons Vote 1, Marine Atlantic Inc. Vote 1,National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat Vote 1, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Vote 5, Office of the Governor General's Secretary Vote 1, Parks Canada Agency Vote 1, Privy Council Office Vote 1, Public Service Commission Vote 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Votes 5, 10 and 15, Shared Services Canada Votes 1 and 5, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Vote 5, Statistics Canada Vote 1, Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 20 and Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority Vote 1, of the said estimates, $9,402,339,421;
be granted to His Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions
M-115 — March 14, 2024 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should formally apologize to Black Canadians for its role, intended or not, in chattel enslavement in Canada, address the generational disadvantageous effects of enslavement and its systemic racist legacy, commit to undertaking inputs for judicial, educational, fiscal and cultural equity, with Black Canadian collaboration, so that they can take part in “The Canadian Dream” equitably, and officially recognize pre-Abolition Act pioneering African Canadians as a distinct culture in Canada which would serve to:
(i) present African Canadians with a deserved apology for over 200 years of chattel enslavement in Canada,
(ii) address the Canadian government's role, intended, implicit or indifferent, taking responsibility for their role in chattel enslavement and its racist legacy,
(iii) acknowledge that chattel enslavement was initiated over 400 years ago to assemble a cheap, ready, usable work force who were dehumanized, dispersed globally and used as the low-cost machinery of the day,
(iv) acknowledge that African peoples were targeted to be used in this capacity, because of their abundance and skills, but most specifically because of the colour of their skin, which forestalled escaping and blending into neighboring communities,
(v) acknowledge that the linguistic skills of a free Black man, Mathieu DaCosta, opened North America for colonization by the French in 1605, in colonial Canada, the “Code Noir”, a 1743 ordinance decreed by King Louis XIV, stipulated that both Indigenous and Black slaves brought to the French colony would be considered the possession of those who purchased them, and that Great Britain continued to condone and practice chattel enslavement after defeating the French at the Plains of Abraham in 1759,
(vi) make clear that after the Slavery Abolition Act, 1834, the Dominion of Canada, created in 1867, continued systemic racism developed during slavery, perpetuating and practicing discriminatory beliefs in society, institutions, organizations and legislation effectively treating Blacks as marginalized inferiors,
(vii) reiterate that rightfully Black Canadians' social, political, cultural and economic contributions to the progress of this country deserve to be acknowledged, embraced, genuinely respected, dignified, appropriately redressed and celebrated in the same way that Indigenous peoples and Chinese, Italians, Japanese and Jewish people have received official apologies and compensation, even though Blacks' request for an apology and redress has been and continues to be sidelined and trivialized.

Private Members' Business
C-375 — February 12, 2024 — Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-375, An Act to amend the Impact Assessment Act (federal-provincial agreements).
1 Requires Oral Answer
2 Response requested within 45 days
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