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Notice PaperNo. 295 Monday, April 8, 2024 11:00 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-24892 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North) — With regard to phone lines paid for by the government, broken down by cellular line versus traditional landline, for each part of the question: (a) how many phone lines was the government paying for as of April 1, 2024; (b) how many of the phone lines are dormant; (c) how many of the phone lines are active but have not been used or have not had any activity in the last year; (d) how many of the phone lines are considered redundant; and (e) what was the total amount spent on phone lines during the 2023 calendar year or the 2023-24 fiscal year, if known, broken down by service provider? |
| Q-24902 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey) — With regard to Canada Post: (a) what was the total amount spent on fuel in the last year; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by gasoline versus diesel; (c) what is the estimated number of litres of (i) gasoline, (ii) diesel fuel, purchased in the last year; (d) how many vehicles does Canada Post currently own; (e) what is the breakdown of vehicles owned by (i) diesel fueled, (ii) gasoline fueled, (iii) hybrid, (iv) electric; (f) what is the estimated number of kilometers driven by Canada Post vehicles last year; and (g) what is the breakdown of (a) through (f) by province or territory? |
| Q-24912 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay) — With regard to the Housing Accelerator Fund, since September 1, 2023: (a) how many applications for federal funding were rejected or unsuccessful, broken down by (i) province or territory, (ii) municipality; and (b) what is the projected number of residences that could have been constructed if funding was provided? |
| Q-24922 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — With regard to federal procurement: (a) how many cases of suspected invoicing fraud by Information Technology (IT) subcontractors have been submitted to the RCMP for investigation since January 2024; and (b) which departments are involved? |
| Q-24932 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — With regard to revoked or suspended security clearances of contractors since January 2024: what are the details of all revoked contracts, including the (i) department, (ii) vendor, (iii) value, (iv) description of the goods and services, (v) date the contract was signed, (vi) start and end dates? |
| Q-24942 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — With regard to contracts awarded through a non-competitive process since March 2020: what is the total value of contracts awarded to (i) GC Strategies, (ii) Dalian Enterprises Inc., (iii) Amazon Web Services Inc., (iv) Microsoft Canada Inc., (v) TEKsystems Inc., (vi) Donna Cona Inc., (vii) MGIS Inc., (viii) 49 Solutions, (ix) Makwa Resourcing Inc., (x) TPG Technology Consulting Ltd., (xi) Advanced Chippewa Technologies Inc.? |
| Q-24952 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Blanchette-Joncas (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) — With regard to federal spending in the electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, broken down by fiscal year since 2018–19, inclusively: (a) what is the total amount for each fiscal year; (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the amounts in (a) by department, Crown corporation, agency or organization; and (c) what grants and contributions were made, broken down by funding source? |
| Q-24962 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to Transport Canada (TC) and the Canadian Transportation Agency data for air travel from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2023: (a) how many in-flight medical events occurred in Canadian airspace; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by (i) flight type (i.e. commercial, private, freight, charter, other), (ii) airline, (iii) affected person type (i.e. pilots, other flight crew and passengers), (iv) year, (v) month; (c) how many in-flight medical events occurred on airplanes registered in Canada outside the Canadian airspace; (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by (i) flight type (i.e. commercial, private, freight, charter, other), (ii) airline, (iii) affected person type (i.e. pilots, other flight crew and passengers); (e) how many flights and miles were flown in Canadian airspace; (f) how many emergency landings occurred in the Canadian airspace; (g) what is the breakdown of (f) by (i) reason, (ii) airline, (iii) airplane model; (h) how many active Canadian commercial pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers died; (i) what medical screening changes occurred with respect to pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers (e.g. medical certification requirements changes); (j) for each medical screening change, (i) what it the reason, (ii) what is the date of the change, (iii) who are the persons and decision bodies who approved the change; (k) how many pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers claimed disability; (l) how many pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers applied for medical leave; (m) how many pilots underwent their annual medical examination; (n) how many pilots failed their annual medical examinations; (o) how many active pilot licenses existed; (p) how many pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers lost their employment or were placed on an unpaid leave as a result of refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccines or refusal to inform their employer about their COVID-19 vaccination status; (q) how many pilots lost their license for medical reasons; (r) does TC keep data relating to the numbers of Category 1-3 medical certificates that are (i) held, (ii) temporarily suspended, (iii) permanently suspended for non-compliance with COVID-19 vaccine policy; and (s) if the answers to (r)(i), (r)(ii) or (r)(iii) are affirmative, what is the data? |
| Q-24972 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Williams (Bay of Quinte) — With regard to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s funding of the barn swallow nesting structure project in Prince Edward Point: (a) what was the cost of the project, in total, and broken down by item and type of expense; and (b) what are the details of all contracts related to the project, including, for each, the (i) amount, (ii) vendor, (iii) date and duration, (iv) description of the goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (i.e. sole-sourced or competitive bid)? |
| Q-24981-2 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — With regard to the completion date on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project being delayed until September 2025: (a) was the delay related to disputes with Valard Construction; (b) to which of the four major associated construction projects are the additional $700 million assigned, and which of these projects is expected to result in more claims; (c) will the $700 million cover the overrun costs to the subcontractors until the end of 2022; (d) what additional funds will be allocated for work order charges from 2023, 2024 and 2025 until the end of the project; and (e) if there will be no additional funds allocated, will the government confirm there will be no more contractors' claims for the remainder of the project? |
| Q-24991-2 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — With regard to the Gordie Howe International Bridge project: (a) what are the estimated costs to taxpayers associated with the new completion date; and (b) will the cost overruns, those identified and the others yet to be determined, lengthen the time it takes for Canadian taxpayers to be reimbursed through the collection of tolls, will the toll charges be increased to cover the additional costs, or both? |
| Q-25002 — April 4, 2024 — Mrs. DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît) — With regard to the Canada Post building located at 180 Victoria Street, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield: (a) what are the annual expenses related to the operation of the post office and the sorting facility; (b) what investments are planned between now and 2030 at this building and for the operations that take place there; and (c) what is the estimated market value of the building and the land? |
| Q-25012 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. McLean (Calgary Centre) — With regard to government funding of non-governmental organizations or groups, from November 4, 2015, to present: (a) how much money has the government allocated to (i) Green Economy Canada, (ii) Alberta EcoTrust, (iii) Corporate Knights, (iv) Echo Foundation, (v) Eco Canada, (vi) Ivey Foundation, (vii) Resilient LLP, (viii) Canadian Climate Institute, (ix) Ecofiscal Commission; (b) for each entity in (a), what are the details, including the (i) department, agency or other government entity, (ii) date of the funding, (iii) amount and deliverables expected; (c) of the allocations in (a), which ones were (i) sole-sourced, (ii) awarded through a competitive bidding process; (d) of the allocations in (c)(ii), what was the (i) duration of the competition, (ii) number of organizations that submitted bids for the required deliverables; and (e) what programs from each organization in (a) received government funding, broken down by year and deliverables expected? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| April 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, in budget 2024, the House call on the NDP-Liberal government to: |
| (a) axe the tax on farmers and food by immediately passing Bill C-234 in its original form; |
| (b) build the homes, not bureaucracy, by requiring cities to permit 15% more home building each year as a condition for receiving federal infrastructure money; and |
| (c) fix the budget to bring down inflation and interest rates, by finding a dollar of savings for each new dollar of spending. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) and Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable) — April 4, 2024 |
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| April 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That the House declare that the Prime Minister convene a carbon tax emergency meeting with all of Canada’s 14 first ministers; that this meeting address: |
| (a) the ongoing carbon tax crisis and the financial burden it places on Canadians, |
| (b) the Prime Minister's recent 23% carbon tax increase, |
| (c) plans for provinces to opt-out of the federal carbon tax to pursue other responsible ideas to lower emissions, given that under the government's current environmental plan, Canada now ranks 62 out of 67 countries on the Climate Change Performance index; and |
| that this meeting be publicly televised and held within five weeks of this motion being adopted. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), Mr. Uppal (Edmonton Mill Woods), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) and Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable) — April 4, 2024 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-117 — April 4, 2024 — Mr. MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford) — That: |
| (a) the House recognize that, |
| (i) farmers are on the frontlines of increasing climate change impacts, and must be supported with all available tools to adapt while reducing environmental impacts, |
| (ii) organic agriculture is a globally recognized approach to sustainable food production that is backed by federal regulation and a third-party assurance system, and driven by growing consumer demand in Canada and internationally, |
| (iii) organic agriculture has documented benefits for increasing farm income, increasing biodiversity and soil health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions per acre, and building resilience to the impacts of extreme weather, |
| (iv) developing and improving organic agriculture can make a significant contribution to Canada's environmental, climate, and economic goals, |
| (v) Canada’s lack of a policy framework to develop organic food and farming, in contrast to many of our major trade competitors who have organic growth policies and are making historic investments in their sectors, leaves Canadian organic farmers at a competitive disadvantage; and |
| (b) in the opinion of the House, the government should fully recognize and incorporate organic agriculture in Canada's Sustainable Agriculture Strategy as a cross-cutting tool to meet multiple goals. |
| M-118 — April 4, 2024 — Ms. Collins (Victoria) — That: |
| (a) the House recognize that, |
| (i) over the past two years, scientists, Canadian members of Parliament and Senators, environment, health, and Indigenous groups, and Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development have all raised concern that the federal government has not been transparently reporting on greenhouse gas emissions in the forestry sector, and has artificially counted removals from forests in Canada's emissions targets, |
| (ii) accurately characterized reporting on forest-related greenhouse gas emissions would support the development of effective policy measures to reduce emissions, |
| (iii) a peer-reviewed study found that on average the forestry sector increased Canada’s emissions by over 90 million tonnes a year between 2005 and 2021, while the federal government, over the same time period, reported that the sector acted as a carbon sink, decreasing Canada's reported emissions, |
| (iv) the lack of accurately characterized, transparent reporting threatens to undermine the credibility and success of Canada’s climate plan; and |
| (b) in the opinion of the House, the government should ensure that the upcoming review of Canada’s approach to accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector includes a review of how Canada estimates and reports the sector's emissions and removals, including, |
| (i) identification of actions to address gaps, biases, and inconsistencies in the way Canada estimates and reports on anthropogenic versus natural emissions and removals, |
| (ii) means of improving transparency for policymakers, as recommended by Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development in his “Forests and Climate Change” report, including on the impact of industrial logging. |
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