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Notice PaperNo. 320 Wednesday, May 29, 2024 2:00 p.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Criminal Code to address the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Jordan”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills) — That the 24th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Thursday, April 18, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills) — That the 25th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Monday, April 29, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills) — That the 26th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Friday, May 10, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills) — That the sixth report of the Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship, presented on Thursday, April 18, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Barlow (Foothills) — That the 18th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Thursday, May 23, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac) — That the 14th report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented on Thursday, May 23, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame) — That the 14th report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented on Thursday, May 23, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — That the 18th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Thursday, May 23, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Epp (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) — That the 26th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Friday, May 10, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) — That the sixth report of the Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship, presented on Thursday, April 18, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) — That the 18th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Thursday, May 23, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Ms. Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha) — That the 19th report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, presented on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| May 28, 2024 — Ms. Ferreri (Peterborough—Kawartha) — That the 20th report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, presented on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, be concurred in. |
Questions |
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| Q-27352 — May 28, 2024 — Mr. Godin (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier) — With regard to the backlog in processing asylum claims: (a) how many claims are currently waiting to be processed; (b) what is the breakdown of (a) by the claimant’s country of origin; (c) what is the breakdown of (a) by how long it has been since the asylum claim was first made (less than a year, one to three years, over three years, etc.); and (d) what are the government’s goals, including a detailed timeline of when the backlog will be (i) reduced, (ii) eliminated? |
| Q-27362 — May 28, 2024 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's (IRCC) Humanitarian and Compassionate immigration category, in 2023: (a) what is the total amount of applications under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (b) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (c) what is the total amount of applications of Ukrainian origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (d) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications of Ukrainian origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (e) what is the total amount of applications of Haitian origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (f) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications of Haitian origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (g) what is the total amount of applications of Sudanese origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (h) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications of Sudanese origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (i) what is the total amount of applications of Hong Kongese origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (j) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications of Hong Kongese origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (k) what is the total amount of applications of Colombian origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (I) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications of Colombian origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; (m) what is the total amount of applications of Venezuelan origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed; and (n) what is the total number of individual names and the total number of applications of Venezuelan origin under this category that (i) have been submitted, (ii) have been accepted, (iii) have been rejected, (iv) have been withdrawn, (v) are still waiting to be processed? |
| Q-27372 — May 28, 2024 — Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton) — With regard to the government’s efforts to recover funds from government contract recipients for any reason, including overpayment, failure to meet contractual obligations or any other reason, broken down by department or agency: what are the details of all such efforts which have taken place since January 1, 2022, including, for each, the (i) date of the contract, (ii) contract value, (iii) vendor, (iv) description of the products or services, (v) amount paid out, (vi) recovery amount sought by the government, (vii) amount recovered to date, (viii) reason for the recovery, (ix) date on which recovery efforts began? |
| Q-27382 — May 28, 2024 — Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton) — With regard to government expenditures on other professional services not elsewhere specified (Treasury Board code 0499 or similar), during the 2023-24 fiscal year: (a) what was the total amount spent on such services, broken down by each department, agency, or other government entity; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) date, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount, (iv) description of the services, (v) details of how the contract was awarded (sole-sourced or competitive bid)? |
| Q-27391-2 — May 28, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regards to Possession and Acquisition Licenses (PAL) and Restricted Possession and Acquisition Licenses (RPAL) applications for renewal or first licensing, as of December 31, for each year from 2016 to 2023, inclusively, broken down by type of application (New PAL, Renewal, Minor PAL, or Transfer), and province or territory of application: (a) how many applications been in processing for over (i) one month, (ii) three months, (iii) six months, (iv) one year, (v) 18 months; (b) how many of the applications required secondary and tertiary reviews; (c) how many applications were delayed due to administrative issues; (d) how many employees or full time equivalents were employed at the Canadian Firearms Program office to process applications; and (e) how many PAL or RPAL renewal applications remained in processing six months after the listed expiry date on the license. |
| Q-27401-2 — May 28, 2024 — Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — With regard to the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) Call Center, broken down by month since it was established, until May 2024, inclusively, and by province or territory of call origin: (a) how many phone calls were received by the CEBA Call Centre; (b) how many calls went unanswered; and (c) how many employees or full time equivalents were employed to answer calls at the CEBA Call centre? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that extortion has risen by 218%, violent crime is up by 39%, and towns and suburbs, which used to be safe and peaceful, are now being terrorized by foreign gangs that threaten our neighbours with violence and arson, the House call on the government to bring in measures that will: |
| (a) establish a mandatory prison sentence of three years for any criminal convicted of extortion; |
| (b) bring in a mandatory five-year prison sentence for any criminal convicted of extortion who is acting on behalf of gangs and organized crime; |
| (c) restore mandatory four-year prison sentences for the offence ofextortion with a firearm that the liberal government repealed; |
| (d) make arson an aggravating factor for the charge of extortion; and |
| (e) reverse the damage done by the Liberal Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, from the 41st Parliament, and restore jail, not bail, for repeat offenders. |
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| Mr. Moore (Fundy Royal), Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock), Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) and Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) — May 28, 2024 |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given the explosion of car theft in Canada, caused by the provisions of the government's catch and release Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, from the 41st Parliament, which allows repeat offenders to be released on bail within hours of arrest and who then go out and promptly re-offend, and by the provisions of Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which allows house arrest for these criminals who return to the streets to offend again, the House call on the government to: |
| (a) increase the mandatory minimum penalty from six months to three years for a third offence of motor vehicle theft; |
| (b) remove eligibility for house arrest if convicted of motor vehicle theft by way of indictment; |
| (c) create a new, specific aggravating factor where the offence of motor vehicle theft is committed for the benefit of organized crime; and |
| (d) ensure that repeat offenders get jail, not bail. |
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| Mr. Moore (Fundy Royal), Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock), Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) and Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) — May 28, 2024 |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That the House call on the government to bring in measures, before the House adjourns for the summer, to keep doctors, nurses, and patients safe by preventing a Health Minister from allowing open and unprescribed hard drug use in hospitals and toughening penalties for criminals who bring dangerous weapons into hospitals as proposed by Bill C-391, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (possession of weapons and drugs in hospitals). |
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| Mr. Ellis (Cumberland—Colchester), Mrs. Goodridge (Fort McMurray—Cold Lake), Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock), Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) and Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) — May 28, 2024 |
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| May 28, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that, the Hon. Marie-Josée Hogue, in her capacity as Commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Election Processes and Democratic Institutions, has the security clearance to see every item of classified intelligence, including Cabinet documents: |
| (a) an order of the House do issue for an unredacted copy of all documents requested by Justice Hogue to date, no later than five days following the adoption of this order; and |
| (b) the documents be deposited with the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, without redaction, and be made available for viewing by Justice Hogue. |
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| Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), Ms. Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock), Mr. Warkentin (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable), Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) and Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) — May 28, 2024 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-353 — December 1, 2023 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill), seconded by Mr. Majumdar (Calgary Heritage), — That Bill C-353, An Act to provide for the imposition of restrictive measures against foreign hostage takers and those who practice arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations and to make related amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) — November 22, 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). |
| Statements by Speaker regarding royal recommendation — October 19, 2023, and February 1, 2024 (See Debates). |
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| 1 Requires Oral Answer 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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