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Notice Paper

No. 325

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

2:00 p.m.

Introduction of Government Bills
June 4, 2024 — The Minister of Health — Bill entitled “An Act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and to prohibit data blocking by health information technology vendors”.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions
Q-27622 — June 4, 2024 — Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle) — With regard to the statement on page 99 of the 2023 Fall Economic Statement that "The government will begin purchasing up to an annual maximum of $30 billion of Canada Mortgage Bonds, starting as early as February 2024": (a) when did the government begin purchasing the bonds; (b) what is the amount and value of the bonds purchased to date; (c) what are the government's projections in relation to how much of the $30 billion in bonds per year the government expects to default or write-off; and (d) what specific measures, if any, are in place to ensure that the government's finances are not adversely impacted by any increase in the default rate of these bonds?
Q-27632 — June 4, 2024 — Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock) — With regard to performance audits or similar types of assessments related to passport processing times, which were ongoing or have been conducted since May 1, 2022: what are the details of each audit or assessment, including, for each, the (i) start and end dates of the time period audited or assessed, (ii) summary and scope of the audit or assessment, (iii) findings, (iv) recommended changes to improve processing times, if applicable, (v) changes that were implemented, (vi) entity responsible for conducting the audit or assessment?
Q-27642 — June 4, 2024 — Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock) — With regard to government expenditures on gala, concert or sporting event tickets, since January 1, 2023: what was the (i) date, (ii) location, (iii) total cost, (iv) cost per ticket, (v) number of tickets, (vi) title of the persons using the tickets, (vii) name or title of the event for which tickets were purchased by, or billed to, any department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity?
Q-27652 — June 4, 2024 — Mrs. Thomas (Lethbridge) — With regard to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) decision, announced in June 2024, that it would require online streaming services to pay five percent of their Canadian revenues to CRTC as part of implementing the measures contained in Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts: (a) how many different streaming services does the CRTC expect to receive payments from; (b) how much annual revenue does the CRTC expect to receive; (c) what assurances, if any, has the CRTC received to ensure that the five percent is not passed on to consumers in the form of higher subscription prices; and (d) what analysis, if any, was done on the impact of higher subscription prices as a result of the payment requirement on inflation or the cost of living?
Q-27662 — June 4, 2024 — Mr. Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) — With regard to the revelation by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) at the Standing Committee on Finance on June 3, 2024, that "the government has economic analysis on the impact of the carbon tax itself and the OBPS. We've seen that, staff in my office, but we've been told explicitly not to disclose it": (a) who in the government issued this gag order on the PBO; (b) what were the findings of any economic analysis which was subject to the gag order; (c) why was the gag order issued; and (d) how does the gag order comply with the Prime Minister's commitment in 2015 to provide Canadians with the most transparent and open government in the world?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply
Opposition Motions
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that the Auditor General of Canada's report on consulting contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company finds that the NDP-Liberal government has awarded this firm over $200 million in contracts since 2015, the House call upon the government, Crown corporations and agencies never to award another contract to McKinsey & Company and to recover from McKinsey & Company funds paid to the firm in relation to the questionable contracts identified by the Auditor General in her report.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), 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) — June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That the House order the government, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and the Auditor General of Canada each to deposit with the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, within 14 days of the adoption of this order, the following documents, created or dated since January 1, 2017, which are in its or her possession, custody or control:
(a) all files, documents, briefing notes, memoranda, e-mails or any other correspondence exchanged among government officials regarding SDTC;
(b) contribution and funding agreements to which SDTC is a party;
(c) records detailing financial information of companies in which past or present directors or officers of SDTC had ownership, management or other financial interests;
(d) SDTC conflict of interest declarations;
(e) minutes of SDTC's Board of Directors and Project Review Committee; and
(f) all briefing notes, memoranda, e-mails or any other correspondence exchanged between SDTC directors and SDTC management;
provided that,
(g) the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel shall promptly thereafter notify the Speaker whether each entity produced documents as ordered, and the Speaker, in turn, shall forthwith inform the House of the notice of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel but, if the House stands adjourned, the Speaker shall lay the notice upon the table pursuant to Standing Order 32(1); and
(h) the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel shall provide forthwith any documents received by him, pursuant to this order, to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for its independent determination of whether to investigate potential offences under the Criminal Code or any other act of Parliament.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), 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) — June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) — That, as all Canadians commemorate the 80th anniversary of the tremendous sacrifice and victory of Canadian soldiers at Juno Beach as part of the D-Day invasion and subsequent liberation of Europe, the House recognize that:
(a) the newest generation of Canadian Forces members are suffering under the failed policies of this Liberal-NDP government;
(b) Canadian Armed Forces members are now using food banks at record numbers;
(c) more veterans are homeless and living on the streets;
(d) Canadians who join the Armed Forces are not issued proper equipment or asked to serve on antiquated platforms on the land, sea and air; and
(e) with the growing recruitment and retention crisis of the last nine years, military families are under more strain than ever.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), Mr. Richards (Banff—Airdrie), 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) — June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That, given that the past nine years have been marked by a steady progression of reports of government waste, mismanagement, conflicts of interest, police and other investigations and corruption under the watch of the current Liberal Prime Minister and his government, the House appoint a special committee on anti-corruption, to be styled the Anti-Corruption Committee, with the mandate to examine and review these matters, including, but not limited to:
(a) conflicts of interest, misuse of public funds, workplace misconduct and governance failures at Sustainable Development Technology Canada;
(b) abuses of, and shortcomings within, government contracting and outsourcing which have been identified in recent reports of the Procurement Ombud, including the preferences showed to McKinsey & Company;
(c) the development, failures and mismanagement of, and procurement related to, the ArriveCAN application;
(d) breaches of the Conflict of Interest Act and other conflict-of-interest concerns arising from the Prime Minister's assorted personal luxury travels, including the work undertaken by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in relation to the Prime Minister's December 2016 travel to the Bahamas; and
(e) breaches of the Conflict of Interest Act and the work undertaken by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in relation to political interference with the Attorney General's functions in respect of a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin;
provided that,
(f) the committee be composed of 15 members, of which six shall be government members, five shall be from the official opposition, two shall be from the Bloc Québécois and two shall be from the New Democratic Party;
(g) the members shall be named by their respective whip by depositing with the Clerk of the House the list of their members to serve on the committee no later than the second day following the adoption of this order;
(h) the Clerk of the House shall convene an organization meeting of the said committee within seven days of the adoption of this order;
(i) changes in the membership of the committee shall be effective immediately after notification by the whip has been filed with the Clerk of the House;
(j) membership substitutions be permitted, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2);
(k) notwithstanding Standing Order 106(2), the committee be chaired by a member of the official opposition, and in addition to the Chair, the first vice-chair shall be from the Bloc Québécois, the second vice-chair shall be from the New Democratic Party, and the third vice-chair shall be from the government party;
(I) quorum of the committee be as provided for in Standing Order 118 and that the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least four members are present, including one member from an opposition party and one member from the government party;
(m) the committee be granted all of the powers of a standing committee, as provided in the Standing Orders;
(n) the provisions of Standing Order 106(4) shall extend to the committee;
(o) the committee and any of its subcommittees have the power to authorize video and audio broadcasting of any or all of its proceedings;
(p) meetings of the committee and any of its subcommittees shall have the first priority use of House resources available for committees;
(q) notwithstanding Standing Order 122.1, the committee, at its discretion, may require witnesses to appear in person before it;
(r) any evidence relevant to the committee's mandate which has already been received by the standing committees on Public Accounts, Government Operations and Estimates, Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, Industry and Technology, Finance, or Justice and Human Rights in the current or any previous session of Parliament shall be deemed referred to the committee;
(s) the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the current and former ministers of Health, the current and former ministers of Public Services and Procurement, the current and former ministers of Public Safety, and the current and former ministers of Industry may be ordered to appear as witnesses from time to time, as the committee sees fit; and
(t) any proceedings before the committee, in relation to a motion to exercise the committee's power to send for persons, papers and records shall, if not previously disposed of, be interrupted upon the earlier of the completion of four hours of consideration or one sitting week after the motion was first moved, whichever comes first, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the motion shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), 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) — June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That an order of the House do issue to the government, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and the Auditor General of Canada requiring each to produce the following documents, created or dated since January 1, 2017, which are in its or her possession, custody or control:
(a) all files, documents, briefing notes, memoranda, e-mails or any other correspondence exchanged among government officials regarding SDTC;
(b) contribution and funding agreements to which SDTC is a party;
(c) records detailing financial information of companies in which past or present directors or officers of SDTC had ownership, management or other financial interests;
(d) SDTC conflict of interest declarations;
(e) minutes of SDTC's Board of Directors and Project Review Committee; and
(f) all briefing notes, memoranda, e-mails or any other correspondence exchanged between SDTC directors and SDTC management;
provided that,
(g) these documents shall be laid upon the table, within 14 days of the adoption of this order, without redaction but, if the House stands adjourned, these documents shall be laid upon the table pursuant to Standing Order 32(1);
(h) the Auditor General of Canada's documents shall be transmitted to the Speaker for presentation to the House; and
(i) the documents which are tabled in response to this order shall be made available to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for its independent determination of whether to investigate potential offences under the Criminal Code or any other act of Parliament.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), Mr. Brock (Brantford—Brant), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) and Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets) — June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That an order of the House do issue to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and to the Parliamentary Budget Officer for copies of the following documents which were transmitted by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change to the Parliamentary Budget Officer on or about May 14, 2024, in response to information request IR0776:
(a) the impact of carbon pricing on national and provincial gross domestic product for the period 2022 to 2030, which reflects Environment and Climate Change Canada's estimates of the impact of carbon pricing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions published in the report entitled “How Pollution Pricing Reduces Emissions“; and
(b) the economic impacts of carbon pricing in each province and territory (and for Canada as a whole) by sector for the period 2022 to 2030:
(i) the impact of carbon pricing on gross value added,
(ii) the corresponding impacts on real (inflation-adjusted) investment (capital) and labour incomes, that is, the income components of gross domesticated product;
provided that,
(c) it shall be laid upon the table, in both official languages and without redaction, within seven days of the adoption of this order; and
(d) the Parliamentary Budget Officer's copy shall be transmitted to the Speaker for presentation to the House.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle), Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), Mr. Brock (Brantford—Brant), Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) and Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 — Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle) — That an order of the House do issue to the government for a copy of the government's economic analysis on the impact of the federal fuel charge and the output-based pricing system referenced in the response to the Parliamentary Budget Officer's information request IR0776, provided that:
(a) it shall be laid upon the table, in both official languages and without redaction, within seven days of the adoption of this order; and
(b) the Parliamentary Budget Officer's copy shall be transmitted to the Speaker for presentation to the House.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes), Mr. Brock (Brantford—Brant), Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets), Ms. Lantsman (Thornhill) and Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — June 4, 2024
Main Estimates
UNOPPOSED VOTES
June 3, 2024 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, less the amounts voted in the interim supply, be concurred in.
Supplementary Estimates (A)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
June 3, 2024 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, be concurred in.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

Private Members' Business
C-378 — February 12, 2024 — Mrs. Vien (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities of Bill C-378, An Act amending the Canada Labour Code (complaints by former employees).
2 Response requested within 45 days
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