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Notice PaperNo. 358 Thursday, October 24, 2024 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-31092 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to federal funding and reserves and treaty settlement lands within the federal electoral district of Courtenay—Alberni, between the 2005-06 fiscal year and the current fiscal year: what are the federal capital investments and funding contributions for infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, projects related to water and wastewater facilities, solid waste management, roads, bridges, connectivity, structural or disaster mitigation, fire protection, health facilities, cultural and recreation facilities, education facilities, housing, energy systems, and band administration buildings, invested in or transferred to (i) Ahousaht First Nation, (ii) Hesquiaht First Nation, (iii) Huu-ay-aht First Nation, (iv) Hupacasath First Nation, (v) Qualicum First Nation, (vi) Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, (vii) Toquaht First Nation, (viii) Tseshaht First Nation, (ix) Uchucklesaht First Nation, (x) Ucluelet First Nation, broken down by fiscal year, project, total contribution, funding program, and type of funding? |
| Q-31102 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to the communities which comprise the federal electoral district of Courtenay—Alberni, since the 2005-06 fiscal year: (a) what have been the federal investments and funding contributions for housing projects, including loans and direct transfers provided by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), invested in or transferred to the municipalities of (i) Tofino, (ii) Ucluelet, (iii) Port Alberni, (iv) Parksville, (v) Qualicum Beach, (vi) Cumberland, (vii) Courtenay, (viii) Deep Bay, (ix) Dashwood, (x) Royston, (xi) French Creek, (xii) Errington, (xiii) Coombs, (xiv) Nanoose Bay, (xv) Cherry Creek, (xvi) China Creek, (xvii) Bamfield, (xviii) Beaver Creek, (xix) Beaufort Range, (xx) Millstream, (xxi) Mount Washington Ski Resort, broken down by fiscal year, project, total contribution, funding program, and type of funding; (b) what have been the federal investments and funding contributions for housing projects, including loans and direct transfers provided by the CMHC, invested in or transferred to the regional districts of (i) Comox Valley, (ii) Nanaimo, (iii) Alberni-Clayoquot, (iv) Powell River, broken down by fiscal year, total expenditure, and project; and (c) what have been the federal investments and funding contributions for housing projects, including loans and direct transfers provided by the CMHC, invested in or transferred to the Island Trusts of (i) Hornby Island, (ii) Denman Island, (iii) Lasquetti Island, broken down by fiscal year, project, total contribution, funding program, and type of funding? |
| Q-31112 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — With regard to national parks, national urban parks, and national marine conservation areas in Canada, broken down by fiscal year and park or area since 2005-06: (a) how many visitors accessed each national park, national urban park, and national marine conservation area; and (b) how much funding did each national park, national urban park, and national marine conservation area receive for (i) operating expenses, (ii) capital expenses? |
| Q-31122 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — With regard to work permits issued under international agreements or arrangements, since September 20, 2023: (a) how many work permits were issued to foreign nationals performing work under (i) an agreement or arrangement between Canada and the government of a foreign state or an international organization, other than those concerning seasonal agricultural workers, (ii) an agreement entered into by one or more countries and by or on behalf of one or more provinces; (b) how many work permits in (a) were issued to individuals employed by the American Climate Corps; and (c) what are the details of all work permits in (b), including the (i) location of work, (ii) length of work, (iii) type of work being undertaken? |
| Q-31132 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — With regard to funding programs offered through Environment and Climate Change Canada, since September 20, 2023: (a) were any funding programs used to hire members of the American Climate Corps to undertake work in Canada; and (b) what are the details of each funding program identified in (a), including the (i) number of American Climate Corps workers hired, (ii) amount of funding allocated to hire American Climate Corps workers, (iii) name of the eligible group, organization or individual who received funding? |
| Q-31142 — October 23, 2024 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — With regard to the Sustainable Development Technology Canada fund from 2015 to present: (a) which companies were allotted funding; (b) how much funding was each company allotted; (c) what was the reasoning for allotting funding to each individual company; and (d) what are the results to date of each company's work? |
| Q-31152 — October 23, 2024 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — With regard to the $32.9 million non-competitive contract awarded in October 2022 to McKinsey, issued by the Trans Mountain Corporation: (a) what were the reasons behind awarding this non-competitive contract without justification; (b) what were the scope and results of McKinsey's work; (c) on what day did work by McKinsey begin; (d) on what day did work by McKinsey end; and (e) how were the contract funds spent? |
| Q-31162 — October 23, 2024 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — With regard to the government's commitment to plant 2 billion trees by 2031: (a) what are the total expenditures to date in relation to the commitment; (b) how many trees have been planted to date; and (c) what is the projected number of trees to be planted under the commitment in (i) 2024, (ii) 2025, (iii) 2026, (iv) 2027, (v) 2028, (vi) 2029, (vii) 2030, (viii) 2031? |
| Q-31172 — October 23, 2024 — Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — With regard to the government's approach to the long-term drinking water advisories on public systems in First Nations communities, since December 11, 2017, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) does Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (KZA) have safe-to-consume drinking water; (b) how many individuals remain affected by a lack of access to clean drinking water within KZA; (c) what areas of KZA have access to clean drinking water; (d) what is the government's plan to address a lack of access to clean drinking water in KZA; and (e) what is the timeline for the government's current plan of fixing a lack of access to clean drinking water within KZA? |
| Q-31182 — October 23, 2024 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to the government's approach to fentanyl: (a) when did the government first become aware that Canada's domestic supply of fentanyl was surpassing the demand; (b) how much fentanyl does the government estimate has been exported out of the country, broken down by year for the last five years; (c) what are the circumstances, if any, in which fentanyl is permitted to be included as a "safer supply" drug; (d) how much fentanyl does the government estimate has been distributed through "safer supply" programs, broken down by year for the last five years; and (e) has the government analyzed the impact of Canada becoming a net exporter of fentanyl on any other aspect related to the government, such as Canada's international trade, and, if so, what are the details of what was analyzed and what were the results? |
| Q-31192 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Albas (Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) — With regard to the government's Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program: (a) how many applications for funding have been (i) received, (ii) granted; (b) how many heat pumps have been installed through the program; and (c) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by province or territory? |
| Q-31202 — October 23, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — With regard to the government's Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business, since November 4, 2015, and broken down by department or agency which participates in the strategy: (a) what individuals are responsible for reviewing adherence to Indigenous procurement requirements, specifically broken down by who is responsible for enforcing adherence to the (i) rules regarding proper identification of an Indigenous businesses, (ii) rules regarding subcontracting, (iii) rules regarding joint ventures, (iv) other rules; (b) of the total number of contracts allocated under the Indigenous procurement set-aside, what percentage went to businesses with (i) no employees, (ii) two or fewer employees, (iii) 10 or fewer employees; (c) of the total number of contracts allocated under the Indigenous procurement set-aside, what percentage went to companies that are not listed in the Indigenous business directory of any organization other than the federal government; (d) what is the percentage of times in which the procurement rules were followed, particularly broken down by (i) rules regarding proper identification of an Indigenous businesses, (ii) rules regarding subcontracting, (iii) rules regarding joint ventures, (iv) other rules; (e) of the total number of contracts allocated under the Indigenous procurement set-aside, what percentage went to shell companies; (f) looking at companies who received contracts under the Indigenous procurement set-aside up until one year ago, what percentage of them are still in operation; (g) looking at companies who have received contracts under the Indigenous procurement set-aside, what percentage of them received their contract through a joint venture with a non-Indigenous company; (h) looking at companies who have received contracts under the Indigenous procurement set-aside, what percentage of them were founded (i) before 2015, (ii) before 2018, (iii) before 2020, (iv) before 2023; and (i) looking at companies who have received contracts under the Indigenous procurement set-aside, what percentage of them were identified as Indigenous on the basis of having ownership that is (i) First Nations, (ii) Inuit, (iii) Métis? |
| Q-31212 — October 23, 2024 — Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul) — With regard to firearms statistics held by the government, and broken down by year since January 1, 2022: (a) how many firearms were seized by (i) the RCMP, (ii) the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), (iii) other police forces, broken down by source (domestic or foreign); (b) how many firearms were seized and traced by (i) the RCMP, (ii) the CBSA, (iii) other police forces; (c) how many firearms seized by other police jurisdictions were traced by a police jurisdiction other than the RCMP; (d) how many (i) long-guns, (ii) handguns, (iii) restricted firearms, (iv) prohibited firearms, were traced by all police services, broken down by sources (domestic or foreign); (e) how many (i) long-guns, (ii) handguns, (iii) restricted firearms, (iv) prohibited firearms, were traced by the RCMP, broken down by source (domestic or foreign); (f) how many (i) long-guns', (ii) handguns', (iii) restricted firearms', (iv) prohibited firearms', sources (domestic or foreign) could not be traced across all police services; and (g) how many of the (i) long-guns', (ii) handguns', (iii) restricted firearms', (iv) prohibited firearms', sources could not be traced by the RCMP? |
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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| No. 41 — October 23, 2024 — The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons — That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order, or usual practice of the House, Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, be disposed of as follows: |
| (a) during consideration of the bill by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, |
| (i) the committee shall have the first priority for the use of House resources for the committee meetings, |
| (ii) the committee shall hold one meeting, notwithstanding any other work the committee is engaged in, within one week after the adoption of this order, for the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, provided that the meeting be held between 3:30 p.m. and midnight, |
| (iii) amendments to the bill, including from independent members, shall be submitted to the clerk of the committee within four days after the adoption of this order, |
| (iv) amendments filed by independent members shall be deemed to have been moved during the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, |
| (v) not more than 20 minutes shall be allotted for debate on any clause or any amendment moved, to be divided to a maximum of five minutes per party, unless unanimous consent is granted to extend debate on a specific amendment, and, at the expiry of the time provided for debate on an amendment or clause, the Chair shall put every question necessary to dispose of the amendment or clause forthwith and successively without further debate, |
| (vi) if the committee has not completed the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill by 11:59 p.m., all remaining amendments submitted to the committee shall be deemed moved, the Chair shall put the question forthwith and successively without further debate on all remaining clauses and amendments submitted to the committee, as well as each and every question necessary to dispose of the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, and the committee shall not adjourn the meeting until it has disposed of the bill, |
| (vii) a member of the committee may report the bill to the House by depositing it with the Clerk of the House, who shall notify the House leaders of the recognized parties and independent members, and if the House stands adjourned, the report shall be deemed to have been duly presented to the House during the previous sitting for the purpose of Standing Order 76.1(1); |
| (b) not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the bill at report stage, and at the end of the time provided for Government Orders that day, or when no member wishes to speak, whichever is earlier, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment; and |
| (c) not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the bill at the third reading stage, and at the end of the time provided for Government Orders that day, or when no member wishes to speak, whichever is earlier, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment. |
Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-380 — April 18, 2024 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Tochor (Saskatoon—University), seconded by Ms. Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton), — That Bill C-380, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (plastic manufactured items), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Leslie (Portage—Lisgar) — February 16, 2024 |
| Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) and Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — March 21, 2024 |
| 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). |
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