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Notice PaperNo. 383 Thursday, December 5, 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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| December 4, 2024 — Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — That the 14th report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| December 4, 2024 — Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — That the 15th report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, be concurred in. |
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| December 4, 2024 — Ms. Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk) — That the 20th report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, be concurred in. |
Questions |
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| Q-32512 — December 4, 2024 — Mr. Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) — With regard to the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative: (a) how much of the initiative’s $650 million budget has been allocated for stock assessment; (b) how much of the initiative’s $650 million budget has been spent on stock assessment; (c) under the Conservation and Stewardship pillar, what specific projects have received funding commitments; and (d) what is the total amount of funding that has been disbursed under each of the strategy’s pillars? |
| Q-32522 — December 4, 2024 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency's removal inventories: (a) how many cases are currently in each of the following inventories, broken down by inventory type, including (i) monitoring inventory, (ii) stay inventory, (iii) wanted inventory, (iv) working inventory; (b) broken down by each inventory type, how many cases were (i) added, (ii) resolved or removed, during the last calendar year; (c) what is the average time a case remains in inventory, broken down by type of inventory; (d) how many cases in (a) involve individuals with enforceable removal orders, broken down by (i) inventory type (ii) country of origin; and (e) what measures are currently in place to address any impediments to timely removals for cases in each inventory? |
| Q-32532 — December 4, 2024 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to the tracking and reporting of asylum claims by individuals who hold or have held a study permit in Canada: (a) does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) collect information on the current immigration status of asylum claimants, specifically whether they are (i) studying, (ii) have studied, (iii) hold a post-graduate work permit, as indicated in departmental intake forms; (b) what fields are currently mandatory in the asylum application process to identify claimants who hold or have held a study permit, including but not limited to questions about current status or postsecondary enrollment history; (c) broken down by country of citizenship, how many asylum claims were made in 2023 by individuals currently holding: (i) a valid study permit, (ii) a post-graduate work permit, (iii) an extended post-graduate permit; (d) how does IRCC track and report the immigration status of asylum claimants at the time of their claim; (e) does IRCC aggregate all such asylum claimants into a single category of "international students" for reporting purposes, and if so, why; and (f) what measures are in place to ensure the accuracy of reporting on the immigration status of asylum claimants who are current or former study permit holders? |
| Q-32542 — December 4, 2024 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to immigration and refugee claims from French-speaking countries, specifically Senegal, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Togo, Benin, Madagascar, Gabon, and the Central African Republic: (a) how many permanent residents have been admitted to Canada from these countries each year since 2019, broken down province or territory of settlement, and immigration stream; (b) how many refugee claims have been made by individuals from these countries each year since 2019, broken down by (i) inland claims, (ii) port-of-entry claims, (iii) claims accepted, (iv) claims rejected, (v) claims withdrawn, (vi) claims still pending; (c) what was the average processing time for refugee claims made by individuals from these countries, broken down by year since 2019; (d) how many permanent residents from these countries admitted each year since 2019 were processed through Francophone-targeted programs, such as the Francophone Mobility Stream or the Express Entry Francophone category, broken down by province or territory of settlement; (e) how many visa applications, including for permanent residency or temporary residency, were refused for applicants from these countries each year since 2019, broken down by type of visa and reason for refusal; (f) how many fraud investigations or audits have been conducted involving immigration applications from these countries each year since 2019, broken down by type of immigration stream; and (g) what measures have been put in place to monitor and address the increasing number of asylum claims and immigration applications from these countries in the last 12 months? |
| Q-32552 — December 4, 2024 — Mr. Kmiec (Calgary Shepard) — With regard to the monitoring and enforcement of removal orders by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): (a) how many foreign nationals have been removed from Canada in each calendar year since 2015; (b) how many foreign nationals are currently being monitored by the CBSA, broken down by (i) monitoring inventory, (ii) wanted inventory, (iii) stay inventory, (iv) working inventory; (c) of the foreign nationals listed in the monitoring inventory, how many are (i) awaiting refugee determination decisions, (ii) pending permanent resident status, (iii) subject to an unenforceable removal order; (d) of the foreign nationals listed in the stay inventory, how many have received a stay of removal due to (i) an administrative deferral of removal, (ii) a temporary suspension of removal, (iii) a submission of a pre-removal risk assessment, (iv) ongoing litigation at the Federal Court; (e) with respect to the working inventory, how many cases are currently in this category, broken down by the (i) nature of impediments to removal, (ii) country of origin of the individuals, (iii) average and median length of time cases remain in this category; and (f) what specific actions has the CBSA undertaken to resolve the impediments to removal for cases in the working inventory, and what are the most common unresolved challenges? |
| Q-32562 — December 4, 2024 — Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) — With regard to the removal of persons by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), since January 1, 2016: (a) how many persons subject to removal have departed or been removed from Canada, broken down by year; (b) what is the number of "high priority foreign nationals" subject to removal orders on grounds of serious inadmissibility, broken down by year and relevant Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) section on inadmissibility; (c) of the number in (b), how many were actually removed from Canada, broken down by year and relevant IRPA section on inadmissibility; (d) how many persons who are subject to removal orders on the grounds of serious inadmissibility have not yet been removed, broken down by (i) year, (ii) reason for non-removal, (iii) relevant IRPA section on inadmissibility; and (e) regarding the number in (d), how does the CBSA plan to find and remove these persons from Canada? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| December 4, 2024 — Mr. Singh (Burnaby South) — That, given that, |
| (i) Canadians are facing an affordability crisis and need more than temporary relief, |
| (ii) the government’s $250 Working Canadians Rebate would exclude many workers and other Canadians who need it the most, |
| (iii) the 2021 Conservative Party platform included a one-time GST holiday, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) permanently remove the GST from essential goods, including home heating, grocery meals, Internet and mobile phone bills, diapers and kids’ clothes; |
| (b) expand the rebate to include all adults whose income is under the threshold and did not earn employment income in 2023, so that people like recent graduates trying to enter the workforce, retired seniors, people with disabilities, injured workers, workers on parental leave and long-term sick leave, and others in need are included; and |
| (c) pay for that measure by putting in place an excess profit tax targeting the largest and most profitable corporations. |
| Notice also received from: |
| Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway), Ms. McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) and Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — December 4, 2024 |
| Supplementary Estimates (B) |
| UNOPPOSED VOTES |
| November 22, 2024 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, be concurred in. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-405 — June 14, 2024 — Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics of Bill C-405, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Parliament of Canada Act. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) — June 18, 2024 |
| Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — June 25, 2024 |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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