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Notice Paper

No. 42

Monday, March 21, 2022

11:00 a.m.

Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

March 17, 2022 — — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system)”.

March 17, 2022 — — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Excise Act (non-alcoholic beer)”.

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

March 17, 2022 — — That the third report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, March 3, 2022, be concurred in.

Questions

Q-396² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the Federal Ministerial Coordinating Committee on PEI Potatoes and the ongoing trade disruption with the United States: (a) what are the (i) dates, (ii) specific topics, (iii) deliverables discussed at each of the committee meetings; (b) what is the total amount of federal government funding allocated to the operations of the committee; (c) what is the total amount of federal funding allocated to the Prince Edward Island farmers since the trade disruption and is the federal government planning to provide additional funding to ensure that farmers are compensated for the total yield of their crops; (d) what are the (i) dates, (ii) specific topics, (iii) deliverables discussed at each meeting between the Minister of Agriculture and the United States Secretary of Agriculture since the beginning of the trade disruption; and (e) does the Government of Canada continue to allow Idaho table potatoes in Canada despite a recent detection of a quarantine pest (Potato Cyst Nematode) in Idaho?

Q-397² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the $15 federal minimum wage, since coming into effect on December 29, 2021, broken down by economic sector, size of business, province and territory: (a) how many workers benefitted from a wage adjustment following the coming into effect of the federal minimum wage; (b) how many workers in the federally-regulated private sector are currently paid the federal minimum wage; (c) among the workers in (a), how many work (i) full-time, (ii) part-time; and (d) what is the actual federal minimum wage adjusted for the increase in the consumer price index?

Q-398² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the government’s current advertising campaign to reduce gun violence: (a) how much is the campaign spending on (i) radio, (ii) television, (iii) online, including social media, (iv) other forms of advertising; (b) how much was spent developing the ads for each part of (a); (c) what is the (i) start, (ii) end dates of each part of the advertising campaign, broken down by platform; and (d) what are the details of all contracts related to the campaign, including, for each, (i) the vendor, (ii) the amount or value, (iii) the description of goods or services provided, (iv) whether the contract was sole-sourced?

Q-399² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the government’s proposal to buy-back firearms from Canadians: (a) which department or agency will be responsible for (i) collecting the firearms, (ii) storing the firearms, (iii) destroying or deactivating the firearms; (b) which department or agency will be responsible for financially reimbursing Canadians; (c) how will Canadians receive the funds for their firearms; (d) how long will Canadians have to wait from surrendering their firearm until they are reimbursed; (e) which law enforcement agencies will be involved in the program; (f) what amount will be paid for each firearm, broken down by type and model; and (g) how was the amount being paid for each type and model of firearm determined?

Q-400² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to funding applications received by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency since October 1, 2021: what are the details of each application, including the (i) name of the applicant, (ii) program under which the funding application was made, (iii) type of funding requested (loan, grant, etc.), (iv) date the application was received, (v) current status of the application, (vi) amount of funding approved, if applicable, (vii) location of the applicant, (viii) project description or the purpose of the funding?

Q-401² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to funding applications received by the government under the Small Craft Harbours program since October 1, 2021: what are the details of each application, including the (i) name of the applicant, (ii) location, (iii) type of funding requested (loan, grant, etc.), (iv) date the application was received, (v) current status of the application, (vi) amount of funding approved, if applicable, (vii) project description or the purpose of the funding?

Q-402² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to applications by federal employees for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious or medical grounds: (a) for each federal department or agency, how many exemption applications on medical grounds were received; (b) for each federal department or agency, how many exemption applications on religious grounds were received; (c) how many applications in (a) and (b) were approved; (d) how many of the rejected applications in (a) and (b) have prompted grievances by the respective employees’ unions; (e) of the grievances in (d), how many have been resolved to date; (f) of the grievances in (e), how many were resolved by accepting or confirming rejection of the application respectively; (g) what guidance did the government provide to management in federal departments and agencies with respect to evaluating applications in (a) and (b); (h) what criteria did management use in evaluating applications in (a) and (b); and (i) how were discussions between management and employees applying the exemptions in (a) or (b) documented?

Q-403² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to Access to Information requests received by federal departments and agencies: (a) for each department and agency, how many requests were received in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021; (b) for each department and agency in (a), how many requests were resolved in each year; (c) for each department and agency in (a), what was the median processing time for requests resolved in those years; (d) for each department and agency in (a), by how much has the median processing time for requests increased since 2019; and (e) for each department and agency in (a), by how much has the backlog of outstanding requests increased since 2019?

Q-404² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the commitments in the 2016 and 2017 federal budgets to spend, respectively, $444.4 and $523.9 million (combined total of $968.3 million over five years) to combat tax evasion, as well as the claim by the CRA that “The CRA remains on track to spend the budget investments over the 5-year period for which they have been outlined”: (a) as of the end of the fiscal year 2016-17, how much of the $41.8 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2016 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (b) as of the end of the fiscal year 2017-18, how much of the $62.8 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2016 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (c) as of the end of the fiscal year 2017-18, how much of the $54.9 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2017 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (d) as of the end of the fiscal year 2018-19, how much of the $85.7 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2016 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (e) as of the end of the fiscal year 2018-19, how much of the $78.1 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2017 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (f) as of the end of the fiscal year 2019-20, how much of the $98.6 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2016 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (g) as of the end of the fiscal year 2019-20, how much of the $77.6 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2017 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; (h) as of the end of the fiscal year 2020-21, how much of the $155.5 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2016 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans; and (i) as of the end of the fiscal year 2020-21, how much of the $127.6 million budgeted for cracking down on tax evasion and combatting tax avoidance in budget 2017 had actually been (i) spent, (ii) used, to fund employee benefit plans?

Q-405² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the response to question Q-143, tabled in the House of Commons on January 31, 2022, on which, on page six of the English version the fourth line from the bottom reads “3236.0-Massage Therapists 672”, and broken down by fiscal year starting in 2015-16: (a) how many temporary foreign workers in this employment sector (i) applied for work permits, (ii) received work permits, (iii) came to Canada and were employed in this sector; (b) what is the numerical breakdown of permits sponsored by individual companies and organizations; (c) what steps were taken to ensure that these individuals were not forced into sexual human trafficking when in Canada; (d) how many of these individuals were alleged or found to have been trafficked into sex work; and (e) what enforcement action was taken by (i) Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, (ii) Employment and Social Development Canada, (iii) the Canada Border Services Agency, (iv) the RCMP, (v) provincial police, (vi) municipal police, (vii) any other government department or agency, to protect individuals that were alleged or found to have been trafficked into sex work?

Q-406² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), human trafficking and sexual slavery: (a) since the use of the TFWP to actively recruit and sell individuals into sexual slavery in the early 2000s, what internal policy safeguards does (i) Employment and Social Development Canada, (ii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, (iii) the Canada Border Services Agency, (iv) the RCMP, have in place to prevent the program from being exploited as a human trafficking route as it once was; (b) what protections are in place for vulnerable individuals in job categories that are used as sex work in Canada such as, but not limited to, massage therapists; (c) how many complaints has each department or agency received, broken down by fiscal year, starting in 2015-16 to present, and job category for unwanted sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual trafficking; (d) of the complaints in (c), how many were (i) investigated, (ii) founded, (iii) unfounded, and what enforcement actions were taken; and (e) are Canadian companies still eligible to receive temporary foreign workers if complaints against them were founded, and, if so, why?

Q-407² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to the mandate letter of the Minister of Health and the direction in the letter to invest in the study of the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, including the effects of long COVID on different groups, notably vulnerable populations and children: what is the total funding allocated for this purpose, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) department or agency, (iii) initiative, (iv) amount?

Q-408² — March 17, 2022 — — With regard to Canada’s representation abroad: (a) why are there no Canadian embassies in Nepal and Armenia, and are there any plans to open one in the near future; (b) why is there currently no Canadian ambassador to France, and are there any plans to appoint one in the near future; and (c) why is there no Canadian ambassador to China since the resignation of the previous one, and are there any plans to appoint one?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Opposition Motions

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that,

(i) as the cost of gas, groceries and housing continues to rise, most Canadians are struggling to make ends meet,

(ii) at the same time, wealth inequality is reaching a level not seen in generations as the super-rich continue to protect their wealth through a financial system with very little transparency,

(iii) over the course of the pandemic, large corporations in certain industries have made record profits, including big banks, oil companies and big-box stores,

(iv) the 2021 Liberal platform included a commitment to implement a 3% surtax on banks and insurers, as well as a publicly accessible beneficial ownership registry,

the House call upon the government to include in its next budget:

(a) its proposed 3% surtax on banks and insurance companies on profit over $1 billion, which should be expanded to profitable big oil companies and big-box stores;

(b) a plan to re-invest the billions of dollars recouped from these measures to help Canadians with the cost-of-living crisis; and

Notice also received from:

and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that,

(i) Canada is facing a dire affordable housing crisis and the Parliamentary Budget Officer has indicated that the housing affordability gap will only increase under the National Housing Strategy,

(ii) the National Housing Council just released a report indicating that the government’s national housing strategy is only meeting a fraction of the existing need,

the House call on the government to:

(a) immediately and adequately fund a “For Indigenous, By Indigenous” urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing strategy;

(b) introduce a permanent Rapid Housing Initiative that would support developments, including modular housing, acquisition, and other types of innovative housing solutions to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing;

(c) require that Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) low interest loan programs to private developers provide units that are below and not above market and require CMHC to track rent of buildings accessing their products;

(d) fix the weak affordability criteria in the Rental Construction Financial Initiative resulting in rent well above market rent being considered affordable by this government; and

(e) curb the financialization of housing with a suite of measures, including,

(i) implementing a moratorium on the acquisition of properties by real estate investment trusts and large capital funds,

(ii) establishing an acquisition fund for non-profit organizations to acquire existing housing stock in the market as proposed by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities,

(iii) working with provinces to institute a right of first refusal for non-profit organizations,

(iv) cracking down on domestic speculation, such as house flipping, and taking aggressive action to restrict and ban foreign ownership,

(v) putting in place safeguards to prevent renovictions.

Notice also received from:

and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that,

(i) after 24 months of pandemic, our cherished public health care system is in crisis and at the heart of this crisis is a dire shortage of health workers,

(ii) nurses are burning out in record numbers, including one in two nurses considering leaving their jobs,

(iii) healthcare worker shortages are hurting patient care, causing service reductions and hospital closures,

(iv) the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s 2021 fiscal sustainability report found that “Health Transfers will not keep pace with rising healthcare spending”,

the House call on the government to significantly increase Canada Health Transfers and work with provinces and territories on sustainable, concrete solutions to the nurse retention and recruitment crisis, which includes:

(a) retention and recruitment funding for proven programs, with real accountability, to keep experienced nurses in their jobs and recruit nurses where they are needed most;

(b) funding for more nursing seats, bridging programs, internationally-educated nurses supports, and full-time nurse positions to reduce workloads, improve staffing ratios and ensure better patient care;

(c) a national health workforce body to provide better data and coordination, giving us the tools and investments we need to support health workforce planning in regions and local communities;

(d) short- and long-term support for mental health programs for nurses and health professionals; and

(e) supporting the needs of Canada’s diverse communities.

Notice also received from:

and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that,

(i) Canadians are facing severe hardship due to the dramatic escalation in gas prices,

(ii) the 5% collected under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), and the Quebec Sales Tax (QST) creates increased revenue for the federal government as fuel prices rise which compounds the pain on Canadian consumers and the economy,

the House call on the government to immediately provide relief at the pumps to all Canadians by introducing a temporary 5% reduction on gasoline and diesel whether collected under the GST, HST, or QST which would reduce the average price by approximately eight cents per litre.

Notice also received from:

, and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that Canada is a country that has always offered people in need of refuge a safe haven, the House call on the government to:

(a) immediately prioritize Afghans who worked as interpreters and supported staff alongside the Canadian Armed Forces or were employed by the Government of Canada;

(b) implement visa-free travel for Ukrainians fleeing Putin's invasion of Ukraine; and

(c) table in the House, by Monday, April 25, 2022, information relating to the number of Afghans and Ukrainians that have arrived in Canada from Afghanistan and Ukraine as of March 31, 2022.

Notice also received from:

and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That the House endorse the August 2021 recommendation of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada to approve the Bay du Nord project and call on the government to immediately give final approval to the project without further delay.

Notice also received from:

, and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that,

(i) the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship said it would take 12-14 weeks to implement visa-free travel,

(ii) the government said immigration preparations for Ukraine began nearly nine weeks ago and had plenty of time to work on it,

(iii) Ireland implemented visa-free travel for Ukrainians in a span of days,

(iv) Canada’s response to ongoing refugees humanitarian crises elsewhere remains unequal and insufficient,

the House call on the government to:

(a) implement visa-free travel for Ukrainians;

(b) provide support to ethnic minorities also fleeing Putin's war in Ukraine to ensure they have equal access to reach and cross borders, including Afghan refugees and Indian and African students who have faced discrimination in their attempts to find safety;

(c) extend the authorization for emergency travel and expedited path to permanent residency for extended family sponsorship measures to other regions faced with a humanitarian crisis such as, but not exclusively, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Rohingya and Hong Kong, including expanding biometrics collection capabilities in neighbouring countries;

(d) allow displaced persons in third countries, such as Afghans and other refugees in Ukrainian refugee camps, to seek refuge in Canada; and

(e) provide ground and air transportation support and other humanitarian measures to help people to safety.

Notice also received from:

and — March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 — — That, given that over three million Ukrainians have fled the country since Vladimir Putin’s attack on the people of Ukraine, the House call on the government to do more to simplify the process for people fleeing Putin’s war in Ukraine, including putting in place visa-free travel.

Notice also received from:

and — March 17, 2022

Supplementary Estimates (C)

UNOPPOSED VOTES

March 17, 2022 — — That Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, be concurred in.

Interim Supply

March 17, 2022 — — That the House do concur in interim supply as follows:

That a sum not exceeding $75,483,404,546 being composed of the following amounts, each item rounded up to the next dollar:

(1) three twelfths ($28,652,262,606) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Proposed Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, except for those items below:

(2) twelve twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Finance Votes 5 and L10, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Votes 20 and L25, and Department of Public Works and Government Services Vote L10, of the said estimates, $5;

(3) eleven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization Vote 5, Department of Health Votes 1 and 10, Department of Indigenous Services Vote 5, Marine Atlantic Inc. Vote 1, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 5, Public Health Agency of Canada Votes 1, 5 and 10, and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 5, of the said estimates, $11,854,012,428;

(4) nine twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department for Women and Gender Equality Vote 5, Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Votes 1 and 10, Department of Indigenous Services Vote 10, and Department of Justice Vote 1, of the said estimates, $15,780,903,903;

(5) eight twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Employment and Social Development Vote 5, and Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Vote L30, of the said estimates, $7,013,564,682;

(6) seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Vote 1, and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 1, of the said estimates, $26,864,132;

(7) six twelfths of the total of the amounts of Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Vote 1, Department of Canadian Heritage Vote 5, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Vote 10, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Vote 5, Library and Archives of Canada Vote 5, and Parks Canada Agency Vote 5, of the said estimates, $2,499,738,866;

(8) five twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canada Council for the Arts Vote 1, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Vote 1, Canadian High Arctic Research Station Vote 1, Department of Finance Vote 1, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Vote 5, Department of Veterans Affairs Vote 5, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Vote 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Votes 1 and 10, Statistics Canada Vote 1, and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 1, of the said estimates, $4,292,782,114;

(9) four twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Space Agency Votes 5 and 10, Canadian Transportation Agency Vote 1, Department of Industry Votes 1 and 10, Department of Public Works and Government Services Vote 1, Department of Transport Vote 1, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat Vote 1, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Vote 5, Parks Canada Agency Vote 1, Privy Council Office Vote 1, Public Service Commission Vote 1, Shared Services Canada Votes 1 and 5, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Vote 5, Telefilm Canada Vote 1, and VIA Rail Canada Inc. Vote 1, of the said estimates, $5,363,275,810;

be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

Private Members' Business

C-248 — February 9, 2022 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-248, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada).

Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by:

— February 15, 2022

— March 8, 2022


² Response requested within 45 days

House Publications

Notice Paper

Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

Private Members' Business