| May 6, 2022 — — That, given that the House respects the beliefs and non-beliefs of all parliamentarians and of the general public and it is committed to the principle of the separation of religion and the state, the diversity of views and freedom of conscience while upholding the secularism and religious neutrality of the state and out of a desire for inclusiveness, the reading of the prayer at the opening of a sitting be abolished and replaced by a moment of reflection; and that, accordingly, Standing Order 30 be amended, in paragraphs (1) and (2), by substituting the following: |
| “(1) A moment of reflection be observed every day at the meeting of the House before any business is entered upon. |
| (2) Not more than two minutes after the moment of reflection, the business of the House shall commence.”. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — May 6, 2022 |
| Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(16). |
| December 3, 2021 — — That, given that, |
| (i) Canadians deserve climate action, access to low cost, readily available alternatives to high carbon products, and sustainable jobs, |
| (ii) energy producers in Alberta are rapidly decarbonizing their production processes and are subject to a 100MT per year emissions cap, |
| (iii) Canada allows the importation of high carbon oil and gas from countries like Saudi Arabia that do not have emissions productions caps, |
| (iv) this imbalance has the net effect of making Canadians more reliant on high cost, high carbon fuel, and increasing global greenhouse gas emissions, while offshoring Canadian jobs to high carbon producing nations, |
| the House call on the government to support Canadian energy sector efforts to decarbonize production, support Canadian energy sector workers, and impose commensurate tariffs on imported sources of carbon energy so that it is not free for polluters outside of Canada to provide energy to Canadians while contributing to rising greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — December 3, 2021 |
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| December 3, 2021 — — That, given that Canada's economic and trade relations with the United States of America have deteriorated badly, and so far in 2021, Canada has seen the cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the threatened shut-down of Line 5, new Buy American rules that exclude Canada from public procurement, trade challenges on the allocation of dairy quota, a doubling of the softwood lumber tariffs, and a $12,500 tax credit for electric vehicles which excludes Canada, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) abandon its "progressive trade agenda", which has proven ineffective and entirely symbolic; focus instead on Canada's trade interests, the Canada-United States security partnership and renewed cooperation; |
| (b) work with the United States to build a North American supply chain resilience strategy, strengthen North American industry and form a common approach towards China; |
| (c) develop Canada's rare earth minerals and offer them as a privileged source for North American battery and electric vehicles (EVs), in exchange for being part of the EV tax credit; and |
| (d) table documents related to the government's efforts to get an agreement on softwood lumber, and do so within 10 days following the adoption of this motion. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — December 3, 2021 |
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| December 3, 2021 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: |
| (a) follow the advice of allied nations and immediately ban Huawei from Canada's future 5G network; |
| (b) reaffirm Canada's commitment to Five Eyes intelligence sharing and cooperation; |
| (c) reassure the United States that Canada is dedicated to an integrated North American intelligence and defence network; and |
| (d) do everything in its power to counter espionage, enhance critical infrastructure protection, adapt to the modern cyber environment, and ensure that Canada's security network is infallible from both foreign and domestic threats. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — December 3, 2021 |
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| December 6, 2021 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: |
| (a) follow the advice of allied nations and immediately ban Huawei from Canada's future 5G network; |
| (b) reassure the United States that Canada is dedicated to an integrated North American intelligence and defence network; |
| (c) do everything in its power to counter espionage, enhance critical infrastructure protection, adapt to the modem cyber environment, and ensure that Canada's security network is infallible from both foreign and domestic threats; and |
| (d) commit to not paying compensation to telecommunications companies for the removal of Huawei's equipment from Canada's communication networks. |
| Notice also received from: |
| — December 6, 2021 |
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| February 4, 2022 — — That the House (a) call on the Auditor General of Canada to investigate the government's relationship with McKinsey & Company following an unexplained and significant rise in federal outsourcing contracts to the global consulting firm, including, but not limited to, the following: $6.8 million from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for "management consulting", $4.9 million from Public Services and Procurement Canada for "informatics services", $2.7 million from National Defence for "other services", $2.6 million from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada for "management consulting" and $115,625 from Employment and Social Development Canada for "temporary help services"; and (b) urge the Auditor General to include in her investigation answers to the following questions: |
| (i) did Canadians get good value for their money, |
| (ii) were there public servants who could do the work being sought by the contracts, |
| (iii) are there any safeguards in place relating to the role of political staff in outsourcing decisions. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — February 4, 2022 |
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| February 24, 2022 — — That the House: |
| (a) acknowledge the extraordinary work of health care workers (including doctors, nurses and orderlies) during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with seniors but also with the general public, and take note of the devastating effects of this pandemic on health care personnel and on patients who have had to postpone care; |
| (b) highlight the work of Quebec and the provinces in responding to the health crisis; |
| (c) acknowledge that the one-time transfers made during the pandemic in no way ensure the financial sustainability of Quebec and the provinces or the overall sustainability of their health systems; and |
| (d) call on the government to significantly and sustainably increase Canada health transfers before the end of 2022 in order to support the efforts of the governments of Quebec and the provinces, health care workers and the public. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — February 24, 2022 |
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| February 24, 2022 — — That the House: |
| (a) acknowledge that the rising cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to $21.4 billion threatens its viability, overburdens taxpayers, and confirms the difficulty of making interprovincial fossil fuel transportation projects profitable; |
| (b) acknowledge that Quebec opposed the GNL Quebec liquefied natural gas transportation project, opposed the Energy East pipeline project, and has shut down hydrocarbon development within its borders; |
| (c) acknowledge that the Bay du Nord project, which plans to extract an additional one billion barrels of oil in the marine environment and is to be approved by March 6, 2022, is incompatible with Canada’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and |
| (d) call on the government to prohibit any new interprovincial fossil fuel development or transportation projects with a view to capping and then phasing out production in Canada. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — February 24, 2022 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| — May 5, 2022 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill , , be now read a second time and referred to the ; |
| And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words afler the word "That" and substituting the following: |
| "Bill , be not now read a second time but that the order be discharged, the bill withdrawn and the subject matter thereof referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage."; |
| And of the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by adding the following: |
| "; and that the committee report back no later than 10 sitting days following the adoption of this motion.". |
| R — May 9, 2022 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill , , be now read a second time and referred to the ; |
| And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:
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| “the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-19, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures, since the bill fails, among other things, to address inflation, provide tax relief for Canadians and take immediate action to increase housing supply.”; |
| Deferred recorded division on the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:
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| “, and fails to combat tax evasion.”. |
| Recorded division on the subamendment — deferred until Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions, pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021. |
| Voting on the amendment — immediately after the subamendment is disposed of, pursuant to order made Monday, May 9, 2022, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3). |
| Voting on the main motion — immediately after the amendment is disposed of, should it be resolved in the negative, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3). |
| No. 3 — December 10, 2021 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance that it have the power to divide Bill , into two bills, Bill C-2A, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19 (Business Support Programs), and Bill C-2B, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19 (benefits and leave), provided that: |
| (a) Bill C-2A be composed of Part 1 of Bill C-2; |
| (b) Bill C-2B be composed of all the remaining parts of Bill C-2; |
| (c) the House order the printing of Bills C-2A and C-2B; |
| (d) the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel be authorized to make any technical changes or corrections as may be necessary to give effect to this motion; and |
| (e) if Bill C-2A is not reported back to the House within two sittings days after the adoption of this motion, it shall be deemed reported without amendment. |
| No. 4 — December 16, 2021 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, Bill , shall be disposed as follows: |
| (a) the bill be deemed concurred in at report stage without further amendment immediately after the adoption of this order; |
| (b) a motion for third reading may be made immediately after the bill has been concurred in at report stage; |
| (c) when the bill is taken up at the third reading stage, a member of each recognized party and a member of the Green Party each be allowed to speak for not more than 10 minutes followed by five minutes for questions and comments and, at the conclusion of the time provided for debate or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, all questions necessary for the disposal of the third reading stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment provided that, if a recorded division is requested on any motion, it shall not be deferred; and |
| (d) the House shall not adjourn until the proceedings on the bill have been completed, except pursuant to a motion proposed by a minister of the Crown, provided that once proceedings have been completed, the House may then proceed to consider other business or, if it has already passed the ordinary hour of daily adjournment, the House shall adjourn to the next sitting day. |
| No. 13 — May 6, 2022 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights that, during its consideration of , the committee be granted the power to divide the bill into two pieces of legislation: |
| (i) Bill C-5A, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, containing clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, |
| (ii) Bill C-5B, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, containing the remaining clauses of the bill. |