| May 12, 2022 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That, given that the House recognize |
| (i) that Canadians of Chinese descent have made immeasurable contributions to Canada, |
| (ii) that the people of China are part of an ancient civilization that has contributed much to humanity, |
| (iii) the distinction between the people of China and the Chinese state, as embodied by the Communist Party of China and the government of the People's Republic of China, |
| (iv) that authoritarian states, including the People's Republic of China, increasingly pose a threat to the rules-based international order, |
| the House appoint a special committee with the mandate to conduct hearings to examine and review all aspects of the Canada-People's Republic of China relationship, including but not limited to diplomatic, consular, legal, security and economic relations, provided that: |
| (a) the committee be composed of 12 members, of which six shall be from the government party, four shall be from the official opposition, one shall be from the Bloc Québécois and one shall be from the New Democratic Party; |
| (b) the whips of the recognized parties shall deposit with the Clerk of the House the list of their members to serve on the committee within four calendar days after the adoption of this motion; |
| (c) changes to the membership of the committee shall be effective immediately after notification by the whip has been filed with the Clerk of the House; |
| (d) membership substitutions be permitted, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2); |
| (e) the Clerk of the House shall convene an organizational meeting within one week of the presentation of the final report of the Special Committee on Afghanistan; |
| (f) the chair of the committee shall be a member of the government party, the first vice-chair shall be a member of the official opposition, the second vice-chair shall be a member of the Bloc Québécois and the third vice-chair shall be a member of the New Democratic Party; |
| (g) the quorum of the committee be as provided for in Standing Order 118, provided that the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when at least four members are present, including one member of the opposition and one member of the government; |
| (h) the committee have all of the powers of a standing committee, as well as the power to (i) travel, accompanied by the necessary staff, inside and outside of Canada, (ii) authorize video and audio broadcasting of any or all of its proceedings; |
| (i) the provisions of Standing Order 106(4) shall also extend to the committee; |
| (j) the committee shall, notwithstanding paragraph (r) of the order adopted on Thursday, November 25, 2021, have the first priority for the use of House resources for committee meetings; |
| (k) the evidence and documentation received by the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations during the first and second sessions of the 43rd Parliament be referred to this committee and taken into consideration in this session; and |
| (l) any proceedings before the committee, when hybrid committee meetings are authorized, 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, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the motion shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment. |
| Recorded division — deferred until Monday, May 16, 2022, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions, pursuant to order made Thursday, November 25, 2021. |
| 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 |
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| May 10, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) record-high energy prices and growing inflation are eroding Canadian consumer confidence, |
| (ii) in March 2022, energy prices grew by 27.8% across Canada, |
| (iii) nearly all advanced economies, including Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, South Korea, Japan, the United States, have cut or are planning to cut taxes on gasoline and residential energy use as a result of record-high energy prices, |
| (iv) due to the increase in the carbon tax on April 1, 2022, Canada is the only G7 country to have raised taxes on energy use during a global energy crisis, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) recognize that Canada is currently in a cost-of-living crisis; |
| (b) acknowledge the impact record high energy prices have placed on Canadians; and |
| (c) provide immediate relief to consumers by suspending the GST on residential energy bills. |
| Notice also received from: |
| , and — May 10, 2022 |
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| May 13, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) Canadians are paying more for rent, groceries and gas, while corporations like Canadian Natural Resources Ltd and Walmart make increased profits, |
| (ii) wages are not keeping up with inflation, |
| (iii) the government stands to collect over $2 billion in additional GST revenue as a consequence of inflation, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) expand its Canada Recovery Dividend to include profitable oil companies and big box stores; and |
| (b) provide immediate relief to Canadians by suspending the GST on residential energy bills, doubling the GST tax credit and increasing the Canada Child Benefit for all recipients by $500. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — May 13, 2022 |
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| May 13, 2022 — — That the House: |
| (a) affirm that reproductive rights are human rights; |
| (b) reaffirm the Supreme Court’s 1988 decision of R. v. Morgentaler which held that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional as it violated individuals’ rights under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to security of the person; |
| (c) condemn any effort to limit or remove reproductive rights from individuals living in Canada; |
| (d) recognize that safe and legal reproductive care is a right; and |
| (e) call on the government to take action to improve family planning, maternal health and reproductive choice by immediately making contraception free, ensuring year-round access to abortion and reproductive health services particularly in rural and Northern communities, and hold back health-care transfers for provinces who do not provide access. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — May 13, 2022 |
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| May 13, 2022 — — That, given that, |
| (i) Canadians are paying almost $2 per litre of gas at the pump, |
| (ii) oil and gas companies are making record profits, |
| (iii) Canada spends 14 times more on financial support to the fossil fuel sector than it does for renewable energy, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) stop using Canadian taxpayers’ money to subsidize and finance the oil and gas sector, including by eliminating financing provided through Crown corporations such as Export Development Canada, and excluding oil and gas companies from the $2.6 billion Carbon Capture Tax Credit, by the end of 2022; and |
| (b) re-invest savings from both these measures in renewable energy and in help for Canadians struggling with the high cost of living. |
| Notice also received from: |
| , and — May 13, 2022 |
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| May 13, 2022 — — That, given that Canadians are being squeezed out of the housing market by ultra-wealthy individuals and profitable corporations who see housing as investment vehicles rather than homes, the House call on the government to take immediate steps to tackle the financialization of the housing market, by: |
| (a) placing a moratorium on the acquisition of affordable homes by Real Estate Investment Trusts and other corporate landlords; |
| (b) closing tax loopholes that currently reward these financialized landlords to help curb the staggering increase in housing prices; and |
| (c) putting in place a federal non-profit acquisition fund to allow not-for-profit, co-operatives or community land trust organizations to purchase rental buildings, including at-risk and distressed buildings, when they come on the market. |
| Notice also received from: |
| , and — May 13, 2022 |
| R — May 12, 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: |
| “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 Official Languages.”; |
| 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.". |
| 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. |