It was agreed, — That all travel budget requests presented to the Subcommittee include a maximum of seven members participating, along with the necessary staff, with the exception of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts who will be hosting the 2022 joint annual meeting of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees and the Council of Canadian Legislative Auditors in Ottawa in August 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development be granted a travel budget of $227,485.54 to travel to Riga, Latvia; Tallinn, Estonia; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Zamosc and Warsaw, Poland, in the summer of 2022, in relation to its study of the Situation at the Russia-Ukraine Border and Implications for Peace and Security.

It was agreed, — That the Standing Committee on Natural Resources be granted a travel budget of $42,356.00 to travel to Toronto, Ontario, in June 2022, in relation to its study of Mineral Exploration and Mining.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food to prepare a detailed budget, not exceeding $100,000, for a maximum of seven days, in relation to its travel proposal to attend the 22nd World Congress of Soil Science, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on International Trade to prepare a detailed budget, not exceeding $150,000, for a maximum of seven days, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Trade Opportunities for Canadian Businesses in the Indo-Pacific, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to prepare a detailed budget, not exceeding $175,000, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Application Backlogs and Processing Times, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Finance to prepare two detailed budgets, in relation to its travel proposals for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2023 Budget, and submit them to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans to prepare a detailed budget, not exceeding $130,000, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Pinniped Stock Management, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Arctic Sovereignty, Security and Emergency Preparedness of Indigenous Peoples, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal to attend the World Summit of Committees of the Future, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to prepare a detailed budget, not exceeding $150,000, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Available International Mechanisms to Hold State Parties and Others Accountable for International Atrocity Crimes, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on National Defence to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Threat Analysis Affecting Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces’ Operational Readiness to Meet Those Threats, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of National Shipbuilding Strategy, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal to attend the Annual Conference of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees and the Council of Canadian Legislative Auditors, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Science and Research to prepare a detailed budget, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Big Science, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

It was agreed, — That the Subcommittee invite the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities to prepare a detailed budget, for a maximum of seven days, including destinations in North America only, in relation to its travel proposal for its study of Large Port Infrastructure Expansion Projects in Canada, and submit it to the Subcommittee by June 3, 2022.

The clerk gave a presentation on the financial status of the global envelope for committee activities.