It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $16,000, for the study of Canada’s Trade with North and West Africa, be adopted.

Claire Citeau, Jorge Correa, Tim Klompmaker, and Michael Bourque made statements and, with Yves Ruel, answered questions

At 12:00 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:05 p.m., the meeting resumed.

David Collins and Sègbédji Parfait Aïhounhin made statements and answered questions.

Jacob Mantle moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Orders 108(1), the committee order the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to provide the committee, in both official languages, written reports on all border system outages, as follows:

• That each report shall be delivered electronically to the clerk of the committee by 5:00 p.m. ET on the fifteenth calendar day of each month;
• That each report shall provide the information described herein for the immediately preceding calendar month;
• That each report includes, at minimum, the following information for each system outage:
  1. Whether each system outage was scheduled or unscheduled;
  2. If the system outage was scheduled;
     1. The date and time the outage was scheduled to begin and ended;
     2. The date and time the outage, in fact, began and ended;
     3. The system(s) scheduled to be affected by the outage;
     4. The system(s), in fact, affected by the outage;
     5. The number of affected users and transactions (where measurable);
     6. Estimated economic, operational, or other impacts caused by the system outage on importers, exporters, carriers, customs brokers, and travellers;
     7. Contingency measures activated during the system outage;
     8. Remedial actions taken or planned to prevent a similar future system outage;
  3. If the system outage was unscheduled;
     1. The date and time the outage began and ended;
     2. The system(s) affected by the outage;
     3. The number of affected users and transactions (where measurable);
     4. Estimated economic, operational, or other impacts caused by the system outage on importers, exporters, carriers, customs brokers, and travellers
     5. Contingency measures activated during the system outage;
     6. Remedial actions taken or planned to prevent a similar future system outage;

• That in cases where the 15th falls on a non-business day, that the documents be delivered to the clerk on the next business day.
• That the clerk of the committee shall immediately transmit each report to the committee members.

At 12:35 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:38 p.m., the meeting resumed.

It was agreed, — That debate on the motion of Jacob Mantle be adjourned to Thursday, March 26, 2026.

Jacob Mantle moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Orders 108(1), the committee order the Canada Development Investment Corp., and the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation, as the case may be, to provide, within 30 calendar days, each agreement entered into between it and any entity for assistance pursuant to the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan program.

And that, the committee order the Canada Development Investment Corp., and the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation, as the case may be, to provide, within 30 calendar days, a list of all applicants to the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan program and to identify which applicants were determined to be eligible and ineligible; and that, for those applicants determined to be ineligible to provide the rationale for the determination that they were ineligible.

At 12:41 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:46 p.m., the meeting resumed.

It was agreed, — That debate on the motion of Jacob Mantle be adjourned to Thursday, March 26, 2026.

At 12:46 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:50 p.m., the meeting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(1), the Standing Committee on International Trade order the production of any existing economic analyses, briefing materials, reports, or other documentation prepared by Finance Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada that support or assess the claim that Canadian automobile manufacturers are able to sell vehicles in markets outside of the United States; and

That the documents be tabled with the committee, in both official languages, no later than 90 calendar days following the adoption of this motion.