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Notice Paper

No. 27

Monday, March 9, 2020

11:00 a.m.

Introduction of Government Bills
March 5, 2020 — The Minister of Justice — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)”.
March 5, 2020 — The Minister of Foreign Affairs — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act”.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That the first report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on Friday, February 28, 2020, be concurred in.

Questions
Q-3842 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot) — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency: what is the number of audits performed on small businesses since 2015, broken down by year and by province or territory?
Q-3852 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington) — With regard to the usage of the government's Challenger aircraft fleet, since December 1, 2019: what are the details of the legs of each flight, including (i) date, (ii) point of departure, (iii) destination, (iv) number of passengers, (v) names and titles of passengers, excluding security or Canadian Armed Forces members, (vi) total catering bill related to the flight?
Q-3862 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Falk (Provencher) — With regard to the commitment made in budget 2017 to invest $5 billion over 10 years for home care, including palliative care: (a) what is the total amount of allocated funding not yet spent; (b) what is the total amount of allocated funding transferred to provinces and territories, broken down by recipient province or territory; (c) what is the complete list of projects which have received funding; and (d) for each project identified in (c), what are the details, including (i) overall funding committed, (ii) amount of federal funding provided to date, (iii) description of services funded, (iv) province or territory in which the project is located?
Q-3872 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Falk (Provencher) — With regard to the commitment made in budget 2017 to invest $184.6 million over five years for home and palliative care for First Nations and Inuit: (a) what is the total amount of allocated funding not yet spent; (b) what is the complete list of projects which have received funding; and (c) for each project identified in (b), what are the details, including (i) overall funding committed, (ii) amount of federal funding provided to date, (iii) description of services funded, (iv) province or territory in which the project is located?
Q-3882 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Green (Hamilton Centre) — With regard to the Paradise Papers case, the fight against tax non-compliance abroad and abusive tax planning: (a) how many taxpayer or Canadian business files are currently open with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); (b) how many taxpayer or Canadian business files have been referred to the Public Prosecution Service of Canada; (c) what is the number of employees assigned to the Paradise Papers files; (d) how many audits have been conducted since the Paradise Papers were disclosed; (e) how many notices of assessment have been issued by the CRA; and (f) what is the total amount recovered so far by the CRA?
Q-3892 — March 5, 2020 — Ms. Bérubé (Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou) — With regard to the consultations that the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations is currently holding in order to develop an action plan to implement the 231 calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: (a) has the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations established a committee to develop this action plan; (b) if so, what mechanisms have been put in place to consult the Government of Quebec about the development of this action plan, including the implementation of the 21 Quebec-specific calls for justice in the report; and (c) if a committee has been established, will the Government of Quebec participate in its work?
Q-3902 — March 5, 2020 — Ms. Bérubé (Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou) — With regard to the drinking water situation in Kitigan Zibi: has the Department of Indigenous Services (i) analyzed the plans that were submitted by the band council to connect to the Maniwaki water system, (ii) decided whether it will proceed with the connection, (iii) released the funding necessary to complete the connection work, (iv) set a timeline so that the community has access to running water within a reasonable time?
Q-3912 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — With regard to forms used by the Government of Canada, broken down by year for the last 10 years: (a) how many forms does the government use; (b) to how many pages do the forms add up; (c) how many person-hours a year do Canadians spend filling out forms for the government; and (d) how many person-hours do government employees spend processing forms filled out by Canadians?
Q-3922 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Green (Hamilton Centre) — With regard to the call centres of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), for the fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19, broken down by business and by individual: (a) what is the number of calls received by the CRA; (b) what is the number of calls that were neither answered by an agent nor transferred to the automated self-service system; (c) what is the number of calls received by the automated self-service system; (d) what is the number of calls answered by an agent; (e) what is the number of calls not answered, broken down by (i) the number of callers who did not choose to use self-service through the automated service, (ii) the number of callers who got a busy signal; (f) what is the average time spent waiting to speak to an agent; (g) what is the change in the number of agents, broken down by (i) month, (ii) call centre; (h) what is the error rate for call centre agents, broken down by (i) National Quality and Accuracy Learning Program, (ii) Audit, Evaluation and Risk Branch; and (j) what is the number of call centres that have completed the transition to the new telephony platform as part of the Government of Canada Contact Centre Transformation Initiative?
Q-3932 — March 5, 2020 — Mr. Green (Hamilton Centre) — With regard to the sales tax system between 2011 and 2019, broken down by year: (a) how many compliance audits have been conducted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to determine whether suppliers of digital goods and services are domestic or foreign and whether they are required to register for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST); (b) for the compliance audits in (a), how many additional revenue assessments were issued as a result of these audits and what was the total amount; (c) how many GST and HST forms had been submitted by consumers to the CRA for digital goods and services purchased in Canada from foreign suppliers not carrying on business in Canada or not having a permanent establishment in Canada; (d) how many compliance audits have been conducted by the CRA to determine whether taxpayers in Canada who rent their housing for short periods of time are required to register for the GST and HST; (e) for audits in (d), how many additional income assessments have been issued as a result of these audits and what is the total amount of these assessments; and (f) has the CRA finalized the development of a specific compliance strategy to better detect and address GST and HST non-compliance in the e-commerce sector, and, if so, what are the details of this strategy?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply
Opposition Motions
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That an order of the House do issue for any document prepared by any department, agency and Crown corporation since November 4, 2015, discussing warnings or concerns of economic downturns, their potential impact on the fiscal framework, or advice or recommendations on how to deal with them; and that the documents be provided to the House within 45 days following the adoption of this motion.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That an order of the House do issue for any document prepared by any department, agency and Crown corporation since November 4, 2015, discussing warnings or concerns of economic downturns, their potential impact on the fiscal framework, or advice or recommendations on how to deal with them; that the documents be provided to the House before the government presents its 2020 budget; and that no ways and means motion shall be tabled in the House until the documents are tabled.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George) — That, in relation to the blockades of railways, highways, bridges and at ports across Canada, the House request that the Parliamentary Budget Officer deliver a report on their economic impact no later than 30 days following the adoption of this motion on the economic impact, and call on the government to prepare and table its economic impact assessment no later than 30 days following the adoption of this motion; and that: (a) the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities be instructed to conduct a study to begin by March 23, 2020, on the ability of our transportation infrastructure to withstand a future incident; (b) the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security be instructed to conduct a study to begin by March 23, 2020, on emergency preparedness and responses concerning threats to critical transportation infrastructure; (c) the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs be instructed to study to begin by March 23, 2020, on the impact on reconciliation; and (d) the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food be instructed to study to begin by March 23, 2020, on the impact on farmers, producers and agriculture-food processors.
Notice also received from:
Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock), Mr. Vidal (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River) and Mr. Barlow (Foothills) — March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) — 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) consider Canadian, North American and other tursuted multinational 5G options;
(c) reaffirm Canada's commitment to Five Eyes intelligence sharing and cooperation;
(d) reassure the United States that Canada is dedicated to an integrated North American intelligence and defence network; and
(e) 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:
Mr. Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner) — March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Moore (Fundy Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, no Crown corporation or federal government entity should sue a federal political party over the content of its election advertising.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That an order of the House do issue for any document prepared by any department, agency and Crown corporation since November 4, 2015, discussing warnings or concerns of economic downturns or their potential impact on the fiscal framework; and that the documents be provided to the House within 45 days following the adoption of this motion.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 — Mr. Poilievre (Carleton) — That an order of the House do issue for any document prepared by any department, agency and Crown corporation since November 4, 2015, discussing warnings or concerns of economic downturns or their potential impact on the fiscal framework; that the documents be provided to the House before the government presents its 2020 budget; and that no ways and means motion shall be tabled in the House until the documents are tabled.
Notice also received from:
Ms. Bergen (Portage—Lisgar) — March 5, 2020
Supplementary Estimates (B)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
March 5, 2020 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, be concurred in.
Interim Supply
March 5, 2020 — President of the Treasury Board — That the House do concur in interim supply as follows:
That a sum not exceeding $43,908,982,917 being composed of the following amounts, each item rounded up to the next dollar:
(1) three twelfths ($19,013,152,018) 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, 2021, except for those items below:
(2) twelve twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Finance Vote 5, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Votes 20 and L25, and Leaders’ Debates Commission Vote 1, of the said estimates, $4;
(3) eleven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Vote 1, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 5, and Treasury Board Secretariat Votes 5 and 35, of the said estimates, $2,668,307,391;
(4) ten twelfths of the total of the amount of National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat Vote 1, of the said estimates, $19,000,880;
(5) nine twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Votes 5 and 10, of the said estimates, $2,481,964,712;
(6) eight twelfths of the total of the amounts of Department of Indigenous Services Vote 10, Department of Justice Vote 1, Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 10, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 10, of the said estimates, $7,633,307,835;
(7) seven twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Vote 1, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 1, and Marine Atlantic Inc. Vote 1, of the said estimates, $58,924,299;
(8) six twelfths of the total of the amounts of Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Vote 1, Department of Employment and Social Development Vote 5, Department of Health Vote 10, Department of Transport Vote 15, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 1, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee Vote 1, of the said estimates, $2,559,320,147;
(9) five twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canadian Air Transport Securtiy Authority Vote 1, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vote 1, Canadian High Arctic Research Station Vote 1, Canadian Space Agency Vote 10, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Vote 10, Department of Veterans Affairs Vote 5, Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 1, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Vote 1, Statistics Canada Vote 1, and VIA Rail Canada Inc. Vote 1, of the said estimates, $3,664,289,068;
(10) four twelfths of the total of the amounts of Canada Council for the Arts Vote 1, Department of Indigenous Services Vote 1, Department of Industry Votes 1 and 10, Department of Public Works and Government Services Vote 1, Department for Women and Gender Equality Vote 5, House of Commons Vote 1, Library of Parliament Vote 1, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Vote 5, Privy Council Office Vote 1, Public Service Commission Vote 1, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Vote 1, Shared Services Canada Votes 1 and 5, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Vote 5, Treasury Board Secretariat Votes 1 and 20, of the said estimates, $5,810,716,563;
be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions
2 Response requested within 45 days
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