Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament (BILI)

Mandate

The Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament assists the Speakers of both the Senate and the House of Commons in reviewing the effectiveness, management and operation of the Library.

Summary of Committee Activity

During the period of April 1 to December 31, 2020, the committee did not meet.

Membership (as of December 31, 2020)

Hon. Robert Black (Senate), Hon. Michael Dennis Duffy (Senate), Hon. Linda Frum (Senate), Hon. Terry M. Mercer (Senate), Hon. Donald Neil Plett (Senate), Hon. Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia (Senate), Shaun Chen, Eric Duncan, Hon. Wayne Easter, Leah Gazan, Angelo Iacono, Marci Ien, Tom Kmiec, Hon. Mike Lake, Ron Liepert, Wayne Long, Louis Plamondon, Scott Simms

Expenditures (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Expenditures”.

Meetings, Witnesses and Reports (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Meetings, Witnesses and Reports”.

Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS)

Mandate

The Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations reviews and scrutinizes government regulations and other statutory instruments.

Summary of Committee Activity

During the period of April 1 to December 31, 2020, the committee did not meet.

Membership (as of December 31, 2020)

Hon. Yvonne Boyer (Senate), Hon. Yonah Martin (Senate), Hon. Judith G. Seidman (Senate), Hon.Vernon Darryl White (Senate), Hon. Yuen Pau Woo (Senate), Dean Allison, Vance Badawey, Élisabeth Brière, Blaine Calkins, Scott Davidson, Caroline Desbiens, Fayçal El-Khoury, Alistair MacGregor, Ramesh Sangha, David Yurdiga, Sameer Zuberi

Expenditures (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Expenditures”.

Meetings, Witnesses and Reports (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Meetings, Witnesses and Reports”.

Special Committee on Canada-China Relations (CACN)

Mandate

The House of Commons appointed a special committee with the mandate to conduct hearings to examine and review all aspects of the Canada–China relationship, including, but not limited to, consular, economic, legal, security and diplomatic relations on December 10, 2019. On September 23, 2020, the House reestablished the special committee.

Summary of Committee Activity

Pursuant to the Order adopted by the House on July 20, 2020, the special committee was authorized to meet by teleconference or videoconference. In this context, during the period of April 1 to August 18, 2020, the special committee held four meetings. The special committee heard from the President of the Central Tibetan Administration, and from a former Canadian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. The special committee also received testimony from several witnesses on the situation in Hong Kong.

During the period of September 23 to December 31, 2020, the committee held 12 meetings. On October 9, 2020, the committee held its first meeting of the session during which it elected the Hon. Geoff Regan as Chair of the committee and resumed its study of Canada-China relations with a special focus on the situation in Hong Kong. During this period it heard from a variety of witnesses including two former ambassadors of Canada to the People’s Republic of China, the minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as well as the Ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of China. The committee presented its first report to the House on October 19, 2020. On November 30, 2020, the committee commenced consideration of a draft report focusing on the situation in Hong Kong.

Membership (as of December 31, 2020)

Hon. Geoff Regan (Chair), Dan Albas (Vice-Chair), Stéphane Bergeron (Vice-Chair), Jack Harris (Vice-Chair), Leona Alleslev, Emmanuel Dubourg, Peter Fragiskatos, Garnett Genuis, Robert Oliphant, John Williamson, Jean Yip, Lenore Zann

Expenditures (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Expenditures”.

Meetings, Witnesses and Reports (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Meetings, Witnesses and Reports”.

Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVI)

Mandate

On April 20, the House of Commons adopted a motion establishing the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic. The special committee was composed of all members of the House and met for the purposes of considering ministerial announcements, allowing members to present petitions, and questioning ministers of the Crown, including the Prime Minister. The Speaker was the Chair of the committee.

Summary of Committee Activity

The special committee held its first meeting on April 28, 2020. From April to mid-May, the committee met three times per week. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, meetings were held by videoconference using an adapted version of the Zoom application and, on Wednesdays, meetings were held in person in the House of Commons Chamber. Each Wednesday, after the questioning of ministers, the committee would consider a motion “That the committee take note of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic”. It should be noted that Ministers were permitted to present documents to the House during these meetings. On Monday, May 25, 2020, the House adopted a second motion in relation to the special committee. This motion enabled the committee to meet on Mondays and allowed all future meetings to be held in a hybrid fashion, meaning that members could attend either in person meetings in the House of Commons Chamber or by videoconference. It also extended the duration of questioning of ministers and eliminated additional debate relating to the motion “That the committee take note of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic” that was taking place on Wednesdays. In the period covered by this report, the special committee held 25 meetings. Pursuant to the motion adopted on May 25, 2020, the committee ceased to exist on June 18, 2020.

Membership (as of June 18, 2020)

Hon. Anthony Rota (Chair), Ziad Aboultaif, Scott Aitchison, Dan Albas, Hon. Omar Alghabra, Leona Alleslev, Dean Allison, William Amos, Hon. Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree, Charlie Angus, Mel Arnold, René Arseneault, Chandra Arya, Niki Ashton, Jenica Atwin, Taylor Bachrach, Vance Badawey, Hon. Larry Bagnell, Hon. Navdeep Bains, Yvan Baker, Tony Baldinelli, John Barlow, Michael Barrett, Xavier Barsalou-Duval, Jaime Battiste, Mario Beaulieu, Terry Beech, Rachel Bendayan, Hon. Carolyn Bennett, Bob Benzen, Hon. Candice Bergen, Stéphane Bergeron, Luc Berthold, Sylvie Bérubé, Lyne Bessette, James Bezan, Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Chris Bittle, Daniel Blaikie, Hon. Bill Blair, Yves-François Blanchet, Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, Rachel Blaney, Hon. Steven Blaney, Kelly Block, Kody Blois, Michel Boudrias, Alexandre Boulerice, Richard Bragdon, John Brassard, Bob Bratina, Élisabeth Brière, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Blaine Calkins, Richard Cannings, Hon. Jim Carr, Colin Carrie, Sean Casey, Louise Chabot, Hon. Bardish Chagger, Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Martin Champoux, Louise Charbonneau, Shaun Chen, Kenny Chiu, Hon. Michael D. Chong, Laurel Collins, Michael Cooper, Serge Cormier, James Cumming, Julie Dabrusin, Marc Dalton, Pam Damoff, Raquel Dancho, Scot Davidson, Don Davies, Claude DeBellefeuille, Gérard Deltell, Chris D'Entremont, Caroline Desbiens, Luc Desilets, Sukh Dhaliwal, Anju Dhillon, Kerry Diotte, Todd Doherty, Han Dong, Terry Dowdall, Earl Dreeshen, Francis Drouin, Emmanuel Dubourg, Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, Terry Duguid, Eric Duncan, Hon. Kirsty Duncan, Scott Duvall, Julie Dzerowicz, Hon. Wayne Easter, Ali Ehsassi, Fayçal El-Khoury, Neil R. Ellis, Dave Epp, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Rosemarie Falk, Ted Falk, Hon. Ed Fast, Greg Fergus, Andy Fillmore, Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Hon. Diane Finley, Pat Finnigan, Darren Fisher, Peter Fonseca, Hon. Mona Fortier, Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Peter Fragiskatos, Sean Fraser, Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Hon. Hedy Fry, Cheryl Gallant, Hon. Marc Garneau, Randall Garrison, Marie-Hélène Gaudreau, Leah Gazan, Bernard Généreux, Garnett Genuis, Mark Gerretsen, Marilène Gill, Marilyn Gladu, Joël Godin, Hon. Karina Gould, Jacques Gourde, Tracy Gray, Matthew Green, Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Hon. Patty Hajdu, Jasraj Singh Hallan, Rachael Harder, Ken Hardie, Jack Harris, Randy Hoback, Hon. Mark Holland, Anthony Housefather, Carol Hughes, Hon. Ahmed Hussen, Gudie Hutchings, Angelo Iacono, Helena Jaczek, Tamara Jansen, Matt Jeneroux, Gord Johns, Hon. Mélanie Joly, Yvonne Jones, Hon. Bernadette Jordan, Majid Jowhari, Peter Julian, Mike Kelloway, Pat Kelly, Hon. Peter Kent, Iqra Khalid, Kamal Khera, Robert Kitchen, Tom Kmiec, Annie Koutrakis, Michael Kram, Damien C. Kurek, Stephanie Kusie, Irek Kusmierczyk, Jenny Kwan, Hon. Mike Lake, Marie-France Lalonde, Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Hon. David Lametti, Kevin Lamoureux, Andréanne Larouche, Patricia Lattanzio, Stéphane Lauzon, Philip Lawrence, Hon. Dominic LeBlanc, Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, Paul Lefebvre, Richard Lehoux, Sébastien Lemire, Michael Levitt, Chris Lewis, Ron Liepert, Joël Lightbound, Dane Lloyd, Ben Lobb, Wayne Long, Lloyd Longfield, Tim Louis, Tom Lukiwski, Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, Alistair MacGregor, Dave MacKenzie, Steven MacKinnon, Larry Maguire, James Maloney, Paul Manly, Simon Marcil, Richard Martel, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Brian Masse, Lindsay Mathyssen, Bryan May, Elizabeth May, Dan Mazier, Kelly McCauley, Phil McColeman, Karen McCrimmon, Ken McDonald, Hon. David J. McGuinty, Hon. John McKay, Hon. Catherine McKenna, Ron McKinnon, Greg McLean, Cathy McLeod, Michael V. McLeod, Heather McPherson, Eric Melillo, Alexandra Mendès, Hon. Marco Mendicino, Kristina Michaud, Hon. Marc Miller, Hon. Maryam Monsef, Hon. Rob Moore, Marty Morantz, Hon. Bill Morneau, Rob Morrison, Robert J. Morrissey, Glen Motz, Hon. Joyce Murray, John Nater, Hon. Mary Ng, Christine Normandin, Jennifer O'Connell, Robert Oliphant, Hon. Seamus O'Regan, Hon. Erin O'Toole, Jeremy Patzer, Pierre Paul-Hus, Monique Pauzé, Yves Perron, Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Louis Plamondon, Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Marcus Powlowski, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, Hon. Carla Qualtrough, Yasmin Ratansi, Alain Rayes, Brad Redekopp, Hon. Geoff Regan, Scott Reid, Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner, Blake Richards, Yves Robillard, Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, Churence Rogers, Sherry Romanado, Lianne Rood, Alex Ruff, Jag Sahota, Ruby Sahota, Raj Saini, Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan, Darell Samson, Ramesh Sangha, Randeep Sarai, Bob Saroya, Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, Francis Scarpaleggia, Hon. Andrew Scheer, Peter Schiefke, Jamie Schmale, Hon. Deb Schulte, Kyle Seeback, Marc G. Serré, Hon. Judy A. Sgro, Brenda Shanahan, Terry Sheehan, Martin Shields, Nelly Shin, Doug Shipley, Maninder Sidhu, Sonia Sidhu, Gagan Sikand, Mario Simard, Scott Simms, Jagmeet Singh, Derek Sloan, Francesco Sorbara, Gerald Soroka, Sven Spengemann, Bruce Stanton, Warren Steinley, Gabriel Ste-Marie, Mark Strahl, Shannon Stubbs, David Sweet, Marwan Tabbara, Hon. Filomena Tassi, Luc Thériault, Alain Therrien, Corey Tochor, Right Hon. Justin Trudeau, Denis Trudel, Ryan Turnbull, Hon. Tim Uppal, Tony Van Bynen, Adam van Koeverden, Tako Van Popta, Hon. Dan Vandal, Anita Vandenbeld, Adam Vaughan, Karen Vecchio, Gary Vidal, Arnold Viersen, Julie Vignola, Arif Virani, Brad Vis, Cathy Wagantall, Chris Warkentin, Kevin Waugh, Len Webber, Patrick Weiler, Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, John Williamson, Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Hon. Alice Wong, Jean Yip, Kate Young, David Yurdiga, Salma Zahid, Lenore Zann, Bob Zimmer, Sameer Zuberi

Expenditures (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Expenditures”.

Expenditures incurred for this special committee were not charged to the global envelope available to committees for their activities.

Meetings, Witnesses and Reports (April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)

For general information on the following table, see the “Note to Reader – Meetings, Witnesses and Reports”.