| Q-7852 — June 1, 2021 — — With regard to the financial support Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided to fossil fuel companies within the past 10 years, including, but not limited to, any loans, guarantees, equity, and insurance: (a) how many fossil fuel companies did EDC provide financial support to and what was the value of this support in both dollars and percentage of EDC’s total financial support, broken down by year; (b) how many of these companies are involved in hydraulic gas fracking and what is the value of financial support each company involved in hydraulic gas fracking received from EDC, broken down by year; (c) what percentage of EDC support was given to fossil fuel companies operating overseas, and of those companies, which ones are involved in hydraulic gas fracking or oil extraction or mining; and (d) has EDC declined any applications or requests for financial support from fossil fuel companies due in full or in part to the company’s fossil fuel emissions, impacts on climate change, or hydraulic gas fracking activities, and, if so, how many? |
| June 1, 2021 — — That, given that, |
| (i) the discovery of the grave of 215 children at Kamloops Indian Residential School has led to an outpouring of grief and anger across Canada, |
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(ii) the vast majority of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action remain uncompleted, despite the clear path to justice and reconciliation that the Commission provides, |
| (iii) survivors, families and nations are demanding concrete action to advance real reconciliation, as opposed to just more words and symbolic gestures, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) cease its belligerent and litigious approach to justice for Indigenous children by immediately dropping its appeal before the Federal Court in file numbers T-1621-19 (compensation) and T-1559-20 (Jordan's Principle for non-status First Nations kids recognized by their nations) and to recognize the government's legal obligation to fully comply with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders in this regard; |
| (b) agree to sit down with the St. Anne's residential school survivors organization Peetabeck Keway Keykaywin Association to find a just solution to the fact that survivors’ access to justice has been denied as a consequence of the actions of government lawyers in suppressing evidence at the Independent Assessment Process; |
| (c) accelerate the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action, including by providing immediate funding for further investigation into the deaths and disappearances of children at residential schools in compliance with calls to action 71 to 76; |
| (d) provide survivors, their families, and their communities with appropriate resources to assist with the emotional, physical, spiritual, mental, and cultural trauma resulting from residential schools; and |
| (e) within 10 days, table a progress report on actions taken in compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of the present motion, and that this report be deemed to have been referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs for consideration upon tabling. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| June 1, 2021 — — That, given that, |
| (i) the May 13, 2021, announcement by Greyhound that it is ceasing operations in Canada and ending all service on its remaining routes within Canada has been met with devastation in many rural communities, |
| (ii) inter-city passenger transport is vital to connect rural residents with services, job opportunities and education, |
| (iii) the loss of affordable and safe passenger transportation will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable and marginalized residents of rural Canada, including Indigenous people and seniors, |
| (iv) without inter-city bus transportation, people may have no choice but to use methods with higher emissions that have a worse impact on climate change, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) develop a public inter-city bus system to be provided through the creation of a new Crown corporation or an expansion of the mandate of VIA Rail to include public bus transportation, including mandating a move towards electric and low emission vehicles; and |
| (b) immediately develop a national passenger transportation strategy aimed at expanding bus service across rural and remote regions as well as re-establishing rural bus routes abandoned by Greyhound. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| June 1, 2021 — — That, given that, |
| (i) Budget 2021 projects an $800 cut to the monthly Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) beginning on July 1, 2021, |
| (ii) emergency programs have helped millions of Canadians since the beginning of the pandemic, including hundreds of thousands of Canadians still counting on the CRB, |
| (iii) this proposed cut off would take place before the government projects that all adults wanting the vaccine will be vaccinated, and before workers working in industries like the arts, tourism and food sector return to full capacity, |
| (iv) while implementing this benefit cut, the government is resisting calls to address the misuse of Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy funds by Canadian companies who have paid bonuses and given benefits to executives with public money intended for workers, |
| the House call on the government to maintain CRB benefits at $2,000 per month until at least all Canadians who want to be vaccinated have been fully vaccinated. |
| Notice also received from: |
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| June 1, 2021 — — That, given that, |
| (i) the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was marked by significant payouts with no strings attached from the government to Canada's big banks while ordinary Canadians struggled, |
| (ii) recent financial statements project massive profits at Canada's biggest banks, including 100% profits at RBC, TD and CIBC, |
| (iii) bank customers across Canada have been reporting a wide range of increased fees for a variety of banking services, |
| the House call on the government to: |
| (a) recognize that banking is an essential service, |
| (b) recognize that adding another financial burden on families and small businesses during a pandemic will hurt our economic recovery; and |
| (c) halt and reverse any increase in banking fees during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — June 1, 2021 |
| — May 12, 2021 — — Consideration at report stage of Bill , , as reported by the with an amendment. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
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| and — November 20, 2020 |
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| Committee report — presented on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Sessional Paper No. 8510-432-129. |
| Report and third reading stages — limited to two sitting days, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
| Motion for third reading — may be made in the same sitting, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |