| Q-4342 — February 23, 2021 — — With regard to the federal deductions that apply to the taxable income of individuals, between fiscal years 2012-13 and 2020-21, inclusively, broken down by each deduction and each fiscal year: (a) what is the number of individuals who claimed each deduction whose total annual income is (i) less than $60 000, (ii) less than $100 000, (iii) less than $200 000, (iv) between $200 000 and $1 million, (v) more than $1 million; (b) what is the average amount claimed by an individual whose total annual income is (i) less than $60 000, (ii) less than $100 000, (iii) less than $200 000, (iv) between $200 000 and $1 million, (v) more than $1 million; (c) what is the total amount claimed by individuals whose total annual income is (i) less than $60 000, (ii) less than $100 000, (iii) less than $200 000, (iv) between $200 000 and $1 million, (v) more than $1 million; and (d) what is the percentage of the total amount claimed by individuals whose total annual income is more than $1 million? |
| Q-4352 — February 23, 2021 — — With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) advertising since November 4, 2015: (a) how much has CRA spent on advertising (i) on Facebook, (ii) on Xbox, Xbox 360 or Xbox One, (iii) on YouTube, (iv) in sponsored tweets on Twitter, (v) on Instagram; (b) for each advertisement, what was its (i) nature, (ii) purpose, (iii) target audience or demographic profile, (iv) cost; (c) what was the media authorization number of each advertisement; (d) what are the reference numbers of the documents, reports and memoranda concerning each advertisement or its after-the-fact evaluation; and (e) does the CRA compare the cost of advertising placement in traditional media with the media in (a), and, if so, what is the difference in cost for each of the advertisements in (b)? |
| Q-4392 — February 23, 2021 — — With regard to commercial space being rented by non-government clients (businesses, charities, etc.) from properties owned by the government and the impact of the pandemic: (a) what was the total amount of rent collected, broken down by month since January 1, 2020; (b) what was the total number of non-government clients as of March 1, 2020; (c) what is the current number of non-government clients; (d) as of February 1, 2021, how many clients' rent payments were (i) up to date, (ii) in arrears, broken down by how late the payments are (90 days, 180 days, etc.); (e) how many clients have been evicted since March 1, 2020; and (f) what is the breakdown of (a) through (e) by sector (retail, nonprofit, etc.), if known? |
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| February 23, 2021 — — That, given that Canada’s vaccine production capacity should not be dependent on foreign countries, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology receive an instruction to undertake a study on the government’s efforts to develop a vaccine locally and to improve Canada’s production capacity; that the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, and Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry be invited to appear before the committee; and that the committee report its findings to the House. |
| Notice also received from: |
| , and — February 23, 2021 |
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| February 23, 2021 — — That, given the need to ensure the separation of powers, particularly between the executive and judiciary; and that the government should set up a committee to study the framework of a non-partisan process, with all the parties represented, to appoint judges in order to protect the impartiality of the judicial selection process, the House appoint a special committee with the mandate to hold hearings in order to study the framework of a non-partisan judicial appointment process |
| provided that: |
| (a) the committee consist of 12 members, with six from the government party, four from the official opposition party, one from the Bloc Québécois and one from the New Democratic Party; |
| (b) the members of the committee be appointed by the whip of their respective parties by submitting the list of members who will sit on the committee to the Clerk of the House no later than Wednesday, March 10, 2021; |
| (c) the members of the committee be replaced when necessary, in accordance with section 114(2) of the Standing Orders; |
| (d) changes to the composition of the committee come into force as soon as the whip submits notice to the Clerk of the House; |
| (e) the Clerk of the House convene an organizing meeting on Thursday, March 11, 2021; |
| (f) the committee be chaired by a member of the government party and, notwithstanding section 106(2) of the Standing Orders, that a member of each officially recognized party act as vice-chair; |
| (g) quorum for the committee is in accordance with the provisions of section 118 of the Standing Orders, and that the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive and publish evidence in the absence of quorum, if at least four members are present, including a member of the opposition and a member of the government party; |
| (h) the committee have all the powers that the Standing Orders confer on standing committees, provided that the provisions of section 106(4) of the Standing Orders apply to the committee; |
| (i) the committee have the power to authorize the broadcast of the video and audio of part or all of its deliberations; and |
| (j) the provisions of the order adopted on Monday, January 25, 2021, authorizing the deliberations of virtual and hybrid committees continue to apply to the committee and to all its subcommittees until Sunday, September 19, 2021. |
| Notice also received from: |
| and — February 23, 2021 |
| M-71 — February 23, 2021 — — That: |
| (a) the House recognize that, |
| (i) Indigenous people have rights and title to their traditional territories and have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial, |
| (ii) the climate crisis require action on the part of all levels of government and industry, |
| (iii) the federal government has pledged to plant two billion trees as part of its climate action plan, |
| (iv) a single old growth tree can absorb far more carbon in a year than an acre of seedlings, |
| (v) old growth forests are bio-diverse and provide ecosystem services both measurable and beyond what can be measured, |
| (vi) Indigenous people have used plant medicines from the ancient forests that modern medical science is only beginning to understand, |
| (vii) valley-bottom high productivity old growth ecosystems in British Columbia are endangered, |
| (viii) of the original 360,000 hectares of valley-bottom high productivity old growth on Vancouver Island and South West mainland BC, only 31,000 hectares or 9% remain today, and of those, only 9,400 hectares or 2.6% of the original are protected in parks, |
| (ix) on Southern Vancouver Island, Fairy Creek, the last intact old growth valley not protected as park, is slated to be logged along with the upper Walbran Valley and other remaining pockets of valley-bottom high productivity old growth, |
| (x) the Canadian old growth boreal forest provide ecosystem services to the planet equal to the Amazon rainforest, including carbon sequestration, |
| (xi) the majority of Canadians support sustainable harvesting of second and third growth forests, but there is no social license to log the last of the giant old growth trees in valley-bottom high productivity forests, or to destroy their surrounding ecosystems; and |
| (b) in the opinion of the House, the government should, |
| (i) work with the provinces and First Nations to put an immediate halt to the logging of endangered old growth ecosystems, |
| (ii) prioritize and fund the long term protection of endangered old growth forest ecosystems as a key component of Canada’s climate action plan and reconciliation with Indigenous people, |
| (iii) work with First Nations to protect the Canadian boreal forest as part of the climate action plan, |
| (iv) support value added forestry industry initiatives in partnership with First Nations aimed at ensuring that Canada can have a sustainable and vibrant forestry industry based on the harvesting of second and third growth forests, |
| (v) ban the export of raw logs and maximize the use of resources for local jobs. |
| — November 16, 2020
— Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill , , be now read a second time and referred . |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
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| Debate — one hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1).
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| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |