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Notice Paper

No. 286

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

10:00 a.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Lewis (Essex) — That the 15th report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend) — That the 14th report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the eighth report of the Standing Committee on National Defence, presented on Monday, February 26, 2024, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the ninth report of the Standing Committee on National Defence, presented on Monday, February 26, 2024, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 10th report of the Standing Committee on National Defence, presented on Monday, February 26, 2024, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 20th report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented on Monday, February 12, 2024, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 21st report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented on Monday, February 12, 2024, be concurred in.

February 26, 2024 — Mr. Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) — That the 23rd report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, be concurred in.

Questions

Q-23712 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford) — With regard to federal funding for the Stornoway residence, since January 1, 2016: how much federal funding has been provided to pay for food expenses for the Leader of the Official Opposition, broken down by year and use of funding?
Q-23722 — February 26, 2024 — Ms. Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) — With regard to funding for the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary: (a) what is the government’s annual spending per province since 2019; and (b) what is the government’s annual spending per unit in Quebec since 2019?
Q-23732 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to government-owned buildings or land: (a) how many buildings or pieces of land are unoccupied or vacant, in total, and broken down by metropolitan area; and (b) what are the details of each building or piece of land in (a), including the (i) physical address, (ii) size of the land, (iii) square footage of vacant buildings, (iv) current use, if any?
Q-23742 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — With regard to land owned or leased by the government: how much land and how many buildings are leased from third-party landlords as a percentage of the total of all government land and buildings?
Q-23752 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Dreeshen (Red Deer—Mountain View) — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): (a) how many individuals currently have permanent residency status in Canada; (b) what is the breakdown of the individuals in (a) by place of residence (i.e. living in Canada versus overseas); (c) what is the breakdown of the individuals in (a) by stream (i.e. Express Entry, economic, family class, or refugee); (d) how many permanent residency applications are still outstanding or being processed by IRCC; (e) how many permanent residency applications have been rejected; (f) for each rejection in (e), what were the reasons for rejection under statute; and (g) how many permanent resident cards have expired in the last 90 days?
Q-23762 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend) — With regard to Privy Council Office (PCO) access to information requests A‑2020‑00583, A‑2021‑00266, A‑2021‑00272, A‑2021‑00490, A‑2021‑00495, A‑2022‑00163, A‑2022‑00176 and A‑2022‑00182: (a) on what date did PCO receive each request; (b) to what date did PCO extend the deadline for responding to each request; (c) has PCO responded to each request, and, if not, (i) why not, (ii) on what date does PCO expect to respond to each request; (d) why did PCO not correctly estimate the amount of time required to respond to each request; (e) what is the Prime Minister's position on PCO's delays in processing access to information requests, including whether the delays are acceptable; and (f) if the Prime Minister does not consider the delays to be acceptable, what specific actions has he directed to be done to ensure that similar delays do not occur in the future?
Q-23772 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend) — With regard to government-owned land or buildings being considered for sale for the purpose of housing: what are the details of each building or piece of land, including the (i) address and location, (ii) size of the land, (iii) square footage, (iv) current state of the building or land, including the type of current occupants, if applicable, (v) current state of sale or disposal, (vi) expected date of sale or disposal, (vii) number of housing units projected to be built at the site?
Q-23782 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend) — With regard to Department of Employment and Social Development (ESDC) access to information requests A‑2019‑01074 and A‑2020‑01070: (a) on what date did ESDC receive each request; (b) to what date did ESDC extend the deadline for responding to each request; (c) on what date did ESDC receive the Information Commissioner's orders to respond to each request; (d) on what date was ESDC required, by the Information Commissioner's orders, to respond to each request; (e) has ESDC responded to each request, and, if not, (i) why not, (ii) on what date does ESDC expect to respond to each request; (f) what is ESDC's reason for not correctly estimating the amount of time required to respond to each request; (g) why did ESDC not comply with the Information Commissioner's orders; (h) in lieu of compliance with the Information Commissioner's orders, why did ESDC fail to apply to the Federal Court for a review of the orders; (i) what is the position of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, as ESDC's department head, on (i) the acceptability of these delays in processing access to information requests, (ii) ESDC's disregard of the Information Commissioner's orders, including ESDC's decision not to apply for Federal Court review; (j) if the minister considers the actions in (i) to be unacceptable, what specific actions has he directed to be done to ensure that similar failures do not occur in the future; (k) what is the position of the Attorney General of Canada on ESDC's combined failure to respond to the requests and apply for Federal Court review, including whether it undermines the government's commitment to the rule of law in Canada; and (l) what specific actions has the Attorney General directed to be done to ensure that similar failures do not occur in the future?
Q-23792 — February 26, 2024 — Mrs. Thomas (Lethbridge) — With regard to federal labour standards: (a) did the Labour Program's Head of Compliance and Enforcement receive notice from Bell (BCE Inc.), in writing, at least 16 weeks before the group termination of employees was announced on February 8, 2024, and, if so, on what date was notice received; (b) did the government receive a request for a waiver from Bell regarding the 16‑week notice for letting the government know about the group termination, and, if so, on what date was it received and what was the government's response; and (c) on what date was the minister responsible notified of Bell's group termination?
Q-23802 — February 26, 2024 — Mrs. Thomas (Lethbridge) — With regard to the government of Canada's spending on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2023: what is the breakdown of spending allocated to CBC Radio, CBC News, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, Radio‑Canada Première, ICI Musique, CBC television, lci Radio‑Canada Télé, CBC News Network, lci RDI, lci Explora, Documentary Channel, lci ARTV, CBC North, Radio-Canada Nord, Radio Canada International, CBC.ca, Radio-Canada.ca, CBC Sports (English and French), CBC Radio 3 digital, CBC Music and lci.mu digital, lci.TOU.TV, the CBC advertising sales department, the Radio-Canada sales department, and the marketing and promotions budgets for CBC and Radio-Canada?
Q-23812 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Lewis (Essex) — With regard to the Canada Border Services Agency's hiring of 200 border officers for the Gordie Howe International Bridge location: (a) of the 200 positions, how many and what percentage were required to be filled by applicants who are members of a designated employment equity group; (b) of the 200 positions, how many were filled by members of designated employment equity groups, in total, and broken down by employment equity group; and (c) has the government received a legal opinion or legal advice to ensure the hiring requirements complied with applicable laws and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and if so, who provided the advice?
Q-23822 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte) — With regard to Correctional Service Canada (CSC), since 2016, in total, and broken down by year and correctional institution: (a) how many federally incarcerated inmates have been mistakenly released from a federal institution; (b) of the cases in (a), what was the reason for each mistaken release (e.g. human error, computing error, etc.); (c) of the cases in (a), how many mistaken releases led to CSC notifying the public of the improper release; and (d) of the cases in (a), how many of the inmates were (i) classified as Dangerous Offenders, (ii) classified as High-Profile Offenders, (iii) convicted of multiple murders at the time of their improper release?
Q-23832 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock) — With regard to the Student Direct Stream at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, broken down by year for 2022 and 2023: how many applications (i) were received, (ii) were approved, (iii) were refused or rejected, (iv) are still being processed, in total, and broken down by each participating country, including Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vietnam?
Q-23842 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Kram (Regina—Wascana) — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's (IRCC) cap on international student visas: (a) why was Saskatchewan given an allocation of international student visa attestations that was disproportionately smaller than Saskatchewan's percentage of the national population; (b) was the University of Regina's surplus of on-campus housing considered as part of Saskatchewan's allocation, and if so, what impact did it have; and (c) what specific formula does IRCC use for determining each province's allocation of international student visa attestations?
Q-23852 — February 26, 2024 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — With regard to contracts awarded by the government to TELUS since January 1, 2009: what is the total value of these contracts, broken down by (i) year, (ii) department, agency, Crown corporation or government entity?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

Private Members' Business

C-320 — February 9, 2024 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Carrie (Oshawa), seconded by Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), — That Bill C-320, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims), be now read a third time and do pass.
Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by:
Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland) — March 20, 2023
Mr. Viersen (Peace River—Westlock) — March 30, 2023
Debate — one hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2).
Voting — not later than the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 98(4).

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