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| 44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION | |
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JournalsNo. 306 Wednesday, May 1, 2024 2:00 p.m. |
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| Prayer |
| National Anthem |
| Statements By Members |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 31, members made statements. |
| Oral Questions |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions. |
| Deferred Recorded Divisions |
Concurrence in Committee Reports |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 97.1(3), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion, — That the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Court Challenges Program)), presented on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 56) |
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The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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| (Division No. 744 -- Vote no 744) | |
| YEAS: 326, NAYS: 0 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Doherty Lalonde Robillard Total: -- 326 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Guilbeault Pauzé Total: -- 2 |
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Private Members' Business |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Généreux (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster), — That Bill C-351, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. |
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The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division: |
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| (Division No. 745 -- Vote no 745) | |
| YEAS: 120, NAYS: 208 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Epp Leslie Ruff Total: -- 120 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Desilets Khalid Plamondon Total: -- 208 |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Guilbeault Pauzé Total: -- 2 |
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| Daily Routine Of Business |
Tabling of Documents |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions: |
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— No. 441-02230 concerning the environment; |
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— No. 441-02231 concerning social affairs and equality; |
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— No. 441-02232 concerning food and drink; |
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— No. 441-02233 concerning parliament and politics; |
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— No. 441-02234 concerning health; |
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— No. 441-02235 concerning citizenship and immigration; |
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— No. 441-02236 concerning fisheries; |
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— No. 441-02237 concerning foreign affairs. |
Motions |
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Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), seconded by Mr. Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the orders of the day. |
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The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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| (Division No. 746 -- Vote no 746) | |
| YEAS: 173, NAYS: 148 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aldag Dhillon Kelloway O'Connell Total: -- 173 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Dowdall Lehoux Savard-Tremblay Total: -- 148 |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Guilbeault Pauzé Sidhu (Brampton East) Vidal Total: -- 4 |
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| Ways and Means |
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The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government. (Ways and Means No. 20) |
| Questions on the Order Paper |
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By unanimous consent, Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-2418, Q-2419, Q-2424, Q-2428, Q-2432 and Q-2434 on the Order Paper. |
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By unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the revised return to the following question made into an order for return: |
Q-2007 — Mr. Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) — With regard to the $669,650 contract awarded to KPMG to provide advice on how to save money on consultants: (a) what advice did KPMG provide to the government; and (b) does the government consider the advice to be worth $669,650? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2007-01.
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By unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into orders for return: |
Q-2420 — Mr. Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke) — With regard to suicide among trans and gender-diverse Canadians: (a) are there any data collection efforts to measure the rate of suicide and suicide attempts among these Canadians; and (b) are there any policy initiatives to address the issue of suicide among these Canadians? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2420.
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Q-2421 — Mr. Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) — With regard to the contracts awarded by the Government of Canada or any other government agency for the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management project since February 7, 2018, broken down by supplier: what are the details of all these contracts, including, for each, (i) the date the contract was signed, (ii) the value of the contract, (iii) the title of the public servants who approved the contract, (iv) the start and end dates of the work, (v) a detailed description of the goods or services provided, (vi) specifics on the way the contract was awarded (sole source or competitive bidding process), (vii) the status of the contract, namely, whether the contract was delivered and completed and whether the deliverables met the requirements of the CBSA and any other department or agency involved? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2421.
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Q-2422 — Ms. Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne) — With regard to the awarding of non-competitive contracts, broken down by department, agency or body and by year, from 2006 to present: for each contract, what is the (i) total amount awarded, (ii) reason, if any, for awarding the contract, (iii) name of the organization that received the contract? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2422.
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Q-2423 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — With regard to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF): (a) what grading or scoring system is used by the CAF when determining whether someone gets promoted, including (i) what the scores are based on, (ii) what importance or weight each item carries, (iii) what grade or score is required to be eligible for or to obtain a promotion; (b) what is the current breakdown of members of the CAF by demographic; and (c) how many and what percentage of members of the CAF received promotions, broken down by each demographic that the CAF tracks and by year, for the past five years? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2423.
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Q-2425 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to the temporary public policy to facilitate temporary resident visas (TRV) for certain extended family affected by the crisis in Gaza, since January 9, 2024: (a) how many crisis web form applications have been received by the department, and how many sponsored individuals are represented; (b) how many unique reference codes have been issued and how many anchors and sponsored individuals are represented; (c) how many crisis web form applications have been rejected and (i) how many sponsored individuals are represented, (ii) what was the reason for the rejection; (d) how many crisis web form applications are still being processed and how many sponsored individuals are represented; (e) how many unique reference codes have been used to complete TRV applications; (f) how many TRV applicants have completed biometric processing at a biometric collection processing site prior to January 9, 2024; (g) how many TRV permits have been issued to those who have completed their biometrics prior to January 9, 2024; (h) how many TRV applicants have completed biometric processing at a biometric collection service point since January 9, 2024, and how many of them have been issued a TRV permit; (i) how many TRV applications have been rejected, and what was the reason for rejection; (j) how many TRV applications have been stamped and approved; (k) how many successful applicants were sent to the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) to be allowed to exit Gaza to migrate to Canada; (l) how many TRV applicants have had personal details, which were shared in the application process, other than a full name, date of birth, sex, passport or national ID details, mobile phone number, or current location by district, shared with Israeli authorities; and (m) how many TRV applicants have had information disclosed or additional background information forms shared with Israeli authorities? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2425.
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Q-2426 — Ms. Kwan (Vancouver East) — With regard to application backlogs and processing times at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to date: (a) how many temporary resident applications, permanent resident applications, and citizenship applications are in backlog, broken down by individual stream, including pilot programs; (b) what is the month-to-month reduction or increase in the number of applications in backlog, broken down by each individual stream, including pilot programs for the previous 60 months; and (c) how many applications have been processed and accepted for each individual stream, broken down by year, and by province or territory? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2426.
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Q-2427 — Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario: (a) what was the total amount spent by the agency on consultations and consultants during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years; and (b) what are the details of all contracts related to the consultations or consultants in (a), including, for each, the (i) date of the contract, (ii) vendor, (iii) amount or value, (iv) description of the goods or services provided, (v) manner in which the contract was awarded (i.e. sole-sourced, competitive bid)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2427.
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Q-2429 — Ms. Rood (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — With regard to the government’s provision of goods and services to irregular border crossers seeking asylum: (a) what items are provided to entrants at the time of crossing; (b) what items are provided to entrants once they are relocated to accommodations; and (c) what is the cost, per item, of provisions to entrants, broken down by each item with its associated per unit cost? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2429.
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Q-2430 — Mr. Villemure (Trois-Rivières) — With regard to the technologies used by the federal government and its various departments, agencies and Crown corporations, notably the RCMP, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) have they purchased Hikvision surveillance cameras, owned by the Chinese company Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.; (b) do they use Hikvision surveillance cameras, owned by the Chinese company Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.; and (c) if the answer to (a) and (b) is affirmative, have they conducted a privacy impact assessment? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2430.
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Q-2431 — Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) — With regard to legal services provided to the government, broken down by department or agency: (a) for each year since 2020, what was the total amount of expenditures on contracts for legal services, in total and broken down by vendor; and (b) how many in‑house lawyers or legal advisors are currently employed by the government? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2431.
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Q-2433 — Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville) — With regard to Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, National Advisory Committee on Immunization and Privy Council communications in 2022: (a) were there communications between any of the entities or their personnel with the Ottawa Police Services Board or Ottawa Police Services personnel or the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, was any of the communication with respect to Detective Helen Grus, stillbirths or deaths of infants under one year; (c) if the answer to (b) is affirmative, what are the details of each communication, including the (i) date, (ii) type of communication such as memorandum, telephone conversation, fax, or email, (iii) subject, (iv) reports produced as a result of the communication, (v) names of people included or copied on the communication; (d) were any of the named entities above or their personnel included in communications involving one or more of the following individuals, Deputy Chief Steven Bell, Superintendent Heather Lachine, Hugh O’Toole of the Professional Standards Branch, Prosecutor Vanessa Stewart, or the Ontario Coroner’s office; and (e) if the answer to (d) is affirmative, what are the details of each communication, including the (i) date, (ii) type of communication, (iii) subject, (iv) reports produced as a result of the communication, (v) names of people included or copied on the communication? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2433.
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Q-2435 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to anti-terrorist financing, broken down by year since 2015: (a) have any federally regulated financial institutions reported transactions involving people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and, if so, how many were reported; (b) how many of the reported suspicious transactions in (a) are related to people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (c) how many transactions involving people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been investigated by the Government of Canada or its agencies, including the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the RCMP; (d) how many people or organizations have been investigated for transactions involving the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (e) how many federally regulated financial institutions, credit unions, or lenders have been investigated for transactions involving the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or people or organizations with suspected or confirmed ties to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (f) what are the names of each company or entity investigated in (e), and what is the current status of each investigation; and (g) why has the Government of Canada not listed the entire Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2435.
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Q-2436 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to the government approach to anti-money laundering: (a) how much money does the government estimate has been laundered through Canada, broken down by year since 2015; (b) how many individuals, companies, entities, or organizations have been convicted of money laundering offences in Canada since 2015, in total, and broken down by year; (c) how many investigations related to money laundering have led to (i) fines, (ii) incarceration, in Canada since 2015, in total, and broken down by year; (d) of the total number of fines in (c), how many are a result of plea deals or other agreements where charges were not filed or were dropped; and (e) has the Department of Finance, its agencies, or the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation done an analysis on the impact that money laundering has on the housing market, and, if so, what are the details, including when the analysis was conducted and the results? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2436.
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Q-2437 — Mr. Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn) — With regard to government statistics on homelessness in Canada: (a) how many homeless people are there currently in Canada; (b) how many homeless people have there been in Canada, broken down by year since 2015; (c) how many homeless encampments are there in Canada; (d) how many homeless encampments have there been in Canada, broken down by year since 2015; (e) how many homeless people have been housed as a result of Infrastructure Canada funding; (f) how many homeless people have been housed as a result of the National Housing Strategy; (g) how many homeless people have been housed as a result of the National Housing Accelerator Fund; and (h) what is the breakdown of (c) through (g) by province or territory and by municipality? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-441-2437.
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| Ways and Means |
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The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Freeland (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages). (Ways and Means No. 20) |
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The debate continued. |
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At 5:40 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 84(6), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings. |
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The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division: |
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| YEAS: 172, NAYS: 150 |
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YEAS -- POUR Aldag Dhillon Kelloway Oliphant Total: -- 172 |
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NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Dreeshen Lemire Scheer Total: -- 150 |
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PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Guilbeault Pauzé Sidhu (Brampton East) Vidal Total: -- 4 |
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| Private Members' Business |
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At 6:29 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business. |
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The order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C-277, An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries. |
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Mr. MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford), seconded by Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni), moved, — That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health. |
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Debate arose thereon. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper. |
| Adjournment Proceedings |
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At 7:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed. |
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After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted. |
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Accordingly, at 7:49 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1). |