A question of privilege having been raised by Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), the Speaker ruled earlier today that there was a prima facie case of privilege;
Whereupon, Mr. Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent), seconded by Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), moved, — That the House find the Public Health Agency of Canada to be in contempt for its failure to obey the order of the House, adopted on June 2, 2021, as well as the orders of the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations, adopted on March 31 and May 10, 2021, and, accordingly, order its President to attend at the bar of the House, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions on the second sitting day following the adoption of this order, for the purposes of (a) receiving, on behalf of the Agency, an admonishment delivered by the Speaker; and (b) delivering up the documents ordered by the House, on June 2, 2021, to be produced, so that they may be deposited with the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel under the terms of that order.
Debate arose thereon.