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House Hansard - 75

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 19, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Kelly McCauley
  • May/19/22 8:06:55 p.m.
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Madam Chair, what is the expected delivery date if the contract is signed this year?
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Hon. Filomena Tassi
  • May/19/22 8:07:02 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the expected date is 2025 for the first delivery.
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Hon. Filomena Tassi
  • May/19/22 8:07:17 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the expected date of delivery at this point is 2025, based on negotiations.
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Hon. Filomena Tassi
  • May/19/22 9:14:48 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I think the member is referring to the C21 sniper rifles. The competitive process resulted in a $2.6-million contract to deliver 229 new C21 sniper rifles. Delivery is expected at the end of 2022.
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Ben Lobb (Huron—Bruce, CPC)
  • May/19/22 10:08:05 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I am going to share my time with the member for Louis-Saint-Laurent. I thank the minister for her work tonight. It is quite a feat to put in all the time and to answer all the questions, and I thank her for that. Andrew Kendrick, a naval architect with 40 years' experience, appeared before committee. His statement was that it costs three to five times the world price and two to four times longer to deliver ships in Canada versus the rest of the world. Does the minister have any comment on that? Has she investigated and verified this to be true, or does she feel we are in line with world price and world delivery?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Hon. Filomena Tassi (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)
  • May/19/22 10:18:01 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for the question. First, I want to take the opportunity to thank Canada Post. During the pandemic, postal employees have worked tirelessly. I know that Canada Post wanted to keep its workers safe, but postal workers, in turn, wanted to keep Canadians safe, so they exercised measures and delivered life-saving medicines and important mail. I want to thank all postal workers for their excellent service. I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the member's question. In order to provide timely and consistent service to all Canadians, the cost of mailing items varies depending on the size of the parcel, the distance between origin and destination and the cost of transportation, processing and delivery. Of course, all these decisions are made by Canada Post. With respect to the issue he is raising, at the root of this issue is that urban cities continue to grow and include rural communities, and this creates a challenge. We are working with Canada Post on the designation of rural versus urban communities. Canada Post works hard to ensure that its prices remain competitive while providing a wide range of services. This has to do with the designation of rural. Time has passed, and communities that previously may have looked rural look different now, so we are working with Canada Post on this.
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