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House Motion No. 654

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 28, 2024, 8:30 p.m.
  • That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, for the duration of the session,

    (a)

    (i) a minister of the Crown may, with the agreement of the House leader of another recognized party, at any time during a sitting, but no later than 6:30 p.m., request that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for a subsequent sitting be 12:00 a.m., provided that it be 10:00 p.m. on a day when a debate pursuant to Standing Order 52 or 53.1 is to take place, and that such a request shall be deemed adopted,

    (ii) a minister of the Crown may request, at any time during a sitting, that a decision to extend a subsequent sitting, made pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i), be rescinded and such request shall be deemed adopted;

    (b) on a sitting day extended pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i),

    (i) proceedings on any opposition motion pursuant to Standing Order 81(16) shall conclude no later than 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 6:30 p.m. on a Monday or 1:30 p.m. on a Friday, on an allotted day for the business of supply, except pursuant to Standing Order 81(18)(c),

    (ii) after 6:30 p.m., the Speaker shall not receive any quorum calls or dilatory motions, and shall only accept a request for unanimous consent after receiving a notice from the House leaders or whips of all recognized parties stating that they are in agreement with such a request,

    (iii) motions to proceed to the orders of the day, and to adjourn the debate or the House may be moved after 6:30 p.m. by a minister of the Crown, including on a point of order, and such motions be deemed adopted,

    (iv) the time provided for Government Orders shall not be extended pursuant to Standing Orders 33(2), 45(9) or 67.1(2);

    (c) during consideration of the estimates on the last allotted day of each supply period, pursuant to Standing Orders 81(17) and 81(18),

    (i) when the Speaker interrupts the proceedings for the purpose of putting forthwith all questions necessary to dispose of the estimates, all remaining motions to concur in the votes for which a notice of opposition was filed shall be deemed to have been moved and seconded, the questions deemed put and recorded divisions deemed requested,

    (ii) when a supply bill is considered in a committee of the whole, if a recorded division is requested to any bill elements or motions required to dispose of that stage of the said bill, the results of the vote shall apply to the remaining bill elements and motions required to dispose of that stage and report the bill to the House;

    (d) a motion for third reading of a government bill may be made in the same sitting during which the said bill has been concurred in at report stage;

    (e) on the last three sitting days set forth in the House of Commons Calendar for the periods ending in June, as well as the last two sitting days of the periods ending in December, a minister of the Crown may move, without notice, a motion to adjourn the House, provided that,

    (i) the said motion shall be decided immediately without debate or amendment, and that the House shall be deemed adjourned pursuant to Standing Order 28,

    (ii) notwithstanding Standing Order 45, no recorded division requested between 2 p.m. on the third to last scheduled sitting day and the adjournment on the last scheduled sitting day of the periods ending in June, respectively, and between 2 p.m. on the second to last scheduled sitting day and the adjournment on the last scheduled sitting day of the periods ending in December shall be deferred, except for any recorded division requested in regard to a Private Member's Business item, for which the provisions of Standing Orders 93 and 98 shall continue to apply; and

    (f) on any day, at midnight or thereafter, if the House has not completed a series of recorded divisions related to the business of supply or on any bill, a minister of the Crown may move, at any time, the suspension of the sitting of the House, which shall be deemed adopted, and the sitting of the House shall be suspended until 9:00 a.m., later that calendar day.

House Motion No. 653

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 28, 2024, 6:02 p.m.
  • That, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 35, the debate not be further adjourned.

House Motion No. 652

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 28, 2024, 4:47 p.m.
  • That the House do now proceed to the orders of the day.

House Motion No. 649

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 28, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
  • That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

House Motion No. 648

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 28, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
  • That, given that,

    (i) the Auditor General's ArriveCAN audit determined that the app cost taxpayers at least $60-million, but concluded it is "impossible to determine the actual cost of the application",

    (ii) the Procurement Ombud found that in 76% of ArriveCAN contracts, some or all of the contractors' proposed resources, such as subcontractors and employees, did not perform any work,

    (iii) GC Strategies, an IT company that does no actual IT work, was paid nearly $20-million in relation to the ArriveCAN app,

    the House:

    (a) call on the Prime Minister to table in the House of Commons, no later than Monday, March 18, 2024, a report which details the complete direct and associated costs concerning the ArriveCAN app incurred to date, including the total amounts paid to contractors and subcontractors, broken down by contractor or subcontractor, and the value of staff time represented by the salary, bonuses and other expenses paid to all public servants who worked on the app, in relation to all expenses respecting,

    (i) research and development of the app,

    (ii) management and storage of the data collected by the app,

    (iii) software development, testing and maintenance,

    (iv) training for government employees for using and troubleshooting the app,

    (v) call centres used for the app,

    (vi) ArriveCAN-related communications with travellers by e-mail or text message,

    (vii) market and opinion research,

    (viii) advertising,

    (ix) public relations,

    (x) merchandise, gifts and promotional material,

    (xi) processing of security clearances,

    (xii) travellers' expenses after being wrongfully directed by the ArriveCAN app to quarantine,

    (xiii) the services of legal counsel involved in contract negotiation, litigation arising from procurement or the use and implementation of the app, and the numerous investigations conducted related to the app,

    (xiv) any other costs related to the ArriveCAN app; and

    (b) call on the government to collect and recoup all funds paid to ArriveCAN contractors and subcontractors which did no work on the ArriveCAN app, within 100 days of this motion being adopted, and for the Prime Minister to table a report in the House demonstrating that taxpayer funds have been repaid.

Bill C-318

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 28, 2024
  • This bill, known as Bill C-318, aims to make changes to the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code in relation to adoptive and intended parents. The bill introduces a new type of special benefit called an attachment benefit, which provides 15 weeks of support for adoptive parents and parents of children conceived through surrogacy. It also extends parental leave under the Canada Labour Code to accommodate these changes. The bill is currently in its first reading in the House of Commons and can be found on the House of Commons website.
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House Debates

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 28, 2024, 2 p.m.

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