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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.

House Motion No. 647

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 27, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
  • That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

House Motion No. 644

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 14, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
  • That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

House Motion No. 643

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 14, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
  • That the bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

House Motion No. 631

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 7, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
  • That the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, be concurred in.

House Motion No. 630

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 7, 2024, 3:35 p.m.
  • That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

    “the 10th report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, be not now concurred in, but that it be recommitted to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with instruction that it amend the same so as to: (a) take into consideration that Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, has been amended by the Senate in a way that will prevent farmers from getting a carbon tax carveout for grain drying, barn heating and other farm operations, and that since the Parliamentary Budget Officer has made clear that this bill, in its original form, would save Canadian farmers $1 billion by 2030, reducing the cost of food for Canadian families currently struggling to afford groceries; and (b) recommend that the House adopt the motion rejecting the Senate amendments as soon as possible.”.

House Motion No. 629

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 7, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
  • That, given that,

    (i) after eight years of soft on crime policies, this Prime Minister has created the auto theft crisis,

    (ii) according to the Liberal government’s own news release, auto theft in Toronto is up 300% since 2015, and Statistics Canada data shows auto-theft is up 190% in Moncton, 122% in Ottawa-Gatineau, 106% in Montréal, 62% in Winnipeg, since 2015,

    (iii) the Port of Montreal, a major hub for stolen vehicles to be shipped out of Canada, only has five Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) agents to inspect the 580,000 containers that leave the port each year, according to the Le Journal de Montréal, with one law enforcement agent saying, “CBSA has no resources to check the containers, they check less than one per cent of containers”,

    (iv) it is the responsibility of the federal government to reduce auto theft as the primary prevention tools, including the Criminal Code, the RCMP, the CBSA and our port systems, which are the federal government’s jurisdiction,

    (v) the increase in auto theft is costing Canadian drivers as insurance premiums are increasing, and in Ontario, insurance companies are able to increase premiums by 25% this year,

    (vi) a report by Équité estimates $1 billion in vehicle theft claims were paid out in 2022, and these costs are being passed down to drivers,

    in order to stop the crime and reduce auto theft to lower insurance premiums, the House call on the government to:

    (a) immediately reverse changes the Liberal government made in their soft on crime Bill C-5 that allows for car stealing criminals to be on house arrest instead of jail;

    (b) strengthen Criminal Code provisions to ensure repeat car stealing criminals remain in jail; and

    (c) provide the CBSA and our ports with the resources they need to prevent stolen cars from leaving the country.

House Motion No. 628

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 7, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
  • That the 15th Report of the Standing Committee on Finance (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-323, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (mental health services)), presented on Monday, February 5, 2024, be concurred in.

House Motion No. 626

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 5, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
  • That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

    “Bill C-57, An Act to implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine, be not now read a third time, but be referred back to the Standing Committee on International Trade with the view to amend the coming into force provision to allow it to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council after the removal of all references to carbon pricing and carbon leakage.”.

House Motion No. 625

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Feb. 5, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
  • That, given that the carbon tax has proven to be a tax plan, not an environmental plan, the House call on the Liberal government to cancel the April 1, 2024, carbon tax increase.

House Motion No. 624

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
Jan. 31, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
  • That Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.