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Notice PaperNo. 7 Tuesday, June 3, 2025 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Notices of Recommendations |
| An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures |
| Recommendation |
| (Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2)) |
| Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures”. |
| Royal recommendation — notice given Monday, June 2, 2025, by the Minister of Public Safety. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| June 2, 2025 — Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (oath of office)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-742 — June 2, 2025 — Eric Melillo (Kenora—Kiiwetinoong) — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario: what is the total value of the agency's grants and contributions for the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25, broken down by federal electoral district? |
| Q-752 — June 2, 2025 — Eric Melillo (Kenora—Kiiwetinoong) — With regard to the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario’s target in the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report, to render a decision on applications within 80 working days of the receipt of a complete application and to issue payment on eligible claim submissions within 35 working days: (a) what is the rationale for why these targets are not being met 15% of the time; and (b) how many applicants have waited longer than 80 working days for a decision to be rendered? |
| Q-762 — June 2, 2025 — Eric Melillo (Kenora—Kiiwetinoong) — With regard to the departmental result indicator for the amount leveraged per dollar invested, by Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario projects, for which the target is 1.80: (a) what is the explanation for the result decreasing from 2.02 in 2021-22 to 1.61 in 2023-24; and (b) what is the rationale for not meeting the 1.80 target in 2023-24? |
| Q-772 — June 2, 2025 — Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean) — With regard to the five-year lease that Public Services and Procurement Canada contracted with ILG LTÉE (Pierre Guay) in August 2021, to consolidate previous leases and retrofit two existing buildings (337 and 339 Guay Road, Lacolle): (a) did the lease, which was to run from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2027, end with the closure of Roxham Road, at midnight on March 25, 2023; (b) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end with the closure of Roxham Road on March 25, 2023, when did it end; (c) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end as of November 6, 2024, when will it end; (d) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end on March 25, 2023, is it possible to obtain the total amounts paid to ILG LTÉE since that date; and (e) if the new five-year lease contracted with ILG LTÉE did not end on March 25, 2023, is it possible to obtain the total amounts that remain to be paid to ILG LTÉE until the end of the contract? |
| Q-782 — June 2, 2025 — Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean) — With regard to the approval rate for French-speaking international students: how many study permit applications, other than extension applications, has Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada processed since January 1, 2023, broken down by (i) country of residence, (ii) number of people, (iii) year? |
| Q-792 — June 2, 2025 — John Brassard (Barrie South—Innisfil) — With regard to government travel, broken down by minister's office since January 1, 2021: (a) which ministers or exempt staff have rented vehicles, including, but not limited to, car and driver services, limousine services or car services, within Canada or elsewhere; (b) for each use identified in (a), what was the (i) date of the rental, (ii) pick-up location of the rental, (iii) drop-off location of the rental, (iv) nature of the official business, including any events attended, (v) cost of the rental, (vi) vehicle description, including the type and model, if available, (vii) name of each passenger, if known, (viii) name of the vendor, (ix) duration of the rental; and (c) for each rental listed in (a), was a driver provided? |
| Q-802 — June 2, 2025 — John Brassard (Barrie South—Innisfil) — With regard to clothing allowances and expenditures on clothing, for use by the Prime Minister, the Governor General or other ministers, since January 1, 2023, and broken down by year: (a) which individuals have received a clothing allowance and, for each, how much was the allowance; and (b) what are the details of all expenditures by the government on clothing or outerwear which was provided to any of the individuals in (a), including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount spent and the value of the item, (iii) description of the item, (iv) title of the individual? |
| Q-812 — June 2, 2025 — Anna Roberts (King—Vaughan) — With regard to Canada Pension Plan payments: (a) has the government conducted any analysis of (i) how much it would cost to allow individuals, who continue to pay into, and don't start collecting, Canada Pension Plan payments until an age later than 65, such as 70, to defer those payments and receive larger payment when they do start collecting Canada Pension Plan payments, (ii) any proposal similar to that outlined in (a)(i); and (b) if the answer to (a)(i) or (a)(ii) is affirmative, what are the details, including the findings and projections associated with the analysis? |
| Q-822 — June 2, 2025 — Anna Roberts (King—Vaughan) — With regard to the Canada Pension Plan, and broken down by year, for each of the last five years: what was the number and percentage of new Canada Pension Plan recipients, broken down by their age at the time that they received their first Canada Pension Plan payment, starting at age 60? |
| Q-832 — June 2, 2025 — Anna Roberts (King—Vaughan) — With regard to government action taken following the concerns raised by the Auditor General in Report 11 "Programs to Assist Seniors": (a) what specific changes is the government making to the New Horizons for Seniors Program in response to the concerns; (b) how will the government measure the number of seniors benefitting from each of the grants provided under the New Horizons for Seniors Program and what benefits are seniors receiving; (c) what follow-up checks has the government done to ensure that New Horizons for Seniors Program grant money was spent appropriately and in accordance with the terms of the funding agreement; and (d) since January 1, 2024, how many instances have there been where the government found that New Horizons for Seniors Program grant money was not spent appropriately, and what are the details of each such instance, including the (i) recipient, (ii) location, (iii) amount of funding provided, (iv) purpose of the funding, (v) summary of how the funding was inappropriately spent, (vi) action taken by the government in response, (vii) amount of funding recovered, if applicable? |
| Q-842 — June 2, 2025 — Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake) — With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada transferring refugees to Niagara Falls, Ontario, between January 1, 2024 and June 1, 2025: (a) how many have been transferred to Niagara Falls in total; (b) what is the monthly breakdown of the number of refugees transferred to Niagara Falls; (c) which hotels is the government using to lodge refugees in Niagara Falls; (d) how many hotel rooms are currently being occupied by refugees in Niagara Falls; (e) what is the capacity of each hotel room that is being occupied by refugees in Niagara Falls; (f) how many refugees are staying in each hotel room in Niagara Falls; (g) what is the average length of time Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada expects (i) an individual refugee, (ii) a refugee family, to be lodged in a Niagara Falls hotel room; (h) for all refugees being lodged in government-funded Niagara Falls hotel rooms, without identifying names or other personal information, how many days has each refugee stayed; (i) what is the average cost per night that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada pays per refugee staying in a Niagara Falls hotel room; (j) for the night of June 1, 2025, what was the total cost Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada paid hoteliers to house refugees located in Niagara Falls; (k) what is the average cost that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada pays per refugee who lives in a Niagara Falls hotel room for daily meals and refreshments; (I) for the month of May 2025, what was the total cost Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada paid hoteliers to feed refugees located in Niagara Falls; (m) what are the countries of origin for refugees who have been accommodated in Niagara Falls; (n) what is the breakdown of refugees transferred to, or accommodated in, Niagara Falls, by each country of origin; (o) how much funding was transferred by the federal government to the municipality of Niagara Falls to deal with the influx of refugees in the city; (p) how much funding has been transferred by the federal government to the Region of Niagara to deal with the influx of refugees in the region; (q) how much funding was transferred by the federal government to local not-for-profit, charitable and non-governmental organizations in Niagara Falls to deal with the influx of refugees in the city; (r) what are the names of the specific not-for-profit, charitable and non-governmental organizations in (q) who have received federal government funding; (s) what is the breakdown of funding for each organization to date; (t) how many more refugees does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada currently plan to, transfer to, or accommodate in Niagara Falls; (u) how many refugees have moved out of government-funded hotel rooms in Niagara Falls and into personal accommodations; (v) when does the federal government plan to stop paying for refugee hotel rooms in Niagara Falls; and (w) what are the terms and conditions of the financial agreement that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has with each hotelier located in Niagara Falls that houses refugees and receives federal monies to provide this service? |
| Q-852 — June 2, 2025 — Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake) — With regard to the federal Tourism Growth Fund that was announced by the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec on November 20, 2023: (a) how much of the $108 million from the Tourism Growth Fund has been spent as of June 1, 2025; (b) what is the spending breakdown for each of the seven regional development agencies, including the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Prairies Economic Development Canada and Pacific Economic Development Canada; and (c) within each of the seven regional development agencies, (i) what is the spending breakdown between for-profit and non-profit tourism projects, (ii) what is the name of each tourism project that received money from the Tourism Growth Fund, (iii) what is the date of each project funding announcement, (iv) how much money did each tourism project receive from the Tourism Growth Fund, (v) in what federal riding is each tourism project located, (vi) what is the description of each project that received funds from the Tourism Growth Fund? |
| Q-862 — June 2, 2025 — Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake) — With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the four exception categories to the Safe Third Country Agreement, from 2019 to 2025: (a) how many claimants qualified under each of the following exception categories, broken down by year, including 2025 to date, (i) family member exceptions, (ii) unaccompanied minors, (iii) document holders (valid visa, work permit, study permit, etc.), (iv) public interest exceptions; (b) broken down by each of the exception categories in (a), how many claims (i) were approved, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under review, (iv) were withdrawn or abandoned; (c) what was the average processing time for claims under each of the exception categories in (a), broken down by year; (d) how many claimants in (a) were from each country of origin, broken down by year; (e) how many claimants in (a) were processed in each province or territory, broken down by exception category and year; and (f) what measures are currently in place to ensure the timely processing of claims under each of the exception categories in (a)? |
| Q-872 — June 2, 2025 — Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake) — With regard to asylum claimants who qualified under the over-14-day exemption to the Safe Third Country Agreement, from 2019 to 2025: (a) how many claimants qualified under the over-14-day exemption, in each of the past five calendar years, broken down by year; (b) how many claims from (a), were processed in each province or territory, broken down by year; (c) how many claims from (a), were from each country of origin, broken down by year; (d) how many claims under the over-14-day exemption (i) were approved, (ii) were denied, (iii) are still under review, (iv) were withdrawn or abandoned, broken down by year; (e) what was the average processing time for claims under the over-14-day exemption, broken down by year; and (f) What measures or processes are in place to verify that claimants meet the requirements of the over-14-day exemption? |
| Q-882 — June 2, 2025 — Fraser Tolmie (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan) — With regard to the government’s agreements with Volkswagen and PowerCo, to build a battery assembly plant in St. Thomas Ontario, and with Stellantis-LG to build a battery assembly plant in Windsor Ontario: (a) in relation to each agreement, how many battery production subsidy claims have been received by the government, from each party, pursuant to the agreement being made; and (b) what are the details of each individual claim, including, for each, the (i) period the claim covers, (ii) number of batteries produced that are covered by the claim, (iii) date the claim was received, (iv) date the claim was approved? |
| Q-892 — June 2, 2025 — Fraser Tolmie (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan) — With regard to government funding for electric vehicle battery plants, since November 4, 2015: (a) how much funding has the government provided for the (i) Northvolt electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, in Montreal, (ii) Volkswagen electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in St Thomas, Ontario, (iii) Stellantis LG electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, (iv) Honda electric vehicle assembly, battery manufacturing, and cathode processing plant, in Alliston Ontario, (v) General Motors for the CAMI assembly plant and refurbishment of the Oshawa plant, (vi) Asahi Kasei electric vehicle battery component plant, (vii) E-One Moli Energy lithium-ion battery cell production plant, in Maple Ridge BC; and (b) what is the breakdown of (a)(i) to (a)(vii) by type of subsidy (construction, production, etc.) and by manner in which it was provided (direct payment, tax credit, etc.)? |
| Q-902 — June 2, 2025 — Rosemarie Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake) — With regard to government grants and contributions to telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Rogers (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (b) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Videotron (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (c) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to TELUS (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (d) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Bell (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; (e) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Shaw Communications (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose; and (f) what are the details of all loans, grants, or other financial contributions that the government has provided to Corus Entertainment (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) type of contribution (loan, non-repayable grant, etc.), (iv) repayment terms, if applicable, (v) amount repaid to date, (vi) purpose? |
| Q-912 — June 2, 2025 — Rosemarie Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake) — With regard to government contracts with telecommunication companies since January 1, 2016: (a) what are the details of all contracts with Rogers (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (ii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (b) what are the details of all contracts with Videotron (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (ii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (c) what are the details of all contracts with TELUS (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (ii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (d) what are the details of all contracts with Bell (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (ii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; (e) what are the details of all contracts with Shaw Communications (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (ii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable; and (f) what are the details of all contracts with Corus Entertainment (and subsidiaries) including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (ii) description of the goods and services, (iv) manner in which it was awarded (competitive or non-competitive), (v) location of services for all, if applicable? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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