Debates of Nov. 22nd, 2024

Public Safety

[Kevin Vuong, Independent, Spadina—Fort York, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege of presenting a petition signed by nearly 13,000 people demanding action on Samidoun. While the organization has been finally listed as the terrorist group that it is, the job is not finished. The petition specifically notes that under paragraph 83.05(1)(b) of the Criminal Code, it is illegal to knowingly act on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with a listed terrorist group. On October 15, the United States also designated Khaled Barakat a leadership member of the PFLP, a listed terrorist group, but the federal government continues to allow Khaled Barakat to remain in Canada. It is time for the federal government to finish the job and kick out of Canada the terrorist leader and all who support terrorism.

Questions on the Order Paper

[Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]

Mr. Speaker, the following question will be answered today: No. 3053.

Question No.3053—

[Dave Epp, Conservative, Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON]

With regard to the former chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) Board of Directors, Tim Murphy, leaving his post to become Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Affairs Officer at Aecon: (a) was there a conflict-of-interest process put in place by the WDBA, and did it include a ban preventing Tim Murphy from engaging in further dealings with the WDBA; and (b) if so, what were the details of the conflict-of-interest process regarding Tim Murphy’s lobbying of the WDBA on behalf of Aecon?

[Chris Bittle, Liberal, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing]

Mr. Speaker, with regard to the former chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, WDBA, board of directors, Tim Murphy, leaving his post to become executive vice-president and chief strategic affairs officer at Aecon, the answer to parts (a) and (b) is as follows. Mr. Murphy, appointed by the Governor in Council, is subject to post-directorship obligations as part of the Conflict of Interest Act, as well as WDBA policy. The Conflict of Interest Act prohibits Mr. Murphy from acting for or on behalf of any person or organization in connection with any specific proceeding, transaction, negotiation or case to which the WDBA is a party and with respect to which the director had acted for, or provided advice to, the WDBA; and providing advice to clients, business associates or employers using information that was acquired in the course of his official duties and that is not available to the public. The process set forth in the Conflict of Interest Act would apply should Mr. Murphy contravene the act, which may include an examination by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns

[Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]

Mr. Speaker, furthermore, if the answers to Questions Nos. 3047 to 3052 and 3054 to 3056 could be made orders for returns, these returns would be tabled in an electronic format immediately.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Greg Fergus]

Is it agreed?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

Question No.3047—

[Pat Kelly, Conservative, Calgary Rocky Ridge, AB]

With regard to the proposal to increase the capital gains inclusion rate to two-thirds for certain taxpayers: (a) how many taxpayers realized capital gains of $250,000 or more in each tax year from 2003 to 2023 inclusively; (b) how many of the taxpayers in (a) realized capital gains of $250,000 (i) once, (ii) twice, (iii) more than twice, (iv) every year; and (c) how many of the taxpayers in (b) were in the (i) first (lowest) income tax bracket, (ii) second tax bracket, (iii) third tax bracket, (iv) fourth tax bracket, (v) fifth tax bracket?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3048—

[Pat Kelly, Conservative, Calgary Rocky Ridge, AB]

With regard to the difference between the membership of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) (all branches) as of October 1, 2024, and the CAF’s total authorized strength: (a) how many new members does the CAF need to recruit to reach authorized strength; (b) how many recruitment applications can the CAF process each month; (c) how many Canadians applied to join the CAF each month between October 1, 2023, and October 1, 2024; (d) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF were tasked with processing recruitment applications as of October 1, 2024; (e) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF are needed to process all incoming recruitment applications; (f) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF were tasked with training new recruits up to a deployable state as of October 1, 2024; (g) how many CAF personnel were not sufficiently trained to be deployable as of October 1, 2024; (h) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF are required to train all current members up to a deployable state; and (i) how many full-time equivalent personnel in the CAF will be needed should the CAF reach total authorized strength by October 1, 2025?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3049—

[Andrew Scheer, Conservative, Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK]

With regard to payments, including any reimbursements, made by the government to Mark Carney since April 1, 2020: (a) what are the details of all such payments, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) amount, (iii) purpose of the payment; and (b) for each payment that was a reimbursement, what are the details, including the (i) items reimbursed, (ii) amount, (iii) vendor, (iv) location?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3050—

[Mike Lake, Conservative, Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, AB]

With regard to the CRA and the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) for the most recent fiscal year for which data is available: (a) how many initial assessments were completed and reviewed; (b) how many reassessments were completed and reviewed; (c) what is the number of initial DTC applications filed for both (a) and (b) that were approved; (d) what is the number of unsuccessful initial DTC applications filed for both (a) and (b) that were appealed; (e) what is the number of DTC applications filed for (d) that were approved; and (f) how many instances in (a) to (e) were specifically for autism diagnoses?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3051—

[Scot Davidson, Conservative, York—Simcoe, ON]

With regard to the Canada Carbon Rebate rural supplement (top-up), broken down by year since the rural supplement began: what was the total (i) amount of top-up money paid, (ii) number of top-up recipients, broken down by each federal riding which qualified for the rural supplement?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3052—

[Dave Epp, Conservative, Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON]

With regard to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority: (a) what was the final contract value paid to CIMA+ for their work on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project; and (b) what was the date of each payment made to CIMA+?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3054—

[James Bezan, Conservative, Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB]

With regard to the Department of National Defence and the NATO definition of defence expenditures as “payments made by a national government specifically to meet the needs of its armed forces or those of its allies": what are the expenditures from eligible Other Government Departments (OGDs) included in Canada's defence spending calculations, broken down by (i) department, (ii) fiscal year beginning in 2015, (iii) type or category of expenditure, (iv) dollar value?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3055—

[James Bezan, Conservative, Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB]

With regard to the Department of National Defence and NORAD modernization: (a) what are the spending projections year over year for the June 2022 NORAD modernization announcement until completion of all listed projects, broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) project; and (b) what are the spending projections year over year for the additional projects related to NORAD modernization with separate funding sources, including, but not limited to, NORAD Cloud-Based Command and Control (CBC2), Crossbow and Air Navigation Aid Systems Replacement (AirNAS), Advanced Short-Range Missile (ASRM) and Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (MRAAM), broken down by (i) fiscal year, (ii) project, (iii) funding envelope, and including any funding committed by the United States?

(Return tabled)

Question No.3056—

[Colin Carrie, Conservative, Oshawa, ON]

With regard to the government’s response to Order Paper Question Q-2741 relating to Statistics Canada (StatCan) and released data of provisional deaths and excess mortality during the time frames of June 13-27, 2022, July 4-18, 2022, and July 25-August 29, 2022: (a) what are the timeframe-matched denominators (i.e., the total number of individuals by vaccination status by dose and by age group) for each of the following vaccination status categories (i) COVID-19 cases following vaccination, (ii) COVID-19 cases in the unvaccinated, (iii) deaths following vaccination according to doses 1, 2 and 3, (iv) deaths in the unvaccinated; (b) what steps were taken to investigate the underlying reasons for this unusual finding of excess deaths in young persons; (c) why is there a discrepancy between the data that was released on the StatCan website for “other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality” in 2022 and the value provided in the government response to Order Paper Question Q-1115 for the same year and same category; and (d) what are the details of the memo drafted by the PCO in May 2021 which instructed recipients to skew statistics to minimize the impact of vaccine-related deaths or injuries, including (i) which agencies or entities and which specific officials received this memo, (ii) how did the agencies or entities carry out the PCO’s instructions vis-a-vis statistical skewing, (iii) who at each agency or entity signed off on the report of the data?

(Return tabled)