Pandemic Day Act  Uqaqtittiji, I rise to speak in support of Bill S-209. I thank my colleague from Vancouver Centre for sponsoring this bill. A pandemic observance day, if passed, would honour the loved ones we lost to COVID-19. It would recognize the countless sacrifices made by frontline workers in Canada and abroad.

Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, last year, we had the worst wildfire season in Canadian history because of climate change, and potentially this season could be even worse. We have been working very closely with the provinces and territories and indigenous leaders to provide the resources they need.

Pandemic Day Act  Speaker, as always it is an honour to rise in this place to talk about the issues that are so important to my constituents and all Canadians. Particularly, on Bill S-209, I find it interesting that we are debating the creation of a day, which happened approximately four years ago, for when COVID-19 became a big thing. I remember that four years ago well.

Pandemic Day Act  I think there is a lot to be learned. I would encourage all members to get behind this and to give their support to Bill S-209.

Pandemic Day Act  On the contrary, I will offer my colleagues a much more conciliatory tone that is far more focused on those who have suffered as a result of the pandemic. The purpose of Bill S‑209, which we are currently studying, is to commemorate the pandemic and remind everyone that many people suffered during that period. This bill was introduced by Quebec senator Dr. Marie-Françoise Mégie, and it seeks to make March 11 a day of observance but not a statutory holiday.

Pandemic Day Act  The House resumed from January 31 consideration of Bill S-209, An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day, as reported (without amendment) from the committee.

Committees of the House  I would also like to point out that the Government of Canada announced its intention to pursue legislation intended to ensure that no sanctioned individual connected to the IRGC can enter Canada. Thanks to the passage of Bill S-8, the law now aligns the IRPA with the Special Economic Measures Act to ensure that all foreign nationals subject to sanctions under SEMA will also be inadmissible to Canada. This designation means thousands of members of the regime, including many members of the IRGC, intelligence operatives, government officials and judges, among others, are now inadmissible in Canada.

Public Safety committee  Finally, note that the visit to the Port of Montreal will be Monday, May 13. The clerk is currently working on a draft program on logistics. We also have Bill S-210. We need to create a deadline for witnesses so that the clerk can start working on it. You can bring this back Thursday, but maybe think about it. Yes, Alistair.

Health committee  My question is to Deputy Commissioner McDonald. Has the inability to seize less than 2.5 grams of fentanyl, or any substance, under B.C.'s decriminalization, had a negative impact on your ability to get deadly fentanyl off the streets?

Questions on the Order Paper  As the CRM system has limited capability to gather and produce detailed statistical reports on a historical basis, the information provided is cumulative from the date of inception to the date of the report. With regard to (a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi), s of March 1, 2024, the TBS Claims Office has received the following total number of claims for the following: out-of-pocket expenses: 2,701; impacts on income taxes and government benefits: 1,516; requests for advances on government benefits: 20; reimbursements for tax advice: 4,026; compensation for severe impacts: 1,272; and general compensation for damages related to Phoenix: 28,620.

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  The Liberals want to do it all again, but this time with energy, agriculture, manufacturing, construction and transportation workers who rely indirectly or directly on the oil and gas sector. That internal memo to the natural resources minister says, “[large] scale transformation[s] will take place in...Agriculture...292,000 workers...; [in] Energy...202,000 workers...; [in] Manufacturing...193,000 workers...; [in construction]...1.4 million workers...; and [in] Transportation...642,000 workers”.

Industry committee  It's clearly trying to address Conservative and NDP amendments that are very similar, but what I'm worried about is whether this is going to be used more like a political compromise, which unfortunately could, at the end of the day, fall short for the legislation. Are you familiar with the U.K.'s legislation? I would like to know whether you're familiar with the U.K.'s legislation and what they've done with children in theirs.

Finance committee  We represent 72,000 faculty, librarians and professional staff at more than 120 post-secondary institutions in all provinces across the country. I want to focus my remarks today on Bill C-59's proposed exclusion of public post-secondary institutions from the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. The CAUT fully supports these important changes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Couldn't these funds be used to offset the revenue losses cited in B.C.'s restructuring announcement of February 2024 and thus reduce the impacts on jobs and programming?

Environment committee  On Monday, April 8, 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada provided the committee with an 18-page document titled “Environment Canada's Provincial CGE (ECPRO) Model”, in response to a document production order; and c) On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the committee ordered “the production of the model and data from Environment and Climate Change Canada that demonstrate that carbon pollution pricing will contribute as much as one-third of Canada's emission reductions including all (i) parameters, (ii) assumptions, and (iii) variables, (iv) economic modelling, (v) and emissions reduction modelling”; Pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a) the Committee requests Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and officials from Environment and Climate Change Canada to testify on the Liberal government's carbon pricing emissions model(s) analyses, and economic modelling for no less than two hours by Friday, May 24, 2024. I assume the minister would actually be quite happy to come before this committee to further explain by that period in time.