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moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.
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Mr. Speaker, the presentation of this bill is identical to that used during the previous supply period.
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moved that the bill be read the second time and referred to a committee of the whole.
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Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to working with all bargaining agents to sign agreements that are equitable for the employees and take the current economic and financial context into account. The Government of Canada is signing collective agreements that cover roughly 99% of public servants for the 2018 bargaining round. Negotiations are also under way with the Public Service Alliance of …
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moved: That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, be concurred in.
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-6, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
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moved that the bill be concurred in.
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Madam Chair, we continue to look for different ways to bring the 40,000 Afghans to Canada as we promised in our election campaign, and we confirmed it again during—
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Madam Chair, health and safety of our public servants is our number one priority, and continuing to focus on the health and safety of our people is what we need to do to fight this pandemic.
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Madam Chair, the supplementary estimates I tabled on November 26 provide details on government spending to parliamentarians and Canadians. They also represent a reconciliation of all the planned spending to date for this fiscal year and of the spending outlook provided with budget 2021.
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Madam Chair, today we presented the supplementary estimates (B). We have reviewed all of the expenditures over the past two days. Canadians can visit the website, where they will find all kinds of tools to help them understand the information we presented today. I hope we will be able to deal with it as planned.
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Madam Chair, we have a zero tolerance policy on harassment and we continue to work towards the goal of completely eliminating harassment in the workplace.
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Madam Chair, when it comes to harassment, our objective is zero harassment. We will continue to implement plans in all departments to ensure we meet this objective.
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Madam Chair, ATIPs must meet the expectations of Canadians in terms of making information accessible, timely and reliable, while reflecting today's digital world. We have conducted a full review of the Access to Information Act that was launched in June 2020.
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Madam Chair, I will repeat that the government remains committed to maintaining the openness and transparency of government during this challenging time. The ATIP program is very important and we will—
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Madam Chair, I will continue to say that we are currently doing a review to make sure we can—
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Madam Chair, the government remains committed to maintaining the openness and transparency of government during this challenging time. In budget 2021, we committed significant new funding to improve and review—
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Madam Chair, as we know, we are reviewing the information. The ATIP review is happening right now and we will present a report shortly.
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Madam Chair, again, monthly financial results are reported throughout the year in the “Fiscal Monitor”, and departments provide quarterly financial reporting. We will also table the departmental results reports when they are ready.
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Madam Chair, it is the same process as under the previous government, the same high accounting standards, and we will table the public accounts this month.
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Madam Chair, I have said that we will be tabling them this month within normal legislated timelines. The public accounts will be tabled this month.
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Madam Chair, as I already said, we are following the budget process and the financial statements will be tabled this month.
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Madam Chair, we are following the budget process and the annual cycle. As I have repeated in response to several questions, our annual audited financial statements will be tabled in the Public Accounts of Canada this month—
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Madam Chair, we must follow the budget process and, as I said, the monthly financial results are reported throughout the year and the “Fiscal Monitor” will be issued as planned this month.
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Madam Chair, as I said, our annual public financial reports will be tabled this month within normal legislated timelines.
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Madam Chair, accountability, transparency and openness are the values that I and our government work towards.
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Madam Chair, again, as members know, the process is for the government to table the annual public accounts, and it will be done this month within normal legislated timelines.
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Madam Chair, as we have short answers tonight, I will say that our annual audited financial statements in the public accounts will be tabled this month within normal legislated timelines.
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Madam Chair, I want to thank my hon. colleague and my critic for his great words. I have said that our government has been committed to financial transparency, including for COVID-19 spending response—
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Madam Chair, once again, I am very pleased to answer my hon. colleague's questions. It is important and one of our government's priorities to welcome skilled immigrants to help us with the labour shortage in several areas, including health care.
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Madam Chair, we know that the pandemic has put a lot of pressure on us to continue our efforts to receive immigrants and refugees in Canada. The minister responsible has told the House that we will propose targets—
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Madam Chair, the 2021-23 immigration levels plan was tabled in October 2020. We will continue to follow this plan that we established. The immigration minister will obviously revise—
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Madam Chair, we must thank those Canadians who are helping with the effort to bring Afghans to Canada. As I mentioned, we will continue to do our best to ensure we get them to Canada as quickly as possible.
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Madam Chair, as I already said, we have an objective. We have been able to bring in more than 3,800 Afghans, 500 of whom arrived in the past 24 hours. We are concerned about people's health and safety and are working with our partners and allies to continue these efforts—
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Madam Chair, our objectives are very clear, and we will continue to do what is necessary to meet them.
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Madam Chair, once again, we are working very hard to meet our objective. As the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced yesterday, two planes transporting more than 500 Afghans arrived in Canada today.
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Madam Chair, since the beginning of this crisis, our government has been working very hard to coordinate efforts to ensure that the 40,000 Afghans we promised to bring to Canada will be able to come here safely. So far, more than 3,800 members of the Afghan community have arrived in Canada, and we will continue—
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Madam Chair, in August 2021, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Canada is extremely concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan. We will continue to evacuate the 40,000 Afghans we want to bring to the country. So far—
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Madam Chair, again, we are committed to bringing the Afghan refugees and different communities here to Canada. We will continue to work hard to bring the refugees to Canada.
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Madam Chair, as members know, our government is committed to bring the 40,000 refugees to our country, as we campaigned and as we are determined. The officials and the government are working very hard to bring these 40,000—
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Madam Chair, I would ask my hon. colleague to repeat her question as I missed the fundamentals of it.
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Again, Madam Chair, I am very proud to say that public servants, as I said, have stepped up. As we continue to encourage our workforce to get vaccinated, the public servants will continue to attest that they are. We know that having a requirement about public health is working. This requirement is really working. It will help us get this pandemic over with if we all continue to get vaccinated.
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Madam Chair, we know that having a fully vaccinated workforce means that not only are work sites safer, but so too are the communities where this large population lives and works. As I said earlier, public servants have stepped up. We will continue to encourage public servants, as well as organizations and businesses across the nation, to continue to say, and to encourage their employees and their…
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Madam Chair, as we know, vaccines are the best way to bring this pandemic to an end, and the public servants have stepped up. Over 95% of our public servants have received both doses and over 98% have received their first dose. This is an incredible gesture to demonstrate how important it is to keep Canadians safe and secure. We will continue to encourage public servants and those in other organiz…
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Madam Chair, since the 2021 budget was tabled, we have made a number of investments and we continue to invest in the sectors that are hardest hit, including tourism. We will continue to support the tourism industry.
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Mr. Chair, as we know, we are currently doing a regulatory review and we will continue to make sure businesses do not have too much of a burden on their—
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Mr. Chair, I would love to answer her after I have had a chance to speak with my officials as I do not have that data with me this evening.
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Madam Chair, I think all members in the House will agree on the importance of Canada making good on its commitment to resettle 40,000 Afghan refugees. I am pleased to share that by the end of this week, 500 more Afghan refugees will be arriving, including, for the first time, sponsored refugees from Afghanistan in Nova Scotia.
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Madam Chair, if I understand the question, there are over 3,800 Afghans in Canada. We will continue to work on ensuring we get—
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Madam Chair, I have a very short answer. As members know, we have increased the number of jobs across the region of southern Ontario. We will continue to invest in FedDev to support small and medium businesses in their different sectors.
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