Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): With regard to the “Sober Second Thinking: How the Senate Deliberates and Decides” discussion paper, circulated by the Government Representative in the Senate, and dated March 31, 2017: ( a) does this paper represent the policy of the Government of Canada ( b) was its preparation, writing, editing and publication coordinated with the Government House Leader’s March 10, 2017, discussion paper entitled “Modernization of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons” ( c) was its preparation, writing, editing and publication coordinated in any other manner with the Government House Leader ( d) did the Privy Council Office, or any other department, assist in the preparation, writing, editing and publishing of it ( e) if the answer to ( d) is affirmative, with respect to the employees involved, what are their (i) titles, (ii) occupational groups, (iii) levels ( f) if the answer to ( d) is affirmative, (i) were any parliamentarians or political parties consulted in the course of their work, (ii) were any staff of the Senate consulted in the course of their work, (iii) were any academics, experts, or any other outside advisors consulted in the course of their work ( g) if the answer to any of ( f)(i), (ii) or (iii) is affirmative, what are the names of the persons or organizations consulted, and when were they consulted ( h) were any contractors, paid by the Government of Canada, involved in the preparation, writing, editing and publishing of the paper and ( i) if the answer to ( h) is affirmative, with respect to the contractors involved, (i) what are their titles, (ii) what services were contracted, (iii) what is the value of the services contracted, (iv) what amount were they paid for their services, (v) what are the related file numbers? Mr. This information will be available on NRCan’s website. NRCan will also disclose the contribution amounts through the formal, quarterly proactive disclosure process. Once contribution agreements are signed, NRCan will announce the projects. It is expected that the majority of the 27 contribution agreements will be signed by June 30, 2017. All applicants have been notified, and NRCan has started conducting post-selection due diligence and negotiating contribution agreements with applicants. The current number of projects expected to be supported by the clean energy innovation program is approximately 27, although this figure could change slightly in the future. However, 100% of the $25.1 million in funding available for this program has been allocated to projects selected through the call for proposals process. With respect to paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), as of April 4, 2017, NRCan had not yet formally announced any of the selected projects for the clean energy innovation program. It is a long-standing parliamentary tradition, which has worked to bring in significant parliamentary reform. This was not some cockamamie scheme that the opposition parties of this Parliament came up with. However, the opposition members also rightly objected because all they were asking for, in order to embark on that conversation in good faith, was that the government would agree in advance to seek all-party agreement before moving ahead with changes to the Standing Orders. Therefore, it did not feel like the government was acting in good faith on that. One was that it did not seem to be a good faith discussion when the government had said it wanted to have that and then moved to close it down. The opposition parties rightly reacted for a number of reasons. It then, at the procedure and House affairs committee, where that would properly be dealt with before coming to this place, decided to move to close down that conversation. That ineptitude manifested itself when the government brought what it called a discussion paper to change the Standing Orders. The government has been inept for a number of months.
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