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Notice PaperNo. 111 Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| June 11, 2008 — The Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) — Bill entitled “An Act respecting not-for-profit corporations and certain other corporations”. |
| 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 not-for-profit corporations and certain other corporations”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| June 11, 2008 — Ms. McDonough (Halifax) — Bill entitled “An Act respecting Corporate Social Responsibility for the Activities of Canadian Mining Corporations in Developing Countries”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-2892 — June 11, 2008 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — With regard to the enlistment of a private company to process immigration visas by the government: (a) how many privately run visa application centres are operating abroad, under contract with the government; (b) in which countries are private companies processing Canadian visa applications; (c) what security provisions have been taken to protect the process from abuse, theft or exploitation; (d) what assurances were sought or received by the government that the personal information of applicants using these private immigration centres is not shared with foreign governments or other third party actors; (e) what are the terms of reference with respect to contracts signed between private companies operating Canadian visa applications centres abroad and the government; (f) what are the total costs of contracting these services to private companies, according to company, on an annual basis and over the duration of their contract; (g) what are the names and contact information for all companies operating these centres; (h) which representatives of these companies did the government deal with in awarding the contracts; (i) what is the rationale for out-sourcing immigration services to the private sector and what cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to show that this model provides a better monetary value as opposed to using canadian immigration officials; (j) when did this process begin and under whose request; (k) what is the change in application cost in places where private immigration centres operate, what additional costs are charged to prospective immigration applicants, by location, since the inception of private immigration services; (l) what studies, audits or evaluations were consulted before enlisting private companies to process immigration visas; with respect to those paid for by the government, what was the title and date of publications of each report, who was the principal authors and if private consultants were used to pursue these studies, who were they and how much were they paid; (m) what services are the privately run centres contracted to offer; (n) have any assurances been made by foreign governments with regard to the security of documents held at these centres; (o) do representatives of the foreign countries, in which these private immigration centres operate, have the right to enter the facilities and seize documents; (p) what provisions have been taken to ensure the quality of service offered by these centres; (q) has any Canadian employee lost employment or receive reassignment due to the enlistment of these private companies and, if so, how many and in which locations; (r) were the contracts awarded to private immigration centres publicly tendered and, if so, when and, if not, why not; (s) who signed the awarded contracts to private companies on behalf of the government; (t) has any Canadian company applied for contracts under the tendering process and, if so, which ones; and (u) has any Canadian company won contracts to offer these services and, if so, which ones? |
| Q-2902 — June 11, 2008 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — With regard to a government initiative to determine the legitimacy of overseas marriages of Canadians: (a) in what countries is this initiative operating; (b) is this initiative operating in Canada; (c) how many reports have been submitted by anyone involved in this initiative to any Canadian visa office; (d) what are the costs incurred by this initiative; (e) how many individuals or teams of individuals involved with this initiative are operating either inside or outside of Canada; (f) what training documents or operations manuals are given to these individuals or teams of individuals; (g) what mandate and instructions are given to these individuals or teams of individuals; (h) what criteria are used to assess the legitimacy of a marriage; (i) are the individuals or teams of individuals doing this work Canadian citizens; and (j) has the government made foreign governments of countries where these individuals or teams of individuals are operating aware of this initiative? |
| Q-2912 — June 11, 2008 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — With regard to Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s total spending on it’s Immigration Program, listed by each year, to 2009, and projected into 2011: (a) in fiscal year 2008-2009 and the two fiscal years following, what positions, departments, services, resources will be eliminated, downsized, or merged; (b) are there any plans to lay off staff and, if so, how many staff will be laid off; (c) are there any plans to eliminate or reorganize positions and, if so, how many staff positions will be eliminated; (d) are there any additional plans for reorganization or downsizing of staff positions; (e) are there any plans with regards to the merger or reorganization of offices within the departments; (f) which offices within the departments will be eliminated; (g) which offices within the departments will be downsized; (h) are there plans to eliminate any services; (i) how many services will be reorganized or merged; (j) how many services will be downsized; (k) how many resources will be eliminated; (l) how many resources will be downsized; (m) how many resources will be reorganized or merged; (n) which regions, towns, municipalities or provinces will face a reduction or reorganization of immigration and settlement services, offices, staff, resources, departments or centers; (o) what translation or multi-language resources, services, staff, departments or offices will be reorganized, downsized, eliminated or merged; and (p) which overseas offices, processing centres, welcoming centres, information centres, will be reorganized, downsized, merged or closed? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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| P-46 — June 11, 2008 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — That an Order of the House do issue for a copy of all documents concerning any new or proposed regulations arising from amendments made to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in Bill C-50, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget. |
Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-510 — June 11, 2008 — Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) require that for every car and light truck sold in Canada, a car and light truck of equal dollar value be produced in Canada; (b) require automakers to allocate a proportional share of environmentally-advanced vehicles and components to their Canadian production facilities; and (c) work with its provincial counterparts to ensure the provisions of collective bargaining agreements are respected and enforced. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-513 — April 30, 2008 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mrs. Mourani (Ahuntsic), seconded by Mr. Bouchard (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord), — That Bill C-513, An Act to amend the National Defence Act (foreign military mission), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence. |
| Debate — 1 hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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