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Notice PaperNo. 112 Friday, June 13, 2008 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| June 12, 2008 — Mr. Karygiannis (Scarborough—Agincourt) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (speed limiters)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| June 12, 2008 — Mr. St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber) — That the Tenth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, June 12, 2008, be concurred in. |
| Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Friday, October 10, 2008, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109. |
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| June 12, 2008 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — That the Tenth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, June 12, 2008, be concurred in. |
| Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Friday, October 10, 2008, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109. |
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| June 12, 2008 — Mr. Bevilacqua (Vaughan) — That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Monday, March 10, 2008, be concurred in. |
| Debate — limited to 3 hours, pursuant to Standing Order 66(2). |
| Voting — not later than the expiry of the time provided for debate. |
Questions |
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| Q-2922 — June 12, 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 made 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 made 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; (u) has any Canadian company won contracts to offer these services and, if so, which ones; (v) has the government taken measures to ensure that no extra fees are charged by these companies directly to visa applicants; (w) has the government studied past reports of security breaches by VFS Global reported in the news media; (x) is the government liable for lost or stolen private documents in these private facilities and, if so, has a legal opinion been sought on this contract; and (y) does the government have the right to end the contract in the event of lost of stolen documents? |
| Q-293 — June 12, 2008 — Mr. Valley (Kenora) — When will the government commence construction of a new school in Cat Lake to replace the Cat Lake First Nation's school? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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| P-47 — June 12, 2008 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — That an Order of the House do issue for a copy of all signed contracts between the government and VFS Global. |
Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-511 — June 12, 2008 — Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should take all steps necessary to change the Coat of Arms of Canada to include recognition of the Original Peoples of Canada as original founding peoples who shared knowledge, land, resources, and labour in the building of this country's wealth, prosperity, culture, and heritage, and that this be done in consultation with these Original peoples so that the design to be advanced is one which reflects their wishes. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-474 — June 4, 2008 — Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West) — Consideration at report stage of Bill C-474, An Act to require the development and implementation of a National Sustainable Development Strategy, the reporting of progress against a standard set of environmental indicators and the appointment of an independent Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development accountable to Parliament, and to adopt specific goals with respect to sustainable development in Canada, and to make consequential amendments to another Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with amendments. |
| Committee Report — presented on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-139. |
| Report and third reading stages — limited to 2 sitting days, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
| Report stage motions — see “Report Stage of Bills” in today's Notice Paper. |
| Report stage concurrence motion — question to be put immediately after the report stage motions are disposed of, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9). |
| Motion for third reading — may be made in the same sitting, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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