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Notice PaperNo. 120 Monday, January 31, 2011 11:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| January 27, 2011 — Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore) — Bill entitled “An Act respecting the friendship between Canada and the Netherlands”. |
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| January 27, 2011 — Mr. Tonks (York South—Weston) — Bill entitled “An Act respecting a national transportation strategy for the electrification of commuter rail systems”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| January 27, 2011 — Ms. Neville (Winnipeg South Centre) — That the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 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. |
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| January 27, 2011 — Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, presented on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, be concurred in. |
| Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Wednesday, April 13, 2011, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109. |
Questions |
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| Q-8502 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Coderre (Bourassa) — With regard to the operation of the Canadian Tourism Commission for the past ten fiscal years: (a) what has been the government's contribution for each year; (b) what amount of money was earmarked for administration; (c) what amount of money was earmarked for marketing as a whole for (i) special projects, (ii) targeted countries or regions within an area, (iii) targeted events; (d) how much money was spent promoting specific special events within Canada such as the 2010 Olympics and what was the breakdown of how the marketing money was spent; (e) how is the efficiency of this marketing spending determined; and (f) what criteria are used to determine if a specific event, destination, or targeted country or area should receive marketing dollars? |
| Q-8512 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Coderre (Bourassa) — With regard to the government's lifting of the protected area designation of the Edehzhie area of the Northwest Territories, were any Members of Parliament, cabinet ministers, parliamentary secretaries, deputy ministers, director generals, or members of cabinet ministers' staff or parliamentary secretaries' staff lobbied by, or did they communicate in any way with, Olivut Investments, Lani Keough or any agents or lobbyists acting on behalf of either Olivut Investments or Lani Keough about opening the Edehzhie Candidate Protected Area for exploration or mining development? |
| Q-8522 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. D'Amours (Madawaska—Restigouche) — With respect to the contract awarded for sending letters to employment insurance offices about the 20 additional weeks of benefits announced in the new employment insurance measures for long-tenured workers: (a) was a call for tenders held for this contract and, if so, where and on what date; (b) what companies bid on the contract; (c) what is the name of the company to which the contract was awarded and on what date was the contract awarded; and (d) what is the total value of the contract? |
| Q-8532 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. D'Amours (Madawaska—Restigouche) — With respect to the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010: (a) by province, what is the percentage of approved applications; (b) by province, what is the percentage of approved applications in response to an appeal of a decision; (c) what is the waiting period, broken down by province, for assessment of (i) claims for refundable credits, (ii) adjustment of refundable credits as required by the claimant, (iii) claims for non-refundable credits, (iv) adjustment of non-refundable credits as required by the claimant; and (d) what is the waiting period for assessment of an appeal following receipt by the CRA of a claim, broken down by province? |
| Q-8542 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Bélanger (Ottawa—Vanier) — With respect to the Roadmap for Canada’s Linguistic Duality 2008-2013, broken down by year: (a) what were the expenditures of each department involved; and (b) to what line item were these expenditures charged? |
| Q-8552 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Bélanger (Ottawa—Vanier) — With respect to parliamentary officers, for the past 10 years, what were the expenditures of each officer, broken down by officer and by year? |
| Q-8562 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Bélanger (Ottawa—Vanier) — With respect to language training, for each fiscal year from 2005-2006 to 2009-2010: (a) what were the government’s expenditures, broken down by administrative region, on the language training of public servants for the learning of (i) French, (ii) English; (b) what were the amounts, broken down by administrative region, paid out by the government to third parties for the language training of public servants for the learning of (i) French, (ii) English; and (c) what are the names of the third parties that received funding for this purpose? |
| Q-8572 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) — With regard to travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, by government officials and employees for the period January 1, 2009, to present: (a) what is the total number of room nights charged to the government; (b) which departments purchased accommodations in Vancouver during this period; (c) how many room nights were charged to each department; (d) in which hotels were government officials and employees accommodated; and (e) what, if any, standing contracts for hotel accommodations does each department hold and with which hotels? |
| Q-8582 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North) — What is the total amount of government infrastructure funding, allocated within the constituency of Thunder Bay—Superior North in fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 to date, identifying each department or agency, project and amount, including the date allocated? |
| Q-8592 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — With regard to the Italian-Canadian Advisory Committee of the Community Historical Recognition Program: (a) who are the members of the committee; (b) what criteria were used by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to select the members; (c) what are the specific qualifications of each member as identified by the department; (d) are the members being compensated for their services and, if so, how much is each member being paid; (e) were any other individuals considered to serve on the committee and, if so, what are their names; (f) of the individuals considered to serve on the committee who are not currently on the committee, were any contacted by the department and, if so, what are their names and qualifications; and (g) were any of the individuals in (f) offered a place on the committee by the department and, if so, (i) what are their names and qualifications, (ii) what were their reasons for refusing the offer? |
| Q-8602 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — With regard to projects pertaining to the Italian-Canadian cultural community and the Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP): (a) how many applications for CHRP grants and contributions related to such projects have been (i) received, (ii) accepted, (iii) rejected; (b) for each application that was approved, (i) what was the name of the applicant organization, (ii) how much money was given to the organization, (iii) what was the nature of the approved program or event; and (c) for each application that was rejected, (i) what was the name of the applicant organization, (ii) how much money did the organization request in its application, (iii) what was the nature of the rejected program or event, (iv) what was the reason for the rejection, (v) how was the rejection communicated to the group in question? |
| Q-8612 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — With regard to the Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP): (a) how much money was spent informing the Canadian public about the application criteria for the portion of the program that pertains to the Italian-Canadian cultural community and how were these monies spent; and (b) were any monies spent advertizing the portion of the CHRP pertaining to the Italian-Canadian cultural community through private organizations and, if so, (i) which private organizations (i.e., newspaper, radio station, community group, etc.) were contracted by the government for this end, (ii) how much money was spent by the government to advertize with each private organization? |
| Q-8622 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — With regard to the Italian-Canadian Advisory Committee of the Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP): (a) how often has the committee convened itself to discuss applications and on what specific dates; (b) what internal procedures has the committee put in place to vet applications; (c) has the committee kept records of their deliberations and, if so, what are the contents of these records; (d) how much money has the government allocated to the committee to fulfill its mandate; and (e) what is the total cost to date that the committee has incurred in order to fulfil its mandate, including (i) the item-by-item breakdown of these costs, (ii) the expenses that were reimbursed by the government, (iii) the expenses that were rejected by the government and the reasons for rejecting them? |
| Q-8632 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Valeriote (Guelph) — With regard to the following two Catalogue Numbers, A114-12/2009 (ISBN: 978-1-100-50445-2) and A114-12/2007 (ISBN: 978-0-662-49839-1), of the publication entitled “Rural Canadians’ Guide to Programs and Services”, a publication from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Canada’s Rural Secretariat Branch: (a) when was each paper edition published; (b) when was each paper edition released for distribution; (c) were both publications available to the public and, if yes, what measures were implemented to make the public aware of each publication; (d) which companies were awarded the contracts to print each edition of the publication; (e) what were the amounts of the contracts for the printing of each edition of the publication; (f) which departments authorized the publication of each edition; (g) which departments authorized the contracts for the printing of each publication; (h) how many paper copies of each edition were printed initially; (i) have more paper copies been printed since the initial printing of these editions; (j) what was the total number of paper copies of each edition requested between (i) January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2007, (ii) January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008, (iii) January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2009, (iv) January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2010; (k) what was the total number of paper copies of each edition distributed between (i) January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2007, (ii) January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, (iii) January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2009, (iv) January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2010; (l) what is the maximum number of paper copies of each edition that can be ordered by (i) an individual, (ii) a private business, (iii) a public organisation, such as a public library, a university, etc., (iv) a person who holds public office, such as a city councillor, mayor or reeve, MLA or MPP, MP, etc.; (m) can the maximum number of copies in (l) be increased with the permission of departmental authorities, and, if yes, who would authorize such an increase in the distribution of each edition; (n) what was the total number of paper copies of each edition distributed to each parliamentarian between (i) January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, (ii) January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, (iii) January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, (iv) January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010; and (o) for each of the periods between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, and between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010, identifying for each request which of the two editions was requested, what was the (i) name of each parliamentarian who requested paper copies of either edition, (ii) the number of paper copies requested by that parliamentarian, (iii) the date the request was made by that parliamentarian, (iv) the number of paper copies received by that parliamentarian, (v) the date those copies were received by that parliamentarian? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motion |
| January 27, 2011 — Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants) — That, in the opinion of the House, the Government’s decision to proceed with cuts to the tax rate for large corporations fails to address the economic needs of Canadian families, and this House urges the Government to reverse these corporate tax cuts and restore the tax rate for large corporations to 2010 levels in the upcoming Budget. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-633 — January 27, 2011 — Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) — That, in the opinion of the House, a Minister of State (Children and Youth), who would be responsible for providing strategic direction on all issues concerning children and youth in Canada and for advocating on their behalf, should be appointed. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-393 — November 1, 2010 — Ms. Wasylycia-Leis (former Member for Winnipeg North) — Consideration at report stage of Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology with amendments. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Ms. Savoie (Victoria) — June 2, 2009 |
| Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — June 8, 2009 |
| Committee Report — presented on Monday, November 1, 2010, Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-117. |
| 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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