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Notice Paper

No. 148

Thursday, March 24, 2011

10:00 a.m.

Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills
March 23, 2011 — Mr. Gravelle (Nickel Belt) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Investment Canada Act (enhanced ministerial oversight)”.

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)
March 23, 2011 — Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — That the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, presented on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, be concurred in.
Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Thursday, July 11, 2011, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109.

Questions
Q-10762 — March 23, 2011 — Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona) — With regard to the East Elmwood Community Centre in Winnipeg, which burned to the ground, what can the government do to assist with its rebuilding?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply
Opposition Motion
March 23, 2011 — Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) — That the House agree with the finding of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs that the government is in contempt of Parliament, which is unprecedented in Canadian parliamentary history, and consequently, the House has lost confidence in the government.
Supplementary Estimates (C)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
March 23, 2011 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (C) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, be concurred in.
Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(17).
Interim Supply
March 23, 2011 — President of the Treasury Board — That this House do concur in Interim Supply as follows:
That a sum not exceeding $26,500,769,995.25 being composed of:
(1) three twelfths ($16,706,538,109.75) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Proposed Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, which were laid upon the Table Tuesday, March 1, 2011, except for those items below:
(2) eleven twelfths of the total of the amount of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Vote 15 and Treasury Board Vote 5 (Schedule 1.1), of the said Estimates, $781,131,083.33;
(3) nine twelfths of the total of the amount of Canada Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 20 (Schedule 1.2) of the said Estimates, $19,842,852.00;
(4) eight twelfths of the total of the amount of Justice Vote 1 (Schedule 1.3) of the said Estimates, $177,697,997.33;
(5) seven twelfths of the total of the amount of Canada Council for the Arts Vote 19 and Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Vote 25 (Schedule 1.4), of the said Estimates, $108,274,826.34;
(6) six twelfths of the total of the amount of Statistics Canada Vote 105 and Military Police Complaints Commission Vote 20 (Schedule 1.5), of the said Estimates, $332,328,347.00;
(7) five twelfths of the total of the amount of Canadian Grain Commission Vote 30, National Arts Centre Corporation Vote 60, National Battlefields Commission Vote 65, Finance Vote 5, Human Resources and Skills Development Vote 5 and Indian Affairs and Northern Development Vote 10 (Schedule 1.6), of the said Estimates, $3,404,348,939.17;
(8) four twelfths of the total of the amount of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vote 15, Public Service Commission Vote 100, Citizenship and Immigration Vote 5, Environment Vote 1, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Vote 15, Health Vote 10, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Vote 1, Industry Vote 1, Canadian Space Agency Vote 35, Natural Resources Vote 1, Library of Parliament Vote 10, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Vote 15, Marine Atlantic Inc. Vote 35, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 55, VIA Rail Canada Inc. Vote 70, Treasury Board Vote 20 and Veterans Affairs Vote 1 (Schedule 1.7), of the said Estimates, $4,970,607,840.33;
be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.
Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(17).

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions
M-670 — March 23, 2011 — Mr. Proulx (Hull—Aylmer) — That, in the opinion of the House, the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates should immediately undertake the review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act in order to restore public servants' confidence in procedures to counter wrongdoing and to demonstrate the House's support for the important contribution public servants make to the public interest in Canada, in particular by examining: (a) the appointment process for the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, including the selection criteria; (b) the definition of the independent status of the Commissioner as an Agent of Parliament; (c) the scope of the Commissioner's discretionary powers; (d) the observations made by the Auditor General of Canada in her report of December 9, 2010; (e) the admissibility of complaints; (f) the burden of proof; (g) the time limit for filing a complaint; (h) whistleblower protection; (i) restrictions relating to prohibitions and refusals to intervene; (j) the narrow definition of wrongdoing; (k) the role of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal; and (l) the admissibility and protection of testimony of former public servants.
M-671 — March 23, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should proclaim 2012, the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as the Year of the Charter and should: (a) reaffirm Canada’s fundamental freedoms of conscience, religion, thought, belief, opinion, expression, peaceful assembly and association; (b) celebrate Canada’s democratic and mobility rights; (c) protect Canada’s foundational rights to life, liberty and security of the person, and its many legal rights; (d) bring war criminals to justice according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations; (e) promote Canadians’ right to equality and Canada’s prohibition of all forms of discrimination; (f) recommit to the protection of minority language rights; (g) respect the constitutional and legal status of Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples; and (h) restore the court challenges program.
M-672 — March 23, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) work to ensure appropriate recognition in the Middle East peace and justice narrative of the “forgotten exodus” of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries; (b) provide that remedies for victim refugee groups as mandated under international human rights and humanitarian law, including rights of remembrance, truth, justice and redress, be invoked for Jewish refugees from Arab countries; (c) call upon the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to include reference to Jewish refugees as well as Palestinian refugees in its annual resolutions; (d) call upon the UN Human Rights Council to address the issue of Jewish as well as Palestinian refugees; (e) call upon UN agencies dealing with compensatory efforts for Palestinian refugees to also address Jewish refugees from Arab countries; (f) work to transform the annual November 29 commemoration by the UN of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People into an International Day of Solidarity for a Two-State Solution for Two Peoples, Jewish and Arab, as the initial UN 1947 Partition Resolution intended; and (e) ensure that that any reference to Palestinian refugees be paralleled by a reference to Jewish refugees from Arab countries during any and all discussions on the Middle East by the Quartet and others.
M-673 — March 23, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should designate the 10th day of December each year as "National Speak No Evil Day" by calling on citizens and parliamentarians to partake in a day free of: (a) harmful or hurtful words, whether expressed through excessive anger, unfair criticism, public and private humiliation, bigoted comments, cruel jokes, or rumours and malicious gossip that traumatize and destroy lives and reputations; (b) hateful speech or bigoted words that dehumanize entire religious, racial, ethnic and national groups and inflame hostility in a manner that may lead to physical attacks; and (c) the spreading of negative, unfair, untrue, prejudicial or exaggerated comments or rumours about others, known as "character assassination".
M-674 — March 23, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) call upon Hamas, listed as a terrorist organization under Canadian law, to repeal the Hamas Charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews; (b) call upon the Palestinian Authority to cease and desist from State-sanctioned incitement to hatred and glorification of terror, and to propagate a culture of peace; and (c) call upon Israel and the Palestinian Authority to review the Joint-Monitoring Authority on Incitement in the pursuit of peace and reconciliation.

Private Members' Business
C-612 — December 15, 2010 — Mrs. Mourani (Ahuntsic) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-612, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons).
2 Response requested within 45 days
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