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Notice Paper

No. 149

Friday, March 25, 2011

10:00 a.m.

Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions
Q-10772 — March 24, 2011 — Mr. Proulx (Hull—Aylmer) — With respect to the installation of telecommunication towers and given the government’s jurisdiction over telecommunications and telecommunication facilities: (a) will the government amend its legislation and regulations to address the many concerns of local citizens and governments; (b) when does it intend to revise Safety Code 6, which is used by Industry Canada in its telecommunications regulations; (c) on what data does the government base its claims that Safety Code 6 is indeed safe; (d) when was Safety Code 6 last updated; (e) has the government asked Health Canada to review international studies on the safety of the areas surrounding communication towers; (f) what international studies has the government consulted; (g) how does the government plan to ensure that local jurisdiction over land-use planning and control is respected; (h) when consultations reach an impasse, what opportunities for an agreement are available to the government, the telecommunications industry and local governments; (i) does the government intend to review the agreement process involving stakeholders in the installation of telecommunication towers; (j) how many cases has Industry Canada reviewed as part of its decision-making process; (k) what are the names of the parties involved in these decisions; and (l) how many of these decisions were in favour of the proponent and how many were in favour of the local citizens and governments?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply
Supplementary Estimates (C)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
March 23, 2011 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the 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 — The 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 10 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-675 — March 24, 2011 — Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — That, in the opinion of the House, the growing human rights abuses in Colombia are troubling, namely (i) the killing of 52 trade unionists in 2010, (ii) the murder of three teachers in 2011, (iii) the magnitude of forced displacements at the hands of paramilitaries, military and secret police, which have risen to worldwide record levels, (iv) the increase in violence and forced displacement against Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations in rural areas, (v) the forced detention of political prisoner Liliany Obando and others and, therefore, the House condemns the Colombian government for not keeping its commitment to guarantee the safety of community leaders, teachers and trade union activists.
M-676 — March 24, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy for affordable and qualitative post-secondary education; (b) help alleviate student debt by increasing the number of non-repayable grants for students and redirecting funds earmarked for education related tax credits; (c) increase the Canada Student Loan Program's in-study income allowance; (d) create a grant for graduate students with high financial need; (e) increase the number of Canada Graduate Scholarships; (f) fund aboriginal education so as to ensure that every eligible First Nations and Inuit Member has the necessary funding for post-secondary education; and (g) enter into negotiations with the provinces and territories for a dedicated transfer for post-secondary education.
M-677 — March 24, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should call on all UN Human Rights Council member and observer states to urge the Myanmar government to: (a) immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience; (b) halt all violations of international human rights and humanitarian law; (c) remove all provisions in the Constitution that exempt state officials from prosecution for past human rights violations and provide full information on measures taken to investigate allegations of human rights violations; (d) facilitate independent, impartial and thorough investigations of all allegations of serious human rights violations, prosecute alleged perpetrators in fair proceedings and provide adequate reparations to victims in accordance with international standards; (e) amend or repeal all legislation which fails to meet international human rights standards, including the 1982 Law on Citizenship; (f) support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur; and (g) advance the UN Special Rapporteur's previous recommendation that an international Commission of Inquiry be established to investigate credible allegations of grave international crimes in Myanmar.
M-678 — March 24, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) endorse the London Declaration on Combating Antisemitism adopted at the founding conference of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism on February 17, 2009; (b) endorse the Ottawa Protocol for Combating Antisemitism unanimously adopted at the Ottawa Conference of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism on November 9, 2010; (c) develop its policy to combat antisemitism anchored in the comprehensive and indicators of antisemitism of the European Union Monitoring Center, now the Federal Rights Agency; and (d) take the lead in calling upon other governments to similarly endorse the London Declaration on Combating Antisemitism, the Ottawa Protocol for Combating Antisemitism and the European Union Monitoring Center definition.
M-679 — March 24, 2011 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) endorse and act upon the recommendations as set forth in the third report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development entitled "Ahmadinejad's Iran: A Threat to Peace, Human Rights and International Law", adopted by the Committee and tabled in the House of Commons on December 9, 2010; (b) condemn systematic and widespread state-sanctioned assaults on the human rights of the Iranian people constitutive of crimes against humanity; (c) make the human rights crisis in Iran a priority of Canadian foreign policy; (d) urge Iran to cease and desist from its state-orchestrated policy of wanton executions; (e) urge Iran to release its political prisoners, including the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders, imprisoned ethnic Kurds, and other imprisoned members of targeted minorities such as the leaders of the Christian community; (f) urge Iran to cease and desist from its arrest and imprisonment of lawyers who have defended victims of human rights violations; (g) urge Iran to cease and desist from its assaults on the rights of women; (h) sanction the major human rights violators complicit in, and responsible for the ordering of, the wanton executions and assaults on human rights, and put them on notice that they will be held accountable before the law; (i) recommend the appointment of a Special United Nations Rapporteur regarding human rights in Iran; and (j) sanction those in the Iranian leadership who orchestrate and engage in state-sanctioned incitement to hatred and genocide.

Private Members' Business
C-621 — February 10, 2011 — Mrs. Grewal (Fleetwood—Port Kells) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C-621, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (loudness of television advertisements).
2 Response requested within 45 days
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