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Notice PaperNo. 130 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 2:00 p.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| May 29, 2012 — Mr. Benskin (Jeanne-Le Ber) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (income averaging for artists)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-7002 — May 29, 2012 — Ms. Freeman (Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel) — With regard to government funding for building, repairing or upgrading septic systems or waste water treatment systems in the last 10 years, what is: (a) the name of the project or program; (b) the city, town or community in which the project or program took place; (c) the amount allocated to the project or program, broken down by (i) grant or contribution, (ii) interest-free loan, (iii) repayable loan, (iv) non-repayable loan; (d) a description of each project or program; (e) the government department or agency from which the funding originated; and (f) the total amount of funding allocated, broken down by (i) city, town or community, (ii) province? |
| Q-7012 — May 29, 2012 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — What is the total amount of government funding since January 1, 2009, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituency of Windsor West, specifying each department or agency, initiative and amount? |
| Q-7022 — May 29, 2012 — Ms. Borg (Terrebonne—Blainville) — With regard to the 700 MHz Spectrum Auction: ( a) has the Minister of Industry announced his intent to set aside a portion of the auction proceeds to deliver high-speed Internet access to rural and remote regions; and (b) does the Minister have a plan to introduce measures that would provide for the health of Canadian telecommunications companies in the face of new regulations allowing foreign telecommunications companies with less than 10% of the market to enter the Canadian market for the first time? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motion |
| May 29, 2012 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — That this House call on the Conservative government to abandon plans to further restrict access to Employment Insurance for Canadian workers who have followed the rules and who will now be forced to choose between taking a pay cut of up to 30% or losing their Employment Insurance benefits. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-381 — May 29, 2012 — Mr. Lapointe (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) implement, in the year following the adoption of this motion, an industrial restructuring plan towards sustainable economic sectors for all communities in which a portion of the economy still depends on asbestos mining; (b) hold, in the six months following the adoption of this motion, a public consultation that shall (i) establish measures to be included in the industrial restructuring plan to ensure the creation of alternative employment for workers presently employed in the asbestos sector, (ii) include all organizations concerned and groups of regions still mining asbestos and who ask to participate; (c) publish, in the year following the adoption of this motion, a comprehensive list of public and quasi-public buildings that contain asbestos and take the appropriate measures to ensure the health and integrity of the people working in these buildings; (d) support the inclusion of chrysotile on the Rotterdam Convention list of dangerous substances; and (e) stop financially supporting the asbestos industry within six months following the adoption of this motion. |
| M-382 — May 29, 2012 — Mr. Shipley (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) continue to recognize as part of Canadian foreign policy that (i) everyone has the right to freedom of religion and conscience, including the freedom to change religion or belief, and the freedom to manifest religion or belief in teaching, worship, practice and observance, (ii) all acts of violence against religious groups should be condemned, (iii) Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights be supported, (iv) the special value of official statements made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs denouncing violations of religious freedom around the world be promoted, (v) Canada's commitment to the creation of an Office of Religious Freedom should be used to help protect religious minorities and promote the pluralism that is essential to the development of free and democratic societies; and (b) support (i) the opposition to laws that use "defamation of religion" and "blasphemy" both within states and internationally to persecute members of religious minorities, (ii) reporting by Canadian missions abroad in responding to incidents of religious violence, (iii) coordinated efforts to protect and promote religious freedom, (iv) the maintaining of a regular dialogue with relevant governments to ensure that the issue of religious persecution is a priority, (v) the encouragement of Canadian embassies to seek contact with religious communities and human rights organizations on gathering information related to human rights abuses, (vi) the training and support of foreign affairs officials for the advocacy of global religious freedom. |
| M-383 — May 29, 2012 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) condemn the ongoing persecution and repression of the Baloch people residing within the borders of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran; (b) call on the Chief Justice of Pakistan to authorize the return of bodily remains to family members of the victims residing in Balochistan; (c) condemn disproportionate military attacks, forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and torture and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment used in assaulting the Baloch people; (d) call for the immediate release of the approximately sixty Baloch people, including prominent leader Mr. Abdula Fatah, arrested by Iran in the Spring of 2012; (e) call on Iran to give the arrested protestors access to a fair trial and legal representation, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (f) call on Iranian and Pakistani governments to allow the United Nations and other international agencies to provide humanitarian assistance to the Baloch people; (g) call on Pakistan and Iran to protect the cultural, language and religious rights of the Baloch; and (h) call on the Pakistani government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. |
| M-384 — May 29, 2012 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) call for free and fair elections in Cambodia in June 2012; (b) condition further Canadian financial aid to the country on the Cambodian government’s compliance with international standards for democratic elections; (c) call on fellow signatory countries to the Paris Accords of 1991 to reaffirm the authority vested in, and strengthen the involvement of, the United Nations to prepare Cambodia for free and fair elections; (d) call for the dropping of all charges against exiled Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy, as well as the annulment of his politically-motivated sentence to ten years in prison; and (e) call on Cambodia to legislate appropriate electoral reforms to uphold the principles of democracy and the tenets of binding international agreements, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Cambodia is a State party. |
Private Members' Business |
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