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Notice PaperNo. 148 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:00 p.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| September 18, 2012 — The Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act and to make consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations”. |
| Recommendation |
| (Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2)) |
| His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act and to make consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| September 18, 2012 — Ms. LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) — That the First Report of the Special Committee on Co-operatives, presented on Monday, September 17, 2012, be concurred in. |
| Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Tuesday, January 15, 2013, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109. |
Questions |
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| Q-8762 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to ministerial revenue, broken down by department for each fiscal year from 2006-2007 to present, what are: (a) all sources of Ministerial revenue, (i) the amount the department received for each source; and (b) each individual exchange that resulted in the government receiving more than $100,000, (i) the specific good or service provided by the government, (ii) the exact amount for which the good or service was sold? |
| Q-8772 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to every decision by the Treasury Board to reprofile money from one departmental program or activity, broken down by fiscal year from 2006-2007 to present, what is: (a) the department that made the application; (b) the date the decision was made; (c) the program or activity the money was reprofiled from; and (d) the program or activity the money was reprofiled to. |
| Q-8782 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to every non-profit housing project funded under s.95 of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Act (CMHC), what is: (a) the name of the project; (b) the location of the project; (c) for each project that has a mortgage with CMHC, and for every mortgage, what is (i) the date the mortgage was signed, (ii) the length of the mortgage, (iii) the interest rate of the mortgage. |
| Q-8792 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour) — With regard to government resources deployed in Libya since February 15, 2011: (a) how much, broken down by initiative and program, was spent or is earmarked specifically for institution-building and good governance programs; (b) how was the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) involved; and (c) how much money was spent in Libya through START? |
| Q-8802 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour) — With regard to the Results of a Request for Proposals to build large vessels for Canada, announced by the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Secretariat on October 19, 2011: (a) what is, to date, the total economic impact of this announcement in Atlantic Canada, broken down by province; and (b) how many jobs were created in Atlantic Canada as a direct consequence of this announcement, broken down by province? |
| Q-8812 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour) — With respect to Advance Contract Award Notices (ACAN) the government has submitted since January 1st 2006, broken down by year and by government department: (a) how many were submitted; (b) how many received a response from another bidder stating they also fulfil the requirements; (c) how many ended with the contract being awarded to the original bidder following another bidder stating they fulfilled the requirements; (d) how many ended with the contract being awarded to a bidder other than the original; (e) which specific ACANs resulted in the situation described in “(c)”; (f) which specific ACANs resulted in the situation described in “(d)”? |
| Q-8822 — September 18, 2012 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — With regard to Service Canada: (a) which administrative and processing functions will be consolidated; (b) where are the Service Canada centres located where administration of Grants and Contributions are currently taking place, (i) how many employees at each centre work on the administration of Grants and Contributions; (c) where will the consolidated centres for administration of Grants and Contributions be located, (i) how many employees are expected to be working on administration of Grants and Contributions at each consolidated centre; (d) where are the Service Canada centres located where Integrity services currently operate, (i) how many employees at each centre work in Integrity services; and (e) where will the consolidated centres for Integrity services be located, (i) how many employees are expected to be working in Integrity services at each consolidated centre? |
| Q-8832 — September 18, 2012 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — With regard to childcare data gathered by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC): (a) what is the title of the report commissioned from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit on 2010 data; (b) what is the timeline for publication and public release of the report; (c) will the data be made publicly available for use by researchers and interested organizations? |
| Q-8842 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst) — With regard to the Summit of the Americas: (a) what is the role and what are the responsibilities of Canada regarding the official languages of the Summit and the official languages of the documents; (b) what are the official languages of the Summit; (c) what are the official languages of the documents; (d) how are the official languages of the Summit and the official languages of the documents determined; (e) does the Summit have language policies and, if so, what are they; (f) how much are Canada’s financial contributions to the Summit in the following areas, (i) total financial contribution, (ii) language, (iii) the French language, (iv) the English language, (v) translation and interpretation; (g) why are all official documents of the Summit not available in French; and (h) why is there not a French version of the Summit website? |
| Q-8852 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. Dionne Labelle (Rivière-du-Nord) — With regard to the use of French by Canada Border Services Agency: (a) how many officers at the various border crossings are able to work (i) only in English, broken down by border crossing, (ii) only in French, broken down by border crossing, (iii) in both official languages, broken down by border crossing; (b) what was the amount spent on French as a second language training for border services officers from 2008 up to 2013, broken down by year; (c) what was the amount spent on English as a second language training for border services officers from 2008 up to 2013, broken down by year; (d) how many border services officers have taken or will take French as a second language training from 2008 up to 2013, broken down by year; (e) how many border services officers have taken or will take English as a second language training from 2008 up to 2013, broken down by year; and (f) what proportion of border crossings have been able to provide service in French at all times (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), from 2008 to 2012, broken down by year? |
| Q-8862 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. Stewart (Burnaby—Douglas) — With regards to recent changes for application to the Postdoctoral Fellowship program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: (a) what was the rationale for the change in policy to only allow one application over their lifetime rather than two; (b) when was the proposal for a policy change presented to the Minister; (c) when did the Minister agree to it; (d) what consultations took place regarding this change and who was consulted; and (e) what are the costs savings for implementing this policy change? |
| Q-8872 — September 18, 2012 — Ms. Laverdière (Laurier-Sainte-Marie) — With regard to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the government’s role in monitoring and regulating arms exports, and with regard to the reply to Q-230 (Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-230): (a) on what date or dates will the government table in Parliament or otherwise release a report or reports on the export of military goods from Canada for 2010 and 2011; (b) in the report or reports for 2011, will the government provide a level of detail similar to that provided in the Annual Report of 2002; (c) in particular, will the report or reports provide information similar in nature to that contained in the 2002 report’s “Table 3: Exports of Military Goods by Destination Country and Component category”; (d) what is the value of export permits for Export Control List (ECL) Group 2 items authorized for the United States from 2006-2011, broken down by year and by Group 2 ECL subgroup item (2-1, 2-2, 2-3, etc.); (e) what is the value of export permits for ECL Group 2 items authorized for Saudi Arabia from 2006-2011, broken down by year and by Group 2 ECL subgroup item; (f) what factors explain the increase in total value of export permits authorized for ECL Group 2 items for Saudi Arabia from $35.2 million in 2010 to $4.024 billion in 2011; (g) what additional information is available to explain the increase in total value of export permits authorized for ECL Group 2 items for Saudi Arabia from $35.2 million in 2010 to $4.024 billion in 2011; (h) what factors explain the increase in total value of export permits authorized to all states for ECL Group 2 items from $4.1 billion in 2010 to $12.1 billion in 2011; and (i) what information is available to explain the increase in total value of export permits authorized to all states for ECL Group 2 items from $4.1 billion in 2010 to $12.1 billion in 2011? |
| Q-8882 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. Thibeault (Sudbury) — With regard to Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety Directorate, since 2005-2006 broken down by fiscal year: (a) what is the annual budget of the Directorate; (b) how many full-time, part-time and contract employees worked at or for the Directorate; (c) of these, how many were classified as administrative staff; (d) how many were classified as inspectors; (e) how many were classified as managerial staff; (f) how many were classified as media and communications staff; (g) how many distinct office locations does the Directorate maintain; and (h) how many employees are stationed at each individual location? |
| Q-8892 — September 18, 2012 — Mr. Thibeault (Sudbury) — With regard to the mobile broadbent services (700 MHz) spectrum auction announcement made on March 14, 2012: (a) what is the estimated cost to the government to conduct the 700 MHz Spectrum Auction; and (b) what is the estimated revenue that the government will receive from the 700 MHz Spectrum auction? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motion |
| September 18, 2012 — Mr. Mulcair (Outremont) — That this House acknowledge that the Canadian economy is facing unprecedented risk and uncertainty; recognize that many regions and industries across Canada have already suffered significant job losses in recent years; urge all levels of government to work together to build a balanced, 21st century Canadian economy; and insist that Canada's Prime Minister meet with his counterparts in Halifax this November at the National Economic Summit being held by the Council of the Federation. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-350 — May 14, 2012 — Mr. Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) — Consideration at report stage of Bill C-350, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accountability of offenders), as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with an amendment. |
| Committee Report — presented on Monday, May 14, 2012, Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-96. |
| Report and third reading stages — limited to 2 sitting days, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
| Motion for third reading — may be made in the same sitting, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
| Report stage motions — see “Report Stage of Bills” in today's Notice Paper. |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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