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Notice PaperNo. 231 Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-12762 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Goodale (Wascana) — With regard to government communications: (a) for each news release containing the phrase “Harper government” issued by the Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec Regions since February 6, 2006, what is the (i) headline or subject line, (ii) date, (iii) file or code number, (iv) subject matter; (b) for each news release mentioned in (a), was it distributed (i) on the website of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec Regions, (ii) on Marketwire, (iii) on Canada Newswire, (iv) on any other commercial wire or distribution service, specifying which service; and (c) for each news release distributed by a commercial wire or distribution service mentioned in (b)(ii) through (b)(iv), what was the cost of that service? |
| Q-12772 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Goodale (Wascana) — With regard to the government’s answers to Order Paper Questions in the current session of Parliament: (a) why did Transport Canada not provide the detailed response requested in Q-898 and Q-1131; (b) why did Infrastructure Canada not provide the detailed response requested in Q-654, Q-898 and Q-1131; and (c) why did the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec not provide the detailed response requested in Q-654, Q-898 and Q-1131? |
| Q-12782 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Goodale (Wascana) — With regard to infrastructure in Labrador: (a) has the federal government at any time since January 1, 2009, received from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador any proposals, requests, or other documentation in support of funding for the following projects or proposals, namely (i) Nain Airport, (ii) Port Hope Simpson Airport, (iii) other airports or airstrips in Labrador, specifying which airports or airstrips, (iv) a new ferry or ferries for the Strait of Belle Isle ferry service, (v) a feasibility study concerning the construction of a highway from central to northern Labrador; (b) when did the federal government receive any proposals, requests or documentation referred to in (a); (c) which department or departments have received any proposals, requests or documentation referred to in (a); (d) what federal funding share is the provincial government seeking on the part of the federal government in respect of the projects or proposals enumerated in (a); and (e) what has been the response of the relevant federal government department to each of the projects or proposals enumerated in (a)? |
| Q-12792 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Thibeault (Sudbury) — With regard to section 347 of the Criminal Code, broken down by fiscal year for each fiscal year since 2006-07: (a) how many investigations has the RCMP carried out into contraventions of this provision; (b) how many charges have been laid; and (c) how many successful prosecutions have been carried out? |
| Q-12802 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — With regard to the response to Order Paper question Q-1125 in which it is stated that, “The Department of Finance has conducted a costing analysis of Bill C-463.”, what are the details that the Department of Finance can provide regarding the full version of this costing analysis, including the methodology used to conduct the costing analysis? |
| Q-12812 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — With respect to Bill C-463, what is the Department of Finance’s estimate of the amount of increased economic activity that would be generated if the number of eligible travellers increased by (i) 5%, (ii) 10%, (iii) 15%, (iv) 20%, (v) 25%? |
| Q-12822 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) — With regard to all physical assets owned by the government, since 2006, what assets have been sold, broken down by (i) date sold, (ii) market value, (iii) sale price, (iv) purchaser, (v) initial purchase price, (vi) time planned for service, (vii) time actually in service, (viii) reason for sale? |
| Q-12832 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) — With regard to the government’s Special Federal Representative on West Coast Infrastructure: (a) what are the terms of reference for the Special Representative's mandate; and (b) what is the Special Representative's budget? |
| Q-12842 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour) — With regard to government communications: (a) what is the (i) headline or subject line, (ii) date, (iii) file or code number, (iv) subject matter of each press release that contains the phrase “Harper government” issued by Infrastructure Canada since February 6, 2006; (b) for each such press release, was it distributed (i) on Infrastructure Canada’s website, (ii) on Marketwire, (iii) on Canada Newswire, (iv) on any other commercial wire or distribution service, specifying which such service; and (c) for each press release distributed by a commercial wire or distribution service mentioned in (b)(ii) through (b)(iv), what was the cost of using that service? |
| Q-12852 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour) — With regard to government communications: (a) what is the (i) headline or subject line, (ii) date, (iii) file or code number, (iv) subject matter of each press release that contains the phrase “Harper government” issued by Transport Canada since May 1, 2012; (b) for each such press release, was it distributed (i) on Transport Canada’s website, (ii) on Marketwire, (iii) on Canada Newswire, (iv) on any other commercial wire or distribution service, specifying which such service; and (c) for each press release distributed by a commercial wire or distribution service mentioned in (b)(ii) through (b)(iv), what was the cost of using that service? |
| Q-12862 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Garneau (Westmount—Ville-Marie) — With regard to the required public consultation process by Canada Post following the announcement of the possible closure of a post office location: (a) how many times has the public consultation process taken place with citizen input received and responded to by mail, email or attendance at a public meeting; and (b) on how many occasions, after public consultation, has action resulted in an outcome other than the closure of a location? |
| Q-12872 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) — With regard to the amendments to the Navigable Waters Protection Act in A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures: a) what is the amount of funding provided by Transport Canada (TC) to First Nations organizations so they can follow through on the amendments; b) which First Nations organizations participated in the decision-making process identifying which waterways would be protected under the Act; c) what are the details of the commitments made by the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities to the First Nations and organizations consulted, namely (i) the meeting dates and times,(ii) the detailed meeting minutes and agendas; d) which First Nations groups or organizations received TC funding to analyze and comment on the bill; e) how TC worked with First Nations organizations at the national, regional, provincial and international levels; and f) what is the total amount of funding provided by TC to the Canadian industry so it could analyze and comment on the bill? |
| Q-12882 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. Kellway (Beaches—East York) — With regard to the section of the Economic Action Plan 2013 starting on page 106 entitled “Creating Jobs by Building Equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada” and the estimate quoted in this section from the February 2013 Jenkins report of $49 billion in Industrial and Regional Benefits (IRBs) obligations that foreign prime contractors are expected to accumulate as a result of defence procurements by 2027:(a) does the government concur with the estimate of $49 billion in Industrial Regional Benefits obligations as a result of defence procurements by 2027;(b) if not, what is the government’s estimate of IRB obligations as a result of defence procurements by 2027;(c) what specific defence procurements does the government’s estimate of IRB obligations pertain to;(d) for each specific defence procurement included in the government’s estimate of IRB obligations, what is the estimated dollar value (i) of the acquisition, (ii) of operation and maintenance, (iii) of total life-cycle costs, (iv)of the expected IRB obligations; and (e) what documents, reports, or other relevant information were provided by the government in the drafting of the February 2013 Jenkins report with regard to the planned acquisitions? |
| Q-12892 — March 27, 2013 — Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville) — With respect to any repayable portion of contributions made under the Economic Action Plan in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011: (a) what businesses received funding; (b) when did they receive the funding; (c) how much repayable funding did they receive; (d) how much of the repayable funding has been repaid as of March 27, 2013; and (e) how much of the repayable contribution is expected to never be repaid? |
| Q-12902 — March 27, 2013 — Ms. Leslie (Halifax) — With regard to federal tax expenditures from 2006-2012: (a) what is the government’s estimate of the annual forgone revenue for the sectors of oil and gas, mining, and where applicable, clean energy, attributed to the following federal tax expenditures (i) Accelerated capital cost allowance for oil sands, (ii) Transitional arrangement for the Alberta royalty tax credit (iii) Reclassification of expenses under flow-through shares, (iv) Flow-through share deductions, (v) Earned depletion, (vi) Net impact of resource allowance; (vii) Deductibility of contributions to a qualifying environmental trust, (viii) Accelerated capital cost allowance for mining, (ix) Canadian exploration expense, (x)Canadian development expense for oil sands resource properties; and (b) If the Department of Finance is unable to provide estimates for any of the above tax expenditures, (i) what is the reason for the data gap, (ii) what steps does the Department of Finance plans on taking in future years to close the data gap? |
| Q-12912 — March 27, 2013 — Ms. Leslie (Halifax) — With regard to fossil fuels: (a) who has overall responsibility within the government for monitoring and reporting on Canada’s progress against the G-20 commitment to rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies; and (b) what steps has the government taken to ensure that support of the fossil fuel sector is not contradicting or impeding policy objectives related to the environment and sustainable development? |
| Q-12922 — March 27, 2013 — Ms. Foote (Random—Burin—St. George's) — With regard to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia: (a) how many employees are currently employed and how many were employed in the fiscal year 2010-2011; (b) what are the current base salaries for each individual employee and what were the base salaries for each individual employee in the fiscal year 2011-2012; (c) broken down by month, how many overtime hours and how much overtime pay did each employee receive from 2010-present; (d) broken down by month, how many hours of overtime were paid overall since 2010; (e) broken down by month, since 2010, how many days in a row does the average employee work before receiving two consecutive days off; and (f) how many days in a row does the average employee work before receiving one day off? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| M-432 — February 27, 2013 — Mr. Byrne (Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte) — That, in the opinion of this House, in relation to the enrollment and registration process for the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band, the government should commit: (a) to completing the enrollment and registration process for all applicants who applied on or before November 30, 2012 by agreeing to extend the 2007 Agreement for the Recognition of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band beyond March 21, 2013 until all such applications are processed; (b) to ensuring that the rules of eligibility for membership are followed by all government decision makers in any continuation of the enrollment process; (c) that all previous interpretations, precedents and rulings on matters affecting enrollment that were not specifically addressed within the 2007 Agreement but were established instead through the records of decisions made by the Enrollment Committee and the Appeals Master be made known to all participants in any future enrollment process and that the decision makers in any future enrollment process be instructed to guide their decisions in a manner consistent with such previous interpretations, precedents and rulings; (d) to the same standard of evidence as well as the same thresholds for the quantity and quality of information that was previously deemed acceptable by the Enrollment Committee, for the remaining 75,000 unprocessed applications to the Band; (e) that an independent Appeals Master will continue to be employed in any future enrollment process for the assessment of the remaining 75,000 applicants and that this person will be drawn from outside of government, from outside of the Federation of Newfoundland Indians and from outside of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band and that this Appeal Master will be vested with the same powers and authority and be drawn from the same legal and administrative background as the previous Appeals Master to ensure consistency with the rules and standards established under the previous enrollment process; (f) to maintaining all existing memberships, except in cases where fraud can be established that is material to the application; and (g) to ensuring that no eligible applicant who submitted an application in good faith prior to the November 30, 2012 deadline is disenfranchised from enrollment. |
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