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Notice PaperNo. 232 Monday, April 15, 2013 11:00 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-12932 — April 11, 2013 — Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) — With regard to the National Geographic television program “Border Security: Canada’s Front Line”: (a) what is the total cost to the government for any support provided by the Department of Public Safety or by the Canadian Border Services Agency in relation to the program; (b) in what form or forms has this support been provided; (c) what are the contents of any agreements signed by the government related to this program; and (d) for both the (i) Department of Public Safety and (ii) Canadian Border Services Agency, what is the total cost of all resources that have been allocated to negotiating, researching, or communicating the government’s participation in this television program? |
| Q-12942 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans: (a) how many commercial salmon licence holders remain in Newfoundland and Labrador; (b) when was the last time a buyout for commercial salmon licenses was instituted; (c) what has been the total cost to date of commercial salmon licence buyouts for the East coast of Canada by province; (d) is the department considering another buyout; and (e) what is the likelihood that the commercial salmon fishery will reopen? |
| Q-12952 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) — With regard to Transport Canada and Marine Atlantic Incorporated: (a) by how much has the price of a round-trip ferry crossing, both personal and commercial, increased since 1986 for both the Argentina to North Sydney and the Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney runs; (b) what were the increases on a yearly basis from 1986 to 2013 for personal and commercial crossings for both the Argentina to North Sydney and the Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney runs; (c) what other fees have been added to both commercial and personal ferry crossing fares between 1986 and 2013; and (d) how many days were the new vessels the MV Blue Puttees and MV Highlander docked due to weather during the 2011-2012 season? |
| Q-12962 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) — With regard to foreign fishing vessels: (a) how many foreign fishing vessels have had permission to fish inside Canada's 200-mile limit off the east coast of Canada since 2003; (b) what are the names of the foreign vessels and their home countries; (c) what species have the foreign vessels fished; (d) of the foreign vessels that have fished inside Canada's 200-mile limit since 2003, have any been cited for illegal fishing violations; and (e) what are the names of the Canadian companies that have chartered the foreign fishing vessels since 2003? |
| Q-12972 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. Mai (Brossard—La Prairie) — With regard to new bridges over the St. Lawrence river: (a) what is the specific purpose of the $14 million in table 3.3.2 of Budget 2013 and what is the breakdown of the costs; and (b) with respect to the $124.9 million to build a bridge-causeway between Nun's Island and the Island of Montreal in Chapter 3.3 of Budget 2013, what is the breakdown of the cost? |
| Q-12982 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — With regard to the automotive and manufacturing industry in Canada, what has the government done to attract new automotive and manufacturing investments since 2006? |
| Q-12992 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) — With respect to Canada’s National Parks: (a) what is each park’s specific set of policies on the use of snowmobiles and other motorised off-road vehicles within the park’s boundaries; (b) for what reason is each policy in place; and (c) what studies have been conducted on any economic, environmental, cultural, or other effects of these vehicles within the parks, when used both within and outside the bounds of the policies? |
| Q-13002 — April 11, 2013 — Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) — With respect to advertising paid for by the government, broken down by fiscal year, for each fiscal year from fiscal year beginning April 1, 2006 up to and including the first half of fiscal year 2012: (a) how much was spent for each type of advertising, including, but not limited to (i) television, specifying the stations, (ii) radio, specifying the stations, (iii) print, i.e. newspapers and magazines, specifying the names of the publications, (iv) the internet, specifying the names of the websites, (v) billboards, specifying the total amount of billboards and the locations of the billboards, broken down by electoral district, (vi) bus shelters, specifying the locations, (vii) advertising in all other publically-accessible places; (b) for each individual purchase of advertising, who signed the contracts; (c) for every ad, who was involved in producing it; and (d) for every ad, what were the production costs, both direct and indirect, broken down per advertisement? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mr. Cuzner (Cape Breton—Canso) — That the House recognize that the use of temporary foreign workers to replace Canadian workers in jobs Canadians are qualified and able to do is an abuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and that it is the government's responsibility to ensure that this program is not abused in a way which threatens the wellbeing of Canadian workers and the Canadian economy; that a special committee be appointed, with a mandate to conduct hearings on this critical issue, to hear from Canadians affected by this practice, and to propose solutions to strengthen the rules around the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to prevent abuse; that the committee consist of 12 members which shall include seven members from the government party, four members from the Official Opposition and one member from the Liberal Party, provided that the Chair is from the government party; that in addition to the Chair, there be one Vice-Chair from each of the opposition parties; that the committee have all of the powers of a Standing Committee as provided in the Standing Orders, as well as the power to travel, accompanied by the necessary staff, inside and outside of Canada, subject to the usual authorization from the House; that the members to serve on the said committee be appointed by the Whip of each party depositing with the Clerk of the House a list of his or her party’s members of the committee no later than April 26, 2013; that the quorum of the special committee be seven members for any proceedings, provided that at least a member of the opposition and of the government party be present; that membership substitutions be permitted to be made from time to time, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2); and that the committee report its recommendations to the House no later than June 19, 2013. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — That this House condemn the tax hikes introduced by the government in Budget 2013 on hospital parking, bicycles, baby strollers, coffee makers, iPods and other goods and services, which break the promise the government made to Canadians during the last election. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should inform the Government of the People's Republic of China, that it will not ratify the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mrs. Day (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) — That this House urge the government to stop using public funds to promote its gutting of the Employment Insurance system. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mr. Rousseau (Compton—Stanstead) — That this House urge the government to immediately end the Economic Action Plan advertising campaign and instead use the funds to put Canadians back to work. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — That, in the opinion of this House, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is seriously flawed and mismanaged, and the government should: (a) stop permitting employers to misuse the program; (b) repeal the provision allowing Temporary Foreign Workers to be paid 15% less than Canadian workers; and (c) announce a clear timeline for independent review of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and its impact on Canadian employment and labour standards. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mr. Goodale (Wascana) — That the House recognize that trade is essential for Canada’s economic prosperity and tariffs are a tax on the import of goods and services; and that the House call on the government to reverse the provisions in Budget 2013 which impose tariff-tax increases of $1.1 billion and thus drive up the cost of essential household items for all Canadians. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Ms. Bennett (St. Paul's) — That, in the opinion of the House, a prime cause of the economic and social disadvantages faced by First Nations in Canada is the inadequacy of the educational opportunities available to First Nations children, which is fueled by the large and unacceptable per-student funding gap that exists between federally-funded First Nations schools on-Reserve and provincially-funded schools off-Reserve; and that the House call upon the government to fund the K-12 education of First Nations children attending on-Reserve at a level which matches provincial government investments per-child off-Reserve. |
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| April 11, 2013 — Mr. Cuzner (Cape Breton—Canso) — That the House call on the government to immediately amend the Employment Insurance Act to guarantee that no Canadian, who loses their job through no fault of their own, after returning to work from maternity or parental leave, is denied access to Employment Insurance benefits because of insufficient qualifying hours of insurable employment. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-439 — April 11, 2013 — Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) — That, in the opinion of the House, the Minister of Public Safety should, with the approval of the Governor-in-Council, rescind the existing agreements with the governments of the provinces and amend Section 95 of the Firearms Act to privatize the functions and operation of the Canadian Firearms Registration System, in recognition that the Parliamentary Budget Office has identified: (a) provincial criminal justice expenditures as the largest contributor to rising public expenditures on criminal justice; (b) policing expenditures categorized as fully dedicated to crime includes firearms programs when in fact they are non-criminal and should be administered as such; and (c) law enforcement professionals spend too much time on administrative tasks at the expense of front-line policing. |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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