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Notice PaperNo. 247 Monday, May 6, 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-13612 — May 3, 2013 — Ms. Sims (Newton—North Delta) — With respect to work permits issued to foreign nationals for an intra-company transfer: (a) for each year from January 2002 to April 30 2013, how many work permits were issued in total, broken down by (i) the authorizing trade agreement, (ii) for those in (a)(i) that fall under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the country of origin; (b) of those work permits identified in (a), how many separate individuals were they issued to, broken down by (i) the authorizing trade agreement, (ii) for those in (a)(i) that fall under NAFTA or GATS, the country of origin; (c) of those work permits identified in (a), what is their distribution, broken down by (i) sector, (ii) National Occupation Classification level; (d) of those individuals identified in (b), how many became permanent residents in Canada; (e) of those work permits identified in (a), how many complaints of abuse has the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (CIC) received in total, broken down by (i) country of origin of the complainant, (ii) sector, (iii) company; (f) has CIC launched any investigations into violations of the rules for intra-company transfers, broken down by (i) country or origin of permit holder, (ii) sector, (iii) company; (g) of those investigations identified in (f), what were the outcomes; (h) what are CIC’s policies, directives, and operational bulletins that guide (i) verifying the genuineness of an application for a work permit for an intra-company transfer, (ii) overseeing compliance with the terms and conditions of work permits issued for intra-company transfers, (iii) handling complaints about intra-company transfers; (i) how many companies have been banned from using intra-company transfers due to violation of the rules, broken down by (i) company, date and violation (ii) country of origin of permit holders for the permits in violation, (iii) sector that the permits in violation were for; and (j) how many companies are currently being investigated for using intra-company transfers in violation of the rules, broken down by (i) company, date and violation in question, (ii) country of origin of permit holders for the permits in question, (iii) sector that the permits in question were for? |
| Q-13622 — May 3, 2013 — Ms. Murray (Vancouver Quadra) — With regard to government communications since March 20, 2013: (a) for each press release containing the phrase “Harper government” issued by any government department, agency, office, Crown corporation, or other government body, what is the (i) headline or subject line, (ii) date, (iii) file or code-number, (iv) subject matter; (b) for each such press release, was it distributed (i) on the web site of the issuing department, agency, office, Crown corporation, or other government body, (ii) on Marketwire, (iii) on Canada Newswire, (iv) on any other commercial wire or distribution service, specifying which 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 the service? |
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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| M-444 — May 3, 2013 — Ms. Ashton (Churchill) — That in the opinion of the House, the government should develop, in collaboration with the provinces, territories, civil society and First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and their representatives, a coordinated National Action Plan to Address Violence Against women which would include: (a) initiatives to address socio-economic factors contributing to violence against women; (b) policies to prevent violence against women and policies to respond to survivors of violence; (c) benchmarks for measuring progress based on the collection of data on levels of violence against women over time; (d) independent research on emerging issues that relate to violence against women; (e) a national public inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls; (f) strategies that address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of different communities including specific attention to Aboriginal Women, women with disabilities, women from minority groups and young women; (g) participation by community and other civil society organizations, including support for those organizations to participate in the implementation of the national action plan; and (h) human and financial resources earmarked specifically to carry out the program of action set by the plan. |
Private Members' Business |
| S-209 — April 18, 2013 — Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) — Consideration at report stage of Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights without amendment. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Leef (Yukon), Ms. Sgro (York West), Mr. Coderre (Bourassa), Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre), Mr. Casey (Charlottetown), Mr. Cuzner (Cape Breton—Canso), Mr. Goodale (Wascana), Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) and Mr. Eyking (Sydney—Victoria) — October 18, 2012 |
| Mr. Dubé (Chambly—Borduas) — October 23, 2012 |
| Committee Report — presented on Thursday, April 18, 2013, Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-213. |
| 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). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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