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Notice PaperNo. 153 Tuesday, December 2, 2014 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-8312 — November 28, 2014 — Ms. Liu (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles) — With respect to the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program launched in September 2013: (a) how much money was budgeted for the program, broken down by year; (b) how many applications have been received, broken down by province and territory; (c) how much money will be allocated, broken down by province and territory; (d) which groups have received funding; and (e) which groups have received a pledge of funding? |
| Q-8322 — December 1, 2014 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With regard to the Family Class sponsorships and Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) Regulation 117(9)(d): (a) how many Family Class sponsorships have been denied by visa officers based on this Regulation since its inception in 2003; (b) of the refused applications, (i) how many of the excluded family members were spouses, (ii) how many of the excluded family members were children, (iii) what is the gender breakdown of the sponsors; (c) how many sponsors have requested an exemption from this Regulation to allow their excluded family member to come to Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds under Section 25 of the IRPA; (d) how many requests for exemptions were granted; (e) of the exemptions that were granted, (i) how many of the excluded family members were spouses, (ii) how many of the excluded family members were children, (iii) what is the gender breakdown of the sponsors; (f) how many requests for exemptions were refused; and (g) of the exemptions that were refused, (i) how many of the excluded family members were spouses, (ii) how many of the excluded family members were children, (iii) what is the gender breakdown of the sponsors? |
| Q-8332 — December 1, 2014 — Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) — With regard to the Department of National Defense and the policy stating that Members of Parliament only have permission to visit a regional base if it is within their constituency: (a) when did this policy become a formal departmental policy; (b) what were the reasons given for establishing this policy; and (c) how many requests have been denied? |
| Q-8342 — December 1, 2014 — Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) — With regard to Transport Canada and tanker vessel traffic entering Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and labrador: (a) where is the oil spill response equipment for Placentia Bay stored; (b) what is the oil spill capacity of the response equipment; (c) what is the response time if an oil spill should occur; and (d) is there personnel on-call to handle an oil spill? |
| Q-8352 — December 1, 2014 — Mr. Cleary (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the food fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador: (a) what communication occurred between the Minister's office and the Department regarding the extension of the food fishery in fall 2014 in Newfoundland and Labrador; and (b) what were the formal reasons given for the extension? |
| Q-8362 — December 1, 2014 — Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — With respect to the evidence requested of the Department of Justice by the Costa Rican Attorney General, to which the latter referred in his statement of October 3, 2014: (a) what information does the Minister of Justice have about any relationship between the sender and Infinito Gold, Ronald Mannix, the Norlien Foundation, or Coril Holdings Ltd.; and (b) did the Department of Justice answer the Costa Rican Attorney General's questions in the first Request Letter (#08-000011-033-PE) sent on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, as well as in the second Request Letter (#12-000124-621-PE) dated Tuesday, February 4, 2014, (i) if so, what answer was provided, (ii) if not, why not? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| December 1, 2014 — Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore) — That the House note the $1.1 billion in lapsed funding for Canadian Forces and RCMP veterans and their families, the cuts to veterans’ services, and the findings contained in the Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada, namely, that “Veterans Affairs Canada is not adequately facilitating timely access to mental health services”, and call on the government to fully implement in the upcoming budget the recommendations contained in the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs entitled “The New Veterans Charter: Moving Forward”. |
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| December 1, 2014 — Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — That the House note the $1.1 billion in lapsed funding for Canadian Forces and RCMP veterans and their families, the cuts to veterans’ services, and the findings contained in the Fall Report of the Auditor General of Canada, namely, that “Veterans Affairs Canada is not adequately facilitating timely access to mental health services”, and call on the government to fully implement in the upcoming budget the recommendations contained in the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs entitled “The New Veterans Charter: Moving Forward”. |
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| December 1, 2014 — Mr. Nantel (Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) support the vital role played by CBC/Radio-Canada with respect to culture, the regions and Canadian identity; (b) recognize the harm caused by the $364 million in cuts made by the Liberal government in the 1990s; (c) reverse the cuts of $115 million over three years in Budget 2012; and (d) create an arm’s length commission to make appointments to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors. |
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| December 1, 2014 — Mr. Scott (Toronto—Danforth) — That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the next federal election should be the last conducted under the current first-past-the-post electoral system which has repeatedly delivered a majority of seats to parties supported by a minority of voters, or under any other winner-take-all electoral system; and (b) a form of mixed-member proportional representation would be the best electoral system for Canada. |
| Supplementary Estimates (B) |
| OPPOSED VOTES |
| No. 1 — December 1, 2014 — The President of the Treasury Board — That Vote 1b, in the amount of $8,400,358, under VETERANS AFFAIRS — Veterans Affairs — Operating expenditures, in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, be concurred in. |
| December 1, 2014 — Mr. Valeriote (Guelph) — Notice of opposition to Vote 1b, in the amount of $5,000,000, under VETERANS AFFAIRS — Veterans Affairs — Operating expenditures, in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. |
| Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(17). |
| UNOPPOSED VOTES |
| December 1, 2014 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, except any Vote disposed of earlier today, be concurred in. |
| Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(17). |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-549 — December 1, 2014 — Ms. Sims (Newton—North Delta) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should remove the cap on Permanent Resident applications for individuals applying through the Live-In Cargiver Program, and grant Permanent Resident status to all interested caregivers immediately upon arrival in Canada. |
Private Members' Business |
| S-213 — October 23, 2014 — Mr. Sweet (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale) — Consideration at report stage of Bill S-213, An Act respecting Lincoln Alexander Day, as reported by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage without amendment. |
| Committee Report — presented on Thursday, October 23, 2014, Sessional Paper No. 8510-412-129. |
| 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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