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Notice PaperNo. 186 Friday, March 13, 2015 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-11132 — March 12, 2015 — Ms. Borg (Terrebonne—Blainville) — With regard to government funding for internet services, broken down by department and individual project, for each fiscal year since 2005-2006: (a) what amount was spent on the deployment of wired broadband internet services and infrastructure (i) in total, (ii) broken down by region; and (b) what amount was spent on the deployment of wireless broadband internet services and infrastructure (i) in total, (ii) broken down by region? |
| Q-11142 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) — With regard to government libraries, in each fiscal year since 2006-2007 inclusive: for each departmental or agency library, including former libraries which are now closed, what are the (i) budgeted, (ii) actual expenditures for (a) the acquisition of books, monographs, serials, or other publications in print form; (b) subscriptions to academic, scholarly, professional, or specialized journals in print form; (c) subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, or other serial publications, other than those enumerated in (b), in print form; (d) subscriptions to academic, scholarly, professional, or specialized journals in electronic form; (e) subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, or other serial publications, other than those enumerated in (d), in electronic form; and (f) subscriptions to electronic databases? |
| Q-11152 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville) — With regard to government communications: for each message event proposal prepared since January 1, 2014, (a) what is the (i) originating department, agency, or crown corporation, (ii) date, (iii) file number, (iv) title or description of the event, (v) event type, (vi) desired headline, (vii) key messages, (viii) media lines, (ix) strategic objectives, (x) desired soundbite, (xi) ideal speaking backdrop, (xii) ideal event photograph, (xiii) tone, (xiv) attire, (xv) rollout materials, (xvi) background, (xvii) strategic considerations; and (b) for each message event proposal, did the message event take place, (i) if so, what was the date and location of the message event, (ii) if not, why not? |
| Q-11162 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Easter (Malpeque) — With regard to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and the Canadian Criminal Real-Time Identification Services (CCRTIS): broken down annually since 2006, (a) what is the detailed budget for CPIC and CCRTIS; (b) how many Criminal Record checks have been submitted to CPIC and CCRTIS; (c) how many Criminal Record checks have been processed; (d) how many Criminal Record checks have been backlogged; (e) how many Vulnerable Sector checks have been submitted to CPIC and CCRTIS; (f) how many Vulnerable Sector checks have been backlogged; (g) what is the average processing time for Criminal Record checks; (h) what is the average processing time for Vulnerable Sector checks; and (i) how many staff have been employed to work on CPIC and CCRTIS? |
| Q-11172 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Easter (Malpeque) — With regard to federal correctional facilities: (a) what is the prison population of each such facility; (b) what is the maximum inmate capacity of each such facility; (c) what was the number of correctional officers and personnel at each such facility in each of the last ten years; and (d) what was the prison population of each such facility in each of the last ten years? |
| Q-11182 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — With respect to proposals for the mid-sized-projects component of the Enabling Accessibility Fund submitted to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada for the period from October 2010 to January 13, 2011: (a) what is the name and the sponsoring organization for each of the 167 proposals that met the initial screening criteria; (b) what were the internal assessment scores of the Department for each proposal; (c) what was the Department's passing grade for the internal assessment of each proposal; and (d) what were the top 25 proposals selected for the external evaluation team? |
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-576 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should ensure that the government of Vietnam has made progress in the protection and promotion of human rights in Vietnam, and especially that it has made progress in: (a) halting all violent oppression of minorities, including the murder of dozens of Hmong Christians, attacks on and plots to seize land of Thai Ha Parish, attacks and torture at Con Dau parish, attacks on Falun Gong practitioners, conviction of the Mennonite Church pastors, and torture of Montagnard Christians; (b) releasing all political and religious prisoners from imprisonment, house arrest, or other forms of detention; (c) respecting the right to freedom of religion for all Vietnam’s diverse religious communities, including the right to participate in religious activities and institutions without interference, harassment, or involvement of the government; (d) restoring estates and properties that have been confiscated from churches and religious communities; (e) respecting the right to freedom of expression, assembly, and association as enshrined in Articles 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including the release of independent journalists, bloggers, and democracy and labour activists; (f) repealing or revising laws, such as articles 79, 88, and 258 of the penal code, that criminalize peaceful dissent, independent media, unsanctioned online expression, unsanctioned religious activity, and nonviolent demonstrations and rallies, in accordance with international standards and treaties; (g) ceasing the use of trumped-up charges for unrelated offences such as traffic violations or tax evasion as a pretext to imprison political dissidents and members of religious minorities; (h) allowing Vietnamese nationals free and open access to international refugee programs; (i) respecting the human rights of members of all ethnic and minority groups; (j) addressing the complicity of any official of the government of Vietnam, or any agency wholly or partly owned by the government of Vietnam, engaged in the trafficking in persons and taking all appropriate steps to end any such complicity and hold such official, agency, or entity fully accountable for its conduct; (k) ensuring freedom of information and ceasing the ongoing censure of human rights advocates, lawyers, media, and internet sites that advocate on behalf of those who have been deprived of their freedoms; (l) shutting down the reported one hundred or more abusive forced labor facilities and “education centers” across Vietnam that force detainees into hard labour; (m) halting police brutality and the use of torture against detainees and prisoners; and (n) holding annual talks with the Canadian government and other international partners on human rights in Vietnam. |
| M-577 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy for increasing the quality and affordability of post-secondary education; (b) help alleviate student debt by increasing the number of non-repayable grants for students and redirecting funds earmarked for education related tax credits; (c) increase the Canada Student Loan Program's in-study income allowance; (d) increase grant support for graduate students, particularly those with minimal financial resources; (e) help students and prospective students make more informed choices about their education by increasing the availability of clear and reliable labour market information; (f) enter into discussions with the provinces and territories about the establishment of a dedicated transfer for post-secondary education; (g) commit to eliminating the post-secondary attainment gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians; and (h) increase the accessibility of post-secondary education for Aboriginal Canadians, notably by increasing funding available through the Post-Secondary Student Support Program. |
| M-578 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) raise concerns with the government of Cambodia about allegations of mass electoral fraud by the governing Cambodian People’s Party during the 2013 general elections; (b) call for the next Cambodian elections, scheduled for February 2018, to be free and fair; (c) condition further Canadian financial aid to the country on the Cambodian government’s compliance with international standards for democratic elections; (d) call on fellow signatory countries to the Paris Accords of 1991 to reaffirm the authority vested in, and strengthen the involvement of, the United Nations to prepare Cambodia for free and fair elections; and (e) call on Cambodia to legislate appropriate electoral reforms to uphold the principles of democracy and the tenets of binding international agreements, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Cambodia is a State party. |
| M-579 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) use all available means to urge the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to (i) uphold its obligations under the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (ii) implement the International Covenants and Conventions to which it has acceded, (iii) sign and ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention against Torture, (iv) dismantle all political prison camps called “kwanliso,” and provide the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all political prison camps and prisoners, (v) cease punishing North Koreans for leaving the DPRK without authorization; (b) use all available means to urge the government of the People’s Republic of China to (i) end its policy of deporting North Korean refugees back to the DPRK, (ii) withdraw any support for the government of the DPRK that facilitates human rights violations and the development of nuclear weapons, (iii) support international efforts to improve the situation of human rights in the DPRK; and (c) endorse the December 2014 UN General Assembly resolution forwarding the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the UN Security Council, as well as its recommendation to submit the matter to the International Criminal Court. |
| M-580 — March 12, 2015 — Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should develop an action plan on the prevention of miscarriages of justice that includes implementation of the recommendations of the 2005 “Report on the Prevention of Miscarriages of Justice” by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Heads of Prosecutions Committee Working Group, and further consider these recommendations in light of the 2011 follow-up report “The Path to Justice: Preventing Wrongful Convictions”. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-356 — October 16, 2013 — Mr. Gravelle (Nickel Belt) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C-356, An Act respecting a National Strategy for Dementia. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) — November 29, 2011 |
| Mr. Valeriote (Guelph) — November 30, 2011 |
| Mr. Brown (Barrie) — December 1, 2011 |
| Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — December 5, 2011 |
| Ms. Ayala (Honoré-Mercier) — December 12, 2011 |
| Mr. Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) — June 3, 2013 |
| Mr. Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam) — February 5, 2014 |
| Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — February 2, 2015 |
| Ms. Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) — February 3, 2015 |
| Statement by Speaker regarding Royal Recommendation — January 29, 2015 (See Debates). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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