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Notice PaperNo. 72 Wednesday, April 9, 2014 2:00 p.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| April 8, 2014 — The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development — Bill entitled “An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts”. |
| Recommendation |
| (Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2)) |
| His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| April 8, 2014 — Mr. Cash (Davenport) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Monday, March 24, 2014, be concurred in. |
| Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Monday, September 15, 2014, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109. |
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| April 8, 2014 — Ms. Sitsabaiesan (Scarborough—Rouge River) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Monday, March 24, 2014, be concurred in. |
| Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Monday, September 15, 2014, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109. |
Questions |
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| Q-4662 — April 8, 2014 — Ms. Laverdière (Laurier—Sainte-Marie) — With regard to Canadian international development assistance for each fiscal year 2007-2008 to 2013-2014: (a) what was Canada’s Official Development Assistance as a percentage of gross national income, using the same criteria used in Table A-2 “Canadian Historical ODA” of the 2006-2007 Statistical Report on International Assistance; and (b) is this information publically available in the same format? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| April 8, 2014 — Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) — That Standing Order 78 be amended by adding the following: |
| "(4) No motion, pursuant to any paragraph of this Standing Order, may be used to allocate a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of any bill that seeks to amend the Canada Elections Act or the Parliament of Canada Act."; |
| and that Standing Order 57 be amended by adding the following: |
| ", provided that the resolution of resolutions, clause or clauses, section or sections, preamble or preambles, title or titles, being considered do not pertain to any bill that seeks to amend the Canada Elections Act or the Parliament of Canada Act.". |
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| April 8, 2014 — Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North) — That Standing Order 78 be amended by adding the following: |
| "(4) No motion, pursuant to any paragraph of this Standing Order, may be used to allocate a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of any bill that seeks to amend the Canada Elections Act or the Parliament of Canada Act."; |
| and that Standing Order 57 be amended by adding the following: |
| ", provided that the resolution of resolutions, clause or clauses, section or sections, preamble or preambles, title or titles, being considered do not pertain to any bill that seeks to amend the Canada Elections Act or the Parliament of Canada Act.". |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-504 — April 8, 2014 — Mr. Hayes (Sault Ste. Marie) — That the Standing Committee on the Status of Women be instructed to undertake a study on the subject of best practices in education and special programs in Canada that prevent violence against women, and report its findings to the House within one year of the study's initiation. |
| M-505 — April 8, 2014 — Mrs. Ambler (Mississauga South) — That the House call on the government to take action to prevent forced marriages and any kind of non-consensual sponsorship in the immigration system by amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations so as to: (a) ban the use of proxy, telephone, and fax marriages as a means to spousal sponsorship; (b) disallow explicitly, in section 5, the use of proxy, telephone and fax marriages for the purpose of immigration; and (c) set out administrative measures that communicate clearly to visa officers how to detect a proxy, telephone or fax marriage. |
Private Members' Business |
| M-485 — February 27, 2014 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Dionne Labelle (Rivière-du-Nord), seconded by Ms. LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) study and measure Canadian tax losses to international tax havens and tax evasion, in order to determine the Canadian federal “tax gap”; (b) order the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) with the information necessary to provide an independent estimate of the Canadian federal tax gap arising from tax evasion and tax avoidance through the use of tax havens; (c) mandate the Auditor General or the PBO to provide estimates of the marginal revenue of additional CRA resources (i.e. auditors) in the areas of tax evasion and tax avoidance; and (d) mandate the Auditor General to evaluate, on a regular basis, the success of the CRA in prosecuting and settling cases of tax evasion. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques), Mr. Côté (Beauport—Limoilou), Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants) and Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — December 11, 2013 |
| Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — January 21, 2014 |
| Ms. Laverdière (Laurier—Sainte-Marie), Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst), Ms. Nash (Parkdale—High Park), Mr. Thibeault (Sudbury), Mr. Dubé (Chambly—Borduas), Mr. Mai (Brossard—La Prairie), Mr. Chicoine (Châteauguay—Saint-Constant), Mr. Genest-Jourdain (Manicouagan), Ms. Turmel (Hull—Aylmer), Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek), Mr. Harris (St. John's East), Ms. Liu (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles), Mr. Sullivan (York South—Weston) and Ms. Péclet (La Pointe-de-l'Île) — February 24, 2014 |
| Debate — 1 hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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