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Notice PaperNo. 43 Wednesday, April 20, 2016 2:00 p.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-1082 — April 19, 2016 — Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) — With regard to the upcoming Aerospace Trade Mission to Kyiv, Ukraine, May 22-25, 2016, organized by the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association, in collaboration with Export Québec, and Global Affairs Canada: (a) which individuals and organizations are listed as participants for this trade mission; (b) how much funding will be provided by Global Affairs Canada in support of this trade mission; (c) how much direct and indirect funding will be provided by the Canadian Embassy to Ukraine in support of this trade mission; (d) with regard to (b) and (c), how will these funds be allocated; and (e) were the Embassy of Ukraine to Canada and representatives from the Ukrainian-Canadian community consulted during the planning stages of this trade mission? |
| Q-1092 — April 19, 2016 — Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) — With regard to the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component, National and Regional Projects, of the New Building Canada Fund, for the amounts budgeted for projects of interest: (a) what amounts were allocated to each province and territory; (b) what is the expected number of projects in each province and territory; (c) what amount was set aside for each project listed in (b); (d) what data was used to determine which projects would be selected; and (e) when will these projects be announced? |
| Q-1102 — April 19, 2016 — Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) — With regard to the mandate letter to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, as it pertains to the development of a Canadian poverty reduction strategy: (a) what timelines have been set by (i) the Minister, (ii) the Department; (b) what (i) stakeholders, (ii) organizations, (iii) partners have been identified for consultation purposes; and (c) what amounts have been earmarked for implementing the Canadian poverty reduction strategy? |
| Q-1112 — April 19, 2016 — Ms. Sansoucy (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) — With regard to federal spending in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in each fiscal year from 2011 to 2016 inclusively: what are the details of all grants, loans, contributions and contracts awarded by the government, broken down by (i) the department or agency that awarded the funding, (ii) municipality, (iii) the name of the recipient, (iv) the amount received, (v) the program under which the grant, loan, contribution or contract was awarded, (vi) date? |
| Q-1122 — April 19, 2016 — Mr. Stetski (Kootenay—Columbia) — With respect to railways running through Canada’s national parks: (a) how many train derailments have occurred in, and within 5 km of, Canada’s national parks over the last 15 years, broken down by year; (b) of the derailments in (a), how many have been investigated by the Transportation Safety Board, broken down by year; (c) how were each of the train derailments in (a) classified by the Transportation Safety Board; (d) in how many of these derailments in (a) was grain or another substance spilled, and what were these other substances, broken down by derailment; (e) in each derailment in (a) what action was taken by the government in relation to the spilled substances, broken down by derailment; (f) what policies does the government have in place regarding substances spilled by trains running through Canada’s national parks; (g) what analysis has the government undertaken of the potential risks to wildlife related to rail transportation through national parks, and what were the results of this analysis; (h) what policies does the government have in place to mitigate threats to species-at-risk and endangered species posed by rail transportation through and near national parks; and (i) how often does the government review its policies and procedures regarding railways running through Canada’s national parks? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the government should keep their promise to support small businesses, Canada’s top job creators, by maintaining legislated reductions in the small businesses tax rate that will reduce the rate to 9 percent; and (b) in order to make this reduction revenue neutral, the government should increase the corporate tax rate by .167 percentage point for each of the next three years. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Johns (Courtenay—Alberni) — That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the government should keep their promise to support small businesses, Canada’s top job creators, by maintaining legislated reductions in the small businesses tax rate that will reduce the rate to 9 percent; and (b) in order to make this reduction revenue neutral, the government should increase the corporate tax rate by .167 percentage point for each of the next three years. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should launch an independent investigation into the Canada Revenue Agency’s handling of the amnesty deals for multimillionaire clients of KPMG who had hidden money in offshore tax havens. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Dusseault (Sherbrooke) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should launch an independent investigation into the Canada Revenue Agency’s handling of the amnesty deals for multimillionaire clients of KPMG who had hidden money in offshore tax havens. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That, since the government is signing trade agreements that are undermining supply management and that will have a negative impact on the Canadian dairy industry, the House: (a) recognize the magnitude of the economic losses to Canadian dairy producers from the importation of diafiltered milk, which totalled $220 million in 2015; (b) recognize that each day of government inaction contributes to the disappearance of a steadily increasing number of family farms across the country; (c) recognize that the entire industry is standing together to call for the problem to be resolved immediately; and (d) call upon the government to keep its election promises and honour the commitments made since the start of its mandate by immediately enforcing the compositional standards for cheese for all Canadian processors. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Ms. Brosseau (Berthier—Maskinongé) — That, since the government is signing trade agreements that are undermining supply management and that will have a negative impact on the Canadian dairy industry, the House: (a) recognize the magnitude of the economic losses to Canadian dairy producers from the importation of diafiltered milk, which totalled $220 million in 2015; (b) recognize that each day of government inaction contributes to the disappearance of a steadily increasing number of family farms across the country; (c) recognize that the entire industry is standing together to call for the problem to be resolved immediately; and (d) call upon the government to keep its election promises and honour the commitments made since the start of its mandate by immediately enforcing the compositional standards for cheese for all Canadian processors. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) strengthen the principles stated in the document entitled Open and Accountable Government by strengthening fundraising rules, and enshrining the Code of Conduct into law under the Conflict of Interest Act; and (b) bring forward amendments to extend the Act to cover all Ministerial staff, give the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner the ability to administer financial penalties for breaches of the Act, and reduce partisanship in public appointments by prohibiting appointees from making political donations or otherwise publically supporting a political party. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) strengthen the principles stated in the document entitled Open and Accountable Government by strengthening fundraising rules, and enshrining the Code of Conduct into law under the Conflict of Interest Act; and (b) bring forward amendments to extend the Act to cover all Ministerial staff, give the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner the ability to administer financial penalties for breaches of the Act, and reduce partisanship in public appointments by prohibiting appointees from making political donations or otherwise publically supporting a political party. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Dubé (Beloeil—Chambly) — That in the opinion of the House: (a) the KPMG tax scandal and the release of the so-called Panama Papers illustrate the urgent need for those caught using offshore tax havens primarily for tax evasion purposes and for those who facilitate tax evasion or dubious international tax avoidance schemes to be subject to strong penalties and, where applicable, criminal charges; and (b) that those involved in facilitating or undertaking such regimes should not be permitted to receive amnesty deals without facing such penalties. |
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| April 19, 2016 — Mr. Rankin (Victoria) — That in the opinion of the House: (a) the KPMG tax scandal and the release of the so-called Panama Papers illustrate the urgent need for those caught using offshore tax havens primarily for tax evasion purposes and for those who facilitate tax evasion or dubious international tax avoidance schemes to be subject to strong penalties and, where applicable, criminal charges; and (b) that those involved in facilitating or undertaking such regimes should not be permitted to receive amnesty deals without facing such penalties. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
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