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Notice Paper

No. 143

Monday, April 30, 2007

11:00 a.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions

Q-2022 — April 27, 2007 — Ms. McDonough (Halifax) — With respect to allocations for Passport Canada in the 2007-2008 budget and the announcement of a “renewal process in which low-risk applicants are targeted with an offer to renew their passport using a simplified process”: (a) on what grounds will a “low-risk“ applicant be determined; (b) when was the government's last evaluation of the need to open new passport offices and what were the results of that evaluation; and (c) what other measures are being taken within Passport Canada to expedite passport application processing during the current elevated number of applications?
Q-2032 — April 27, 2007 — Ms. McDonough (Halifax) — With respect to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): (a) what is the government's current policy towards ECOSOC; and (b) is the government planning a change in its policy towards ECOSOC and, if so, what are the changes being considered?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

M-326 — April 27, 2007 — Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should, by the way of regulation or by proposing legislation to the House, ban labels on Canadian food products advertising the ingredient “whole wheat” unless the whole grain is actually included in the product.
M-327 — April 27, 2007 — Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should amend the current Railway Act of Canada in order that CN Rail be held liable to farmers for fencing alongside railway tracks and for cattle killed by trains.

Private Members' Business

M-262 — February 19, 2007 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Ms. Bell (Vancouver Island North), seconded by Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), — That a special committee of the House be created to continue the work on electoral reform as outlined in the 43rd Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs from the 38th Parliament and to make further recommendations on strengthening and modernizing the democratic and electoral systems; that the membership of the special committee be established by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and the membership report of the special committee be presented to the House within five sitting days after the adoption of this motion; that substitutions to the membership of the special committee be allowed, if required, in the manner provided by Standing Order 114(2); that the special committee have all of the powers granted to standing committees by Standing Order 108; that there be a maximum length for speeches by members of the special committee of 10 minutes on any single item; that the special committee be authorized to hold hearings across Canada; that the special committee be allowed to look into creating a citizens’ consultation group and issue an interim report to the House on this matter within six weeks of the special committee being struck; and that the special committee table its final report in the House of Commons no later than March 1, 2008.
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