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Notice Paper

No. 40

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

2:00 p.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

January 29, 2008 — Mr. Comartin (Windsor—Tecumseh) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial discretion)”.

January 29, 2008 — Mr. Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking and transplanting human organs and other body parts)”.

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions

Q-1802 — January 29, 2008 — Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek) — With regards to sport infrastructure eligibility in the Building Canada program: (a) how has the government advertised and solicited applications for sport infrastructure projects; (b) how many applications have been received and where eligible; (c) what have been the infrastructure requests in the applications; (d) what is the total amount of funds dispersed for sport infrastructure under the Building Canada program; and (e) what applications have been accepted?
Q-181 — January 29, 2008 — Mr. Wallace (Burlington) — With regard to the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), how many Canadian families are above the Low Income Cut-Offs with the UCCB in place that would have otherwise remained below the threshold?
Q-1822 — January 29, 2008 — Mr. Casey (Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley) — With regard to the tendering process used for deciding the in-service support contract for the Victoria-class submarines: (a) what policy on industrial and regional benefits was used as a methodology by the government in the evaluation of bids in the procurement process for the in-service support contract to maintain the Victoria-class submarines; (b) when did the government decide not to award the contract for the in-service support contract of the Victoria-class submarines as a major Crown project and did any department formally object to this decision; (c) has the government calculated the loss of employment and other economic opportunities to Atlantic Canada as a result of the decision to award the in-service support contract to another region; (d) with regard to ''(c)'', what is the estimated loss, in dollars, to Atlantic Canadian companies as a result of the awarding of the in-service support contract; and (e) what is the cost to the taxpayer, for the transit of a Halifax-based Victoria–class submarine to the West Coast of Canada for extended docking work?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Opposition Motion
January 29, 2008 — Ms. Neville (Winnipeg South Centre) — That this House endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2007, and call upon the Parliament and government of Canada to implement fully the standards contained therein.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

M-443 — January 29, 2008 — Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move, by way of regulation or by proposing legislation to the House, to allow farmers and sole proprietor businesses to make larger contributions to the Canadian Pension Plan.
M-444 — January 29, 2008 — Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move immediately to implement the recommendations made in the January 2001 report ''Elements of Precaution - An Expert Panel Report on the Future of Food Biotechnology'', which was prepared for the government by the Royal Society of Canada at the request of Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Environment Canada.
M-445 — January 29, 2008 — Ms. Neville (Winnipeg South Centre) — That this House endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2007, and call upon the Parliament and government of Canada to implement fully the standards contained therein.

Private Members' Business

M-383 — October 22, 2007 — Ms. Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should review the Old Age Security program with a view to: (a) reduce the program’s operational costs by ceasing to pay benefits that subsequently have to be repaid; (b) allocate these savings first to single, divorced and widowed Guaranteed Income Savings recipients, specifically to people who did not have an opportunity to prepare for their retirement; (c) improve the Guaranteed Income Savings benefits for elderly single, divorced and widowed individuals; and (d) increase the other income threshold so that Guaranteed Income Savings recipients may receive the equivalent of 15 hours per week of work at minimum wage in their province of residence without penalty.

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