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Notice Paper

No. 82

Friday, April 18, 2008

10:00 a.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

Questions

Q-2512 — April 17, 2008 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With respect to military equipment procured for use in Afghanistan in the last fiscal year: (a) what is the total figure for such procurement; (b) what were the top 20 items or expenditures, listed by amount; (c) how many contracts were sole-sourced; (d) of the total procurement during this period, what percentage of contracts were sole-sourced; (e) which contracts were so awarded, to which companies and on what date; (f) what was the value of each contract; (g) what criteria are used in awarding each of these sole sourced contracts; (h) how many military contracts were awarded by Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of National Defence using Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) in the tendering process; (i) was ACAN invoked to award contracts on behalf of other government departments for non-military equipment in the last year and, if so, on behalf of which departments, on what dates and with respect to which contracts; (j) on an annual basis, since fiscal year 2001, how many times was ACAN used in the tendering of military contracts; and (k) which contracts were so awarded, to which companies, on what date and what was the value of each contract?
Q-2522 — April 17, 2008 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With respect to financial contributions made to individuals, researchers, journalists, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions with respect to the Afghan mission over the last five years: (a) what individuals or entities have received government money to attend, organize or speak at public fora, such as conferences, seminars, or media outlets about Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan; (b) where and on what date did these events take place; (c) what individuals or entities have received government money to publish books or academic articles about Canada’s mission in Afghanistan; (d) what are the title and publication date of these publications; (e) what is the total amount spent, broken down by individual or institution, by year; (f) what are the terms of reference for each contract; (g) which departments awarded these contributions; (h) with specific reference to the Peace Dividend Trust (PDT), what financial commitments have been made by the government this organization or its representatives; and (i) what services or deliverables has PDT performed for the government?
Q-2532 — April 17, 2008 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With regard to the government’s development and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan: (a) what are the proposed location and start date of each development project, including Provincial Reconstruction Teams, designed or implemented by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade or the Department of National Defence in Afghanistan since 2001; (b) what was the actual start date and location of each project; (c) what amount of funding has been allocated to each project to date, in actual amounts and percentage; (d) what were the deliverables of each project and what percentage of them, by project, has been attained to date; (e) how many evaluation or audits reports have been prepared by the government, or contracted to private consultants, on the development of projects in Afghanistan since 2001; (f) what is the date of publication, title and author of each of these evaluations or reports; (g) of these reports, how many were done by independent assessors hired by government departments; (h) if carried out by private consultants, who were the principal investigators and what were the costs of each contract; (i) how many government employees, excluding Canadian Forces personnel, have been working on the government's development and reconstruction efforts in Kandahar province and which departments have they represented, on an annual basis, since January 2002; (j) how many of these government employees have been stationed in Kabul; (k) what amount of Canadian aid and reconstruction funds earmarked for Afghanistan under the discretion of Canadian officials, or directed to bilateral or multilateral projects, is estimated to have been lost, in dollar amount and in percentage terms, on an annual basis since 2002; (l) has the government attributed any of this lost money to corruption and, if so, what entities or personalities are believed to be responsible; and (m) how does the estimated amount of lost money compare to the money lost in CIDA funded projects in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

M-485 — April 17, 2008 — Mr. Norlock (Northumberland—Quinte West) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should designate the 23rd day of September as National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day.
M-486 — April 17, 2008 — Mr. Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should introduce a series of measures including the use of the national Community Development Trust to assist businesses, communities and workers hard hit by the layoffs and closures of the Quebec asbestos industry, and these measures should include: (a) an economic diversification program aimed specifically at communities that depend heavily on the industry; (b) tax measures and government loans designed to encourage new business development in the region; (c) improvements to the employment insurance plan; (d) an income support program; and (e) opportunities for retraining and upgrading education for workers.

Private Members' Business

C-521 — March 3, 2008 — Mr. Lemay (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities of Bill C-521, An Act to provide for the transfer of the surplus in the Employment Insurance Account.

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