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Notice Paper

No. 127

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

2:00 p.m.

Introduction of Government Bills

December 8, 2009 — — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act and another Act in consequence thereof”.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her 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 amend the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act and another Act in consequence thereof”.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

December 8, 2009 — — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (nanotechnolgy)”.

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

December 8, 2009 — — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, be concurred in.

Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Wednesday, April 7, 2010 whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109.

Questions

Q-646² — December 8, 2009 — — With respect to the upcoming climate summit in Copenhagen and climate change: (a) what criteria needed to be met in order to be part of the Canadian delegation; (b) what are the name and position of each member of the Canadian delegation, what expertise and skills each brings to the table, and for what time period each will be in Copenhagen; (c) what is the total budget for the delegation, from flights to accommodation and living expenses; (d) what, if any, offsets were purchased for the delegation; (e) what is the description, in detail, of the Canadian climate change plan, and when it will be revealed to Canadians; (f) who are all stakeholders consulted in the development of the plan, and how each goal/target reflects or does not reflect each stakeholder's views; (g) did the government include the voice from the Canadian 'front line of climate change', and were those who will be impacted by climate change meaningfully involved, and, if so, how; (h) what accountability measures, if any, are in place to ensure that the Canadian delegation be responsible to those Canadians who will be particularly impacted (e.g. those living in low-lying areas and Aboriginal peoples); (i) what has been the stakeholder response to the plan, particularly from business, NGOs, scientists, and all stakeholders, and if available, what is the actual response of stakeholders' consulted; (j) what are the specific goals of the Canadian delegation, and how do they compare (in advance and afterward) with those of the G-20 or OECD in terms of baseline, absolute reductions, and target date; (k) will Canada back the Global Framework for Climate Services proposed by experts and policy-makers; (l) does the Canadian delegation support the notion that climate change is not just an environmental issue, but rather a human rights issue and a justice issue and, if so, what is the description, in detail, of Canada's position; (m) will the Canadian delegation listen to the world's 'frontline voice', such as Bangladesh's and the Maldives', and act upon scientific and humanitarian evidence; (n) what were the projected costs of mitigating acid precipitation and reducing chemicals that destroyed stratospheric ozone, the costs of inaction, and what were the actual costs required; (o) what are the projected costs of adapting to and mitigating climate change in Canada today, and what are the costs of inaction for each year, five years, and decade delayed; (p) will the government commit new research dollars to support global climate research and services; (q) provide a detailed accounting of what percentage of this year's stimulus was 'green', and how it was a 'triple win' for the economy, jobs, and the atmosphere, and going forward, what specific targets in Canada's climate change plan will be a 'triple win'; and (r) what are the costs the government is willing to pay to mitigate climate change, and how do these costs compare with the projected economic, environmental and social costs of climate change?

Q-647² — December 8, 2009 — — With respect to armed conflicts where Canada is both directly and indirectly involved: (a) what are the sites and in detail, Canada’s involvement; (b) how are civilians, and particularly, children, minorities, and women impacted for each identified site; (c) which identified areas have refugees and refugee camps, with the numbers of civilians, and particularly, children and minorities affected, and what are the living conditions in refugee camps if applicable; (d) what is the process for determining whether Canada becomes either directly or indirectly involved or not in a conflict, and how does Canada become involved; (e) how does the process ensure that good verifiable information is obtained from the field, particularly in areas where there is poor communication; (f) how does Canada obtain information from civilians who might be afraid to speak out, as well as NGOs, who need to have their work protected; (g) what is the process for ensuring that good information is acted upon, and what is the demonstration, if applicable, of where Canada has acted upon such evidence with regard to identified sites; (h) does Canada invest in development and reintegration in areas to ensure alternative lifestyles for civilians and, if so, in which areas specifically; and (i) what are the other sites, by countries, where Canada is aware of an armed conflict but is not involved?

Q-648² — December 8, 2009 — — With respect to humanitarian issues and crisis and Canada’s involvement: (a) how does Canada increase awareness around the world that abuse of children, minorities, women, etc. will be punished; (b) how often is humanitarian evidence examined in Canada, and by whom; (c) what accountability measures are in place to demonstrate Canada’s commitments with respect to human rights internationally; (d) what processes are in place to give Canadian family members information, and to give information on how to help; (e) what processes are in place or can be put in place to allow Canadians to sponsor family members more quickly if required; (f) what, if any, audit process follows Canada’s direct or indirect involvement during a humanitarian crisis; (g) what, if any, process follows the resolution of a humanitarian crisis, and how Canada performed with respect to it; (h) what opportunity, if any, is there for Canadians to have their input in such an audit process; and (i) with respect to Canada’s involvement during last year's crisis in Sri Lanka, (i) what, if any, audit will follow Canada’s involvement, (ii) what, if any, evidence is Canada receiving that might suggest violations against children, minorities, and women, (iii) what steps, if applicable, is Canada taking to address such evidence?

Q-649² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the cuts to the budget of the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), Canada’s national science library: (a) what is the total amount of the cuts; (b) how many people will lose their jobs because of these cuts; (c) what are the predicted impacts on CISTI’s ability to fulfill its mandate with these cuts; (d) will CISTI still be able to maintain a comprehensive and current collection of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) journals, and what processes will be put in place to decide what cuts, if any, need to be made; (e) what are the predicted impacts to stakeholders in the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), to universities across Canada and to the world, and in industry; (f) how might onsite library services to NRC researchers at its various laboratories across Canada be affected; (g) what will be the impact of these cuts on CISTI’s Information and Intelligence Services, its document delivery services, and the NRC Research Press; (h) what is the predicted impact on Canadian research; (i) will NRC Research press publications still be available by way of the Depository Services Program, and if not, will this restrict access to these important publications; and (j) what will be the impact of these cuts on researchers at Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises, and what, if any, stakeholders have been consulted about these cuts?

Q-650² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the Building Canada Fund: (a) what projects are being funded; (b) what federal electoral district is each project located in; (c) who applied for the funding for each project; and (d) what is the exact amount of money allocated to each project?

Q-651² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the Recreational Infrastructure Canada Fund: (a) what projects are being funded; (b) in what federal electoral district is each project located; (c) who applied for the funding for each project; and (d) what is the exact amount of money allocated to each project?

Q-652² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the Knowledge Infrastructure program: (a) what projects are being funded; (b) in what federal electoral district is each project located; (c) who applied for the funding for each project; and (d) what is the exact amount of money allocated to each project?

Q-653² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the Community Adjustment Fund: (a) what projects are being funded; (b) in what federal electoral district is each project located; (c) who applied for the funding for each project; and (d) what is the exact amount of money allocated to each project?

Q-654² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the redaction of memos released to the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan: (a) what specific department or office was responsible for this process; and (b) what input did DFAIT, DND, PCO or any other Ministry have in this process?

Q-655² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the Public Appointments Commission: (a) how much money has been spent on this office to date; (b) in detail, what was this money spent on; and (c) how many employees or contractors have been hired under the money allocated to this office?

Q-656² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to the Status of Women Canada: (a) how many funding applications or requests has this office received since 2006; (b) how many funding requests were granted since 2006; and (c) what is the name of each organization or individual who received funding from Status of Women Canada since 2006?

Q-657² — December 8, 2009 — — With regards to the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan: (a) what legal opinion or opinions did the government receive regarding the Law Clerk’s opinion dated October 23, 2009 on the disclosure of information to the committee; (b) who provided that legal opinion or opinions and on what date; (c) what was the substance of that legal opinion or opinions; (d) what arguments were used to form that opinion or opinions; and (e) was there any disagreement or difference of opinion among those providing that advice and, if so, what was the nature of the disagreement or difference of opinion?

Q-658² — December 8, 2009 — — With respect to the Department of Defence for all contracts under $10,000 signed between December 1, 2008 and December 8, 2009, what is the: (a) vendor name; (b) contract reference number; (c) contract date; (d) description of work; (e) delivery date; (f) original contract value; and (g) final contract value if different from the original?

Q-659² — December 8, 2009 — — With regards to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan: (a) how many times has the government notified the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) of allegations of abuse, mistreatment, or torture of Canadian-transferred detainees; (b) on which dates were those notifications sent (please list all); (c) did the government follow-up on these or any other investigation with regards to allegations or evidence of abuse, mistreatment, or torture of Canadian-transferred detainees to ensure that each of the allegations had been investigated; (d) what were the results of these investigations, in detail and for each instance; (e) what did the government do to assure itself that the allegations had been sufficiently investigated by the AIHRC or any other entity; (f) were any records or files kept on these investigations; and (g) were any of these investigations deemed to be insufficient and, if so, what was done to remedy this?

Q-660² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan: (a) did the government ever request legal opinions regarding Canada’s domestic and international legal responsibility for detainees captured by the Canadian military or military police in Afghanistan and transferred to Afghan authorities; (b) if so, who was it requested by and who was it provided by; (c) what actions, policies, or standard operating procedures were developed within each entity as a result of this advice; and (d) did this legal advice contribute to the formulation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada's diplomatic contingency plan related to detainees?

Q-661² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to fisheries: (a) what specific measures has the Department of Fisheries and Oceans taken to enforce inland fisheries regulations in the vicinity of Phase II and III of the Trans-Labrador Highway; and (b) what specific measures will the Department take to enforce inland fisheries regulations in the vicinity of Phase II and III of the Trans-Labrador Highway?

Q-662² — December 8, 2009 — — With regard to government television advertising: (a) how much has the government spent on promoting Canada's National Anti-Drug Strategy; (b) which department commissioned the recent or current television spot; (c) how much did it cost to produce this ad; (d) which firm produced the ad; and (e) how many such spots have aired, or planned to air, per week, on each television station, network, or channel?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Opposition Motions

December 8, 2009 — — That, given the undisputed privileges of Parliament under Canada’s constitution, including the absolute power to require the government to produce uncensored documents when requested, and given the reality that the government has violated the rights of Parliament by invoking the Canada Evidence Act to censor documents before producing them, the House urgently requires access to the following documents in their original and uncensored form:

all documents referred to in the affidavit of Richard Colvin, dated October 5, 2009;

all documents within the Department of Foreign Affairs written in response to the documents referred to in the affidavit of Richard Colvin, dated October 5, 2009;

all memoranda for information or memoranda for decision sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs concerning detainees from December 18, 2005 to the present;

all documents produced pursuant to all orders of the Federal Court in Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v. Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces, Minister of National Defence and Attorney General of Canada;

all documents produced to the Military Police Complaints Commission in the Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings;

all annual human rights reports by the Department of Foreign Affairs on Afghanistan; and

accordingly the House hereby orders that these documents be produced in their original and uncensored form forthwith.

December 8, 2009 — — That the House declare its great pride in the men and women of the Canadian Forces who skilfully and valiantly defend and promote the values of democracy, transparency, accountability and respect for human rights in troubled areas throughout the world; and

noting that in honouring the courage and sacrifice of our Canadian Forces, the government must itself, among other things, be fully transparent in all matters related to human rights; and

further noting that the power of the House of Commons to order the production of papers is absolute, supersedes ordinary legislation, and has been fully delegated to its committees;

the House reaffirms the overriding obligation of the government to provide promptly any and all documents requested by either the House or a committee in their original and uncensored form, and the House reminds the government that any failure to do so constitutes contempt of Parliament.

December 8, 2009 — — That this House recognize that the practice of Members sending mass mailings, known as “ten percenters”, to ridings other than their own, has too often been abused with excessively partisan, inaccurate and questionable material, and is a wasteful and disrespectful use of taxpayers’ money; and that the Board of Internal Economy should immediately take all necessary steps to end this practice.

December 8, 2009 — — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should immediately introduce legislation that will amend the Canada Post Act and create a Rural Canadian Postal Service Charter that enshrine the following principles: (a) Canada Post will maintain a postal system that allows individuals and businesses in Canada to send and receive mail within Canada and between Canada and elsewhere; (b) Canada Post will provide a service for the collection, transmission and delivery of letters, parcels and publications; (c) the provision of high quality postal services to rural regions of the country is an integral part of Canada Post's universal service; (d) Canada Post Corporation will place and maintain a moratorium on the closure, amalgamation and privatization of rural post offices; (e) Canada Post Corporation will deliver mail at all rural roadside mail boxes that were serviced by that corporation on September 1, 2005; and (f) Canada Post will establish and promulgate complaint resolution processes that are easily accessible to customers and will address complaints in a fair, respectful and timely manner.

December 8, 2009 — — That, in the opinion of this House, the Government should immediately restore funding to KAIROS Canada, a development and social justice organization made up of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the United Church of Canada, the Religious Society of Friends, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, and the Mennonite Central Committee of Canada.

December 8, 2009 — — That, in the current WTO trade negotiations, the government of Canada must take all possible action to strongly defend the principle that so-called state trading enterprises (STE) are not in and of themselves “trade distorting”, and consequently should be permissible and not subject to any discriminatory rules or disciplines, unless and until specific trade distorting behaviour on the part of a specific STE is conclusively determined; and that any action proposed by the government of Canada to diminish the single-desk marketing system of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) must first be authorized in advance by a fully democratic vote to be held among western Canadian grain producers on a clear “yes/no” question which specifically asks producers to choose between two alternatives, namely the CWB’s single-desk system and a non-CWB open market system.

December 8, 2009 — — That, in light of the fact that activities directly involving the Minister of Natural Resources are currently the subject of investigations by the Ethics Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner and the Commissioner of Lobbying, in the opinion of the House, the Minister should step down from her cabinet position until the resolution of each of the three investigations.

Supplementary Estimates (B)

UNOPPOSED VOTES

December 7, 2009 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, be concurred in.

Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(17).

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

M-475 — December 8, 2009 — — That, in the opinion of the House, as part of the Long-Term Vision and Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct, a major room in the House of Commons portion of the Centre Block should be designated the “Aboriginal Room” to celebrate the rich heritage and cultures given expression in aboriginal art, and that up to one million dollars should be set aside to procure art and artifacts produced by Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis to adorn this room.

M-476 — December 8, 2009 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the National Aboriginal Advisory Committee (NAAC) should review the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) governance structure and resources allocated to ensure the timely implementation the CSC's Strategic Plan for Aboriginal Corrections; that the NAAC should examine the capacity of the Correctional Service to monitor progress on key correctional performance indicators, including transfers, segregation, discipline, temporary absences, work releases, detention referrals, delayed parole reviews, suspensions, and revocations of conditional releases; and that the Minister of Public Safety should immediately direct the CSC to appoint a deputy commissioner for aboriginal corrections.

Private Members' Business

C-471 — October 29, 2009 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women of Bill C-471, An Act respecting the implementation of the recommendations of the Pay Equity Task Force and amending another Act in consequence.


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