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Notice PaperNo. 23 Wednesday, March 4, 2009 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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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. Rafferty (Thunder Bay—Rainy River) — Bill entitled “An Act to provide a compensation plan for First Nations veterans comparable to the one offered to other war veterans”. |
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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. Rafferty (Thunder Bay—Rainy River) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber) — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, be concurred in. |
| Debate — limited to 3 hours, pursuant to Standing Order 66(2). |
| Voting — not later than the expiry of the time provided for debate. |
Questions |
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| Q-702 — March 3, 2009 — Ms. Faille (Vaudreuil-Soulanges) — With regard to large information technology projects, and specifically the four pillars of the Shared Services Initiative: (a) has the government prepared a detailed plan accompanied by schedules to explain how it will proceed with the implementation of these major projects, (i) if so, what are the details of this plan, (ii) if not, what are the reasons for the non-existence of such a document; (b) for each of the pillars, (i) which departments are potential clients, (ii) what is the project’s estimated value (estimated minimum to estimated maximum), (iii) what is the description of each project, (iv) what are the key success factors, (v) what are the advantages and estimated costs, (vi) what is the department’s organizational capacity, (vii) what is the planned project launch date for the invitations to tender, (viii) will the contract be awarded to one supplier or several, (ix) for these long-term contracts, what means does the government have to change suppliers once the project is under way; and (c) with regards to the process for implementing major projects, (i) what are the details of the business plan that was used to justify the projects, (ii) was an independent review done on the business plan and, if so, which individuals or organizations were part of it, (iii) what are the details of the impact studies on the small and medium-sized businesses (SME) in the Ottawa-Gatineau region or elsewhere, (iv) what strategy was used to mitigate the impact on SMEs, (v) is there an impact study for these projects on the information technology industry and, if so, what are the details? |
| Q-712 — March 3, 2009 — Ms. Murray (Vancouver Quadra) — With respect to the Mountain Pine Beetle disaster: (a) how much money has been designated by the government to address this issue; (b) when, where and which government official announced these allocation of funds; (c) to date, how much has been spent; (d) in which provinces and municipalities have these funds been spent; (e) how have these funds been spent; (f) which companies or front-line government agencies have received payment for related services; (g) what is the timeline for the spending of any remaining funds; and (h) how will these remaining funds be allocated? |
| Q-722 — March 3, 2009 — Ms. Murray (Vancouver Quadra) — What is the total amount of government funding, since fiscal year 2004-2005 up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituency of Vancouver Quadra, listing each department or agency, initiative, and amount? |
| Q-73 — March 3, 2009 — Mr. Dhaliwal (Newton—North Delta) — With regard to Western Economic Diversification Canada, what are, in detail, all the projects funded or currently funded which are targeted for Vancouver's downtown east side, from February 2006 up to now? |
| Q-74 — March 3, 2009 — Mr. Dhaliwal (Newton—North Delta) — With regard to Western Economic Diversification Canada client relations: (a) does the department work from a project based or client based approach for project management related to grants and contributions; and (b) what risk management framework and client relationship management system does the department use, more specifically what are the processes implemented to better serve its clients? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| March 3, 2009 — Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should reaffirm its commitment to gender equality and to the principle of a woman's legal and human right to pay equity and should immediately implement the recommendations from the 2004 Pay Equity Taskforce Report, as women: (a) have historically been denied equal pay for work of equal value; and (b) are economically disadvantaged due to inequitable employment practices. |
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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas) — That this House calls on the government to recognize Canadians’ right to know and the principle of open government, rather than placing further restrictions on the release of information and opting for increased secrecy, and therefore this House urges the government to introduce within 30 days legislation based on former Information Commissioner John Reid’s draft bill to revise the Access to Information Act, in consultation with Information Commissioner Robert Marleau. |
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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. Thibeault (Sudbury) — That, in the opinion of the House, consumers are particularly vulnerable in tough economic times and deserve to be protected from unscrupulous business practices of some individuals and companies; and therefore the House calls on the government to introduce, within six months, a comprehensive Consumer's Bill of Rights, in consultation with Canadian business, consumer groups and other stakeholders. |
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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. Mulcair (Outremont) — That, in the opinion of the House, there is an urgent need for timely, temporary and targeted stimulus spending into our fragile economy; and that government spending must be done with the utmost transparency and include measures to ensure oversight and accountability, and therefore this House regrets the government’s decision to create an unaccountable $3,000,000,000 slush fund under Treasury Board vote 35 of the 2009–10 Main Estimates, and requests that the government: |
| (a) table all plans and evaluations for spending of the fund during the 90 day period of disbursement with the appropriate standing committees; |
| (b) provide the Office of the Auditor General and the Parliamentary Budget Officer with any and all information they require to assist Parliament with budgetary oversight; and |
| (c) publish all amounts spent on a publicly accessible government website that provides for public comment. |
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| March 3, 2009 — Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should |
| cease new approvals in the Athabasca Oil Sands development until environmental and social impacts have been adequately evaluated and until a verifiable sustainable development plan is in place and develop a sustainable strategy for the future of the oil sands and coal-fired electricity; |
| use the US-Canada Clean energy dialogue as a first step toward engaging US President Obama in a common effort, in the interests of future generations, to bring our two countries to the forefront of international efforts to reduce and reverse climate change and, therefore, the House calls on the government to augment Canadian efforts to fight climate change through measures including, but not limited to: |
| (a) the negotiation of a North American cap and trade system that establishes absolute targets for reducing carbon emissions based on internationally accepted baselines; |
| (b) the establishment of a renewable energy strategy with ambitious and enforceable targets for renewal energy production; |
| (c) preparing Canada for the economy of tomorrow through a comprehensive plan for green job creation, including the retooling of the auto sector through a green auto strategy; |
| further, the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainable Development should provide parliamentary updates on these initiatives no later than May 31, 2009 and at six-month intervals thereafter. |
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| March 3, 2009 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — That, in the opinion of this House, the government must address the alarming growth in the number of unemployed Canadians and the increasing number of Employment Insurance claimants; confirm its commitment to a social safety net to help regular Canadians through tough times and bring forward reforms to Employment Insurance rules to expand eligibility and improve benefits, including: |
| eliminate the two-week waiting period; |
| reduce the qualifying period to a minimum of 360 hours of work, regardless of the regional rate of unemployment; |
| allow self-employed workers to participate in the plan; |
| raise the rate of benefits to 60% and base benefits on the best 12 weeks in the qualifying period; and |
| encourage training and re-training. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-335 — March 3, 2009 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should increase the Old Age Security payment by 15% to $594.50 per month, retroactive to January 1, 2009; and indexed thereafter. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-311 — February 10, 2009 — Mr. Hyer (Thunder Bay—Superior North) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-311, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Ms. Black (New Westminster—Coquitlam) and Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona) — March 2, 2009 |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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