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Notice PaperNo. 26 Monday, March 9, 2009 11:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| March 6, 2009 — The Minister of Public Safety — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, to validate certain calculations and to amend other Acts”. |
| 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 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, to validate certain calculations and to amend other Acts”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| March 6, 2009 — Mr. Comartin (Windsor—Tecumseh) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consent)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-772 — March 6, 2009 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — With respect to community facilities on First Nations: (a) does Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) conduct health and safety inspections of every educational facility on a regular basis and, if so, how often are regular health and safety inspections supposed to take place on educational facilities within INAC’s jurisdiction; (b) what causes health and safety inspections to be conducted on these facilities outside of the regular basis; (c) what health and safety inspections have taken place on the educational facilities in Attawapiskat First Nation since January 2000; (d) what health and safety inspections have taken place on the portables that currently comprise Attawapiskat’s elementary school facilities since they were originally built; (e) how did INAC officials come to the conclusion drawn in the Comprehensive Integrated Document Management document No. 198761 of November 21, 2007 that there were health and safety concerns with the portables in Attawapiskat, which were “in need of extensive repairs”; (f) how many First Nations students across Canada currently attend school in facilities that INAC believes contain health and safety concerns; (g) as of March 4, 2009, what new school construction projects are the top 40 priorities for INAC across Canada and, for each of these 40 schools, how long has INAC known that health and safety concerns existed in the current facilities; (h) between January 2006 and March 2009, how many schools sitting in federal electoral districts represented by Members from the New Democratic Party, Bloc Québécois or Liberal Party of Canada were not built, or had construction delayed; (i) how did INAC’s commitment to upgrading and replacing First Nations’ water facilities impact the capital budget for educational facilities; (j) was additional money allocated to INAC’s overall budget to upgrade and replace First Nations’ water facilities and, if so, how much additional funding did INAC receive to upgrade and replace First Nations’ inadequate water facilities, if not, was money simply moved from other INAC budget lines to fund these projects; (k) between January 2006 and March 2009, how much money was spent on upgrading and replacing water facilities on First Nations in Canada; (l) between January 2006 and March 2009, how much money was spent on upgrading and replacing water facilities on First Nations sitting in federal electoral districts represented by Members from the New Democratic Party, Bloc Québécois or Liberal Party of Canada on the day that the Treasury Board Secretariat signed off on the funding; and (m) between January 2006 and March 2009, how much money was spent on upgrading and replacing water facilities on First Nations sitting in federal electoral districts represented by Members of the Conservative Party of Canada on the day that the Treasury Board Secretariat signed off on the funding? |
| Q-782 — March 6, 2009 — Mr. Andrews (Avalon) — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): (a) who drafted or authored the press release issued on March 3, 2009 under the title “Statement by Fabian Manning, Senator”; (b) who approved or authorized the release of that press release by or on behalf of the Department; (c) what was the cost of distributing it via Marketwire; (d) was it transmitted or distributed by any other commercial means or services and, if so, (i) which means or services, (ii) at what costs; (e) who paid or will pay the costs for using Marketwire or any other means or service; and (f) was the said press release published to either the national or any regional DFO web sites and, if so, (i) which web sites, (ii) at what time was it published, (iii) was it later removed from the web sites, (iv) if removed, why was it removed and when was it removed? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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| P-5 — March 6, 2009 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — That a humble Address be presented to Her Excellency praying that she will cause to be laid before the House a copy of all contracts between Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Hill and Knowlton between September 1, 2007 and February 25, 2009. |
Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| March 6, 2009 — Mr. Bouchard (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) — That, in the opinion of the House, by providing only $170 million in funding over two years in the latest budget to assist the forestry industry, the government is showing once again its lack of concern for the Quebec economy, which has been hard hit by the forestry crisis, since this amount falls well short of what this industry needs to see it through the current crisis, especially since this funding will serve to extend programs that are ill-suited to the needs of the industry in crisis; the government should therefore establish a real plan as soon as possible to help the forestry industry, a plan including a series of specific, sustainable development measures, including loans and loan guarantees, refundable tax credits for research and development, a policy to encourage the use of lumber in the construction and renovation of federal public buildings and measures to support energy and ethanol production from forestry waste. |
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| March 6, 2009 — Mr. Garneau (Westmount—Ville-Marie) — That, given this government has continually failed to improve Canada’s research funding to build Canada into a competitive, progressive knowledge-based economy, and given that science, research and innovation are the foundations of a strong economy and the creators of the jobs of tomorrow, in the opinion of this House, the government should reinvest in these areas to ensure long term, predictable and globally competitive federal funding. |
| Voting — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders, pursuant to Standing Order 81(16). |
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| March 6, 2009 — Mr. Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier) — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should inform the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation no later than March 15, 2009 whether it will receive any funding in the 2009-2010 fiscal year beyond that contained in the Main Estimates 2009-2010 Part I and II, and the extent of that funding if any. |
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| March 6, 2009 — Mr. Pearson (London North Centre) — That, notwithstanding the government's recent decision to cut Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) funding from many African and francophone countries, in the opinion of this House, all African countries and members of La Francophonie removed from CIDA's priority list should have their places on that list restored, and CIDA support for development activities should continue, as contemplated by the commitment made by the Minister responsible for La Francophonie at the 2008 Québec Summit of La Francophonie and in support of Canada's traditional leadership role in Africa. |
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| March 6, 2009 — Mr. McTeague (Pickering—Scarborough East) — That, given the Information Commissioner’s report on February 26, 2009, which condemns “a lack of leadership at the highest levels of government”, this House call upon the government to amend the Access to Information Act to include, as part of its purpose, that “every government institution shall make every reasonable effort to assist persons requesting access and to respond to each request openly, accurately and completely and without unreasonable delay”, and further, to provide a general “public interest” override for all exemptions, so the public interest is put before government secrecy, as promised in the 2006 election platform of the Conservative Party of Canada. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| M-283 — February 3, 2009 — Mr. Patry (Pierrefonds—Dollard) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should act immediately to implement the measures of the Advisory Group report "National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries" by creating, in an appropriate legal framework and with the funds needed, an independent ombudsman office with the power to receive and investigate complaints. |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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