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Notice PaperNo. 51 Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-160 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington) — With regard to the public reports which are issued by or on behalf of the RCMP, in which information is made public as to what took place each time a taser is fired or otherwise used to control a member of the public, both in the case of the incident of Adam Dormer, who was tasered on July 21 2007, and in all other cases since January 1, 2001: (a) what changes have been made, from time to time, with regard to the types of information being released, both in terms of types of information being withheld, which had previously been made public, and types of information being made public, which had previously been withheld; (b) what instructions were given to the individuals who prepared these reports, regarding the types of information which ought to be withheld or made public; (c) who issued any such instructions, and with whom did the instructions originate; and (d) has additional information been collected, which is not being released, on any of the following topics, (i) related injuries which took place during the tasering incident, (ii) the duration of the shocks, (iii) whether the individual who was tasered had been armed, (iv) whether the individual who was tasered was violent, combative or posed a risk of death or grievous bodily harm, (v) what alternative measures the police tried before resorting to a taser, (vi) whether the individual who was tasered was first given a verbal warning, (vii) whether the individual who was tasered had already been handcuffed or otherwise restrained? |
| Q-1612 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With regard to the Shi’ite personal status law: (a) when did Canadian officials in Afghanistan first become aware of the proposed legislation; (b) when was knowledge of the proposed law communicated to the government; (c) to which branches, in which departments, was this information sent; (d) what action did the government take upon knowledge of the proposed legislation; (e) on what dates did the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and International Cooperation first become aware of these proposals; and (f) on what date did Canadian representatives in Afghanistan receive a copy of the proposed law and with whom have they shared this information outside of government? |
| Q-1622 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With regards to the Canada’s operations in Afghanistan: (a) what is the total amount of money spent on translation of documents from Dari and Pashto to English and French in the past five years on a yearly basis and in total; (b) what is the number of staff in the Afghanistan Task Force who can speak, read and write in Dari in Kabul, in Kandahar and in Ottawa in the past five years on a yearly basis and in total; (c) what is the number of staff in the Afghanistan Task Force who can speak, read and write in Pashto, in Kabul, in Kandahar and in Ottawa in the past five years on a yearly basis and in total; (d) what is the total budget of Afghanistan Task Force for translation in the past five years on a yearly basis and in total; (e) what is the total budget of Afghanistan Task Force for communications in the past five years on a yearly basis and in total; (f) what is the number of staff on the Afghanistan Task Force responsible for communications in the past five years on a yearly basis and in total; and (g) what form of protection is offered to local Afghans working for Canada’s operations in Afghanistan who are citizens of Afghanistan at the end of their service with the Canadian government? |
| Q-1632 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With respect to Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) over the past five fiscal years: (a) what is the total amount of PILT paid per federally-owned building on a yearly basis and in total and which municipalities received the payment for every building; (b) which municipalities receive PILT, on a yearly basis and in total; (c) which of the federally-owned buildings is slated to be sold; and (d) which of the federally-owned buildings is under corporate asset review? |
| Q-1642 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — With respect to temperature control in government buildings and facilities over the last five years: (a) what are the total government expenditures for heating on (i) an annual basis, (ii) on an annual basis for each federal building; and (b) what are the total government expenditures for air conditioning (i) on an annual basis, (ii) on an annual basis for each federal building? |
| Q-1652 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre) — 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 Winnipeg Centre, listing each department or agency, initiative, and amount? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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| P-8 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That a humble Address be presented to Her Excellency praying that she will cause to be laid before this House a copy of the original and the translated versions of the proposed Shi’ite personal status law. |
Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-368 — May 4, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should undertake the following actions to improve the situation for the spouses of all federal departments and agencies employees who are and have been posted overseas on government assignments by: (a) allowing those spouses who work overseas to claim the Overseas Employment Tax Credit whether they be working as Locally Engaged Staff, are self-employed, or employed by a local company in the host country; (b) allowing those spouses who end their employment in Canada in order to be with their partner at an overseas posting to be able to collect Employment Insurance benefits while overseas and immediately after repatriation to Canada, if the spouses paid Employment Insurance premiums prior to and during their overseas posting; (c) allowing those spouses who had to end careers or contracts in Canada in order to join their partner on overseas postings to gain priority status when applying for internal job postings within the federal public service, or at Crown agencies, either while overseas or after repatriation to Canada; (d) instituting a permanent pre and post-relocation program of skills and academic improvement, career counselling and job search support for spouses, including support for language training and cultural training where necessary that is at a comparable level to what federal employees receive for such postings; (e) allowing all non-reimbursable education, professional certification training and academic improvement undertaken overseas by spouses to be tax deductable; (f) immediately reviewing and instituting improvements to the Foreign Service Directives, especially those involving salary equalization payments; (g) reviewing and improving immediately the amounts of tax-free income that federal employees receive during overseas postings in order to ensure no decrease in total household income; (h) immediately improving and updating the definitions of “residency”, including “deemed resident” and “factual resident” so that the definitions are more reflective and accurate of the overseas employment circumstances of federal employees and their spouses, especially when considering the short-term and long-term tax implications for these individuals; (i) immediately harmonizing the definitions of “residency”, used by all federal departments, acts, statutes and regulations, especially these definitions that are found in the Income Tax Act and the Employment Insurance Act; (j) instituting a review of its international tax conventions and policies of their enforcement, to ensure equal benefit of the law to spouses who have waived their diplomatic immunity for the purposes of overseas employment, and to ensure an improved process of reviewing the tax consequences prior to a posting and during the posting to avoid unexpected punitive retroactive reassessments after returning to Canada and to avoid unnecessary legal proceedings; (k) allowing spouses, while posted overseas, to continue to make recorded contributions to the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan and to make tax deductable contributions to their Registered Retirement Savings Plans and Tax Free Savings Plans, regardless of whether they have been successful at securing overseas employment; and (l) creating an Ombudsperson for spouses and their families who would serve as an independent voice and watch person on all spousal matters and would be granted authority to investigate and provide Parliament with recommendations for resolving issues, including the award of compensation for damages, for all spouses of government employees who have been posted overseas. |
Private Members' Business |
| M-276 — March 2, 2009 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mrs. Mendes (Brossard—La Prairie), seconded by Ms. Dhalla (Brampton—Springdale), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should provide Service Canada with a mandate to offer full passport services at all of its regional offices throughout Canada; |
| And of the amendment of Mrs. Beaudin (Saint-Lambert), seconded by Mr. Roy (Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “all” and substituting the following: |
| “service centres in Canada and follow through on its commitment made on September 4, 2008, to add new receiving sites for passport applications”; |
| And of the subamendment of Mr. Martin (Sault Ste. Marie), seconded by Mr. Mulcair (Outremont), — That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “service centres” the following: |
| “and all international border communities”. |
| Debate — 1 hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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