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Notice PaperNo. 76 Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:00 a.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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| June 15, 2009 — The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act”. |
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| June 15, 2009 — The Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act”. |
Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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| June 15, 2009 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — Bill entitled “An Act respecting the recognition of foreign credentials”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| June 15, 2009 — Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas) — That the Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented on Wednesday, June 10, 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-3382 — June 15, 2009 — Mr. Pearson (London North Centre) — Given that Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) commitment to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to global poverty reduction, based on the CIDA Report on Plans and Priorities 2009-2010: (a) how is CIDA contributing to the fulfillment of MDGs 4 and 5; (b) what specific CIDA programs have been instituted to address MDGs 4 and 5; and (c) how much spending has been allocated by CIDA to these specific programs and to the overall attainment of these goals? |
| Q-3392 — June 15, 2009 — Mr. Pearson (London North Centre) — With regards to the implementation of Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of official development assistance abroad, which received Royal Assent in May 2008 and which states that for each Official Development Assistance (ODA) disbursement, the responsible Minister must be of the opinion that this disbursement meets three simultaneous tests including, contributing to poverty reduction, taking into account the perspectives of the poor and is being consistent with international human rights standards: (a) what is the process by which this legislation has been applied to current Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) programming; (b) how was this legislation addressed in terms of CIDA’s rationale for removal of six African countries from its list of focus; (c) how has the application process for CIDA funding been changed to reflect the provisions of this legislation; (d) how have program reporting mechanisms been changed to reflect the provisions of this legislation; (e) how have the provisions of this legislation been adapted as criteria for multi-lateral funding; and (f) how has the agency educated CIDA employees on the provisions of this legislation? |
| Q-3402 — June 15, 2009 — Mr. Pearson (London North Centre) — With regard to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) expenditures, what are the: (a) most recent statistical updates on International Assistance; (b) detailed breakdown of expenditures by department and unit within CIDA, for the most recent three fiscal years; (c) definitions of what precisely is counted in Official Development Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance and the International Assistance Envelope; (d) cost of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) deployments to Pakistan, in October 2005 and Sri Lanka, in 2004-2005, and specifically which part of these deployments were covered by CIDA; (e) most recent five fiscal year breakdowns of funds provided to all United Nations Agencies, directly to foreign governments (bilateral) and to non-governmental organisations (excluding the Red Cross); (f) most recent numbers for all CIDA Gender-related program expenditures; and (g) most recent five fiscal year breakdowns of all CIDA overheads (administrative costs)? |
| Q-3412 — June 15, 2009 — Mr. Pearson (London North Centre) — With regard to the Canadian International Development Agency International Humanitarian Assistance Directorate (IHA): (a) how precisely are funding decisions made within the mandate of the IHA Directorate; (b) who has the final authority on IHA funding decisions; (c) what criteria are used by the final decision-making authority when allocating IHA funding; (d) what has been done over the last two fiscal years to improve the timeliness of IHA funding; (e) what level of funding and human resources are provided to monitoring and evaluation of IHA-funded projects; (f) how has Canada progressed on its commitments to the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) initiative; and (g) what is the status of the development of a Humanitarian Assistance Framework, as committed to in Canada’s 2006 Domestic Implementation Plan for the GHD? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-402 — June 15, 2009 — Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas) — That, in the opinion of the House, rather than deploying Canadian CF-18 fighter bombers to Afghanistan, the government should support a diplomatic end to the conflict in Afghanistan, and bring Canadian troops home. |
| M-403 — June 15, 2009 — Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately join the International Renewable Energy Agency and also should devote substantial resources and expertise to the work of this agency. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-309 — May 14, 2009 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming), seconded by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), — That Bill C-309, An Act establising the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Region of Northern Ontario, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. |
| Statement by Speaker regarding Royal Recommendation — February 25, 2009 (See Debates). |
| 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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