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Notice PaperNo. 114 Thursday, December 9, 2010 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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| December 8, 2010 — Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Currency Act (levy on financial transactions)”. |
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| December 8, 2010 — Ms. Duncan (Etobicoke North) — Bill entitled “An Act respecting a Comprehensive National Strategy for Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemic Disorders”. |
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| December 8, 2010 — Ms. Duncan (Etobicoke North) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Public Health Agency of Canada Act (National Alzheimer Office)”. |
Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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Questions |
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| Q-6202 — December 8, 2010 — Mr. Allen (Welland) — With regard to government advertising from January 1, 2006 to November 30, 2010, on an annual basis: (a) how much was spent on advertising by each department, crown corporation, foundation, agency, board and commission, broken down by type of media (television, radio, newspaper, magazine, online non-governmental websites, search engine results pages, social network advertising, email marketing, video game, direct marketing, billboard, mobile display advertising, street furniture, cinema, outside wraps of public transportation, in-flight advertisements and other); (b) what companies received contracts to complete this advertising work in each department, crown corporation, foundation, agency, board and commission, broken down by type of media as identified in (a); (c) how much was spent by each department, crown corporation, foundation, agency, board and commission in each province and territory; and (d) how much was spent, broken down by country, by each department, crown corporation, foundation, agency, board and commission in international media? |
| Q-6212 — December 8, 2010 — Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) — With respect to the office of the Prime Minister and the offices of all Cabinet Ministers on December 1, 2010: (a) how many exempt staff were employed in each office; (b) how many departmental staff were employed in each office; and (c) how many exempt staff did each office employ whose annual salary exceeds the maximum limit defined in section 3.3 of the Treasury Board's Policies and Guidelines for Ministers' Offices? |
| Q-6222 — December 8, 2010 — Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) — With respect to Minister's Regional Offices (MRO): (a) what was the total funding for each MRO in (i) 2006-2007, (ii) 2007-2008, (iii) 2008-2009, (iv) 2009-2010; (b) what amount is currently budgeted for each MRO in 2010-2011; (c) how many staff were employed by each MRO in (i) 2006-2007, (ii) 2007-2008, (iii) 2008-2009, (iv) 2009-2010; and (d) how many staff were employed in each MRO on December 10, 2010? |
| Q-6232 — December 8, 2010 — Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) — With respect to relief efforts since the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010: (a) what are all the programs and actions announced after the earthquake that were presented as relief for Haitians in the wake of the earthquake; (b) what are all governmental announcement and communications products pertaining to each of the programs and actions identified in part (a), detailing (i) who was present at the announcement, (ii) where it took place or was distributed, (iii) what were the desired headlines, key messages, media lines and desired sound bites described in the message event proposaIs relative to those announcements or communications products, (iv) the itemized and total cost of each of those products or announcements, including but not limited to printing costs, costs of transporting staff and ministers, costs of renting the announcement venue, estimated value of public servants' work dedicated to the announcement or product, etc; (c) as of December 13, 2010, for each program or action identified in part (a), what was (i) the amount of money committed, (ii) the amount of money disbursed, (iii) the amount of money committed that was not taken out of an existing governmental program (i.e. the amount of 'new money'); (d) for each program or action identified in part (a), was it ever (i) announced or (ii) planned before the earthquake, and if so, what are the details of the announcement or the planning process (i.e. when, where, by whom); and (e) when possible, for previous parts of this question, what is a summation of dollar values across (i) all programs, (ii) actions, (iii) announcements, (iv) communications products? |
| Q-6242 — December 8, 2010 — Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) — With respect to Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) requests as of December 13, 2010: (a) what are all access to information requests addressed to the government that have not met the ATIP timeframe and that are currently awaiting a response; (b) what are the reasons for the government being unable to comply with each of the requests identified in part (a); (c) on what date was each request identified in part (a) received by the government; (d) what is the estimation of when each request identified in part (a) can be expected to be met; (e) what is the name and contact information of the individual who made each of the requests identified in part (a), (if this is impossible for privacy reasons, then identify each individual with an individual-specific number); and (f) for each individual identified in (e), are they known to be affiliated with (i) a political party, (ii) an NGO, (iii) a media organization? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Supplementary Estimates (B) |
| UNOPPOSED VOTES |
| December 6, 2010 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, 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 |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-607 — December 8, 2010 — Ms. Murray (Vancouver Quadra) — That the House urge the government to: (a) explore requiring Canadian industries that manufacture products that contain tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold, and companies selling products containing one or more of these minerals in Canada’s markets, to ensure transparency in their supply chains for these minerals to determine whether or not their products contain conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), by (i) tracing back through their supply chains and submiting an annual report to the appropriate governmental body to determine the source of these minerals and, if the source is found to be in the DRC or an adjoining country, provide additional reporting that determines the mine of origin for such minerals and a description of the measures taken to exercise due diligence on the source and supply chain of such minerals to ensure that the purchase of such minerals did not benefit armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country, (ii) obtaining an independent private sector audit of this reporting to provide independent verification; (b) explore charging an independent monitoring body with a mandate to certify products that have been determined to be “DRC conflict-free” and encourage that all products containing tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold that have been found to be “DRC conflict-free” include a label indicating such, in order for consumers to know at the point of purchase which products are certifiably not fueling armed conflict in the DRC. |
| M-608 — December 8, 2010 — Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina) — That, in the opinion of the House, the rail expansion in the Georgetown South Rail corridor, including the air-rail link, be electrified from the outset, that electrification of the rail line be a condition for federal funding, and that there be no further expenditure on diesel technology. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-509 — October 28, 2010 — Mr. Tweed (Brandon—Souris) — Consideration at report stage of Bill C-509, An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (library materials), as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with amendments. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Mr. Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) — May 26, 2010 |
| Mr. Trost (Saskatoon—Humboldt) — May 27, 2010 |
| Committee Report — presented on Thursday, October 28, 2010, Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-116. |
| Report and third reading stages — limited to 2 sitting days, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
| Motion for third reading — may be made in the same sitting, pursuant to Standing Order 98(2). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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