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Notice Paper

No. 105

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

2:00 p.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

June 3, 2008 — Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages)”.

June 3, 2008 — Ms. Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) — Bill entitled “An Act to amend the Tobacco Act (cigarillos, cigars and pipe tobacco)”.

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

June 3, 2008 — Mr. Coderre (Bourassa) — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, presented on Monday, June 2, 2008, 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.

June 3, 2008 — Mrs. DeBellefeuille (Beauharnois—Salaberry) — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, presented on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 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.

June 3, 2008 — Ms. Bell (Vancouver Island North) — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, presented on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 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.

June 3, 2008 — Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre) — That the report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner on an inquiry in relation to the Honourable Member for West Nova, presented on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, be concurred in.

Questions

Q-2802 — June 3, 2008 — Mr. Malhi (Bramalea—Gore—Malton) — With respect to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, what has been the total departmental spending on citizenship courts, divided by line item, for each of the last ten fiscal years: (a) nationally; (b) in each province and territory; and (c) in each of Mississauga, Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario, Québec City and Montréal, Quebec, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta and Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia?
Q-2812 — June 3, 2008 — Mr. Savage (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour) — With regard to the Canada Student Loans Program, for each year for the 5 fiscal years starting with 2002-2003, up to and including 2006-2007: (a) what were the total number of direct loan borrowers in repayment status; (b) what was the total amount of interest revenue generated by those direct loan borrowers; (c) what were the total administrative costs for the program; (d) how many direct loans were written off; and (e) what was the total dollar value of those written off direct loans?
Q-2822 — June 3, 2008 — Mr. Savage (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour) — With regard to the Canada Student Loans Program, for each year that the debt reduction and interest relief programs have been operating: (a) how many students have applied for assistance under each program; (b) how many of those applications have been approved; (c) from the applications that were denied, how many applications have been appealed, and how many of these appeals have subsequently been approved; (d) what are the three most common reasons for the decline of a debt reduction or interest relief application or for an appeal; and (e) how many students who have been previously declined for debt reduction or interest relief reapply at a later date?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Opposition Motions
June 3, 2008 — Mr. Dosanjh (Vancouver South) — That, in the opinion of this House, it is necessary to reassure Canadians about national security and, to that end, the government should launch a professional, independent inquiry at arm’s length from the government, to examine the events and circumstances that resulted in the resignation of the former Foreign Affairs Minister, the Honourable Member for Beauce, including what security checks were made at any time in respect of the ex-Minister or any other person with whom he was associated; the nature of all documents, including classified documents, which went missing between April 3rd and May 25th, 2008; the inquiries, if any, made by the government about their whereabouts; the manner in which they were retrieved and by whom; the persons who were aware that such documents were either missing or had been retrieved, and the exact time at which they became aware of either; the flow of events between the retrieval of the documents and the resignation of the ex-Minister, including who had knowledge of this matter, and when the Prime Minister was first advised.

June 3, 2008 — Ms. Fry (Vancouver Centre) — That this House urge the government to join the competent scientific specialists, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Police Department and the Supreme Court of British Columbia in supporting the continuation of the INSITE project in Vancouver.

June 3, 2008 — Mr. Lee (Scarborough—Rouge River) — That this House reaffirm all of its well-established privileges and immunities, especially with regard to freedom of speech;
that, in order to clarify and assure those privileges, Section 3(3) of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, which is Appendix I to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, is amended by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b):
“(b.1) consists of being a party to a legal action relating to actions of the Member as a Member of Parliament; or”;
that, pursuant to section 28(13) of the Conflict of Interest Code, the House refer the Thibault Inquiry Report back to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner for reconsideration in the light of the amendment to the Code; and
that the House affirm its confidence in the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

June 3, 2008 — Mr. McGuinty (Ottawa South) — That this House congratulate the Premiers and governments of the provinces for being ready and willing to fill the vacuum left by the federal government in providing leadership for Canadians in addressing the climate change crisis.

June 3, 2008 — Mr. Rae (Toronto Centre) — That this House take note of the unwillingness of the government to defend the rights of some Canadian citizens who find themselves in legal difficulties in foreign countries and, in the opinion of this House, the accumulating indications of unfairness and a lack of due process in the proceedings by the United States military against Omar Khadr, including the recent removal of the presiding judge in this case, provide compelling grounds for Canada to seek the immediate repatriation of Omar Khadr to face justice in Canada, especially since he was a child at the time of the offences he is alleged to have committed, which is a factor not being considered by the U.S. military commission, and he is now the only citizen of any western country still incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay.
Main Estimates
OPPOSED VOTES
No. 1 — June 3, 2008 — The President of the Treasury Board — That Vote 1, in the amount of $58,467,000, under PARLIAMENT — The Senate — Program expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, be concurred in.
June 3, 2008 — Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay) — Notice of opposition to Vote 1, in the amount of $58,467,000, under PARLIAMENT — The Senate — Program expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.
Voting — not later than 7:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
UNOPPOSED VOTES
June 3, 2008 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, except any Vote disposed of earlier today and less the amounts voted in Interim Supply, be concurred in.
Voting — not later than 7:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
Supplementary Estimates (A)
UNOPPOSED VOTES
June 3, 2008 — The President of the Treasury Board — That the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, be concurred in.
Voting — not later than 7:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, June 3, 2008.

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

Private Members' Business

M-465 — April 17, 2008 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Mr. Byrne (Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte), seconded by Mr. Volpe (Eglinton—Lawrence), — That the House call upon the government to bring forward an airline passenger bill of rights similar in scope and effect to legal instruments being either proposed or enacted by jurisdictions within Europe and the United States for the purpose of protecting passenger interests in a consistent and rules-based way and to provide a means of ensuring adequate compensation being offered by the airline industry to airline passengers who experience inconveniences such as flight interruptions, delays, cancellations, issues with checked baggage and other inconveniences incurred while travelling on commercial passenger airline services originating from anywhere in Canada.
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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