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Notice Paper

No. 37

Thursday, December 13, 2007

10:00 a.m.


Introduction of Government Bills

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

December 12, 2007 — Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre) — Bill entitled “An Act to prohibit the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in specified products and to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999”.

Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings)

December 12, 2007 — Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake) — That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, be concurred in.
Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Thursday, April 10, 2008, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109.

December 12, 2007 — Mrs. Skelton (Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar) — That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, be concurred in.
Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Thursday, April 10, 2008, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109.

December 12, 2007 — Mr. Harvey (Louis-Hébert) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 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.

December 12, 2007 — Mr. Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 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.

December 12, 2007 — Mr. Brown (Barrie) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Health, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, be concurred in.
Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Thursday, April 10, 2008, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109.

December 12, 2007 — Mrs. Davidson (Sarnia—Lambton) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Health, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, be concurred in.
Concurrence motion — may not be moved before either a comprehensive response has been tabled or Thursday, April 10, 2008, whichever shall come first, pursuant to Standing Order 109.

December 12, 2007 — Mr. Bélanger (Ottawa—Vanier) — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 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

Q-1632 — December 12, 2007 — Mr. St. Amand (Brant) — With regard to a water treatment facilities: (a) is the government working on providing funding for a water treatment facility for residents of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and, if so, how much will be provided; and (b) when will the government provide funding for a water treatment facility in Ohsweken and what is the concrete timeline for the implementation and distribution of this funding?
Q-1642 — December 12, 2007 — Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster) — With regard to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) working groups: (a) what are the regulatory changes, regulatory harmonization, procedural changes, and new programming initiatives proposed by each SPP working group; (b) what are the proposal and the proposals that have led, or are leading to regulatory changes, regulatory harmonization, procedural changes, and new programming initiatives, in every area covered by each working group; (c) what are the names of any and all sub-working groups along with a description of their tasks and issues to cover; (d) what is the lead country, the agency and the department responsible for each sub-working group; (e) who are the lead officials and the members for each sub-working group; (f) how many person-hours each division with responsibility for a part of the SPP has dedicated to SPP-related tasks, by year for 2005, 2006 and 2007; (g) what share, by division, do SPP-related tasks account by year for 2005, 2006 and 2007; (h) in which working group and sub-working group are copyright-related issues covered; (i) what role have the ongoing SPP negotiations in this area played in the formulation of the government’s copyright-reform legislation; (j) at which SPP meetings was Canadian copyright reform discussed, and who were the participants; (k) how much coordination is there among SPP working groups and their sub-working groups; (l) what is the nature of this coordination, for which the government has indicated it has hired several individuals in the Public Safety and Industry Departments; (m) what are the duties and responsibilities of these individuals; (n) at what level are tradeoffs among the various working groups discussed; (o) how does the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC) interact with the sub-working groups; (p) how often do NACC members interact with officials working on SPP-related projects; (q) who are the lead NACC contacts for each working group and sub-working group; (r) what are the names of the senior private sector representatives at the NACC; (s) what are the recommendations provided to the government by the NACC since its inception; (t) which stakeholders have worked and are currently working with the working groups; and (u) what were their specific recommendations?
Q-165 — December 12, 2007 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — With respect to non-posted Canada Pension Plan contributions, and the project undertaken in or around 2000, where contributions dating back to 1966 were matched to contributor accounts: (a) what was the total number of contributors who had contributions matched to their accounts; (b) what was the total number of underpayments and the dollar value of those underpayments; (c) what was the total number of frozen underpayments and the dollar value that may be owed but which has not been paid as the contributors are now deceased; (d) what is the number of contributors who are now deceased, where the estate would now qualify for a Death Benefit as a result of this project as they now have the required contributions; (e) how was the Canadian public informed that they now qualify for a benefit that they did not previously receive as a result of not meeting the contributor requirements; and (f) what is the number of valid contributions that have not yet been posted to a contributor's accounts and what is the dollar value of those contributions?
Q-166 — December 12, 2007 — Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) — With respect to Disability applications under the Canada Pension Plan for the years 2004-2006, inclusive: (a) what was the total number of applications received by the end of each respective year; (b) what were the total numbers of both granted and denied benefits on initial application; (c) what was the total number of denied clients who requested a level 81 reconsideration; (d) what were the total numbers of both granted and denied applications at the reconsideration level; (e) what was the total number of clients who appealed to level 82 (Review Tribunal); (f) what was the number of clients who were granted a benefit prior to a hearing (Review Tribunal); and (g) what were the total numbers of granted and denied applications at the level 82 (review Tribunal)?

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

Business of Supply

Government Business

Private Members' Notices of Motions

M-428 — December 12, 2007 — Mr. Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) introduce legislation prohibiting the supply to unlicensed manufacturers of raw materials and equipment used in making tobacco products; (b) revoke the licenses of manufacturers that are acting unlawfully; (c) introduce an effective package marking system know as “tracking and tracing” to closely monitor tobacco shipments; (d) work with the US federal government to shut down illegal cigarette manufacturing operations on the US side of Akwesasne; and (e) establish a minimum bond of at least five million dollars in order to obtain a federal tobacco manufacturing license.

Private Members' Business

C-484 — November 21, 2007 — Mr. Epp (Edmonton—Sherwood Park) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-484, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of an unborn child while committing an offence).

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