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Notice PaperNo. 36 Monday, March 30, 2009 11:00 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-1022 — March 27, 2009 — Mr. Harris (St. John's East) — With respect to the death of Canadian Forces member MCpl. Joshua Roberts: (a) what information did the government possess that informed Lt Gen. Leslie’s initial explanation to MCpl. Roberts’ family at the repatriation ceremony that MCpl. Roberts was killed by gunfire from Afghans contracted by Compass Security; (b) what information did the government uncover subsequent to Lt Gen. Leslie’s explanation which resulted in the conclusion reached by the National Investigation Service (NIS) that MCpl. Roberts was killed by insurgent gunfire; (c) what information does the government possess that is sufficient to dismiss the statements by Afghans working for Compass Security that they fired their weapons during the firefight in which MCpl. Roberts was killed; (d) what information does the government possess that is sufficient to dismiss the statements made by Canadian and U.S. soldiers present at a roadblock a short distance away from the firefight that indicated they believed it was Compass Security personnel who fired on MCpl. Roberts’ unit; (e) how can the government consider the investigation to be closed and Compass Security completely exonerated when the forensic examination from the bullet that killed MCpl. Roberts was inconclusive; (f) what information does the government possess to explain how the bullet that killed MCpl. Roberts fell out of his body during transit; (g) as the medical officer who wrote the initial report into MCpl. Roberts death concluded that the direction of the bullet that killed MCpl. Roberts could not be determined, what information does the government possess that informed the conclusion in the NIS report that the bullet was fired from an insurgent position; (h) as the NIS report notes that Canadian soldiers came under fire from friendly call signs during the firefight in which MCpl. Roberts was killed, what information does the government possess which definitively rules out any role for friendly fire in causing the death of MCpl. Roberts; (i) why was the video footage from the helmet cameras of soldiers present during the death of MCpl. Roberts ordered erased before it could be analyzed as part of an investigation; (j) why was the family of MCpl. Roberts repeatedly told that they had to realize that an election was going on in response to their repeated requests for the release of information related to the death of MCpl. Roberts; and (k) is it the policy of the government to require families of Canadian soldiers killed in action to go through access to information mechanisms to obtain the official documentation, such as NIS reports or autopsy reports, into the death of their relative? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| Opposition Motions |
| March 27, 2009 — Mr. Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier) — That this House recognizes the indispensible role of CBC–Radio Canada in providing national, regional, and local programming including news coverage and services to linguistic minorities throughout Canada, and therefore regrets the financial hardship and substantial lay-offs that CBC–Radio Canada currently faces; and urges the Government to provide CBC–Radio Canada with the bridge financing it requires to maintain 2008 staffing and service levels. |
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| March 27, 2009 — Ms. Bennett (St. Paul's) — That this House recognizes that Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is completely preventable, causes tragic implications for the victims and their families, and costs millions of dollars to address through the healthcare, social services, and justice systems; and therefore urges the government to immediately restore the programming reduced by the current government, and commit to appropriate, stable, and predictable funding to realize the goal of reducing the incidence of this tragic and preventable disease. |
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| March 27, 2009 — Mr. Russell (Labrador) — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should withdraw its opposition to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case brought against it by the First Nations Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations concerning the failure to properly fund on-reserve child welfare systems; and calls upon the government to implement the recommendations of both the Auditor General and the House Standing Committee on Public Accounts to address the significant gaps in child welfare services to Canadians living on First Nations reserves. |
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| March 27, 2009 — Mr. Holland (Ajax—Pickering) — That, in the opinion of this House, the government has failed to implement key recommendations of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in its report of June 2008 on the use of Conducted Energy Weapons, and that the government should act immediately to reform RCMP policy with regard to the use of these devices. |
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| March 27, 2009 — Mr. McTeague (Pickering—Scarborough East) — That this House expresses its concern about the inaccuracy of spending information provided by the government to Parliament and Canadians; that this concern reflects the fact that $7.6 billion in funds appropriated for government programming in 2007-08 in fact lapsed, representing about 9 percent of all appropriations for that year and the highest lapse rate in recent memory; and that this amount accounts for 80 percent of the federal surplus for 2007-08; and taking note of the government’s claim in its 2009 budget that “…steps have been taken to better align planned and actual departmental spending so that the spending information provided to Parliament and Canadians will be more accurate…”, this House calls upon the government to table in the House, within 60 days, the total amount of appropriated funds it let lapse at the end of the 2008-09 fiscal year. |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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| M-346 — March 27, 2009 — Ms. Foote (Random—Burin—St. George's) — That, in the opinion of the House, it is imperative the government move expeditiously to allocate the necessary resources to put in place a full-time dedicated helicopter fully equipped to search and rescue standards at the airport nearest to offshore oil activity and that it be available on a 24-hour basis with a crew trained in all aspects of search and rescue. |
Private Members' Business |
| C-288 — February 5, 2009 — Ms. Deschamps (Laurentides—Labelle) — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Finance of Bill C-288, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit for new graduates working in designated regions). |
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