Questions and responses All Sessions January 17, 1994, to present

With regard to the Southern Chiefs Organization in Manitoba, how much and what type of funding has the government provided, for each fiscal year since the organization's inception?

How much money has the government transferred to the Métis Nation of Ontario each fiscal year for the period 1994-2003?

For the fiscal year 2002-2003, what is the detailed breakdown of the government funds allocated to the Indian Taxation Advisory Board?

How much money has the government transferred to the Métis Nation of Ontario each fiscal year for the period 1994-2003?

For the fiscal year 2002-03, what is the detailed breakdown of the government funds allocated to the Indian Taxation Advisory Board?

What was the total amount of money transferred to the Assembly of First Nations by the government, broken down by fiscal year from 1994-2003, and, without limiting the generality of “total amount”, what was the total amount in each fiscal year broken down by core funding, contracts, special funding, special advocacy issues, travel if distinct from core funding, salaries if distinct from core funding, and any other funding category usually distinguished by the government?

From 1994 to the end of 2002: (a) what is the total number of Export Development Canada (EDC) loans that have been placed in the category of “allowance for losses on loans, loan commitments and guarantees”, or otherwise written off on an annual basis and later collected; and (b) what amount of money has been recovered for these written off loans by year?

Concerning Canada-Iraq trade, what is, on an annual basis, the value of trade between Canada and Iraq for the past 20 years with a breakdown by imports/exports and type of merchandise?

In the last five years, what lobbyists have approached the government in connection with the removing trade sanctions with Iraq?

In the last five years, what is the breakdown of Canada-Iraq trade; specifically, what Canadian companies have done and are doing business with the Iraqi government?

How many government departments have access to the firearms registry and what level of personnel within the departments are allowed this direct access or are allowed to request specific information as to whether or not individuals have ownership of firearms listed on the registry?

Of the approximately 600,000 "possession-only" firearms licences issued without the mandatory background checks, in order to expedite the process, how many have now had the background checks completed as of May 31, 2001?

How much money has been spent on the software program known as "The Firearm Reference Table", first to implement it and later to correct its flaws and re-implement it?

What have been the total costs since 1995 for the project to replace the old foghorn at the Cape Mudge light-station, in British Columbia, with an electronic foghorn, including: (a) the cost of the solar unit, batteries and horns; (b) the cost to repair or replace original components or failures; (c) the cost of maintenance; and (d) the cost of technician transportation and labour?

With respect to federally-built veterans' housing in the greater Vancouver area since 1985: (a) how much money has the government spent repairing water related damage; and (b) what was the original cost of each such housing project or unit so repaired?

How much was paid by the government to defend itself in the Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney's lawsuit over the Airbus affair, including payments to private lawyers and agents retained by the government and the estimated salary and expenses of lawyers and other staff employed by the government, based on the hours they devoted to the file and their hourly rate of pay?