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

With regard to the Goods and Services Tax, what would it cost the government, on an annual basis, to add to schedule VI of the Income Tax Act, reading materials, both printed and electronic, including in audio and video form?

With regard to Registered Retirement Savings Plans, what would it cost the government, on an annual basis, to include within the deduction limit any one-time contribution to an RRSP of an amount that is paid to a taxpayer as a lump sum by his or her employer in respect of the taxpayer’s loss of an office or employment, for reasons other than by dismissal for just cause?

With regard to the Goods and Services Tax, what would it cost the government, on an annual basis, to increase the rebate for school authorities to 100% from 68%?

Specifying for each the date it was awarded, amounts payable, a description, the name of supplier and whether the contract was awarded through open competition or sole-sourced, what contracts were awarded by Old Port of Montréal Inc. to the following companies: (a) Lafleur Communications; (b) Groupaction; (c) Groupe Everest; (d) Media I.D.A. Vision Inc.; (e) Tremblay Guittet Communications; (f) Gosselin, Vickers and Benson; (g) BCA Group Ltd.; (h) Groupe Polygone; (i) EKOS; and (j) Earnscliffe?

What criteria did Old Port of Montréal Inc. use in the awarding of contracts from 1994 to 2004 and what changes, if any, were made to the criteria over that time?

By year, what was the amount paid in dividends from 1995 to 2004 by Old Port of Montréal Inc.?