Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Solberg (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "The National Child Benefit — Progress Report 2004". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-392-15.

— Nos. 392-0234, 392-0244, 392-0280 and 392-0293 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-19-05;

— No. 392-0274 concerning nuclear weapons. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-36-03.

— by Mr. Warawa (Langley), one concerning health care services (No. 392-0331);

— by Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor), one concerning federal-provincial agreements (No. 392-0332) and one concerning the Department of National Defence (No. 392-0333);

— by Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), two concerning prosperity partnership (Nos. 392-0334 and 392-0335);

— by Mr. Silva (Davenport), one concerning immigration (No. 392-0336) and one concerning Afghanistan (No. 392-0337);

— by Mr. Turner (Halton), one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0338).

Q-64 — Mr. Cummins (Delta—Richmond East) — With regard to the fishing organizations or groups of fishing licence holders who, excluding fees for commercial fishing licenses as set under the regulation, provide monies, fish quotas or allocations to fund Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) activities on an annual basis for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007: (a) in each year, what fishing organizations or groups of license holders have paid for science, DFO administration, enforcement or other departmental activities by an allocation of quota from their fishery; (b) in each year, what fishing organizations or groups of license holders paid for science, DFO administration, enforcement or other departmental activities by way of a cash contribution to the department or its contractor; (c) in each year, what is the total value by fishing organization or groups of license holders of the cash contributions or quota allocations aforementioned; (d) what science, administration, enforcement or other departmental activities carried out in 2005 and 2006 and not paid directly from the department’s ‘A’ base budget will be undertaken and paid for by an allocation from the department’s ‘A’ base budget for 2007; (e) how much did each fishing organization or groups of license holders pay DFO, by way of an allocation of quota or cash contribution, for activities such as science, administration, enforcement or other departmental activities for 2005 and 2006; (f) which fishing organizations or groups of license holders has the department agreed to reimburse wholly or in part for their cash contribution or quota allocations to cover the department’s science administration, enforcement costs or other activities from previous years, indicate how much or what portion of what was collected by year will be returned to the fishing organization or groups of licence holders; (g) did the department indicate that it would need to curtail fishing opportunities unless fishermen agreed to contribute money or fishing quota to fund departmental activities and, if so, what are the nature of the fishing opportunities at issue and the fishermen or fishing organization involved; (h) were the amounts raised from fishermen and their organizations reported and accounted for in the department’s spending estimates submitted to Parliament in each of these years, if so, indicate where and in what manner and form, and, if not, why; and (i) has the Auditor General ever reported on or advised the department on its method of collecting funds from fishermen or their organizations or with respect to the use of fish quotas or allocations to fund departmental activities, if so, when and what actions were taken to implement the Auditor General’s advice? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-64.

Q-160 — Mr. Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) — With respect to Old Age Security, what are the government's policies and procedures concerning the case of a person born in Canada with no government records available to support the birth, in terms of recognizing that birth to approve pension payments and the recognition of residency for a person who was born in Canada and has lived in Canada their entire life but there are no records available? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-160.