Debates of Sept. 20th, 2010

Question No. 272

[Anita Neville, Liberal, Winnipeg South Centre, MB]

With regard to Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Community Fund and the Women’s Partnership Fund, for the fiscal years 2007-2008 to 2009-2010: (a) which organizations or groups applied for funding under each program; (b) which organizations or groups were successful in receiving funding from each program, and what were the purposes of these successful applications; (c) which organizations or groups were not successful in receiving funding from each program, and what were the purposes of these unsuccessful applications; (d) what criteria were used to approve funding for organizations or groups and their projects; (e) how much money was granted to each organization or group and project, and how much money has each received to date; (f) which organizations or groups were recommended for funding to the Minister for Status of Women by ministry staff; (g) which organizations or groups that were recommended for funding to the Minister for Status of Women did not receive funding; (h) what criteria did the Minister for Status of Women use to decide which of the organizations or groups recommended for funding were funded and which were not; (i) was any planned funding for either program allowed to lapse and, if so, in which year, and by what amount; (j) was the regional distribution of funding considered as part of the process to determine which organizations or groups received funding and which did not; (k) was the internal capacity of organizations or groups applying for funding considered as part of the process to determine which organizations or groups received funding and which did not; (l) were first-time applicants prioritized ahead of previous funding recipients as part of the process to determine which organizations or groups received funding and which did not; (m) what percentage of successful applicants were first-time recipients of Status of Women funding, in each fiscal year; (n) did Status of Women Canada provide unsuccessful recipients with detailed information regarding deficiencies in their applications; and (o) what percentage of unsuccessful applicants fully met the funding criteria as listed on the Status of Women Canada website and other documentation?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 273

[Anita Neville, Liberal, Winnipeg South Centre, MB]

With regard to all Governor in Council appointments: (a) what criteria are used to determine the suitability of appointees; (b) have any organizations with appointed directors adopted a gender-parity policy for their boards of directors; (c) is there a government policy on gender representation on boards appointed through Order in Council; (d) has the Privy Council Office designated responsibility for monitoring gender representation on boards appointed through Order in Council; and (e) what percentage of all appointments made since February 6, 2006, were of female appointees, broken down by organization?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 274

[Anita Neville, Liberal, Winnipeg South Centre, MB]

With regard to gender-based analysis (GBA), for each department and agency: (a) was a statement of intent or policy concerning GBA put in place and, if so, what is its content; (b) was a responsibility centre established to monitor the implementation of a GBA framework and the practice of GBA; (c) were Status of Women Canada GBA guides and manuals distributed to departmental officials and analysts and other appropriate staff and, if so, which documents were distributed; (d) was mandatory GBA training given to all senior departmental officials and analysts and other appropriate staff and, if so, when; (e) have GBA frameworks been identified in and included in the departmental reports on plans and priorities and reporting on their implementation in their departmental performance reports or similar documents; (f) has yearly self-evaluation and reporting to Status of Women Canada occurred on departmental GBA practices; and (g) if any of the above (a) through (f) have not occurred, for what reason, and what steps, if any, have been taken to establish a plan for GBA implementation containing these elements?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 276

[Libby Davies, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

With respect to non-permanent residents identified by 9 series temporary Social Insurance Numbers, for each of the tax years 2004-2009: (a) how many T4s were issued to these individuals; (b) how many T1s were filed by and processed for these individuals; (c) how many of these individuals made an overpayment over the course of the tax year and failed to file a T1; (d) what was the average tax overpayment left unclaimed by these individuals who were issued a T4 but did not file a T1; (e) what was the total amount of tax overpayment left unclaimed by these individuals who were issued a T4 but did not file a T1; (f) how many of these individuals had a balance owing and failed to file a T1; (g) what was the average balance owing left unpaid by these individuals who were issued a T4 but did not file a T1; and (h) what was the total amount of balance owing left unpaid by these individuals who were issued a T4 but did not file a T1?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 277

[Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON]

With respect to chronic cerebrospinal insufficiency (CCSVI), does the government plan to have: (a) Health Canada establish that no Canadian ought to be deprived of the imaging necessary for diagnosis, or deprived of the angioplasty indicated by a diagnosis of venous insufficiency in the drainage of the brain, only by reason that that person would also have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS); (b) the Minister of Health convene her provincial and territorial counterparts to a meeting for the purpose of ensuring that no impediment will be placed in the way of diagnosis of venous insufficiency or of treatment by angioplasty on the mere ground that the patient has been diagnosed with MS; (c) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funds made available to assist in the creation of a registry by which it would be possible to collate data regarding the progress of MS patients who undergo venous angioplasty; (d) the funds released, as per the MS Society's research proposal, to allow for that research, with the help of the data collated in the registry referred to above, keeping in mind that such research should not be an impediment to patients obtaining diagnosis or the angioplasty to correct diagnosed venous insufficiency, but should proceed in parallel to any such treatment; (e) Health Canada or the CIHR investigate technology to study the vascular system in utero and, if so, (i) whether vascular or venous problems develop during this time period, (ii) what and where vascular or venous problems potentially occur, (iii) how identified problems might be treated; (f) Health Canada or the CIHR study whether pregnant women should be given vitamin D to understand the risk of children being born with, or developing, vascular problems and other conditions and, if so, determine what dosage is appropriate; (g) Health Canada or the CIHR study whether children and adolescents should be given vitamin D to reduce the risk of developing vein inflammation and venous hypertension and, if so, (i) what dosage is appropriate, (ii) what quantity is recommended for a child with a family history of CCSVI, vascular problems or MS, etc.; (h) Health Canada or the CIHR investigate whether vascular issues develop during childhood and, if so, identify methods to discover circulation problems at the earliest time possible; (i) Health Canada or CIHR study whether antioxidants, vitamin D and omega 3 reduce vein inflammation; (j) Health Canada or the CIHR determine the normal range of flow through veins, in particular the jugulars, and whether or not occluded jugulars can be treated to achieve normal flow; (k) Health Canada or the CIHR study how CCSVI potentially affects flow through the veins and possible permeability of the blood-brain barrier, and methods to reduce permeability, including mesenchymal stem cells and pharmacological agents; (l) Health Canada or the CIHR study the effects of chelators on iron uptake and release from the brain, and the potential use of iron chelators as therapeutic agents for the treatment of MS and perhaps other neurodegenerative disorders; (m) Health Canada or the CIHR investigate how the vascular system of someone with benign MS compares to that of someone with relapsing-remitting, primary progressive or secondary progressive MS; (n) Health Canada or the CIHR study whether a relationship exists between CCSVI and other neurological diseases, as well as between CCSVI and autoimmune disease; (o) funds made available to CIHR across the Institutes to bring together a conference of leading researchers in fields including CCSVI and the liberation procedure, vascular surgeons and neurologists; (p) research funds made available to design safe apparatuses to keep liberated veins open; and (q) a National Research Chair awarded in the diagnosis and treatment of venous abnormalities?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 278

[Jean-Claude D'Amours, Liberal, Madawaska—Restigouche, NB]

With respect to the funding available for Canada's Atlantic Gateway: (a) what was the total amount of money announced; (b) what is the total amount that has been used and the available balance; and (c) what projects have been approved, with the project name, date and amount approved in each case?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 283

[Mary Simon]

With respect to contracts under $10,000 granted by Status of Women Canada since January 1, 2008, what are: (a) the names of the contractors; (b) the amounts of the contracts; (c) the dates of the contracts; (d) the dates of completion; and (e) the descriptions of the services provided?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 285

[Claude Gravelle, NDP, Nickel Belt, ON]

With regard to Industry Canada’s Investment Review Division: (a) what is the total staff complement for assessing the net benefit to Canada of foreign acquisitions of Canadian companies; (b) how many positions are there and what are the job titles; (c) what were the net annual administrative costs for fiscal years 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010; (d) what are the projected administrative costs for 2010-2011; (e) what criteria are used to assess the net benefit to Canadians in a foreign takeover; (f) what criteria are used to assess the effect of a foreign takeover on the local community; and (g) under what circumstances would the Minister allow an extension to the maximum 45 days for initial review?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 288

[Lawrence MacAulay, Liberal, Cardigan, PE]

With respect to the commercial licenses allocated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in the Atlantic Region from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008: (a) for each province and region, what was the number of new commercial fishing licences registered by category; (b) who were the registered license holders and on what date did they receive their licenses; and (c) for what species are the licenses issued, by province and region?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 289

[Malcolm Allen, NDP, Welland, ON]

With regard to federal funds spent in the communities of Niagara on an annual basis dating back to 1993: (a) what is the amount, broken down by federal department, spent in the constituency of Welland annually between 2004 and 2010 inclusively; (b) what is the amount, broken down by federal department, spent in the former constituency of Erie-Lincoln annually between 1997 and 2004; and (c) what is the amount, broken down by federal department, spent in the former constituency of Erie annually between 1993 and 1997?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 290

[Megan Leslie, NDP, Halifax, NS]

What is the total amount of government funding for each fiscal year since 2007-2008, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituency of Halifax, specifying each department or agency, initiative and amount?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 292

[Glenn Thibeault, NDP, Sudbury, ON]

What is the total amount of government funding, for each fiscal year since 2007-2008, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituency of Sudbury, specifying each department or agency, initiative and amount?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 293

[Glenn Thibeault, NDP, Sudbury, ON]

What is the total amount of Economic Action Plan funding allocated for the fiscal year 2008-2009 within the constituency of Sudbury, specifying each department or agency, initiative and amount?