Debates of Sept. 20th, 2010

(Return tabled)

Question No. 294

[Glenn Thibeault, NDP, Sudbury, ON]

With respect to sport funding: (a) what is the total amount of government funding for each fiscal year since 2006-2007, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated to amateur sports, specifying each department or agency, initiative and amount; and (b) what is the total amount of government funding allocated to sport injury prevention and awareness for each fiscal year since 2006-2007, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated to amateur sports, specifying each department or agency, initiative and amount?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 298

[John McKay, Liberal, Scarborough—Guildwood, ON]

With respect to Canadian extractive industry-related Official Development Assistance funding: (a) is the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) currently considering proposals from Canadian development NGOs to carry out development work in the communities directly affected by Canadian extractive companies and, if so, (i) how many proposals of this nature has CIDA received, how many are under review and how many has CIDA funded thus far, (ii) how much public money is CIDA planning to disburse to projects in relation to development programs and projects on, near, or in conjunction or cooperation with Canadian mining operations, (iii) will the government provide a full accounting of all the projects under consideration, the organizations, NGOs, etc., requesting funding and the companies with whom they will be working; (b) precisely, what will be the role played by extractive operations in development projects, how will NGOs and extractive operations collaborate and what is the nature of the relationship between CIDA, NGOs and extractive operations, both with respect to funding and operationally; (c) why is CIDA funding development projects at Canadian resource extraction sites overseas that have traditionally been paid for by Canadian extraction companies in partnership with Canadian development NGOs; (d) given frequent controversies and accusations made by people living near Canadian mining operations relating to human rights infractions, as related by the Canadian press, will the government (i) clarify that such decisions will be in compliance with the provisions set out in the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, including consistency with international human rights standards, (ii) demonstrate what specific measures are being undertaken to ensure compliance with the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act; and (e) will the government report on its funding decisions with respect to extractive operations to Parliament and, if so, when?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 299

[Claude Gravelle, NDP, Nickel Belt, ON]

With regard to FedNor project funding for 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010: (a) how many applications for funding were submitted to FedNor from the riding of Nickel Belt, and what are the details of these applications; (b) how many of the funding applications were approved, and what are the details of these applications; and (c) for each of the applications that were successful, what amount did each request and what amount did each receive?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 300

[Bruce Hyer, NDP, Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON]

What is the total amount of government funding, since fiscal year 2008-2009 up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituency of Thunder Bay—Superior North, listing each department or agency, initiative and amount, including the date the funding was allocated?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 301

[Bruce Hyer, NDP, Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON]

With respect to the purchase and provision of single-use bottled water bottles and water coolers by the government over the last fiscal year: (a) what are the total government expenditures for bottled water; (b) what amount was spent by each department or agency; (c) what were the total government expenditures for bottled water in facilities where access to safe drinking water was readily available, by department or agency; (d) with respect to the above figures, how much was spent, by departmental or agency, in the National Capital Region; (e) what was the breakdown by province for such services; (f) what is the number of government employees by province; and (g) what is the number of drinking water fountains that service these employees, by province?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 302

[Tony Martin, NDP, Sault Ste. Marie, ON]

With regard to the Reciprocal Transfer Agreement process: (a) how many federal public service pensions were actually transferred out through this process between 1996 and 2000 to former federal government employees who left voluntarily during the downsizing in the mid-1990s and formed their own companies; (b) how many of these agreements were eventually taken back by Revenue Canada based on a decision that the pensions were not registered properly or that there was a willful attempt to mislead the government; and (c) what is Treasury Board’s current process for confirmation of pension registration with Revenue Canada and what was the process prior to 2005?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 303

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

What is the total number of Employment Insurance claims received at each of the Service Canada offices in Madawaska—Restigouche, namely, in Edmundston, Saint Quentin, Campbellton and Dalhousie, between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010?

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Question No. 304

[John Rafferty, NDP, Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON]

With regard to all federal funding in the ridings of Nickel Belt and Thunder Bay—Rainy River for fiscal years 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010: (a) how many projects received funding from a department or agency over this period; (b) what projects received funding from a department or agency over this period; and (c) what was the value of the projects which received funding from a department or agency over this period?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 309

[Rob Oliphant, Liberal, Don Valley West, ON]

With respect to veterans working in the Department of Veterans Affairs: (a) how many veterans have been hired at Veterans Affairs Canada since 2005; (b) how many of these were medically-released members of the Canadian Forces hired in priority through the Public Service Commission; (c) what percentage of all hires at Veterans Affairs Canada since 2005 have been veterans, including medically-released veterans; and (d) what specific efforts are being made by the department to increase the number and percentage of veterans working within Veterans Affairs Canada?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 311

[Alexandra Mendes, Liberal, Brossard—La Prairie, QC]

With respect to penalties issued and charges laid for violations of Part XII of the Health of Animals Regulations from 2005 to present: (a) how many Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) have been recommended by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspectors across Canada for violations of the Health of Animals Regulations, and for each of these, what sections of the regulations were violated; (b) how many AMPs were issued for Part XII of the Health of Animals Regulations during this period; (c) what was the value of each individual AMP during this period; (d) how many of the AMPs issued during this time period have been paid to date; (e) how many AMPs were withdrawn; (f) how many charges were recommended by CFIA inspectors across Canada for violations of Part XII of the Health of Animals Regulations; and (g) how many prosecutions resulted in convictions?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 313

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

What is the total amount of funding the government has awarded in the riding of Acadie—Bathurst under Canada's Economic Action Plan since it was first introduced, detailing in each case the department or agency, the initiative and the amount?

(Return tabled)

Question No. 315

[Bob Rae, Liberal, Toronto Centre, ON]

With regard to the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010: (a) how much money has the government spent in matching the donations of Canadian citizens; (b) to which organizations has the money from the matching program gone; (c) how much money has been spent in each social assistance sector; and (d) how much additional money has the government spent on the reconstruction and redevelopment efforts in Haiti since the earthquake?

(Return tabled)