Derek Lee

[Questions On The Order Paper, April 24th, 2001]

I am informed as follows:

The sum of $1,237,944.51 was paid to private lawyers and agents. In addition, the sum of $252,807.00 plus 41,269 Swiss francs was spent on disbursements including experts.

Eight lawyers with the Department of Justice worked on the file as part of their regular duties at one time or another. A number of support personnel also worked on the file as part of their duties.

The justice lawyers did not keep hourly dockets at the time. An estimate of the cost of their work on the file can be arrived at using their salary ranges at the time for their respective levels and an estimate of time spent on the file. These estimates are as follows:

One lawyer from the Department of the Solicitor General, assisted by administrative support, worked on this file as a part of a regularly assigned workload.

During the period in question, lawyers working for the Department of the Solicitor General did not keep hourly dockets as part of their regular duties. An estimated cost of the department's work on file can be arrived at by using the lawyer's salary scale in effect at the time, as well as the estimated hours spent working on the file.

The lawyer, Mr. Dubrule, was classified as an LA2B with a salary range of $76,400 to $93,200 and the time spent working on the case is as follows:

October 1996 to June 1997—40% July 1997 to December 1997—25% January 1998 to December 1998—25%

No outside legal services, agents or experts were hired by the department on this matter.

Question No. 10—

[Questions On The Order Paper, April 24th, 2001]

Madam Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 8, 10 and 11. .[Text]

Question No. 8—

[Government Response To Petitions, April 24th, 2001]

Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36 I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to six petitions.

[Questions On The Order Paper, April 23rd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

[Government Response To Petitions, April 23rd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I am also pleased to table, in both official languages, the government's response to four petitions.

[Order In Council Appointments, April 23rd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table, in both official languages, a number of order in council appointments recently made by the government.

Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 110(1) these are deemed referred to the appropriate standing committees, a list of which is attached.

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, April 6th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, April 6th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, if the answer to Question No. 4 could be made an order for return, the return would be tabled immediately.

[Starred Questions, April 6th, 2001]

The following table lays out the sources of matching funds by category. These figures apply to projects where final agreements have been concluded. This represents 470 projects for a total CFI share of $164.5 million. Many larger projects are still being brought to the final agreement form. The total project dollars, CFI plus matching, amounts to $431.9 million so the CFI share is 38.1%. All cash values are in millions of dollars as of April 2000. The most recent figures available are as follows:

[Starred Questions, April 6th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, would you be so kind as to called Starred Questions Nos. 3 and 4.

I would ask that the question and the answer to Question No. 3 be printed in Hansard as if read. .[Text]

*Question No. 3—