(Return tabled) Question No. 333 Hon. Irwin Cotler: With regard to the government’s consultations about prostitution-related offences: (a) what goals have been established for the consultations; (b) what goals have been established for the online consultation; (c) whose input did the government seek through online consultation; (d) which individuals wrote the discussion paper for the online consultation; (e) which individuals with expertise in prostitution-related offences participated in the development of the discussion paper in (d); (f) which individuals with expertise in prostitution-related offences reviewed the discussion paper in (d); (g) which individuals with legal expertise participated in the development of the discussion p ...[+++]aper in (d); (h) which individuals with legal expertise reviewed the discussion paper in (d); (i) what experts in survey methodology, research methods, or statistics participated in the development of the discussion paper in (d); (j) what experts in survey methodology, research methods, or statistics reviewed the discussion paper in (d); (k) which individuals developed the online consultation questions; (l) which individuals with expertise in prostitution-related offences participated in the development of the online consultation questions; (m) which individuals with expertise in prostitution-related offences reviewed the online consultation questions; (n) which individuals with legal expertise participated in the development of the online consultation questions; (o) which individuals with legal expertise reviewed the online consultation questions; (p) what experts in survey methodology, research methods, or statistics participated in the development of the online consultation questions; (q) what experts in survey methodology, research methods, or statistics reviewed the online consultation questions; (r) how many responses did the government receive through the online form; (s) how many responses were sent directly to ...

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) how are suicides tracke ...[+++]d for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...

- Delivery of statistics by the Member States on a regular basis and within specified deadlines, in particular statistics on R D activity in all sectors of performance and on the funding of R D activity, including government budget appropriations for R D, taking into account the regional dimension by producing whenever possible science and technology statistics based on NUTS classification,

Statistics: In order to develop the above-mentioned actions, the Commission intends to significantly improve, in close co-operation with national statistics agencies and/or the statistics departments of Research Ministries, a more reliable and comprehensive collection of statistical data and studies on the mobility of researchers, with specific reference to the gender dimension.

These reports are available from the research and statistics directorate of the Department of Justice: ``Firearm Ownership in Canada,'' 1991, by Angus Reid Group, Inc (TR1991-8a); ``Domestic Homicides Involving the Use of Firearms,'' 1992, by Dansys Consultants (WD1992-20e); ``Gun Availability and Firearms Suicide,'' 1992, by S. Moyer and P.J. Carrington (WD1993-3e); ``The Use of Firearms in Criminal Incidents in Toronto,'' September, 1994, by L. Axon & S. Moyer (WD1994-19e); ``Review of Firearms Registration,'' 1994, by T. Wade and R. Tennuci of RES Policy Research Inc (TR1994-9e); ``Research on the Application of Section 85 of the ...[+++] Criminal Code of Canada,'' 1994, by C. Meredith, B. Steinke, and S. Palmer (WD1994-20e); ``Firearm Statistics,'' October, 1994, by Kwing Hung, Department of Justice Canada.

DOSES provide for a Community contribution of 4 million ECU over a period of four years to : - promote regular consultations between the various parties concerned (national statistics institutes, universities, industry and the Community), which will make it possible to discuss, adapt, co-ordinate and evaluate the work undertaken in the field in order to optimize performance, - launch or support multinational research and development projects within the Community in promising fields such as documentation on statistical data and methods ...[+++], access to statistical information and forecasting, - provide logistic support for the selection and follow-up of certain projects of common interest and for the dissemination of the results obtained.