(Return tabled) Question No. 1187 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With regard to First Nations policing: (a) which First Nations policing agreements will expire on March 31, 2013 or March 31, 2014, broken down by (i) community, (ii) type of agreement, (iii) population served by the agreement, (iv) number of officers funded by the agreement; (b) of these agreements that will expire on March 31, 2013 or March 31, 2014, which ones does the government plan to renew and what are the terms for each renewed agreement; (c) are any existing agreements being extended on a short-term basis only and, if so, why; (d) of those First Nations and Inuit communities with policing agreements in place, which ones have been consulted ...[+++] in the last 28 months about the status of their agreement, (i) where did these consultations take place, (ii) when were they held, (iii) with whom, (iv) if no such consultations were held, why not and are there currently plans to hold consultations with First Nations and Inuit communities about the status of their agreement; (e) why are most First Nation Police Services operating on short term agreements or on one or two year extensions; (f) does the government have plans to replace year-to-year agreements with longer term agreements of a five year duration or more; (g) why does the government approve extensions and funding for many First Nations Police Service agreements a short time before they expire; (h) does the government have plans to expand this program to additional First Nations and Inuit communities currently without a policing service agreement, (i) if so, which communities, (ii) if not, why not; (i) will federal funding levels for the First Nations Policing Program change overall after March 31, 2013 and if so, by how much, broken down by agreement; (j) how many communities served by a policing agreement have Community Consultative Groups in place and which communities are they, broken down by community; (k) for those communities without Commun ...

Mr. James Rajotte: Lastly, in terms of the consulting services division, obviously you've identified the need for financing and filling the gaps with playing a complementary role to the other financial instructions, but in terms of the consulting services, could you explain why it is that BDC has a consulting services division and why the private sector itself is not filling the market for this?

YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185 (See list under Division No. 206) The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 11 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia–Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), — That Bill C–23, in Clause 44, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 7 on page 29 with the following: “(i) prescribing the fees that may be charged for the provision, by the Commission, of information, products and services, following consultation with any parties who have notified the Commission in writing of their des ...[+++]ire to be consulted in this matter; ” The question was put on Motion No. 11 and it was negatived on the following division: