(Return tabled) Question No. 448 Mr. Bruce Hyer: With regard to the cruise ship industry since 2005: (a) what federal departments have provided support to the cruise ship industry across Canada, to date; (b) how much was spent on each project by each federal department, agency, board and commission in support of the cruise ship industry, to date; (c) what is the annual total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in each federal agency, board, or commission working on implementation of projects related to the cruise ship industry; (d) what specific federal programs support the development of the cruise ship industry in Canada; (e ...[+++]) what were the discharge incidents of sewage, bilge, ballast, grey water, or solid waste by cruise ships in Canadian waters, distributed by date, location, ship, and type of discharge; (f) how many charges, warnings or penalties were issued against cruise ship operators for all sewage, bilge, ballast, grey water, or other discharges in contradiction of regulations, including date, operator, location, offence and amount; (g) how much was spent by each federal agency, commission, department or organization in enforcement of regulations related to discharge of sewage, bilge, ballast, grey water, or other discharges; (h) what is the annual total number of FTEs working in each federal agency, commission, department or organization on enforcement of regulations related to discharge of sewage, bilge, grey water, or other discharges; (i) what onboard observation has been performed by each federal agency, commission, department or organization with respect to discharge of sewage, bilge, ballast, grey water, or other discharges, distributed by year and location; (j) what reports, studies, investigations, conclusions, regulatory changes, warnings, or penalties were issued or undertaken by any federal government body related to the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II’s September 2005 discharge incident off the coast of Cape Breton; (k) how muc ...

Only masters of fishing vessels who complete a logbook in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 may tranship living aquatic organisms to other vessels, or receive transhipments of such organisms from other vessels.

Tracing vehicle movements by compulsory navigation system for new lorries from 2007 and for all of them from 2009; Compulsory pre-approval and registration in an electronic data base for lorries, and road/sea containers as well as sea vessels; Mechanical ventilation; Temperature monitoring system, recording data, with an alert system for the driver; Watering facilities and water tanks; Better conditions on sea vessels (e.g. inclination of ramps, drinking equipment, approval system).

(a)all ships, including fishing vessels and recreational craft, irrespective of their flag, calling at, or operating within, a port of a Member State, with the exception of any warship, naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State and used, for the time being, only on government non-commercial service; and

(a) all ships, including fishing vessels and recreational craft, irrespective of their flag, calling at, or operating within, a port of a Member State, with the exception of any warship, naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State and used, for the time being, only on government non-commercial service; and

Cummins: With regard to the turbot fishery off Canada's east coast and NAFO allocations or quotas, (a) what percentage of this years total allowable catch (TAC) is to be caught by Canadian vessels, (b) what percentage of the Canadian allocation or quota is to be caught by Canadian vessels, (c) what percentage of the TAC is to be caught by Russian vessels, (d) what percentage of the Canadian allocation or quota (northern zone) is to be caught by Russian vessels, (e) what percentage of the TAC (northern zone) is to be caught by French vessels, (f) what percentage of the TAC (southern zone or nose and tail of the Grand Banks) is to be caugh ...[+++]t by French vessels; other European Union vessels; Japanese; Russian; Korean; or flagged vessels of other NAFO states, (g) is the French catch as provided for in the recent Canada-France agreement counted as part of the EU or Canadian allocation-if Canadian, why is it treated as part of the Canadian allocation as opposed to the EU allocation?