He of course is out of work with the downsizing and restructuring in the pulp and paper industry up north.

(Return tabled) Question No. 716 Hon. Lawrence MacAulay: With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Deficit Reduction Action Plan Track 24: Prioritization and Restructuring Habitat Management and Associated Ecosystems Management Activities: (a) what is the government’s objective with regard to this Track; (b) how many employees have been eliminated to date due to this objective and what are their positions and locations; (c) how many employees will be eliminated in total and what are their positions and locations; (d) has the government done an analysis on what effects this reduction in funding, combined with the government’s changes to the Fisheries Act and regulatory changes authorizing the deposit of deleterious substances ...[+++] will have on Canada’s marine environments and fish habitat and, if so, what are the findings of any such analysis; (e) what are the internal tracking numbers for any documents, briefing materials, or communications from provincial governments and key stakeholders regarding this Track provided to senior government officials at the level of Director General or above; (f) what is the total budget reduction of the Track in (i) 2014-2015, (ii) beyond; (g) has the government developed the regulations, policies, and tools needed to implement these changes and, if so, what are the details; (h) what is the government’s definition of a practical, common-sense approach to managing threats to Canada’s recreational, commercial, and Aboriginal fisheries and the fish habitat on which they depend; and (i) since this Track has begun to be implemented has the government had any instances of failure in its objective for no net loss to fish habitat and, if so, what are all associated details?

Stresses that we see, both in my office and in the offices of the other support services that exist in Esquimalt: tight personal financial resources; difficulties for spouses seeking employment; the cost of housing; a reduced sense of job security; constant adjustment demands due to continual reorganizations; changes and cuts to regulations and programs; reduced opportunities for career development and advancement; fewer people available to do the same amount or greater amounts of work, some of which is attributable to the changes themselves; fewer organizational supports for personal and family needs; lack of a clear sense of mission, purpose, and role; ...[+++] inadequate leadership; and the mixed message that the members' service is being valued by the government and the public, but not valuable enough to be given the people and the resources to fulfil the tasks, or the pay, benefits, and job security needed to provide for an adequate family life while they try to meet service demands.

(Return tabled) Question No. 1174 Mr. Sean Casey: With respect to staffing cuts at Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): (a) how many positions at CRA have been cut as part of the government’s plan to eliminate 19,200 jobs from the federal public service as of February 1, 2013, broken down by the (i) number of actual positions cut, (ii) number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions cut, (iii) divisions where these cuts have been made, including the total number of positions and FTEs cut from each division, (iv) locations of these cuts across the country; (b) are 3,008 FTE positions still the estimated number of cuts to be made at CRA as part of ...[+++] the plan mentioned in (a); (c) in which divisions are the 3,008 FTE positions, or revised target number, anticipated to take place; (d) are any auditors in the Aggressive International Tax Planning (AITP) division to be cut as part of the estimate in (b); (e) how many auditor positions at CRA have been cut as of February 1, 2013; (f) how many auditor positions have been cut from the AITP division as of February 1, 2013; (g) how many auditors were working in AITP before cutbacks, if any, took place; (h) how many auditors are currently working in AITP; and (i) how many auditors were working in AITP, broken down by fiscal year, for each of the past five years, including the current fiscal year?

NRAs should specify in advance the methodology they will follow for identifying the imputation test, the parameters for the margin-squeeze test and the remedial mechanisms in case of established margin-squeeze.

When there are labour strikes or cutbacks, it makes the situation all the worse for people in Quebec, Moncton, New Brunswick, or basically in any francophone community across the country.