Question No. 219 Mr. Bill Casey: With respect to the use of Canada’s Victoria Class submarines: (a) did the HMCS Corner Brook stop for critical repairs at a United States Navy (USN) facility located along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in 2008 and, if so, (i) what was the USN facility, (ii) what specific repairs or upgrades, besides the repair to battery ventilation fans, were carried out on this specific submarine; (b) how many tons per day of diesel fuel is consumed by HMCS Corner Brook and other Victoria-class submarines at normal cruising speeds; (c) what is the cost to the Canadian Navy, per ton or per litre, for diesel ...[+++] fuel for Victoria-class submarines; and (d) what is the total fuel capacity of a Victoria-class submarine, in tons or litres?

As has been discussed earlier today, on November 19, during a safety inspection by on-site staff and staff from Ottawa, it was discovered that a significant safety upgrade to the reactor had not been carried out; specifically, the connection of the emergency power supply that you have heard about today to ensure emergency backup to the other system upgrades.

35. DECIDES to review, at its meeting in November 2002, the preliminary work done in other Councils on the implementation of the external dimension of the EU strategy on sustainable development as well as of the follow-up to Johannesburg, and of the commitments made at the Financing for Development Conference, with a view to initiating the development of an implementation plan setting out the actions to be undertaken by Councils in all relevant settings;

This means that the creation of development policies at national level and upgrading their administrations are of crucial importance.

Vote 5 represents our capital expenditures, so major refits and construction projects, which represents $313 million, a decrease of $14 million from last fiscal year.

To be clear, once the joint parliamentary data network is finally cut over to the new network core, all Senate network infrastructure components must be upgraded and operational.