(Return tabled) Question No. 124 Hon. Judy Sgro: With regard to the Prime Minister’s undertaking to establish new mandatory reporting standards for Canadian extractive companies: (a) what steps has the government taken since the 39th G8 Summit to develop a comprehensive bill that would require Canadian companies to disclose any payments made to foreign governments; (b) what steps did the government take prior to the 39th G8 Summit to develop a comprehensive bill that would require Canadian companies to disclose any payments made to foreign governments; (c) does the Prime Minister’s commitment, as referred to in (a), apply exclusively t ...[+++]o Canadian extractive corporations, (i) does it apply exclusively to Canadian corporations as regards extractive operations in foreign countries, (ii) what is the scope of said commitment; (d) has the government prepared or reviewed any draft bill that proposes to implement such reporting requirements as referred to in (a) and if so, to what extent has it consulted on this issue, (i) with whom, (ii) when; (e) has the government conducted or reviewed any studies regarding the effect of mandatory reporting requirements on increasing corporate accountability and combatting corruption; (f) has the government compiled or reviewed any other evidence regarding the effect of mandatory reporting requirements on increasing corporate accountability and combatting corruption; (g) has the Department of Justice been consulted with regard to the formulation of a comprehensive reporting regime that would apply to Canadian companies; (h) has the government consulted with the Department of Justice, or sought a legal opinion from any other source, as to the constitutionality of a mandatory disclosure regime as referred to in (a); (i) has the government expressed any position, either publically or internally, as to the constitutionality of such a mandatory disclosure regime as applied to Canadian companies; (j) has the government consulted with p ...

110. Welcomes efforts to improve the documentation of alleged human rights abuses in Western Sahara, in particular through the institution of the CNDH, with offices in Laayoune and Dakhla, as recognised by the UN; notes the positive work of the CNDH and calls on the Moroccan Government to help strengthen its independence and remit, and to ensure the implementation of its recommendations; encourages, moreover, the CNDH to increase its efforts to build relationships with those Sahrawis who are hostile to Moroccan rule and to guarantee adequate follow-up to complaints; welcomes Morocco’s adoption in 2012 of three of the five UN Human Rights Council recommendations on the human rights situation in Western Sahara, and calls on it to adopt the ...[+++] remaining two; welcomes, furthermore, Moroccan invitations to ad-hoc international delegations, including the UNSR on torture, and the fact that those invitations were accepted; urges the Moroccan authorities to give authorisation for fact-finding missions to be conducted by other international organisations, such as the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the European Parliament; urges all relevant parties to continue such engagement with UN human rights bodies; supports the creation of an official MINURSO-ICRC mission in the area of Fadret Leguiaa in order to proceed with the exhumation and the restitution of remains to families, following the discovery of common graves by the investigation team of the University of the Basque Country;

At that time it was also considered necessary to provide for the possibility that when products covered by a common market organisation and imported from third countries could, under certain conditions, be brought under a customs warehousing or a free zone procedure, whereby collection of the import duties was suspended, to introduce a provision made for payment of an amount equal to the export refund as soon as Community products or goods intended for export were brought under such a procedure.

[7] Needs assessment missions considered the following sectors: health, education, water resources, agriculture, irrigation and food security, humanitarian mine action, water supply and sanitation, macro-economic policy, economic management, including public sector management, trade, price liberalisation, safety nets, investment climate and state owned enterprises, banking and finance, transport and communication, electricity, livelihoods, employment generation and reintegration, labour and social welfare, housing, including urban development and property restitution, local governance capacity building, civil society, rule of law and med ...[+++]ia.

The powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to industry and technology in Canada; trade and commerce in Canada; science in Canada; consumer affairs; corporations and corporate securities; competition and restraint of trade, including mergers and monopolies; bankruptcy and insolvency; patents, copyrights, trade-marks, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies; standards of identity, packaging and performance in ...[+++]relation to consumer products and services, except in relation to the safety of consumer goods; legal metrology; telecommunications, except in relation to the planning and coordination of telecommunication services for departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada, and broadcasting, other than in relation to spectrum management and the technical aspects of broadcasting; the development and utilization generally of communication undertakings, facilities, systems and services for Canada; investment; small businesses; and tourism'. '

Ecofin Council Direct taxation: - removal of withholding tax on interest and royalty payments, - taking into account of losses. Indirect taxation: - VAT on second-hand goods, - VAT on gold, - VAT on passenger transport. Financial services: - guarantee system for bank deposits (Common Position adopted by the Ecofin Council on 25 October), - amendment of the Directive on the listing particulars to be published for the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing, - follow-up to the BCCI affair, - amendment of the UCITS Directive, - protection of investors/securities. Agriculture Council The proposal on Co ...[+++]mmunity plant variety rights (COM(90)347; COM(93)104), which made some progress during the Danish Presidency, and a proposal on financial liability for the introduction of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (COM(89)647; COM(91)24), which needs a boost within the Council.