— the purchase or rental of special library, documentation and media library materials, including electrical, electronic and computer facilities and/or systems, as well as outside services for the acquisition, development, installation, use and maintenance of these facilities and systems,

the purchase or rental of special library, documentation and media library materials, including electrical, electronic and computer facilities and/or systems, as well as outside services for the acquisition, development, installation, use and maintenance of these facilities and systems,

Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)

Question No. 108 Mr. Peter Stoffer: What costs has the government incurred for the strategic sea and airlift involved in deploying Canadian Forces personnel and equipment to operations in Kosovo, including the air campaign, to United Nations operations in East Timor, and to Operation APOLLO and other activities in Afghanistan, specifically: (a) what were the sealift charter costs for all three operations; (b) what were the costs incurred in rental of airlift resources for the three operations; (c) what were the costs for the interception and return of equipment caused by the MV Katie’s refusal to return to Canada until payments were re ...[+++]ceived; (d) how much money was spent acquiring precision-guided munitions from Australia for the Kosovo bombing campaign in terms of transportation and what will the return costs be once the weapons are replaced; (e) how much money was spent on strategic air-to-air refuelling to deploy the CF-18 fleet to Aviano, Italy, and to return it to Canada; and (f) how do the costs of leasing or purchasing C-17 or C-130J aircraft compare to the costs of maintaining the CC-130 fleet and of renting United States Air Force, Ukrainian air force and other airlift resources?

The joint venture will combine its parents' general UK plant hire and consumables sales businesses.

Commission clears UK plant hire joint venture by Tarmac and Bovis