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(Return tabled) Question No. 358 Hon. Bob Rae: With regard to internal studies and reports conducted or commissioned by the Department of Justice and Public Safety Canada that discuss the effectiveness of harsher sentences: (a) how many internal studies and reports have been conducted or commissioned by the Department of Justice since 2006 that discuss this subject; (b) how many internal studies and reports that discuss this subject had been conducted or commissioned by the Department of Justice prior to 2006; (c) what is the title and who are the authors of each internal study or report commissioned since 2006 by the Department of Jus ...[+++]tice that discuss or mention this subject; (d) by whom and for whom were each of these internal studies or reports requested; (e) what conclusions did each report conducted prior to 2006 reach about the effectiveness of harsher sentences as a deterrent to crime; (f) what conclusions has each report conducted since 2006 reached about the effectiveness of harsher sentences as a deterrent to crime; (g) did these internal reports and studies put forward alternative crime prevention solutions deemed more effective, and, if so what were they; (h) were these internal reports and studies shared with the Minister of Justice or Minister of Public Safety prior to 2006 and, if so, when and how; and (i) have these internal reports and studies been shared with the Minister of Justice or the Minister of Public Safety since 2006 and, if so, when and how?

The Commission approved the original scheme in 1994. It provides for loans to manufacturing firms at a reduced 4% rate of interest, in order to finance public contracts they have already been awarded.

The European Commission has decided to initiate proceedings against the extension of a scheme operated by the Region of Sicily to assist firms engaged on public contracts.

Commission initiates proceedings against extension of aid scheme in Sicily

- 3 - Telecommunications ------------------ The Commission has taken two decisions: - It will propose a directive to supersede the current recommendation and confirm the total opening throughout the Community of public supply contracts for terminals intended for new types of services; - It proposes for conventional terminals and transmission and switching equipment to extend the current 10% opening of public procurement to 40% by 1988 and then gradually to 100% by 1992. An effective steer from Brussels -------------------------------- The Commission will adopt a policy of actively promoting the opening up of public procurement in the Co ...[+++]mmunity and to encourage traders and industrialists to bid across the internal borders.