Questions and responses All Sessions January 17, 1994, to present

To which and to how many foreign trawlers did Canadian authorities issue citations for illegal fishing on the Grand Banks between 1992 and 2003?

With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, what was the substance of all reports generated between January and October 2003 on the amount of cod and other “moratoria species” that have been caught, or are suspected to have been caught, by foreign fleets on the Grand Banks?

What quantities of fish were caught on the Grand Banks by foreign trawlers and landed in Newfoundland and Labrador ports between October 2001 and October 2003?

Could the Minister of Finance confirm that if a Newfoundland parent of three disabled children in a family with a total income of $35,000 was to earn an extra $1,000 working overtime in 2003, the following would be lost to taxes and clawbacks: (a) $220 in federal taxes; (b) $162 in provincial tax on taxable income; (c) $50 in clawback of Goods and Services Tax credit; (d) $321 in clawback of National Child Benefit and Child Disability Benefit; (e) $50 in clawback Canada Child Tax Benefit; (f) $15 in Employment Insurance net of federal and provincial tax credit; (g) $36 in Canada Pension Plan net of federal and provincial tax credit; and (h) the total of the above being $854, which equals to an effective marginal tax rate of 85.4 per cent of the additional amount earned?

Could the Minister of Finance confirm that if a Manitoba parent of three disabled children in a family with a total income of $35,000 was to earn an extra $1,000 working overtime in 2003, the following would be lost to taxes and clawbacks: (a) $220 in federal taxes; (b) $149 in provincial tax on taxable income; (c) $10 in clawback of Manitoba family tax reduction; (d) $50 in clawback of Goods and Services Tax credit; (e) $321 in clawback of National Child Benefit and Child Disability Benefit; (f) $50 in clawback Canada Child Tax Benefit; (g) $15 in Employment Insurance net of federal and provincial tax credit; (h) $36 in Canada Pension Plan net of federal and provincial tax credit; and (i) the total of the above being $851 which equals to an effective marginal tax rate of 85.1 per cent of the additional amount earned?

Regarding Fort Townsend in St. John's, Newfoundland: (a) has the Government of Canada made any representations to the Government of Newfoundland regarding the preservation of the archeological integrity of Fort Townsend; and (b) does the Government of Canada support the destruction of the Fort Townsend ruins?