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(Return tabled) Question No. 217 Mr. Fin Donnelly: With respect to budget cuts at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): (a) which specific directorates and programs are affected and what was the process followed to determine whether or not to make cuts to a specific directorate and program; (b) what, if any, DFO scientists were consulted regarding the considered cuts; (c) what scientists outside of DFO were consulted; (d) for each directorate and program specified in (a), what is the number of current full-time, part-time and contract scientific position ...[+++]s; (e) for each directorate and program specified in (a), what is the number of full-time, part-time and contract scientists who have been given “workforce adjustment” letters; (f) for each directorate and program specified in (a), what is the number of full-time, part-time and contract scientists who are going to be moved out of their current “job functions”; (g) what are all programs run by a single scientist who has been given a “workforce adjustment” letter, and, for each program identified, what, if any, steps have been taken to make sure that the program continues; (h) what process will be followed to place scientists in appropriate research areas; and (i) has the government taken steps to limit the effects of the cuts on scientists whose high level of specialization in a particular field may make finding an appropriate replacement position impossible?

B. whereas the level of concentration of very large retailers in the European Union is adversely affecting producers and other suppliers, because it is resulting in growing imbalances of power between contracting parties; whereas agricultural producers and processors are suffering a progressive loss of bargaining power vis-à-vis price levels along the value chain - from primary production, through processing to the final consumer; whereas excessive concentration is leading to a decline in product diversity, cultural heritage, retai ...[+++]l outlets, jobs and livelihoods;

B. whereas the level of concentration of very large retailers in the European Union is adversely affecting producers and other suppliers, because it is resulting in growing imbalances of power between contracting parties; whereas agricultural producers and processors are suffering a progressive loss of bargaining power vis-à-vis price levels along the value chain - from primary production, through processing to the final consumer; whereas excessive concentration is leading to a decline in product diversity, cultural heritage, retail ...[+++] outlets, jobs and livelihoods;

(Return tabled) Question No. 159 Mr. Sean Casey: With respect to the considered cuts to Environment Canada: (a) which specific departments and programs are affected, and what was the process taken to determine whether or not to make cuts to a specific department and program, (i) what, if any, Environment Canada Research Scientists were consulted regarding the considered cuts, (ii) what scientists outside of Environment Canada were consulted, (iii) for each department and program specified in (a), what is the number of current full-time, part-time, and contract scientifi ...[+++]c positions, (iv) the number of full-time, part-time, and contract scientists who have been given “workforce adjustment” letters, (v) the number of full-time, part-time, and contract scientists who are going to be moved out of their current “job function”, (vi) what, if any, consideration has been given to shutting-down the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN), and, if so, has the United States been consulted, as Canada has commitments under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, (vii) specify all programs run by a single scientist who has been given a “workforce adjustment” letter, and for each program identified, what, if any, concern was expressed regarding the ability of the program to continue, (viii) the process that will be taken to place scientists in appropriate research areas, (ix) what, if any, consideration has been given to the fact that many scientists are highly trained in very specialized fields, and that an appropriate replacement position may not be possible; (b) specify all national and international environmental commitments to which Canada is subject, including, but not limited to the Global Climate Observing System, the World Meteorological Organization/United Nations Environment Programme Scientific Assessments of Ozone Depletion, which are mandated by the Montreal Protocol to occur at least every four years, and hosting the World Ozone and UV Data Centre, (i) wha ...

19. Underlines, in particular, the fact that a change in procurement practices should seek to simplify procurement rules, make them more flexible and minimise the requirements companies must meet to take part in procurement procedures, so as to facilitate economically and socially innovative public procurement with a view to promoting innovation and creating better job opportunities; stresses that, under existing EU procurement legislation, suitable instruments for that purpose are already available (performance requirements and the principle of Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)), calls on the Commission to keep up the pressure for instruments of this kind, such as total life-cycle cost appraisal, to be used and to look into add ...[+++]itional possible means of promoting social innovation; stresses that the importance of social and ecological criteria in the procurement process must be considerably enhanced and that the ‘lowest price’ criterion must play a subordinate role in the contract award procedure;

I would therefore ask the Commission whether it has investigated possible fraudulent activity in the privatisation of Babcock Wilcox Española, SA, and whether, instead of authorising the novation of the contract for its shares to be traded for the benefit of companies of questionable solvency, it should not oblige SEPI to take back this company’s shares so as to begin all over again with a fresh privatisation process which would adequately guarantee the company’s continuity and its workers’ jobs?