Mr. Jim Edwards (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons):

Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 348, 363, 370, 392, 394, 397 and 399.

Since 1985 to the present, with respect to the Department of Supply and Services (a) how many contracts through the department in excess of $100,000 have been awarded as sole source (b) how many contracts in total were awarded from the department and what was the total dollar value per year?

Hon. Paul Wyatt Dick (Minister of Supply and Services):

(a) With respect to contracts in excess of $100,000 which have been sole sourced, 18,238 contracts were awarded through Supply and Services Canada (SSC) since 1985.

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The award of a contract on a sole source basis is permitted only where the following conditions are met: (1) in the absence of bids in response to a competitive bid sollicitation; (2)* when, for works of art or for reasons connected with protection of exclusive rights, such as patents or copyrights; (3) insofar as is strictly necessary when, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by unforeseeable events; (4)* for additional deliveries by the original supplier; and (5) the procurement of prototypes or a first product which are developed in the course of, and for, a particular contract for research, experiment, study or original development.

* For each GATT and free trade procurement meeting single tendering conditions (2) or (4), an advance contract award notice (ACAN) must be prepared by the appropriate directorate.

Any determination that these conditions have been met must be fully substantiated at the procurement planning stage. The substantiation is required for contract approval purposes and must be explained in or attached to the approval document.

(b) The following lists the total number and dollar value of contracts awarded:

Fiscal Year Number of Contracts Dollar Value ($M)1985/86 311,847 6,7061986/87 294,669 8,7511987/88 287,647 10,3511988/89 283,754 7,4291989/90 287,099 8,4951990/91 243,261 8,6991991/92 188,136 9,7871992/93 (in progress) 27,569 1,296

The SSC statistical data base is designed only to reflect levels of contracting activity, the signing and recording of contract documents. Extreme caution should be used in attempting to ascribe precision or authority to this data for any other purpose.

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With respect to the undertaking of certain functions by Canada Post Corporation from Revenue Canada Customs on July 1, 1992 in relation to postal imports (a) what is the amount of compensation to be received by Canada Post (b) how much revenue does Canada Post estimate to generate on an annual basis?

Hon. Harvie Andre (Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons):

(a) The

government has asked Canada Post Corporation to take over some of the data entry, material handling and revenue collection functions associated with the clearance and collection of duties and taxes on postal imports. Canada Post Corporation's agreement with Revenue Canada Customs and Excise for the provision of these services is similar to agreements that Canada Post Corporation has with other customers. A handling fee of $5 for each parcel subject to duty or taxes or both was introduced on the importer to cover some of the costs incurred by Canada Post in providing these services. This cost recovery fee is similar to that charged by other countries.

(b) Revenue projections are commercially sensitive information and cannot be disclosed.

What are the amounts received through procurement contracts by the Department of Supply and Services (a) for the fiscal years 1984-85 to 1988-89 for each of the following ridings: Lanark- Carleton, Nepean, Ottawa West, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa South, Carle ton-Gloucester, Ottawa-Vanier (b) for the fiscal years 1989-90 to 1991-92 for the riding of Lanark-Carleton?

Hon. Paul Dick (Minister of Supply and Services):

The statistics in this report do not cover all goods and services purchased by the Government of Canada. Supply and Services Canada (SSC) procures only 55 per cent of the total goods and services bought by the federal government.

SSC neither awards contracts nor maintains contracting statistics on the basis of electoral or other boundaries. To produce the following listing by constituency SSC sorted its procurement data base by postal code.

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The statistics do not necessarily reflect the origin of the goods and services purchased. More often, a contract is listed in the area where the contractor is located and does not reflect any subcontract work or other services carried out elsewhere. For example, fuel purchases from Esso are part of a total of $249,678,000 in government purchase from Esso Petroleum Canada through its office

in Nepean, Ontario, but the fuel is not refined in Nepean and the oil does not come from Ontario. Nepean is a point of billing only.

Finally, many contracts are multi-year in nature and are accounted for only in the year of award (i.e. major crown projects such as large shipbuilding contracts).

SUPPLY AND SERVICES CANADA PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE RIDINGS OF:

FISCAL YEAR LANARK CARLETON * NEPEAN * OTTAWA WEST OTTAWA CENTRE OTTAWA SOUTH * CARLETON GLOUCESTER * OTTAWA VANIER1984-1985 - - 226,219 479,696 111,7521985-1986 - - 237,576 423,071 - - 98,5101986-1987 - - 225,893 486,794 - - 134,9931987-1988 - - 282,444 729,670 - - 123,2481988-1989 84,148 346,996 240,578 771,737 297,085 83,639 105,2641989-1990 103,679 430,522 274,168 731,299 300,337 83,888 108,5131990-1991 100,197 550,131 260,290 1,025,121 437,141 75,715 169,8961991-1992 163,906 443,904 236,546 694,067 1,530,237 63,313 117,055

Contract statistics for the above-noted ridings are not available prior to 1988 because of the redistribution of electoral boundaries.

The Supply and Services Canada statistical data base is designed only to reflect levels of contracting activity, the signing and recording of contract documents. Extreme caution should be used in attempting to ascribe precision or authority to this data for any other purpose.

What was the cost of the CBC-NFB production "The Valour and the Horror"?

Hon. Perrin Beatty (Minister of Communications):

"The Valour and the Horror" is an independent production produced by Galafilm Inc. in co-production with CBC English Television and the National Film Board of Canada through the Co-Production Program, in association with la Societe Radio-Canada and with the participation of Telefilm Canada.

The National Film Board provided $200,000 directly to Galafilm Inc., spent $55,000 on editing and provided post-production and other services in the amount of $474,641.

With regard to the CBC's portion of the cost of the three-part series, it has not been customary to require the CBC to provide such details of its internal management and administration. The background to this custom is explained in detail in the reply to question No. 2530 asked by Mr. Cossitt May 22, 1975 and printed on November 6, 1975:

With reference to the answer to Question No. 2,295 which stated in part: "it has not been customary to require the CBC to supply such details of its internal management and administration" (a) on what date and by whom was such a policy arrived at (b) what are all the reasons justifying such a decision (c) will the government agree to a change in this policy by making available to Parliament answers to all requests for legitimate information concerning CBC and its operations and (i) if so, on what date (ii) if not, for what reason?

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Hon. J. Hugh Faulkner (Secretary of State of Canada):

In reply to parts (a) and (b) I am informed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as follows: (a) and (b) Parliament has not as a matter of custom since the corporation's creation in 1936 required CBC to supply in answering Parliamentary questions certain details of its internal management and administration. Parliament has had two reasons for following this custom: first, the independence of the CBC as a Crown corporation established for the purpose of producing and broadcasting independently of political or commercial interference programs for a national program service; and, second, the competitive nature of many of CBC's activities. The appropriateness of the CBC providing certain categories of information has been considered on many occasions by various parliamentary committees and when the CBC has suggested that such information should not be made a matter of public record its views have been accepted by them. Names of staff members and their functions in relation to specific programs and the costs related to such assignments as requested in Question No. 2295 are examples of details which it has not been customary to require the CBC to supply. It is open to Parliament to discuss the policies it and the CBC have followed in this regard and it would be appropriate to review them when the CBC's estimates are before the House of Commons Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts.

(c) No. The government makes available all information requested by members except where publication would be inconsistent with the mandate given to the corporation by Parliament. This principle is well established and accepted with respect to information about government agencies and Crown corporations which are in competition with the private sector.

Did the Government of Canada institute restrictions on the hours of work of interprovincial truck operators and, if so, for each of the five years prior their implementation and for each year since their implementation (a) how many truck accidents occurred (b) how many trucks, for how many hours, operated with a crew of one driver (c) how many trucks, for how many hours, operated with a crew of two drivers (d) what is the accident ratio for single driver operated trucks versus trucks operated by a double crew (e) what is the average annual income of truck drivers?

Hon. Jean Corbeil (Minister of TVansport):

Transport Canada instituted new federal hours of service regulations effective July 1,1989. Enforcement of these regulations which is the responsibility of each province commenced with the implementation of complementary provincial hours of service regulations governing intraprovincial carriers. The majority of provinces commenced enforcement in 1990.

(a) The number of trucks involved in fatality producing, injury producing or property damage only collisions is as follows: 1986-26,645; 1987-27,130; 1988-30,225; 1989-33,064; 1990-31,364. This data excludes figures for Quebec and Alberta which are incomplete at the moment. The 1991 statistics have not yet been compiled.

(b) , (c) and (d) There is no data available on these issues.

(e) From Statistics Canada publication on the for hire trucking survey, the following is the reported national average annual income for drivers including supervisors and helpers: 1986-$28,390; 1987 -$28,348; 1988-$30,489; 1989-$32,099. Data has not been published for 1990.

Did any member of the Canadian Armed Forces participate in the raid on Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and, if so, what are the names, ranks and regiments of those who received the France-German Star for participating in the Raid on Dieppe and what reason was given for awarding them the medal?

Hon. Gerald Merrithew (Minister of Veterans Affairs):

Yes, however the France-German Star is granted for entry into operational service on land from June 6, 1944 in France, Belgium, Holland or Germany until May 8, 1945, the date of the end of active hostilities in Europe.

Also, airborne troops of the army who have taken part in airborne operations in a qualifying army area for land operations between June 6, 1944 and May 8, 1945 will qualify.

With respect to the government, its bodies and agencies and the company First Satellite Communications (a) what is the total value of contracts since January 1, 1990 (b) what were the dates of these contracts (c) which departments or agencies were involved (d) what was the value of each (e) what was the subject matter of the contract?

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Hon. Paul Dick (Minister of Supply and Services):

With respect to the government and the company First Satellite Communications (a) $20,181.75; (b) April 1, 1991; (c) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; (d) $20,181.75; (e) communications support services.

Mr. Edwards:

I ask, Mr. Speaker, that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.

The Acting Speaker (Mr. DeBIois):

The questions as enumerated by the parliamentary secretary have been answered. Shall the remaining questions stand?