Translation of "translation of des allocations pour " (French → English) :

Question No. 43 Ms. Tina Keeper: With regard to housing conditions on First Nations: (a) since the government’s shelter allowance policy was initially drafted, how much funding has been allocated to the federal riding of Churchill, as well as the province of Manitoba in general; (b) what steps has the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs taken to address the Auditor General’s 2003 report that indicated the Department was not consistently applying its shelter allowance policy; (c) as per the recommendation found in section 6.88 of the 2003 Auditor General’s report, has the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada evaluated its interim policy of shelter allowances and approved a final policy with necessary changes resulting ...[+++] from the evaluation; (d) have any funding or structural changes been made to the existing shelter allowance policy since January 23, 2006, and, if so, what are they; and (e) what is the annual allocation and expenditure of the government on shelter allowance found in the government’s budget tabled in March 2007?

Of this amount, approximately $3.7 million has been reimbursed to 23 First Nations living within the Churchill riding; (b) Since 2003, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has been reviewing its income assistance policy with respect to shelter allowance to ensure each region is applying the shelter allowance component according to provincial and territorial legislation; (c) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has reviewed its application of shelter allowance and is satisfied that it is consistent with provincial and territorial rates a ...[+++]nd eligibility criteria; (d) No funding or structural changes have been made to the shelter allowance component of the income assistance program; (e) Budget 2007, tabled on March 19, 2007, includes $300 million for housing, $150 million in fiscal year 2007-2008 and $150 million in fiscal year 2008-2009, which does not include funding for shelter allowance.

Disability Living Allowance (Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 of 27 June 1991, Section 1, and Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 of 24 July 1991, Article 3)

(2) The second strand of policy followed by Member States refers to the possibility to combine the receipt of the benefit entitlement with earnings from work (labour supply channel) by allowing the following: (i) combination of part-time or full-time job with partial unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance (Spain, Ireland, Portugal) or with a wide range of other social benefit schemes such as normal and specific unemployment benefits, RMI, lone-parent allowance, ASS and disabled adult allowance (France); and (ii) incentives to start-up business or to encourage self-employment by allowing to receive the unemployment benefit in a ...[+++]lump sum payment (Spain).

Mr. Bob Ringma (Nanaimo-Cowichan, Ref) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-324, an act to replace the allowance provided by the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act with an allowance funded by members' contributions to assist their transition back to private life (1530 ) He said: Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to introduce in the House today my private member's bill on members of Parliament pensions.

Last March, the Royal Canadian Legion formally expressed our satisfaction with the government's decision to end the deduction of veterans' disability pensions when calculating their earnings loss and Canadian Forces income support benefits and a similar change to the war veterans allowance calculation.