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Procedure and House Affairs committee nations, by the opposition, by the Chief Electoral Officer, the commissioner of elections, or an other expert who has commented on this, they've really done it now, because they've riled up Sheila Fraser. If there's one person in this country who Canadians count on to tell them
April 3rd, 2014Committee meeting
Business of Supply not have jurisdiction over the expenses of MPs. I would like to be clear that is completely false. I will quote Sheila Fraser, the former Auditor General, who said, “I think Parliament's auditor should audit Parliament”. The current Auditor General came before the procedure and House
March 5th, 2014House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Employment Mr. Speaker, five years ago, Sheila Fraser warned the government about the integrity of the temporary foreign worker program and the poor quality of its labour market opinions. Instead, it ignored her and has instead massively increased the intake of the program, even in places
April 30th, 2014House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Procedure and House Affairs committee Chair, we had that discussion at committee. If you recall, I had sent a letter trying to determine that. We determined that Sheila Fraser—
April 29th, 2014Committee meeting
Tom LukiwskiConservative
Procedure and House Affairs committee that the communications between the Chief Electoral Officer and the Commissioner of Canada Elections be entrenched and be preserved. This clause does that. I also hearken back to the testimony by former auditor general Sheila Fraser who said that she wasn't necessarily opposed to the removal
April 29th, 2014Committee meeting
Tom LukiwskiConservative
Business of Supply was the head of Elections Canada. Sheila Fraser is the problem. The problem is the NDP, not his bill. His bill was perfect. The Conservatives' first instinct is to blame others, rather than take any kind of responsibility for a program that they allowed to explode. The minister allowed
April 29th, 2014House debate
Business of Supply of the witnesses so far, particularly people like Marc Mayrand, of Elections Canada; the Commissioner of Canada Elections; the commissioners of elections for provincial governments; the former auditor general, Sheila Fraser; and even an expert witness from Britain. We have become international
April 10th, 2014House debate
Geoff ReganLiberal
Business of Supply officer; Sheila Fraser; the head of the commission, Mr. Côté; and 100-plus professors from coast to coast to coast in Canada do not support this legislation. Not one political party supports this legislation. The only one that we know is supporting this legislation is the Prime
April 10th, 2014House debate
Kevin LamoureuxLiberal
Business of Supply ; the Minister of State for Democratic Reform also personally attacked the Chief Electoral Officer and was even publicly reprimanded by former auditor general Sheila Fraser for doing that. To put it in simpler language and draw a picture, the Conservatives want to change the rules of the game
April 10th, 2014House debate
Ted HsuLiberal
Democratic Reform Mr. Speaker, the minister still has not responded to Sheila Fraser. I am giving him the opportunity to do so. What does he have to say about the statement she made in response to the minister's blatant attack on the Chief Electoral Officer? Ms. Fraser said: This does not do
April 9th, 2014House debate
Stéphane DionLiberal
Democratic Reform Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' elections act alters the fundamental laws of our democracy. It was drafted without consultation with Elections Canada, experts, or opposition members. Sheila Fraser calls it an “attack on…democracy”. If the Prime Minister will not listen
April 9th, 2014House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Democratic Reform Mr. Speaker, I will try this again. Marc Mayrand dared to speak out against a government bill. The Minister of State for Democratic Reform then engaged in a vicious, partisan attack against him, which former auditor general Sheila Fraser called “totally inappropriate
April 9th, 2014House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Democratic Reform . Mayrand for having the temerity to do his job. In the words of Sheila Fraser, “…if this was to continue, we will all pay because no one will have faith in government, in chief electoral officers, or our democratic system”. Our laws should defend voters and show respect for our
April 9th, 2014House debate
Pat MartinNDP
Procedure and House Affairs committee No, but my understanding of issues like the Privacy Act and others is that there has to be an explicit approval given to be able to share information. You might want to consult the Privacy Commissioner on that, but I think there has to be a specific provision in order to do that.
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Sheila Fraser
Procedure and House Affairs committee I think that moving the commissioner is feasible. I mean I think that he will be able to carry out investigations. There is the question of exchange of information and the efficiency, and the commissioner raised other issues, but obviously I think that exchange of information and
April 8th, 2014Committee meeting
Sheila Fraser