Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act   government paid an outside consultant $3,400 to write two simple press releases for VIA Rail and then promptly hired the consultant to work in a Conservative MP's office. Is $3,400 for 1,300 words the finance minister's definition of “fiscal prudence”? The Conservatives have recklessly

House debate  . That $122,000 could have paid for other things, such as the salaries of several nurses, for example. How about the two VIA Rail press releases that cost taxpayers $3,400 to draft and post online? That is another connected Conservative consultant. It is quite astounding when we look at some

Official Languages committee   language minority communities. Thanks to this investment, by 2013 we expect 15,000 health professionals to have received French and English second language training in Quebec. We also expect to see close to an additional 3,400 French-speaking health professionals working outside

Natural Resources committee   provincial jurisdictions, with a significant presence in British Columbia, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada and 3,400 Canadian employees coast to coast. Our operations have deep roots in Canada, more than 50 years of history in B.C., and this year we celebrate 100 years of operations at Union

Health committee  But 1,500 mg a day is not the same as 3,400 mg a day.

Health committee  I'm splitting the time, if I may. Thank you. I'm really struggling with this. Salt is an urgent public health issue. Canadians consume 3,400 milligrams—more than double the recommended, at 1,500. I'm going to come back at this by asking, why aren't we going after a mandatory

Health committee  Right now, all I can say is we have extremely aggressive targets to meet by 2016 to bring down our sodium from the current level of 3,400 to 2,300, and we are—

Committees of the House   about $3,400 in federally funded services per immigrant but those living in the western and Atlantic provinces are only receiving about $2,900 per immigrant. Do my friends in the opposition think it is fair that a newcomer in Calgary Northeast or a newcomer in North Battleford

Public Accounts committee  , outsourced press releases that cost $3,400 for VIA Rail, for example. We asked the minister to find out why they outsourced it and if they got value for money, because obviously the costs entailed were exceptionally high for the press release. When you do your audits and when you look

Protection of Beneficiaries of Long Term Disability Benefits Plans Act  , such that these amounts are paid ahead of secured creditors. This government also created the wage-earner protection program in 2008, which pays up to $3,400 for unpaid wages for employees whose employer becomes bankrupt or subject to a receivership. In 2009, the government expanded the wage-earner

Protection of Beneficiaries of Long Term Disability Benefits Plans Act   recent severance and termination pay up to a maximum of approximately $3,400. The WEPP was expanded in 2009. As a result there has been improved financial support for Canadian workers during the economic downturn, as more Canadians have been able to qualify for WEPP financial support

Official Languages committee   is spread out among 29 different occupational groups. Many of these people work in different areas, and include commerce officers, patent examiners, and measurement inspectors. About 3,400 of our employees are in bilingual positions—representing 60% of the department's total population

Official Languages committee  That means that of the 2,400... In fact, 3,400 employees are in bilingual positions. Unless I'm mistaken, the vast majority of them meet the criteria. There are perhaps about 100 on language training. Those are the statistics I was given when I looked into the matter.

Official Languages committee  There are 3,400 positions that have been designated bilingual.

Official Languages committee  Maybe one of my two colleagues knows, and they can contribute. One fact I do know is that we have 3,400 employees who are occupying bilingual jobs. Of those, 2,400 have some contact with the public. The other 1,000 tend to be focused on either supervisory jobs where they have