Libya   Canada's mission in Libya. The motion itself is clear. We are seeking an extension. There will be a vote. Libyans themselves, most importantly, have been adamantly opposed to Gadhafi's autocratic regime and they took to the streets. Exasperated by the denial of their basic human rights

Treasury Board  Mr. Speaker, we ran on the principle that it is time to balance the budget. We put forward a clear plan to the people of Canada to balance the budget one year earlier than in our previous budgetary plan in 2014-15. We have a clear goal and we have a clear means to get

Cabinet Ministers  Mr. Speaker, it became clear yesterday that the Prime Minister fired his most influential senior cabinet colleague for reasons he is unwilling or unable to explain. He has now assigned his government's two most important functions, finance and national security, to a single

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee   framework law, affecting many sectors of the knowledge economy through clear, predictable, and fair rules. It is hard to see how some of the proposed exceptions can be considered clear or the outcomes predictable, leaving aside the question of fairness. For example, there's no guidance

Ethics   the Deputy Prime Minister now says that some Canadians were offended by his behaviour during the Shawinigate affair. Having failed to establish in nine years clear ethical standards for his cabinet, for himself and for his government, will he now act and appoint a fully independent

Agriculture committee   funding cuts threaten the maintenance of core federal research facilities and are an impediment to attracting new expertise to critical research positions. These ongoing cuts contradict the clear understanding that research and innovation play an important role in enhancing

Fair Representation Act   their interests. I just want to be clear, on the record, that there have been falsehoods reported by some of the members on the other side, to the public and the media in the past, that I would oppose additional seats for Alberta if there was going to be a seat distribution based

Finance committee  Mr. Bosc, just to be very clear, I think that the 1928 law was focused more on sending some rum over the border to the U.S. than on what was needed within the country. Things have changed a lot—just the orders from the Internet—so I just wanted to let you know that we do support

Finance committee   analysis constitute 97.8% of the measures announced in that budget, without clear explanation or discussion as to why those particular instruments were chosen over, for example, tax instruments. In our view, this might involve opportunity costs in terms of the overall cost of regulation

Justice committee  Sure, and I'll try to be very quick. Legal language is very important. It has to be clear, so simple is better, and words have deep meanings to people when they're involved with the criminal justice system. So whether we're talking about the language around pardons or least

Justice committee   Court has made clear, the charter applies with full force to those imprisoned. Human rights are not something to balance against prison discipline and control or prison accountability. Rather, they are something through which prison discipline and control must be exercised

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, I have not come to a conclusion on that. I can see where there is that possible interpretation but it is not at all clear. As I said in my comments, the whole concept of justification is very poorly treated in these amendments. Therefore, it is really hard

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act   difficulties in explaining the provisions to a jury, and that jurors may find them confusing. Chief Justice Lamer went on to say: I am of the view that any interpretation which attempts to make sense of the provisions will have some undesirable or illogical results. It is clear

Bill C-18 committee   funded by big agribusiness, who represent only a small number of farmers but who happen to have the ear of the government. No, I'm talking about the voice of all farmers—the voice that has spoken, and would speak again, through a plebiscite on a clear and simple question about what

Fair Representation Act  , high immigration to fast growing regions of the fastest growing provinces, combine to magnify the representation gap to these regions. This situation inadvertently causes new Canadians and visible minorities to be even more under-represented than the average. It is clear for all