Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by congratulating the new Leader of the Opposition on his election as leader of his party, a victory that I thought was well earned. I have been a resident of Stornoway myself. I hope he enjoys Stornoway and I hope he is happy there for a very l

Copyright Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, we have a clear understanding on this side of the House, but for the opposition, much of the problems with the bill stems from the fact that they do not see that we are taxing Canadians enough. I think we have a clear picture of that. However, would the member

Justice   officers in our communities, with Bill C-10 the government's plan is to jam up our courts and prisons. The prosecutors have been very clear, both provincially and federally, that they cannot carry the load anymore. When is the government going to come clear on what Bill C-10 would cost

Copyright Modernization Act   approach toward the protection of those works as well as compensation for them. In its present form, Bill C-11 is an unequivocal failure. It outright fails to satisfy the two most important benchmarks we as parliamentarians use for evaluation. It fails to establish clear, universally

Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act   to purchase wine while visiting another province and then bring that wine back home into their own province. Bill C-311 would also amend the IILA to allow for domestic wineries to market and sell their products directly to consumers from other regions of the country. To be clear

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   a clear provision to put the ultimate fate of the Canadian Wheat Board in the hands of farmers themselves. Section 47.1 of the existing act does not prohibit changes to the single desk. It does not prohibit even the elimination of the single desk. However, it makes it clear

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, definitely. There are those that are even willing to fund it themselves. Let me give you the one example I know personally. The Buffalo Point First Nation in the southeastern part of Manitoba has made it very clear, their community has made it very clear, that they want

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act   of months, time and time again we will see urban members of Parliament, oftentimes representing people who do not fall under the tyranny of the Wheat Board, standing and arguing for the status quo. Let us be clear. These members are arguing for a two-tiered system. They are arguing

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   happened historically, and in some cases off the reserve lands. That is proven history. I want to make it very clear here that the framework agreement creates a new relationship between our governments. I want to stress that: “new” relationship. It's a word that is commonly used

Justice committee   pieces of legislation. It must be clear—and I agree with you—that the goal of the committee members is not to come up with a dollar sign. We are trying to find the right balance. As always, the ultimate goal is to find the best system in order to have as few victims as possible

Justice committee   drug policies. It is clear that we, as a society, are mixed up and do not have a clear understanding of the difference between harms that accrue from drugs and harms that arise from the policies we put in place to try to manage or control these substances. Convening dialogue

Foreign Affairs committee   integrated in some areas, and this presents both opportunities and challenges. I would say that it's a very difficult aspect of Ukrainian foreign policy. What specific role Russia is playing here is difficult to determine with any sort of clear precision, but what is clear

Public Accounts committee   in close partnership with aboriginal organizations, financial officers, and the like. I think it gives everybody a fairly clear tool for determining where the capacity and the risk is in the funding arrangements. Since the snapshot was taken we have a lot of multi-year agreements

Public Accounts committee  , with the finding that per student funding was similar. Well, funding is similar in areas outside first nations and they're having success. Inside first nations, with the same amount of funding, we don't have success. We must have answers that give us a clear direction. Mr. Campbell, I know

Industry committee  , it appears that size helps. So size does matter in terms of adoption. Three, entrepreneurs are clear about what the barriers are. First is the trend, and here a striking 93% of Canadian SMEs are connected to the Internet. They do not use it for everything, though. Most of the use