National Defence  Madam Speaker, it is clear that my hon. colleague's statements are absolutely not true. Let us be transparent right here and now: funding for the program to replace our CF-18 fighter jets has been frozen. That is part of a seven step plan we have been talking about at length

Member for Papineau   on another occasion. This group was a taxpayer-funded organization. It is clear that he enjoyed a few nice lunches on the public dime. This behaviour is completely inappropriate for someone who aspires to be more than just a dauphin.

National Defence   major procurement deals have had clear guarantees, usually $1 in industrial benefits for every $1 spent by Canada. My question for the government is straightforward. Why is the government not negotiating a deal that would guarantee benefits and jobs in our communities?

National Defence   at the same time looking for opportunities for Canadian industry to participate, many of which already exist. The one thing that is clear, though, is that if the NDP were in government, there would be no replacement fighter jets, there would be no jobs and we probably would no longer have

Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act   diligence with regard to legislation. If the government wants to do Canadians a service, one thing it should do today is send a very clear message that it did make a mistake and it is going to take out the substantial pieces of legislation that it was going to try to sneak through

Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, first, I will correct two things. I would like to be a member of Nickelback but I prefer to be a member for Nickel Belt. Second, the Premier of Ontario is not my premier. I want nothing to do with him. I want to make that very clear. What concerns me

Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act  ? It is clear why the government is doing this. While it claims to be fine managers of the economy, the evidence says otherwise. First, there was the lavish night at the Savoy and the $16 orange juice, and now we learn about $600,000 just in overtime for the Conservatives' chauffeur-driven

Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, the member will know that Canada's participation in the Kyoto accord was very strongly debated in the last federal election. Our government and my party made our position very clear. Bill C-38 is following through on that promise, as it is on many of the other

House debate   decisions. The Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities has been very clear that our government will continue to be a supportive partner of municipal needs, but we believe that cities are best positioned to identify and make decisions about their infrastructure needs

Canada Labour Code  , in the case of postal workers, truck drivers, people who transport valuable goods or those who work in air transportation, it is clear that there is some risk associated with these jobs. It is important to encourage these women to have children and to help them juggle those

Citizenship and Immigration committee   to be able to depict Roma reality versus gypsy fiction. In Europe it's very clear who are the Roma, as these are homogeneous societies. Ask somebody from Greece, from Italy, from Hungary, “How can you tell if someone is Roma?” Often it's because everybody who's not the ethnic majority

Citizenship and Immigration committee   going through the roof. They were astronomical. We had over 10,000 applications in 2008, of which 400 were deemed to be successful refugee applications. All the rest were not. So we need a fix. We need to solve this problem because it's clear that there is an opportunity for people

Citizenship and Immigration committee   civil society gave us a picture of the Roma. Robert Hage left with a very clear description that it's a dismal situation. Almost 50% of our Roma children do not graduate from primary school, and 10% are lucky if they're getting through high school. There is only 2% who have post

Citizenship and Immigration committee   Roma en masse in the summer of 2010, this sent a clear message that Roma cannot simply relocate within Europe. What is the refugee board doing with these claims? The United Nations stated that the Roma community faces discrimination in all fields of life, and further, they face

Citizenship and Immigration committee   claim that make it clear that it relates to refugee protection, which is an individualized determination. It's not general. People often misunderstand that. A lot of people see refugees as a catch-all term, but it's a very specific, individualized determination, and 15 days to get