Procedure and House Affairs committee  , is the anonymity. In the past we've known who makes the threats. If somebody at a meeting throws a tomato at a member of Parliament, it's a pretty clear threat, and you know who did it, but the anonymity of the web has added a dimension that was much less important before, and this raises

Procedure and House Affairs committee   answering your question, but as I said, I'm not going to tell this committee what I think it should decide on this issue. I think the threat itself came at the end of a process of other actions and statements, some of which, I think I made clear, I do not like, and that the threat itself

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Professor Franks, for being here. Am I correct that in your opinion it wasn't entirely clear to you that what Anonymous said on YouTube was of an offensive nature versus a threatening nature? Did you speculate and say that you weren't sure

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Tilson, obviously the object of this bill is pretty clear in my mind: denouncing the conduct and disrespect to war memorials. There's been some confusion with regard to other monuments, churches, etc. The war dead fought for democracy. They fought

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Professor Franks, for being here. I must admit that I'm not quite clear on your position. If you could put yourself in the position of the Speaker, Mr. Scheer, having heard the arguments you heard from all sides of the House, would you have

Procedure and House Affairs committee   very clear: “You must resign your seat and you must withdraw this legislation, or else”. Are the two combined, along with the clarity of what they are demanding as action on the part of the minister or the member, not sufficient to make a final determination of breach of privilege?

Justice committee   it's most inappropriate that when someone desecrates a war memorial or a cenotaph, it's put in that category. So that was the purpose: to make it clear that this is a most serious matter and should be treated as such. I can only repeat.... I don't want to inflame the members

Financial System Review Act  Madam Speaker, I want to be clear. This is report stage of the bill and not third reading as has been suggested by some members on the government side. We are now dealing with an amendment to the bill. It is a very wise and reasonable amendment introduced by my colleague

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Ms. Legault, thank you for being here. I am going to make you speak a bit of French this morning. In response to my colleague's question earlier, you painted a pretty clear picture of the situation. You mentioned the 5% and 10% savings you had been

International Trade committee   come with some concerns, what's important is that they recognize the significant changes. I thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your clear comments about that. Not all of us, as Brian mentioned, are all there yet in every sector. I think the important part is that we continue to work

Information & Ethics committee   and your new methods of clearing up some of the backlog. When I look at the figures in your report that you gave to us, you really have brought the caseload down that is being referred over from year to year. I think that is great. One of the things that you talked a little bit about

Information & Ethics committee   that with the committee, but definitely that goes to Parliament and to the committee. I think we'll have a much better diagnostic at that point. If that shows a clear improvement, then it should reflect what's happening on the complaint side.

Procedure and House Affairs committee   was that in the capacity they had in terms of being able to identify the culprit in this case, it was just not possible within the framework of the resources we have in the House. I want to make that point so that we're clear on the position she took. By way of question, I'd like to pursue the role

Procedure and House Affairs committee   is publicly known, and that is the issue of the clear intimidation on the YouTube video. In my experience as a prosecutor, had that type of comment been made by a specific individual, there would be charges under the Criminal Code relating to intimidation or extortion.

Procedure and House Affairs committee   a moment I'll get to the level of concern you believe should be held by parliamentarians. If we can, let's clear up a little unfinished business. In the threats of Anonymous, the primary reason for posting these videos on YouTube was based on their opposition to Bill C-30