Health committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I just want to repeat, we don't want to put anything in here that could increase the onus on the provinces. This is a federal bill. We should be clear on federal jurisdiction. I know a lot of these amendments are well-meaning, but at the end

Transport committee  Are there some regulations that are pretty standard, that should be done? The U.S. is beginning to do it, or they're in the process. It's clear that they're heading towards that way, and we need to synchronize ours, or maybe we're a bit ahead of them. Are there some of those

Official Languages committee   on the subject. I believe you wanted to tell us in advance not to ask any questions on this point because we were not going to get any answers. I just want to read you a passage from part VII of the Official Languages Act, which is very clear about consultations:(2) The Minister of Canadian

Health committee  It's the same problem. We're just not clear what exactly would be necessary to establish it, even within the Mental Health Commission. The words “establishing and creating a separate body” is where our concern is. The concern is that we're not sure what finances would

Health committee  .... My initial thought was, “Why wouldn't this be within the Mental Health Commission? They're doing this kind of work.” But I remember they were quite clear about it needing to be a particular coordinating body. I think that flowed from UN recommendations and guidelines. Given what

Agriculture committee  I would say we have not had a consultation specifically on the training that will be rolled out in the context of modernization. That being said, I want to be very clear that the modernization initiative, including how we propose to do changes to our regulations, etc

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Toronto Centre for his speech and his very clear explanations. I would like to get his opinion on something. Right now, the federal government is boasting that it is proactive and that it is taking action, when its reaction

Agriculture committee  Unfortunately I can't tell you off the top of my head if there's a nice, simple, clear explanation. But I think that's an opportunity, because there's clearly an interest.

Agriculture committee   not correct. When I appeared on Monday, I made it clear that the level of oversight for various commodities is determined on a risk basis. So, for example, imported meat products are subject to 100% oversight. Now if you are referring only to physical inspection, which is only one

Government Operations committee  We are just completing the transfers. At the same time, for the sake of exercise and transparency, we had to allocate money to the Treasury Board Secretariat before sending it to Shared Services Canada, so that it would be clear in terms of appropriations.

Fisheries committee   to clear fields. Maybe for the benefit of the committee you could just highlight a few of the examples you've touched on in the past of where we need to make more sensible application of these policies.

Government Operations committee  I really can't answer that, because some of it is budget confidence. What I can say, again to repeat and make clear, is that we will give to the best of our ability information that is accurate and as timely as possible—when that information is available. Some

Government Operations committee  But I wasn't quite clear on the relevance of 1999, other than that it was a Liberal year, because you've had many collective agreements. Everything has expired since 1999.

Status of Women committee   people, the issue of gender equality and promoting gender equality is still not very clear. In 2007, we were under the impression that it had been removed from your mandate, but your website still says that it is part of your mandate. Could you tell me if your organization is still

Agriculture committee   want to shift to in the future is rather than telling a company what it must do, instead let's be clear on what we want in terms of the food safety outcome. That way companies can adapt to the achievement of that outcome in a way that makes the most sense for their particular