Health  Mr. Speaker, on the subject of the drug shortage issue, I would again like to ask the Prime Minister a very clear question. The Prime Minister has stated on a number of occasions, and he did it again today, that it is essentially the responsibility, indeed the fault

Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act  . The Conservatives have been clear in their priorities. Take care of the banks. Take care of the oil companies. Do not internalize the costs of the tar sands. Let them sell oil artificially low, bringing in an artificially high number of U.S. dollars, pushing our Canadian dollar ever higher

Protecting Air Service Act  Mr. Chair, we agree with the analysis of Captain Strachan when he gave his testimony before the Senate committee. It caught our attention because it was a very clear statement by the Air Canada Pilots Association of what it felt its role was. That is why we were very concerned

Protecting Air Service Act   in the Constitution. This government is sending a very clear message to the people and to federally regulated companies: there is no need to negotiate with employees or to make concessions, because the government will always be there, taking aim at flies with its sledgehammer, ready to impose

Protecting Air Service Act   but the workers reject their recommendations; then it is clear to our government that the parties are not prepared to reach an agreement and it makes the decisions necessary to protect the Canadian economy.

Protecting Air Service Act  . The net result will be labour agreements that are uncompetitive. Is that clear? I do not think I need to add anything.

Protecting Air Service Act  Mr. Speaker, absolutely not because in the same court case it was very clear that the discretion of the minister in appointing an arbitrator was not impeached.

Protecting Air Service Act   to be clear on this: Resorting to a work stoppage is not the norm for labour disputes in Canada. There are over 300 collective agreements negotiated in the federal jurisdiction each year and over 94% of these are settled without a work stoppage ever taking place. These agreements would

Air Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, we are very disappointed, I think I have made that clear in my speech, that the three parties have not come to an agreement. They have had months and months, up to a year of negotiations, and in fact had reached a tentative agreement. What we know is that one

Income Tax Act   of the rules as they are laid out. It was very clear what he said.

Income Tax Act   was unable to answer that very basic question. Clearly the labour movement is being singled out for attack in this legislation. Equally clear, the decision to uniquely target labour is ideological, unbalanced and vindictive. Why are we here today debating a bill which on the surface

Finance committee   provided by these is, in the long term, going to be helpful to our work. Because if the expectations are clear, then what's fair and reasonable under the circumstances is largely guided by law and regulation in the market.

Public Safety committee  Great. We've heard a little bit more about the clear criteria. You talked about the intent and content of the complaints. Would you agree that the environment in which a complainant makes a complaint is important? The discretion we provide front-line officers and supervising

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Clear out the layers. I'm always amazed when I come to Ottawa and I go to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and the office towers. I think, “Holy gee, this is where our money is going. It's all going to Ottawa employees.” I think that's one way we could start

Public Safety committee  If someone has been labelled as a vexatious complainant and they have a legitimate complaint, that complaint will still be heard. I want to make that perfectly clear. This is not to tape someone's mouth up. This is to actually make sure they're filing legitimate complaints