Afghanistan committee   to the field. With regard to the specific issue of detainees, it was clear that here, too, greater coordination between government departments was required. As General Hillier indicated in his opening statement yesterday, reporting from respected international sources confirmed

Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act   their privacy. There are also phishing scams to trick people. How that works is if people agree to something, there are unintended consequences that are not clear because there are no rules about that. Some people were giving out personal information, and there are those who said they knew

Points of Order   in the area that C-574 deals with. To discharge that responsibility, it is clear that the minister would have to get information from resources such as actuaries and other experts in the area. It is not incumbent on the Minister of Justice himself to have all of those particular levels

Official Languages committee  . Fraser. It's not clear to me what the PSC can do. We operate in a special environment where powers are delegated. The PSC has the power to appoint someone, but that power is delegated to the deputy ministers who make the decision to appoint people. We clearly have obligations under

Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act   with the colonialist aspect of the Indian Act, first nations need to be front and centre in the consultation process, in the decision-making process and in the implementation around who is a citizen. We need a very clear recognition about the resource implications. In my question to my colleague

Afghanistan  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' decision to extend the mission in Afghanistan without a vote in Parliament is beyond understanding. They have extended it twice now. NATO is now making it clear that 2014 is not a fixed date. We do not yet have clear figures on the costs. What

Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2010   of a tax haven with very low tax rates, we need to ask some questions. Furthermore, since the bill very clearly says that the goal is to prevent tax evasion, we need clear, transparent information. Just a couple of hours ago, I spoke to another bill, the bill concerning information

Health committee  No, you have said that several times. To make it clear again, we're going to see, with this motion, if we will undertake this study. Dr. Carrie is next on the list.

Health committee  Madam Chair, the intent at this meeting is quite clear. This is simply a stunt by the NDP. There is no reason the NDP couldn't have put this motion forward to the committee next week, but the NDP is on a retreat this week in Ottawa, so calling back this committee didn't really

Business of Supply   in the flypaper of its own doing, that it would put it up for competition and that it would be much more forthcoming, much more transparent about what it is doing. It is far from clear what interests it is upholding here today in resisting this helpful motion, this motion that puts forward

Eliminating Entitlements for Prisoners Act   of a snail's pace. Let us be clear on that point. The committee has done a good job. After all, it was a little more than a month since the committee was asked to examine Bill C-31. Members of the committee took the bill seriously. They did their homework and asked questions to make sure

Health committee   member to formally request clear guidelines and guidance as to what members were or were not allowed to say. That resulted in draft policies on public positioning and participation in policy debates, media relations, professional publications and speeches, and responding to questions

Agriculture committee  We have had to look into this issue from time to time here at the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. If it comes back here, around this table, it's because the problem hasn't been resolved. In light of the clear testimonies that the legislation was insufficient

Agriculture committee   to go but up, to say the least. On the problems in the last number of years under Growing Forward and APF, they put huge sums, millions of dollars, into the program. Plus, they had their own programs to help new people buy equipment and clear land, and those are the two major

Protecting Canadians by Ending Sentence Discounts for Multiple Murders Act   and that the situation has to be corrected. This is not true. When one considers the decisions in all these major crimes, it is clear that the sentences are often completely adequate. However, in many instances people get out too early. Earlier, reference was made to parole after serving one-sixth