Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act   members on the other side of the House frequently say we register vehicles and our dogs, but we are not going to register our firearms. What they ignore is a clear line of constitutional demarcation between the federal government's responsibility and the responsibility of the provinces

Human Resources committee  Still, at the end of the day, there will be some discriminatory law in place. People will have access or will not have access. I just wanted that to be clear. If someone is in jail for a certain period of time while in remand, and that person is found guilty, during the length

Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act   to clear up some of the myths about the gun registry. The registry might have had some difficult times at the beginning. However, the vast majority of police officers who have communicated with me have indicated that it is one of the tools that assists them, much like a taser can

Human Resources committee   what I'm interpreting from your comments. What I'm looking for is clarity with regard to the fact that what we are removing is just an extension that the majority of Canadians do not have, so that we can make it very clear to all those individuals who are victims of crime out

Government Operations committee   to country to do that. It is a tremendous investment in time, and you often question the economics of it. There are no clear economics in that sense. It is, absolutely, just time with people to ensure they understand: one, what outcome you want, so there is clarity; two, how you are going

Government Operations committee  It's an interesting question because there's no clear answer, largely because the financials vary from project to project or from overall program to program on a transformational project, and they come in different sizes and shapes. I can only talk about the one I

Government Operations committee   to be done within the construct of the business objective. That's where I laid out two themes. One is that we need to have a clear view on the outcome, on what you're trying to achieve. Two, do not prescribe the technology choice too early, because you're not tapping into the innovation

Fisheries committee   clear consistency between all of the countries. Canada's involved with that, as are Norway, Scotland, and other countries as well. That work is proceeding along through the ISO process, which is cumbersome but is actually making some good progress.

Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act   safety. It improves the safety of first responders because they tell us so and the RCMP's own report made that clear. Because of the registry, we know that gun ownership is increasing in Canada. That is the kind of thing we learn and build into policing strategies. In fact, the number

Fisheries committee   not sufficiently clear or were not adequate. Can you reconcile those two bullets for me?

Government Operations committee  You're absolutely right, yes; there were two steps. That's why I was very clear in my intro—

Human Resources committee  On a point of order, I think we should be very clear that Bill C-316 focuses on the Employment Insurance Act and modifications to that act with respect to who is eligible for it or not. That is how the questions should be directed. My general impression is that questions

Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act  Mr. Speaker, that is consistent with what I was saying earlier, and I also appreciate the fact that we are able to have this type of discussion. Indeed, some people came to committee and said such things. The police officers were very clear. Those I spoke to later on, in order

Government Operations committee  Just to be clear, we still have our nine clusters. Once the clusters were formed after 1998, basically most of the IT support stayed in one of those nine clusters. They had infrastructure and they had business solutions, the actual development of applications and support

Human Resources committee   in pre-trial facilities. The third point is connected with the legitimacy of civil penalties on top of criminal convictions. If those friendly amendments were made, it would make it very clear that the disentitlement was not directed at those who are simply incapable of working due