Senate Reform Act  , given that some provinces are bigger than others. Recently, we debated Bill C-10. Despite the very clear will of the Quebec National Assembly and Quebeckers, one senator became the government's puppet to a certain extent. He said that Quebeckers and the National Assembly were wrong

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee   it's a clear violation of freedom of association.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee   of all, a union is not a static organization. It's not the Rotary Club, with all due respect to the Rotary Clubs of the world, of which I'm a member. It's not the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which doesn't even have any clear membership guidelines. I don't know how you become

Senate Reform Act   jurisdiction. Given that the Senate is a crucial part of the Canadian federal compromise, it is clear to us that...the Senate can be neither reformed nor abolished without Quebec's consent. The same day, in the National Assembly of Quebec, a resolution was adopted, a unanimous motion

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In your remarks you made it clear that you have to separate management and regulation. I think we've learned this the hard way in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. You can't do both things well. One of your recommendations was to move the regulatory function within the first

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I know that my hon. friend wants to engage in debate on this, but it is quite clear that arguments have been presented by all sides of the House on several occasions now. The case is before you, Mr. Speaker, for your consideration. I think the facts are clear, as I

Strengthening Aviation Security Act   to counter the information that put them on the list. It should be a simple, straightforward and rapid process. Third, we have to be absolutely clear that this information cannot be shared with other governments. We have seen all too many cases. The Maher Arar case is probably the most

Petitions   action by signing and implementing a binding international agreement replacing the Kyoto protocol that commits nations to reduce carbon emissions and set fair and clear targets to ensure that global average temperatures stay below a 2° Celsius increase from pre-industrial levels.

Official Languages committee   is that the roadmap exercise is an evolving process that is still in progress. We trust them, just as we trust your work. It is clear that we follow the matter very closely to find out if any corrections would be made next time.

Official Languages committee  , when a member of Parliament promotes the petition on his web page, his intentions are very clear, in my opinion. Please judge for yourselves. Now I return to more pertinent questions. Of all groups present today, only the FCCF has been consulted during the preparation

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll be passing over to Hélène soon. One of the things that's very clear out in the real world and in this room is that the global fund is hurting, and as a result it isn't able to do its work. Canada made the commitment a year ago, and I think there was an expectation

Official Languages committee   to develop positively, it is important for the provinces to be active participants. Having worked with Mr. Ghiz and Mr. Selinger, I can tell you that their governments' desire to respect those communities and have them develop in a positive way is clear. I hope you can agree with me on that.

Foreign Affairs committee   clear example of that outside the field of microcredit, in the association between the Grameen Bank and the Danone Yogurt company in Bangladesh. This association has allowed them to provide very low-cost yogurt everywhere in Bangladesh. This yogurt contains nutritional supplements

Official Languages committee   of the unilingual anglophone Auditor General. But I wanted to do so when one of our colleagues was here because he made it clear in his comments that he was offended by this appointment. Since he is not here, I will refrain from doing it. I know that it is starting to bother my colleagues

Strengthening Aviation Security Act   of these brave church workers in El Salvador if that information was passed on to the United States and shared with the regime at that time. If those Canadians flew to any part of Latin America, their lives would have been endangered. At that time Canada was very clear that we would