Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   first nations that they may not have clear benefits from resource development until you have the land use plan. Is part of that development of the land use plans also the training and gearing up of each first nation to be able to participate in that process to make sure

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are different interpretations of red tape. Uncertainty is red tape on its own. Clear rules aren't there because legislation is not completely done in certain areas—that's red tape. Even ownership is red tape too, whether it be industry, Inuit-owned businesses, or what

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   want to talk about this whole idea of what my line of questioning has gone around, the tools that exist in agreements. I hear you loud and clear. You've referred to funding issues, and that's on the record here, and certainly we'll need to understand that more, but from my

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's a very good question. As I mentioned, certainty is a big issue, whether from the government side or in land claims agreements. Because of the lack of certainty, procedures that outline what is supposed to be there are also lacking or are not clear, all due to a lack

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   agreements. This frustration comes back to the lack of a clear policy in the area of implementing our respective land claims agreements. The coalition has continued to communicate four main points whenever and wherever necessary. First, we remind Canada that it is Canada

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, in 2006, the Conservative government recognized Quebec as a nation. Today, however, with this bill, the Conservative government is spitting in the face of Quebeckers. It is very clear to the NDP that Quebec must keep its historic number of seats in the House

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, Canadians want to the greatest extent possible that every Canadian vote should carry equal weight. We will not do what the Liberals are doing, which is to pick winners and losers. They should be very clear about their intentions. The Liberals would take three

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, the fact is that this formula is a principled formula. It is very clear in how it is applied to the entire country. It treats every province fairly. In speaking about Quebec, the fact is that after this formula is applied, Quebec will have 23% of the population

Official Languages committee   the Standing Committee on Official Languages in connection with the study on the Development of Linguistic Duality in Northern Canada. At that time, the Franco-Yukoner community worked to present as clear a portrait as possible of the status of French as a minority language in Yukon

Fair Representation Act  We are very clear, you are not.

Official Languages committee  Quickly, I can say that a cooperative approach to administration would certainly benefit everyone. If we worked with the government, things would definitely be clear. You could determine exactly what our needs were and, as Dorothy was saying, develop shared success factors.

Fair Representation Act   years from now, when our successors are standing here talking about the success of Canada, one of the things we could point to was the respect that we paid to that unique nation within Canada. Unfortunately, the government has chosen not to, and the Liberals were never really clear

Official Languages committee   for the particular light your comments have shed and the questions that have occurred to me as a result. In this process of evaluating the roadmap, I am hearing that you want both it and the funding to be renewed. I am hearing you tell us loud and clear not to leave you hanging. As a parallel

Foreign Affairs committee   partnership to draw a clear distinction among the various uses of the funds. The purpose of the Desjardins fund for inclusive finance is to make loans—to use capital—to microfinance institutions that deal with the poorest and most disadvantaged clienteles. It may do so in the form

Official Languages committee   we're meeting, then in terms of a partnership, once we've met those steps, we deserve and should continue, for the sustainability of our community, with that funding. But I think there needs to be from the government a very strong, clear indication that they're working with us