Citizenship and Immigration committee   not been the case. For instance, for the entire year we cared for a refugee claimant in sanctuary, the bureaucracy avoided talking to us. In the meantime, the government states, on the CIC website and elsewhere, that the current system is fair and generous. Our experience indicates

Business of Supply   colonial practices as fair and generous. The policy of the federal government at the time was to assimilate and to have Canada rid itself of its Indian problem. In 1914, a department official who was later put in charge of Canadian Indian policy, a man named Duncan Campbell Scott

Business of Supply  , then the agreement is voidable at the option of the government. Therefore, the legal process is not yet completed and is moving forward. The agreement, as everyone knows, is a very fair and generous agreement, one which I take immense personal satisfaction in as a Canadian in seeing come

Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006   in the House. I will say one thing to the hon. member. He should stand up for the taxpayers in his jurisdiction and support tax fairness in general as a principle because the people on this side of the House certainly do. We will make the difficult decisions when we need to. I think

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as everyone well knows, we are treating our veterans fairly and that man, that individual, that member came from a government that had 13 years to do it and did not. What we have done is fair and generous and the veterans know that and the people in those

Public Safety committee  -Qaeda. So just for the record, I know you challenge that information. I know you want the opportunity to challenge it in a process that you think is more fair. We generally agree with that; it's just a question of the how. Security certificates. Outlawing them completely? I'm

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  . Canadians are a fair and generous people. We have never been as harsh as our American neighbours. We recognize that many social forces push people toward crime: poverty, poor education, unstable childhoods, social isolation and many more. We believe that people are fundamentally good

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's a good question, and I'm glad the member has asked it. In fact, I'm encouraging other members on the other side to ask that very question. I do take a lot of pride in what we have done in that program. What we did was very fair and generous

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   that in fact IOGC or the federal government will exercise its responsibility, fiduciary duty, in a much more respectful manner going forward. Is that a fair statement generally? Is that what I'm hearing you say?

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, what we are lucky enough as Canadians to have is an EI system that is both fair and generous. It responds to changing local market conditions. Let us be clear about what the Liberals are asking for. They are asking for an increase in payroll taxes so that Canadians

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, without reference to any particular cases, we already have what the UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls one of the most fair and generous refugee determination systems in the world. It is a system with an acceptance rate for asylum claims that is twice as high

Veterans Affairs committee   and support. Frankly, there isn't. The one witness we heard through Mr. Hawnsaid something that resonates with me. He said that, in all honesty, this pension plan is not stacked but blended. The CF and RCMP pension plans are fair and generous in comparison with other pensions. The PSSA

Veterans Affairs committee  Believe me, I just want to get a better understanding. I'm not trying to be confrontational. I want to get a better understanding, because when you do compare it, this plan is fair and generous compared to other plans, sir.

Government Operations committee  All of that within the next couple of weeks--and earlier if possible, of course. In the interests of trying to be fair and generous to my colleagues, I will leave it at that. You owe me, but I'm just saying...

Public Safety committee   are clear indicia that would suggest it's preferable to have a person be transferred here rather than have the person come back across the border without us necessarily knowing. Is that a fair statement generally?