Employment  Mr. Speaker, five years ago, Sheila Fraser warned the government about the integrity of the temporary foreign worker program and the poor quality of its labour market opinions. Instead, it ignored her and has instead massively increased the intake of the program, even in places

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Chair, we had that discussion at committee. If you recall, I had sent a letter trying to determine that. We determined that Sheila Fraser—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  . He answered an entirely different question than this when I asked. I don't think it's something I'm content to trust the government on at all. When former auditor general Sheila Fraser appeared she'd had a lot of concerns expressed elsewhere, including in the Senate, and she

Procedure and House Affairs committee   that the communications between the Chief Electoral Officer and the Commissioner of Canada Elections be entrenched and be preserved. This clause does that. I also hearken back to the testimony by former auditor general Sheila Fraser who said that she wasn't necessarily opposed to the removal

Business of Supply   was the head of Elections Canada. Sheila Fraser is the problem. The problem is the NDP, not his bill. His bill was perfect. The Conservatives' first instinct is to blame others, rather than take any kind of responsibility for a program that they allowed to explode. The minister allowed

Business of Supply   of the witnesses so far, particularly people like Marc Mayrand, of Elections Canada; the Commissioner of Canada Elections; the commissioners of elections for provincial governments; the former auditor general, Sheila Fraser; and even an expert witness from Britain. We have become international

Business of Supply   officer; Sheila Fraser; the head of the commission, Mr. Côté; and 100-plus professors from coast to coast to coast in Canada do not support this legislation. Not one political party supports this legislation. The only one that we know is supporting this legislation is the Prime

Business of Supply   today relates, has to be placed in the wider context. That is the fact that the former auditor general, Sheila Fraser, stated that the government would undermine the credibility of virtually every arm's length agency of the government that performs any kind of oversight. Ms. Fraser

Business of Supply  ; the Minister of State for Democratic Reform also personally attacked the Chief Electoral Officer and was even publicly reprimanded by former auditor general Sheila Fraser for doing that. To put it in simpler language and draw a picture, the Conservatives want to change the rules of the game

Business of Supply   very learned Canadians such as Sheila Fraser who is undoubtedly a Canadian hero. She is a person whom every Canadian stands behind because of her past history of exposing the deplorable Liberal sponsorship scandal. Her name was evoked all the time by Conservatives when she

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the minister still has not responded to Sheila Fraser. I am giving him the opportunity to do so. What does he have to say about the statement she made in response to the minister's blatant attack on the Chief Electoral Officer? Ms. Fraser said: This does not do

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' elections act alters the fundamental laws of our democracy. It was drafted without consultation with Elections Canada, experts, or opposition members. Sheila Fraser calls it an “attack on…democracy”. If the Prime Minister will not listen

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, I will try this again. Marc Mayrand dared to speak out against a government bill. The Minister of State for Democratic Reform then engaged in a vicious, partisan attack against him, which former auditor general Sheila Fraser called “totally inappropriate

Democratic Reform  . Mayrand for having the temerity to do his job. In the words of Sheila Fraser, “…if this was to continue, we will all pay because no one will have faith in government, in chief electoral officers, or our democratic system”. Our laws should defend voters and show respect for our

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, but my understanding of issues like the Privacy Act and others is that there has to be an explicit approval given to be able to share information. You might want to consult the Privacy Commissioner on that, but I think there has to be a specific provision in order to do that.