Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  My short response would be that there is no one silver bullet that's going to restore public confidence. Confidence and trust, as I said earlier, once lost, can be very hard to restore. It will take time; it will take a number of measures and a lot of dedication. What I'm tryin

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Perhaps I can come back to the example of a policy conference, whether it's organized by a non-profit group or a consultation exercise organized by the government. If you have a large number of people in the room whose responsibilities include dealing with government, is it the i

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Is it clear in the bill that is the case?

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  If I may, you raised a number of issues. I want to make it clear that I'm not suggesting that the Federal Accountability Act be watered down. I'm suggesting we make sure it's effective. I'm saying take the time to get it right. Similarly, I don't want to overemphasize the direc

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think what that illustrates is how difficult it is to regain public trust once it's lost. Certainly that's our experience in the corporate sector, where the fact is that there were real abuses. Those abuses had to be addressed both by legislative and regulatory action, which to

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I would say that precisely because the issues are complex, it's important to take the time to get it right. I don't dispute the urgency of addressing the concerns the public has, but again I draw on our experience with the issue of corporate governance. The fact is that legislato

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think I've made our feelings clear. Because this is important, it's important to get it right. Given the complexity of the issues that are being addressed and some of the mechanisms that have been put on table but not fleshed out, I would certainly encourage this committee to t

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, the concern isn't so much about what's said, but about a lack of certainty concerning what's there and what it means. The issue of reporting requirements has been raised. Again, I don't look at that primarily from the viewpoint of transactional work, becaus

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the opportunity to come and join you today. This is a very complex piece of legislation, but it's one that's very important as well. The members of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, for those who aren't familiar, are basically CEOs of

Industry committee  Let me try to deal briefly with Mr. Carrie's question with respect to labour mobility and what we can do to help people who may lose their jobs in one part of the country move to another part. I think there are two paths to it. One is the enabling part, and that tends to be th

Industry committee  Mr. Chairman, I have a brief comment in terms of entrepreneurship. I want to make a point that entrepreneurship isn't just a career that's in private sector; I think entrepreneurship is an attitude, and it's just as important for Canada to have creative or innovative entrepreneur

Industry committee  Yes, that's what I'm saying.

Industry committee  Yes, that comes back to social attitudes and the question of whether our communities welcome entrepreneurship as an activity or a calling. Do we welcome creative people, no matter where they work? Do we welcome creative people in our communities, even if they get rich doing it? O

Industry committee  I've lost count of how many inquiries there have been into the competitiveness of gasoline pricing in this country. Not one of them has ever come up with a suggestion that there's a problem, at the end of the day, so I don't see much point.

Industry committee  I agree. The rules are there, both multilateral rules and Canadian rules. It's a question of how rigorously we try to enforce them. Another point that flows from Mr. Myers' comments is that it reinforces the importance of our not only protecting, as Canadians, our own borders an