Veterans Affairs committee   veterans living in 18 countries. They include England; Mexico; Germany; CYQQ force; Florida; Warsaw, Poland; the Syrian Arab Republic; Greece; the U.K.; the U.S.A.; the Cayman Islands; Afghanistan; South Africa; Iraq; Thailand; Sarajevo, Bosnia; Italy; and Japan. In conclusion

House debate   are so excited about and so proud of. Having been recently in Olympia where the Olympic flame was lit and in Victoria where it was received from Greece, the beginning of the relays across the country, I know how important the Olympics are after so many years of work from an economic

2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games  Mr. Speaker, last week, I had the honour of accompanying the Minister of State for Sport and the Canadian delegation to Greece to bring the Olympic flame for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to Vancouver. I must say that one of my proudest moments as a member

Jack Poole   following a battle with pancreatic cancer. On the very day of Jack's passing, the Olympic torch, a symbol for global peace, had just been lit in Greece to mark the beginning of the torch relays for the Vancouver Games. Although saddened by his death, I am encouraged that so many

Dina Ouellette  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise here today to congratulate Dina Ouellette, a citizen of my riding, who was chosen to be a guardian of the Olympic flame and to join the Canadian delegation going to Greece to bring it back. Miss Ouellette will join the team as a first

International Trade committee   as an ambassador for Canada. I've travelled to many countries, such as Mexico, Spain, Italy, Greece, India, and Sri Lanka, so I have a very good understanding of the importance that Canada plays as a provider of food to the world. As I've travelled, I've been impacted by the people through

Finance committee   existing tax credits in five provinces in Canada, the U.S.A., and abroad. These programs have proved to be successful around the world--in over 18 U.S. states, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and I could go on. Studies show

Canadian Heritage committee  . As of today, I have produced 84 records by 50 Canadian composers such as Francis Dhomont, Robert Normandeau, Paul Dolden and Gilles Gobeil, and by 32 foreign composers from France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Sweden and Argentina. Sixty-three of the 84 Canadian records

Veterans Affairs committee  I keep thinking of Sisyphus, the poor guy in classical Greece who was always pushing the rock up the hill, and it was always rolling back on him. We consider our challenge to be pushing that rock up the hill. We consider it our mission to do what we can to inform and educate

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague and his home country for voting the right way for a green socialist party, a party to the left. We thank Greece for leading the way once again in Europe. My hon. colleague talked about these trade deals and he talked about Alvaro

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   in Greece. If he follows his politics very closely he will understand that the PASOK party has evolved from the socialist party that it was 30-odd years ago to a modern, state-of-the-art, centre type of party. The only difficulty I have is trying to understand why after 60 years

Questions on the Order Paper   in personnel. Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Alma Ata (Kazakhstan) Athens (Greece) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) Bangkok (Thailand) Brasilia (Brazil) Bratislava (Slovakia) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Colombo (Sri Lanka) Conakry (Guinea) Denver (Usa) Dusseldorf (Germany) Kuala Lumpur

Information & Ethics committee  I understand that privacy officials in Greece have raised some concerns about Google Street View and have asked that images no longer be taken until certain understandings can be reached. Is that correct?

Information & Ethics committee  I can't speak to the precise issue in Greece.

Information & Ethics committee   with technology—not even close. I think that's where the fear is coming from. Obviously, those fears are shared around the world. To the chair's point, Greece, Japan, and Germany weren't all ecstatic about this. That's especially so when you hear about people who don't want this surrounding