Supply   the position it is taking? I sat as a Liberal member of parliament for 12 years. I was a Liberal for many years before then. I was a Liberal when Pierre Trudeau was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and when he was the prime minister of Canada. Pierre Trudeau would never have taken

Extension of Sitting Hours   their employers be unable to pay their wages. We think that this is extremely important. As my colleague mentioned earlier, one of our priorities is Bill C-51, which would cede certain islands that are currently the property of the federal government back to Inuit nations. This is a request

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   give medical researchers, scientists and doctors protection in respect of the important work that they do in the area of health research. My concern with the bill is that in moving these subsections out of the property rights sections we have moved them into a separate section

Canadian Heritage committee   in Canada, particularly in the Francophone community, with the exception of information and public affairs programs, is financed out of public funds. When we hear Pierre Karl Péladeau say that it is unfair that CBC/Radio-Canada receives public funding and that is unfair competition

Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006   splitting, the trust can protect assets against the beneficiaries' creditors or ensure the use of an asset by a spouse until death before transferring the property rights to the children. The trust can also ensure that children have sufficient capital to cover the cost of tuition

Youth Criminal Justice Act   of the Young Offenders Act. This amendment to the Senate amendment fully summarizes the position and the consensus reached by Quebec stakeholders. They did not want Quebec to be subjected to this legislation. They all wanted Quebec to have the right to opt out. Again, I am pleased

Code of Conduct   could go right back to the beginning in 1993. We are talking about the government's record of ethics and the need to refer the matter to an independent committee to look at the issue overall. The problem with the motion is that it is a bit of a diversion. It distracts away from

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  , the sections are being moved out of the property sections of the criminal code and there will be a new shrine to animals in a particular part of the criminal code. Unfortunately, what the former minister of justice and now this Minister of Justice have failed to do is take those defences

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee members. I am very pleased to be appearing once again before you today. My name is Ron Moran. I'm the National President of the Customs Excise Union Douanes Accise, our CEUDA. With me today is CEUDA's National Vice-President, Mr. Jean-Pierre

Emergency Management Act   of persons and property in the event of disaster, dating from 1979. I want to point out that this reorganization took place under the direction of the member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, who was then the Minister of Public Safety in the National Assembly of Quebec. Under the law

Budget Implementation Act, 2006, No. 2   economic backbone of Quebec. The Bloc Québécois will obviously, therefore, support these measures. In general, much still needs to be done, but we have a few steps here in the right direction and the Bloc Québécois will vote in favour of Bill C-28. I would like, first, to describe

Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms  moved: That, in the opinion of this House, the government should consider the advisability of amending section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, according to the amending formula provided for in section 38 of the Constitution Act, 1982, which amendment would

Canadian Heritage committee  No. We're talking private property here. The rights to those films are held by the distributors when it comes to retail sales, for example. It's up to them to promote and sell their titles. They're not government owned. I will make a note of that excellent question, the idea

Canada—Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   State, by an investor of one Contracting Party in the territory of the other Contracting Party in accordance with the latter's laws and, in particular, though not exclusively, includes: (i) movable and immovable property and any related property rights, such as mortgages, liens

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   in Bill C-15B could open up the possibility that farmers, sporting groups and scientific researchers will be unjustly prosecuted. They may even be persecuted. Animal rights groups in Canada will certainly use this new legislation as the basis for such prosecutions, and in fact have