Fisheries committee  Our fourth recommendation is to protect fish habitat from key activities that can damage habitat, such as destructive fishing practices and the cumulative effect of multiple activities. We adopt Dr. Fuller's evidence to this committee on the first point. On the second point, cumulatively, minor works are considered to pose the greatest threat to fish habitat. To ensure that the cumulative impact of minor works and activities are understood and considered, we recommend, as have other witnesses, that the act require the creation of an accessible database so that DFO knows what's going on out there with cumulative impacts, and can then take more steps.

Natural Resources committee  There's a gentleman I believe you may have heard about in academic circles, a gentleman by the name of Dr. Ken Coates. He is involved with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He has written quite a bit about the relationship between indigenous players and government. One of his many theses that he refers to is how the north can actually provide a lesson to the rest of Canada with respect to relationships with indigenous peoples and industry.

Finance committee  I'll let Glenn speak to the Holyrood facility and the expenditure required there. If we require details, Charles could step up and speak to C-CORE. The general point I would highlight goes back again to the fact that there are only so many dollars to spend. Mr. Albas made an impression on me.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. I will read from my prepared statement. Canada's history of attempting to balance human rights against internal security stretches back to the late 19th century when Prime Minister John A. Macdonald hired a number of undercover detectives to keep watch on the Fenians.

Electoral Reform committee  I think, as was mentioned earlier today, that there is a fear of the word “coalition” in government. I'd like to remind everyone that Canada was formed from a coalition between Sir John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. The Great Coalition was what brought Canada together, so we really shouldn't be afraid of it. I think, as Dr. Tremblay said, multipartisanship is really crucial, and that's what will allow us to make better decisions for the country.

Public Safety committee  MacDonald and Mr. DeJong. Dr. Lanius, please go ahead for 10 minutes.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. I would very much support the comments Dr. Lanius made. Education is key to prevention. It is one of the big pieces that we have to move forward on in terms of being able to educate, and not just the community. Many people lack awareness of what post-traumatic stress disorder even is, including the people who are suffering from it themselves.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning. My name is Chris Champion. I'm a Canadian historian with a Ph.D. in Canadian history. I'm the founder and editor of the The Dorchester Review, which is an independent and relatively small circulation journal, but it's about 100 pages per issue. It's in the old style of those journals that John A.

Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure committee  I I really want to ensure that everybody understands what is happening this Thursday. We have Environmental Defence, Maggie MacDonald, coming in. We have Ecojustice, Dr. Elaine MacDonald. We have Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, Bob Masterson and Pierre Gauthier. Thank you very much to each of you for sending me your lists.

Candidate Gender Equity Act  However, we do know that men do not have a better chance of winning elections than women, but this perception of winnability stacks the process against women. My own published research, written in partnership with my wife, Dr. Jeanette Ashe, who was chair of the Department of Political Science at Douglas College, shows that in some Canadian candidate nominations, men are five times more likely to win candidate selection contests than women when all other factors are held equal.

Public Safety committee  Yes. Often, when somebody comes back into the family with post-traumatic stress, they're really dysregulated and they're angry and they can't control their emotions. That can be very traumatizing for the whole family, so sometimes you can have this intergenerational piece to the trauma, and children suffer from psychological difficulties because they can't cope with the disruption in the family.

Public Safety committee  I would also like to know which best practices for prevention your professional activities helped you establish. Dr. Lanius, perhaps you could answer first, then Ms. MacDonald.

Finance committee  I'm releasing a paper next Monday for The Macdonald-Laurier Institute. I'm making an argument along that line and putting forward, which no one has put forward thus far, to my knowledge, in Canada, an actual test. I'm not against deficits, but we talk about them and we say we need a deficit and we say we have to stimulate, but nobody explains when or why or how.

Health committee  My presentation is called “Evidence indicates a plausible link between autism and radio frequency radiation exposure”, and my name is Martha Herbert. I am a board-certified neurologist with special competency in child neurology and a specialization in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Health committee  Yes, sure. Absolutely. There are differences in tissue and geometry in children's heads. The use of cellphones in children under 20 can result in a fivefold increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma, and exposure in utero and from birth is huge. Exposure concomitant body burden of other substances like lead can make the consequences worse.