Finance committee  Let's catch up with the rest of the world on this, and then allow social enterprise in charities and not-for-profits, in guidelines that are very clear and are supported.

Public Safety committee  Are you able to speak to the following, because we do hear some concerns about it and it wasn't quite clear to me. If an inmate is serving his or her sentence in a certain province and if regulations for collection, whether maintenance collection or any types of collection, differ by province, would the inmate have to be resident of the specific province where they're serving their sentence or would they be resident wherever their permanent address was before they were incarcerated?

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Not only is there no mandate for raising the eligibility age for old age security but there is no evidence to support it, there is no need for it and there is no fiscal prudence in doing so. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has been clear. He studied this issue very carefully and found that the old age security program is fully sustainable the way it is. That only stands to reason. The demographic reality is that retirees will peak with the 1964 cohort and then start declining.

Public Safety committee  I find it kind of shocking, actually, given how short this bill is, that you didn't come prepared with some amendments. Because you're not exactly.... I'd like to clarify your position, because it is not clear to me, anyway, whether you support this bill or not.

Finance committee  But there will be more questions on the T3010, and it will go back to where it was in 2002—there will be more questions, people will answer, therefore it will be more clear to them what political activities are, and we'll have more compliance in that area.

Environment committee  I think one of the things we said was that they were absolutely good first steps on the 2020. Just to be very clear, there are a whole bunch of things we've said are very positive. But right now, it's unclear what the plans are and what the next steps are. If the economy grows by x amount, which we all hope it will, how do you actually continue to not only get that decoupling but to actually bring in the real reductions?

Finance committee  It may also enable individuals to make transformational gifts in their lifetime rather than as a consequence of estate planning. We recognize that clear rules need to be established to govern the valuation and transparency of these transactions, but we know it can be achieved. Hand in glove with extending the capital gains exemption would be an undertaking to remove the restriction that charitable donations can only be claimed in one year up to 75% of net income.

Public Safety committee  One of the difficulties I would foresee is that if there were a dispute or a disagreement, it may not be clear that the debt is recognized, or it could be something that has been appealed. So I could see it being a source of conflict or tension if there were a dispute or a disagreement about the amounts involved.

Environment committee  No, because by then we have cleared all the report from Environment Canada. It was the most recent data up until, say, the end of March 2012.

Environment committee  Yes, with pleasure. I'm just going to say that we've been very clear that Environment Canada has done a better job consistently, year after year, in each of the annual climate change reports. The reports are more robust. They're more detailed. They're more transparent.

Public Safety committee  Maybe I misunderstood what you just said, but I do think it's very clear that this is not money that an inmate would be making as payment for work that they were doing while out on conditional release or if they were out and being paid. This money is actually from awards by the government.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Sapers, and Ms. Kingsley, for being here and for your presentation. Just so it's clear to me, Mr. Sapers, would you in principle be supportive of a measure that would ask offenders to pay outstanding debt? I want to go on to the challenges that you identified, but in principle, I wonder what your opinion is of this bill and how it would affect offenders.

Public Safety committee  Bill C-350 would effectively require Correctional Services Canada to establish a tracking system to administer child or spousal support orders, as well as other debts owed as a result of an award by a court of competent jurisdiction. It is not clear to me how such a registry would be created, or how much it would cost to implement or maintain. I do question whether we want or expect the federal correctional authority to be mandated to become part of a debt collection scheme.

Finance  It has been very well received by the various business groups, particularly the small business groups. It is a way of regulating the market in a voluntary way. We have made it clear that there must be compliance. I am happy to say there has been general compliance. We have had a couple of instances where we have stepped in but then we have had compliance to the credit card code of conduct.

41st General Election  Speaker, and the member knows this full well, is that there is no evidence. In fact, the evidence is clear. The Conservative Party of Canada had absolutely nothing to do with this. Any computer IP address that the member is referring to has nothing to do with the Conservative Party of Canada.