The Environment  Mr. Speaker, nothing that this government is doing prevents the Government of Ontario or any other province having stricter admission targets on climate change. In fact, the province of Ontario has no emission targets of any kind. Only this government does. He should talk to his provincial leader and tell him to fulfill that promise to close down the coal-fired plants.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, it is always possible to gain popularity by adopting the position of other countries. China, for example, does not want mandatory targets even though it is now the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. It is the Liberals' position that China and other developing countries should not have mandatory targets.

Justice committee  Since you began that section of your submissions by saying that there were some comments that were still relevant, I'm concerned that by referring to those items, it's a little misleading for those who aren't aware, and I appreciate your making that clear.

Justice committee  It's hard to believe it's two and a half years ago that you had to endure a night in jail and spend an enormous amount of money and time and anguish trying to clear yourself when you were just trying to protect your own property. The current law basically says that you can do a citizen's arrest if the shoplifters are unsuccessful, if you catch them in the act, but when they are successful—they stole something and took off—you cannot do anything.

Business of Supply  The motion asks the House to recognize the fundamental rights of all Canadians to the freedoms of speech, communication and privacy and that there must be a clear affirmation on the need for these rights to be respected in all forms of communication and that the House recognize that the collection by government of personal information and data from Canadians relating to their online activities, without limits, rules, judicial oversight, constitutes a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

Bill C-11 committee  The Copyright Act is currently restrictive in the sense that there are provisions in it for fair dealing, but even some of the materials that are available, for example, through the Internet that might presumably be free and publicly available...it's not quite clear whether teachers and faculty can readily use that and distribute it to their students. So on the Internet side there are some real advantages there for that to be changed. From the book perspective and the purchasing of books—

National Defence committee  It's not only in strategic problems that we see this. I wanted to pick two examples, one domestic and one international. It's pretty clear, it seems to me, that we have a growing demand for search and rescue capability in this country, and we've had it for a long time. I was trying to remember the first time that the replacement for the fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft was raised, but it was back early in the 2000s, maybe 2001, and maybe 2002.

Bill C-11 committee  From kindergarten to advanced calculus, classrooms are filled with innovative, new learning opportunities. The proposed Internet amendment is important because the current copyright law is not clear about the extent to which teachers and students and other educational users can legally engage in what are now routine classroom activities, such as downloading, saving, sharing text or images or videos that are publicly available on the Internet.

Business of Supply  As a prosecutor, as a child protection lawyer, as a federal and provincial attorney general, and in my current job as Canada's Minister of Public Safety, I have made it my goal to put the rights of victims ahead of the interests of criminals. Over the years it has become more and more clear to me and to countless thousands of other Canadians that our laws were falling far behind the technology used by criminals. The frustration that police have experienced through the years is palpable.

Business of Supply  My view is it is not unreasonable for governments and police forces to be looking at the ways and means in which they have to be able to deal with criminal activity using the latest technology, and sometimes using it in very destructive ways. On the other side, my view is equally clear. We have to do it in a way that is consistent with Canadian legal traditions and with our protection of privacy. It seems to me that in every piece of legislation like this, we are always trying to find the right balance.

Bill C-11 committee  There have been a number of things said today that by the way are not entirely accurate about what radio contributes to the music system, so I want to make this clear. To begin with, radio stations right now buy music, but the record companies don't sell it in the format in which they use it. So then they have to buy the music a second time. This is called “ephemeral rights”.

Bill C-11 committee  What you're saying is that rather than pay the licence, you're going to make copies every 30 days. I just want to be clear. Is that what you're saying you are going to do if things remain they way they are in C-11, that every 30 days you're going to make a copy...?

Official Languages committee  As my colleague Linda was explaining, we have done extensive work with Éducaloi to provide the English community of Quebec with legal information that is written in an English language that they fully understand, that is written in clear language. So those are the main areas we have worked with so far with the English community in Quebec.

Transport committee  I can certainly follow up with more specifics. I'm happy to do that, and I'll work through the clerk's office, just to be clear. I would suggest Canada ranks higher in public investment research than we do in industrial, if you use the OECD country yardstick, but I don't have the numbers as to where we rank, although we can certainly access those and make sure the committee is made aware of them.

Official Languages committee  Of course, in northern New Brunswick, it is clear that francophones mainly use their language, whereas the situation is different in the south.