Aboriginal Affairs  First nations children need real action, not empty promises. First nations leaders have been clear: the only acceptable action plan is one that addresses all educational needs, from early childhood to post-secondary education. What is missing is partnership with the federal government.

Public Safety  She will be loved here. We will explain the legislation that we are bringing forward. As I have made clear, we are ensuring that there is judicial oversight and there is accountability by the police when they obtain information. For any private information there is a warrant system.

Poverty  Tomorrow I will be tabling a motion, seconded by MPs across party lines, denouncing the shameful failure of the House to fulfill its pledge, due to a cruel and selfish lack of political will for which all members should apologize. There is clear evidence that poverty, particularly child poverty, increases the cost to our health, education and justice systems by a sum greater than the cost of eliminating it. We are all culpable.

Firearms Registry  We will continue to fight for safer streets and safer communities and we will do that by targeting real criminals. Our government has always been clear. We will end the long gun registry and we will focus on real criminals who commit real crimes.

Financial System Review Act  Speaker, it is a privilege to speak to Bill S-5, the financial system review act. The bill has cleared the Senate and is now in the House. Some of my colleagues on the other side are asking why now and why so fast. It is not really fast. The consultation process started in September. We had to use that process to be able to get it to this place.

Financial System Review Act  Currently, if I go through websites or look at some of the mail that comes through my door, it is clear that a person can actually get his or her house financed fairly easily for up to 90%. That is an advantage for some, but in the long term it is also the basis for potential instability.

Justice committee  No, but the law is not clear.

Information & Ethics committee  That's a distortion of the commissioner's process. By the way, CBA is recommending a review and an appeal, to be clear. The commissioner's process already ensures that lobbyists who are the subject of inquiries have full knowledge and full disclosure of all the allegations against them, and they're allowed to respond.

Canadian Heritage committee  For example, we put in place a national advisory committee, and I told you who we had on this national advisory committee. What we ensured also is that we added terms of reference that were very clear. Again, we did mention in those terms of reference that they were there to advise, to tell us also what's happening and what's new with respect to science and technology, because they may know things that we don't.

Canadian Heritage committee  Just so I'm clear, you are saying that there's no concern on your part around just the overall structure of an organizing structure for Canada's 150th that's going to have quite a significant corporate presence?

Financial System Review Act  Considering the government's actions in recent months, since the Conservatives won a majority on May 2, it has become clear that we cannot trust this government to make decisions in the interest of Canadians. In these 105 pages, the minister is given veto powers several times, and that worries us. I am very pleased that the hon. member for Compton—Stanstead asked me this question.

Justice committee  One could still include these other factors in the bill, but I think it would have to be made clear that they were subordinate to the main lines of the defence of self-defence. I hope I'm answering your question.

Information & Ethics committee  That may be something you may wish to pursue. All I know is what happened. There seemed to be a clear-cut case, and he was investigated. As far as I know—given that the commissioner in her report talked about her process—when she gets them back from the RCMP with nothing done, she then opens her own process.

Information & Ethics committee  There was a big article yesterday that was written that talked about the fact that...I would actually argue that overwhelmingly the exceeding majority of people want to follow the rules. They just want to know what the rules are and in some cases the rules aren't as clear as they should be, and you've made some recommendations on that. Rule 8 has been subject to interpretation. Are there any recommendations that the Canadian Bar Association has around rule 8?

Justice committee  Due to these factors, we believe there is a need for less restrictive citizen's arrest provisions in the Criminal Code, and clear guidelines to ensure the victims of crime do not become targeted by the justice system. To illustrate that, I'll give you the recent case involving a convenience store retailer in the city of Toronto.