Government Operations committee  If you look up Rodger Brulotte's column, you can see the photograph of the Minister with Ms. Allaire and Mr. Padulo. That's clear. In fact, it gave the MP for Bourassa a chance to tell certain members, in front of the Italian community, to be sure not to be seen there because it wasn't good for their image with the Liberal Party.

Agriculture committee  We also recognize the passion, commitment, and professionalism of our front-line staff and what they do each and every day--each and every shift--to deliver food safety for Canadians. With respect to recommendation seven, I think it's clear that from our perspective a comprehensive approach was undertaken. With respect to the PricewaterhouseCoopers report and the statement that the member has shared with us, it is a professional audit firm and is required to identify the scope of the work they undertake to do, which, in this case, was an independent review of CFA's assumptions, calculation methodology, representations, and results.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, to be clear, I want to point out that the people are told that if they want to be members, they should sign the ticket. It was spelled out in black and white. I don't know whether it's because you don't know how to read, Mr.

Status of Women committee  Neville begins and before you set the clock, Clerk, I just wanted to suggest that Ms. Leclerc made it very clear what she could answer from her department. I think we should therefore ensure that if we wish to get responses from the two witnesses from CIDA, we should be asking them questions pertaining to CIDA and CIDA's language and agenda, rather DFAIT's, which they cannot answer because they're not from DFAIT.

Status of Women committee  It continues: ...and I discussed the term 'gender equality' with oMINA, to be informed that the current 'lexicon' is instead 'equality of men and women', which actually takes something away from the internationally used terminology (as well as being cumbersome and awkward). He then goes on to say: It is...not entirely clear to us why oMINA advisers are making such changes, and whether they have a full grasp of the potential impact on [Canadian] policy in asking for some changes to phrases and concepts that have been accepted internationally and used for some time.

Official Languages committee  For performance measurement and follow-up, we want to establish a framework in which we measure the degree to which we are meeting our obligations. The commissioner described our obligations very well; they are very, very clear. In some locations, we're meeting our obligations better than in others, and that's why we need local plans. First, with regard to ports, signage has to be bilingual. We're generally meeting that obligation very well.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  But I can tell you that the NHCC membership unequivocally agrees that these are the areas we must work on together to make a difference to people living with all neurological conditions in Canada. Let me be clear: we must work together. This work requires the collective commitment of health charities, industry, and governments at all levels. Having said that, I recognize that this subcommittee has a particular interest in what the Government of Canada might contribute to the process.

Fisheries committee  We haven't managed to move forward with better means and mechanisms to clean up the oil and to protect from this kind of blowout and spill. That became clear in the Gulf of Mexico disaster. So in June Mr. Ignatieff committed to holding off on oil and gas exploration and activities in the Arctic until such time as we can be assured that the risks are negligible.

Agriculture committee  We audit our U.S. counterparts in terms of their food safety activities, so we have a very clear understanding of their inspection strategies. Dependent on the specific commodity, some products that come to Canada from the United States come with formal certification on the part of the U.S. in terms of their oversight; other products come into the country as a result of our understanding of the inspection oversight that's employed in the U.S. and our confidence in our trading partner in terms of the quality of that oversight.

Status of Women committee  However, it goes much deeper than that. But when Mr. Kessel appeared before the committee, he made it clear that this did not represent a change in the government's policy. Why do you think the government wants us to understand that there is no change in its policy, when, in your opinion, these are major changes?

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  You really walked us through the brain in a way that we could all understand and relate to. So thank you. It gives us a clear understanding of what's going on, and we appreciate that. Now, we'll go to Mr. Jim Mann, a member of the board of directors.

Human Resources committee  I've worked with various first nations groups, particularly in Quebec, and I know what happens to them when kids are taken out of their own home environment into a totally different culture and language. So I'm very happy that you spoke up loud and clear. What I'd like to know first of all is how traditional adoption, within the particular aboriginal group that the child belongs to in the first place, happens. Does the federal or the provincial government have a role to play?

Status of Women committee  What becomes very clear when you read the national plan which came out in October, is that, in fact, everything which has to do with justice for the victims—including access to legal institutions, to the strengthening of judicial capacity, as well as the presence of women in the legal system—everything which deals with supporting the legal system, and the mechanisms involved in the legal system, for example—none of this appears at all in the national plan.

Government Operations committee  I move: That this Committee deplores the failure of government departments to provide basic, necessary information to the Parliamentary Budget Officer needed for him to assess the government's plan to have a freeze on spending and the impacts on departments and the means by which it's going to carry out the reductions that are listed by the government in relation to those reductions. That's a long motion. I hope that's clear. I hope somebody noted it down.

Status of Women committee  What this means exactly as far as policy is concerned remains to be seen. What impact will this have? First, in the area of foreign policy, it is clear that our partners feel we are changing our policy. Perhaps—I cannot say for sure, we will have to ask political scientists—we are losing credibility. What I believe is happening is that we may be relinquishing our position as international leaders on this subject.