Health  Mr. Speaker, leadership is the key to disaster management, with a clear chain of command and defined roles. We are currently in response mode for H1N1. Where is the Prime Minister on this issue? Why has the Prime Minister not spoken directly to Canadians to reduce their anxiety, confusion and mounting frustration?

Employment Insurance Act  We need to have a government that supports the people instead of its party's supporters. It is clear that we will vote against this bill. Like all bills we vote against, it does not adequately meet the needs of the people we represent. In Quebec, as I was saying earlier, people are not fooled.

Public Safety committee  Okay, Mr. Holland has moved the subamendment. Let's be clear now on what we're doing. Oh, I'm sorry, Ms. Mourani. You have been on my list for some time. My apologies. Go ahead.

Public Safety committee  I think it's clear that it would add to the workloads of local police and of the registry itself if all of the elements in subsection 5(1) had to be reported on within seven days of any change. It's quite a thorough list.

Public Safety committee  Or, I'd like to hear from everybody on the committee whether they're opposed or not to simply changing my amendment to refer to 5(1)(d), as I originally intended, to make it clear that you have to report a change of your employer within seven days. If people are opposed to that, they can let me know.

Employment Insurance Act  I think that members of this House, including Conservative members, will agree that she delivered a very good speech. What is clear in her presentation is that Bill C-50 is unfair and discriminatory. Of course our colleague referred to the Bloc's position. I would like to hear her again briefly on the measures that the Bloc would have proposed to improve employment insurance and to make this legislation acceptable to us, had these measures been included in it.

International Trade committee  Normally, we want to do business and we are not necessarily responsible for what's happening elsewhere. However, the committee's report on Colombia made it clear that the human rights situation needed to improve before Canada signed a free trade agreement with the country. Are you concerned about the situation in Colombia? Should we have been negotiating a free trade agreement and at the same time asking for Colombia's firm commitment to improve human rights?

Canadian Heritage committee  He said he gave up, that he had been sending the same information again and again, that his role with artists' managers was such that he believed that when things are messed up at the beginning, they are going to continue to be messed up. So he decided not to participate. He said it seemed clear that Heritage doesn't see the benefit of engaging with the buyers. This was one of apparently a number of U.S. buyers who just walked because they were tired of trying to get through the process.

Public Safety committee  So the Minister of Public Safety makes that determination in an international transfer case. Where the situation is a Canadian returning free and clear, if I can put it that way, not under any sentence but simply arriving back in Canada from a trip abroad or living abroad, this scheme provides that where there is information brought to the attention of authorities that they did commit a sex offence abroad, the attorney general or minister of justice in a territory can serve them, because they're the people who do administer that part of the registration process.

Public Safety committee  I think the bill, as it currently reads, speaks in terms of that determination being made in the opinion of the minister. I've changed that to say “that is equivalent to an offence referred to in”. It makes it clear that any offence committed in a foreign jurisdiction has to be objectively related to an offence in Canada and then registration would be automatic. It takes out the subjective discretion, which I'm hearing on the other side is not something they're generally in favour of.

Public Safety committee  But that's not what we're talking about here, are we clear?

Public Safety committee  Yes, we're clear. We're just going up to clause 10. We're going to have a new clause 10.1. (Clauses 8 to 10 inclusive agreed to) We will now move to new clause 10.1. Mr. MacKenzie, please go ahead with amendment G-1.

Canadian Heritage committee  In fact, one of the biggest pieces of feedback to the blue ribbon panel—which, I just want to be clear, was government-wide and sponsored by the president of the Treasury Board—was the reporting burden that clients face, which slows everything down.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Monsieur Cardin. I think that's clear now. In terms of grammatical and editorial changes, it is moved by Mr. Julian that the chair, clerk, and analyst be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

Employment Insurance Act  Adding to the prudence of the bill, we have made sure that the use of the special benefit aspect of employment insurance, like maternity and parental benefits, compassionate care and sickness benefits, will not affect a worker's eligibility, so let us be clear on that one. Workers who have taken time off and used these special benefits will not be negatively affected in the application of the bill. They will be just as eligible as a person who has not used these benefits.