Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Just to be clear, that report was from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Mind you, it was 2007, to be clear on that. In fact, Mr. Gordon talked about the fact that they're at the level of yellowcake materials already.

Agriculture committee  We now have a very clear basis to remove regulatory controls from a field that had been subject to those controls, based on those fields' being demonstrated not to be positive.

Canada Grain Act  Nowhere is that evidence of failure more clear than it is with this bill. The government has not listened to any of the producers' concerns that were expressed during the committee hearings. It has not listened to the concerns that were expressed by producers on the original bill, Bill C-39.

Canada Grain Act  It is my hope that during this debate on the hoist motion, the opposition members will level with Canadians and make their reasoning for the motion clear. There is no question that the legislation being proposed would be very positive improvements to the Canada Grain Act. As I mentioned at the beginning of my speech, the last amendments to this act were done 40 years ago.

Political Financing  Mr. Speaker, this is a very important topic. I wish we were dealing with the issue of campaign finance reform and electoral legislation as part of a broader agreement between the parties and, frankly, on the basis of the issue of fairness to all players. Unfortunately, the reality is that the government is bringing in legislation because of problems in the Liberal Party's image around corruption and scandals, and because of the struggle for power within the Liberal Party itself.

Government Operations committee  I want to be absolutely clear. This is hypothetical, but if $3 billion is not spent by June 30, I want to be clear that in the larger scheme of things that will not jeopardize any program or initiative. It may be more difficult for departments to cash-manage, as you suggested--

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, let me go to a more precise question. Both Australia and Great Britain have stated that Saddam Hussein is in material breach of United Nations resolution 1441. As well, evidence is mounting that Saddam is blocking the work of the UN inspectors team as required by the resolution.

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, in 1998 the Prime Minister said: Make no mistake, Saddam's behaviour to date indicates that he will not honour diplomatic solutions so long as they are not accompanied by a threat of intervention. The least sign of weakness or hesitation on our part will be interpreted as incitement...We believe that Canada cannot stand on the sidelines in such a moment...Canada will be counted.

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, let me return to the Prime Minister's quote. He said: The least sign of weakness or hesitation...will be interpreted as incitement. The Prime Minister himself and his government have been waffling consistently on what to do in the past few weeks. He said: We believe that Canada cannot stand on the sidelines in such a moment...Canada will be counted.

Canada Grain Act  Agricultural producers in Quebec and Canada are quite right to distrust this government, which has set its sights on the Canadian Grain Commission. It is clear that deregulating everything under the sun has not produced the desired results with respect to protecting producers. The Bloc Québécois is ready to look at what can be done with the Canadian Grain Commission's mission.

Status of Women committee  But that is in Robert's Rules of Order, whereas in Marleau and Montpetit, these are the rules. Is everyone clear on that, so we can understand how we want to achieve what we want to achieve down the road? Is it not clear, Sylvie?

Public Safety committee  Those are some of the things in his hypothetical discussion. We aren't into those hypothetical discussions as a government. We have a clear policy. Our clear policy is that we don't condone the use of torture.

Public Safety committee  The position of the Government of Canada is quite clear: we do not condone the use of torture in intelligence gathering. Our clear directive to our law enforcement agencies and our intelligence service is that they are not to condone the use of torture, practise torture, or knowingly use any information obtained through torture.

Status of Women committee  The provision of benefits to these individuals would otherwise require benefit qualifications to depend on weeks worked rather than on hours, and it is not clear how the number of weeks should be defined. That is all I have to say for now. Thanks.

Environment committee  Our position in Bonn is quite clear. We intend to play a constructive role in this process, in order to develop an international protocol for all nations. We had expressed a preference in investing in green technology and energy, and it's clear that we will continue with that approach.