Bill C-577 An Act respecting VIA Rail Canada and making consequential amendments to another Act

, and subject to this Act, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person. Property (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Corporation may acquire, hold, lease, sell or dispose of any real or personal property. Administration of oaths 16. The Corporation may

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for inviting me to speak on Bill S-7, the zero tolerance for barbaric cultural practices act. I commend the government for its leadership in taking a stand on a very difficult issue and for defending the human rights of vulnerable women who are unable to speak

Natural Resources committee  You're completely right. I would introduce a note of caution, though, about universities and intellectual property. This is an area that I actually studied a lot 15 years ago, but in the American context. The problem when universities get into the patent game

Industry committee  . Intellectual property protection always involves creating a balance between protecting the economic rights of creators and providing public access to their inventions. In today's world, IP protection is one of the keys to innovation, which drives productivity, and as a result has become

Agriculture committee   breeders' rights under Bill C-18. The agricultural growth act will strengthen intellectual property rights for plant breeders so Canada can catch up with the rest of our competitors. This is supported by every relevant farm group across Canada. Aligning our regulations will not only

International Trade committee   some of those concerns. Investor-state dispute settlement, like the controversial chapter 11 of NAFTA, is often described as a charter for corporate rights, and has been included in CETA. Investor state has also been included in the U.S.-EU transatlantic trade and investment

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Pierre. Good afternoon, everyone. As a good Montrealer, I'll be speaking some franglais, so I'll be giving the translator some difficulty. Thank you for giving us some time to provide our testimony and express our thoughts about our great industry. It's a great

Combating Counterfeit Products Act   the rights owners. They will have to take care of all that in addition to doing their regular duties. One has to wonder whether the Canada Border Services Agency will have the means to implement the law without compromising its other responsibilities, which are to protect Canada's

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I am happy to be able to testify before the committee this morning. I am standing in for our CEO, Don Bubar, whom some of you may know. He was unable to be here as today is Avalon's annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto. As mentioned, my name is Pierre

Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act   of Commons who should put forward bills as often as possible. This bill has already appeared in other forms in previous Parliaments. The Senate took it up again, probably at the request of the government, for reasons that I have not yet figured out. In my view, it is the right of elected

Grain Transport   act, to bring our plant breeders legislation in line with the rest of the world. UPOV ’91, as it is known, will strengthen intellectual property rights for plant breeders and help increase investment in research and development for Canada's crop sector. These discussions have been

Copyright Modernization Act   to Bill C-11. The intent of the bill is not to punish legitimate organizations that make an honest mistake in good faith, but to protect intellectual property as well as the rights of consumers. It should be noted that copyright holders can always ask for an injunction to bring

Transparency of Payments Made by Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations to Foreign Governments Act   of Canada; MAC, the Mining Association of Canada; Revenue Watch Institute; and Publish What You Pay came together to say the following, as stated by Pierre Gratton, Mining Association of Canada's president and CEO: The Canadian mining industry is fully committed to improving

Government Operations committee   increasingly important in an open data environment. The key distinguishing aspect of these data is that they are all defined by a location or position on the earth. Additionally, they are often relevant in multiple applications, ranging from property rights, to government policy decisions

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act  Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to recognize that when Pierre Trudeau negotiated constitutional reform and brought in the charter for all Canadians, it guaranteed those individual rights. The Liberal Party does not have to take a back seat to any political entity in Canada