Canadian Heritage committee  There is nothing theoretical about this. The fact is that when you have so many licence applications and so few Category 2 channels are being launched, it's clear that the reason is that a very powerful gatekeeper is preventing these channels from being distributed. I can tell

Veterans Affairs committee  The other thing I want to add is that, as Ms. Belik mentioned in her report, motor vehicle accidents are a very common cause of death, and sometimes it's not very clear to the coroner whether the accident was a suicide or an accident. It's a challenging issue. Some work from

National Defence committee   other lawyer who is going to appear. I am satisfied and confident in my ability to handle the courtroom. If I do run into a situation on an objection that I would not be clear about, and one or two times.... We've heard testimony now from more than 20-odd witnesses, and I have

Canadian Heritage committee   difficult for a small player to complain about a very large player in an industry where the small player fully depends on the larger player for its very existence. What the industry needs instead is a clear and relevant set of rules, understood in advance, that will ensure independent

Business of Supply   and rescue and surveillance operations, also operating under the military. I had the great privilege this past summer of spending half of a week with 14 Wing at Greenwood with representatives of the other parties. It was a delightful experience. It became very clear to me that there were

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, talk to me next fall! I am concerned. I have announced hearings. We want to understand the current phenomenon. We want to know where all of this is leading. After that and after holding consultations, we will have a clear idea, and at that point we will be making

Foreign Affairs committee   programs like this one that CIDA has in place are quite strong. The notion of all of Sudan, I think, is important. You mentioned that there's an awful lot of movement and migration. We want to make it clear that CIDA programming is not solely in Khartoum and Juba. It is spread out

Veterans Affairs committee   of it. It's when you come home and you're sitting at home having a beer that all of a sudden--boom--it starts to come clear. Or it's at night, or on a bad day like today and stuff like that. If you don't build that prosthesis of knowing places to avoid.... For instance, I don't go

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for your submission. I'm new on this committee, so I have not met you before. Welcome. I've been very interested in hearing what you've had to say. As a new member, I just need you to clear up a couple of things for me. You talked a bit about your mandate

Foreign Affairs committee   that, and as I hope I made clear in my remarks, the basic development indicators are very low in the region, as you know--in fact, probably one of the lowest I've seen almost anywhere in Africa. This has always been a neglected frontier region of the continent, and, quite frankly, there's

Justice committee   it--as to whether the ombudsman should be taking a position on an issue like that. I know subsequently you in fact did. It’s clear that you have an advocacy role. Do you agree with me on that?

National Defence committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Monsieur Décary, for being here this afternoon and for your very long and distinguished service to Canada. Congratulations on your new role. I want to start by thanking you for an excellent presentation and a very clear description

Justice committee  Anticipating that I may breach your comments, I'm not sure that I'll classify it as a ruling. It's clear that the ombudsman's role has an advocacy component. I think, in part, what Ms. Jennings is getting at and what I would like to get at is the perspective this particular

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I should be allowed to speak. I would expect some respect from the member opposite because I let him speak and ask his question. I would like to answer it now. I am asking about priorities. I am asking clear questions. I am not asking questions that the member

Foreign Affairs committee   are engaging in a collective Canadian approach to Sudan within the wider region, as it is clear that Sudan's problems are larger than its borders and require positive engagement with all of its neighbours. The Canadian whole-of-government mission to Sudan was timely, given the extent