Canadian Heritage committee  To ask the question whether the government will allow ownership by foreign businesses is to speculate about the future, something we can't do. What I can tell you today is that the provision under the Broadcasting Act is clear on the fact that ownership of broadcasting

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the simple answer is that we are following the law. Let me be clear. Canada is open for business. Under the Investment Canada Act, each case is considered unique and is reviewed on its own merits. Canadian companies have a strong record of competing globally

Foreign Affairs committee   and not overlap. It must be in harmony with the other initiatives. That has been one of the problems in the past, before donor communities made it clear that they either collaborate and coordinate their efforts on the ground, or there are donor meetings that do it. So when we cooperate

Information & Ethics committee  To be clear, if they don't want to use Google Buzz, then they have no reason to be signed up for it, and there's a way in their settings to just turn it off and get rid of it. So if they don't want to use Google Buzz, there's an easy way to get rid of it, and if—

Justice committee   that if the person is ready to rejoin, they could do something productive with their life, rather than just languish in prison. In three cases there has been very clear opposition to the person receiving, and two of those three were the two where the women were refused.

Foreign Affairs committee   of openness and reception to build on that. But I'm sensing here, and particularly even in the comments from the public service report specifically on Ukraine, concerns that a clear commitment to the human resources management reform is not in place. Then it goes on to say

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On the question of the Australians, the Australians have made it very clear that the Super Hornet is a ten-year bridge from the F-111 to the F-35. It's the F-111 they were concerned about, but they've made a commitment to the F-35 and this is simply

Canadian Heritage committee   different directions. I think that's the challenge: how do we take advantage of the 50 billion connections that are thought to be possible by 2050? That's what we're really talking about here today. Mr. O'Hearn, the Association of Canadian Publishers has been quite clear and quite

Foreign Affairs committee  Just to be clear, I wasn't the one who was a monitor. It was my mother, and she brought back the scarf for me. I hope to go one day. I think everyone can agree to the notion of Canada supporting capacity and professionalism and oversight and accountability, and certainly

Justice committee  Okay. The short title of the bill is “Serious Time for the Most Serious Crime Act”. Do you understand that title? You've been in the business a while. Is that clear enough, or should we try to refine that a little bit?

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to be clear on the member's question, as I said in my opening statement, we don't want to have this data. If I have misunderstood the commissioner, then I apologize, and we're going to get on that. That's the answer.

Justice committee  I wasn't entirely clear on the answers you gave my colleague with regard to the three-month time limit that you have to make it. Overall, though, you left us with the impression that it was simply going to be impossible in the vast majority of cases to meet that three-month

Public Accounts committee   this was a concern for the period under review. I am pleased, however, to report that significant work has been completed since that time. CIDA has put in place an aid effectiveness action plan. This plan now provides the entire agency with clear actions and concrete direction, including

House debate   in a position representing Canadians, not in a position reporting as a member of the government. The deputy minister had no reason to mislead the member nor the House. The deputy minister was very clear when she reported to the standing committee, of which the member is a part

Foreign Affairs committee   the key lesson from this project is the following: if a clear commitment to human resources management reform is not in place and a country does not have sufficient stability in its political, institutional and public service environment, the chances of achieving sustainable impact