Canadian Heritage committee   the hearing in May is actually very important. Just to be clear about 9(1)(h), we're not expecting 9(1)(h) licences. We're just expecting a fair and timely hearing, something that we've been promised for several years now. That's all we're asking. For those folks who are more market

Veterans Affairs committee  Just to be clear, these data were collected by Statistics Canada. We didn't collect the data. Statistics Canada did a mental health survey of all Canadians in 2002. As part of that, the Canadian Forces then commissioned Statistics Canada to do a representative sample. So we

Justice committee  I think you've quoted the statistical overview that was published by Public Safety Canada. I just want to make sure that it's clear here. That publication mentions that there were 173 court decisions with respect to the faint hope clause, of which only 130 were successful

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I do agree with my colleague with regard to his sense of where our military should be headed, and it is in more of a peacekeeping role. New Democrats have been clear over the years in the way we have voted because we have always believed that we will have folks

Canadian Heritage committee   with respect to programming—something this gentleman referred to earlier. I believe it is very important for the rules to be clear and for all the players to feel as though they are on an equal footing. Even though that is not really possible, all should be more or less on an equal footing

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