Government Operations committee  The guidelines aren't clear on that. It just says that you had to remain open during the G-20 summit.

Human Resources committee  I'll take that one very quickly. What I was always taught is that the shortest way to get a problem done is the easiest route from point A to point B. The first thing you want to do is create a clear channel. The federal government, the provincial governments, the territorial

Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act   Real Estate Association and representatives of small business associations of every type. They have made it very clear that the HST is bad for their business. It is bad for small business. Why? They know that the consumers that they count on to patronize their businesses and keep

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, we certainly await your judgment and, if there is any way we can clear up the House or the Bloc's concerns, we should be happy to work with them on that issue.

Official Languages committee   to; perhaps he has sent them across Canada. Does this help promote official languages? Is that not the problem? We have a Senate made up of unelected individuals who, since June, have been considering Bill C-232 on Supreme Court judges and who have been saying loud and clear

Human Resources committee  Mr. Lessard, we're not going to debate this right now. You will have an opportunity if you would like to clear the record. We are not going to argue this.

Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act   of the House, the NDP is not standing for it. We are speaking out. I want to make it very clear that if people want to exercise their opposition to the HST, then in coming elections or in coming byelections, they should be voting NDP. It is as clear as that. Why is closure being imposed

Government Operations committee  . They had no formal trial. How do you explain the fact that the security service and the Ontario Provincial Police had to detain these people for two, three or even four days when there is actually nothing showing that they represented a clear threat?

Status of Women committee  Excuse me, Madam Chair, but wouldn't it be better to table the motion immediately in the House. We could make it clear that the committee has suspended its routine proceedings to table the motion at this time, and we could also present it to the minister at the same time.

Government Operations committee  No. I believe there's a very clear articulation of our legal authorities in statute, in our common law authorities, and within provincial statutes. There was some discussion about a provincial statute and a regulation that was enacted but not really used at this event

Human Resources committee   leave, some statistics are available on the website. In that regard, it is clear that there are currently a large number of Canadians who are unaware that such a thing as compassionate leave even exists; 40% have never heard of it, and 10% know only very little about it. And yet

Official Languages committee  My position on the bill is very clear, and I find those revelations worrisome.

Official Languages committee  What really is critical is that departments create an environment and a culture that doesn't simply permit the use of both languages but encourages the use of both languages, and that makes it clear that this is a value for the department, for the government, and for the country

Human Resources committee   of our young people. And that is the way to do it. Furthermore, benefits are already available to victims of crime. It's important for you to understand that this is aimed at families and at the parents who live with these children. That's why there must be a clear separation between

Government Operations committee   require were very specific to providing security for the summit. Let me also tell you that there was perhaps not as clear a delineation of responsibilities as I may have indicated, because we share a certain responsibility--the security of internationally protected persons