Natural Resources committee   looking at what that market is going to look like and providing the kind of certainty in terms of the basic rules of the game that will be in place once a carbon market is established. That provides a clear signal and certainty for investments, so that we can continue to attract

Agriculture committee  . I feel that to isolate this issue is nearly impossible without first having a clear picture of the total business environment that this industry is dealing with. Currently the percentage of farmers who are not encouraging youth to return to the farm is in the area of 70% to 75

Seal Hunt  Madam Chair, while the government was working to advocate on behalf of Canadian sealers, that Liberal senator was writing to ask members of the European parliament to take away their livelihood. Let me be specifically clear. There can be no justification for new restrictions

House debate   the parliamentary secretary one last chance to answer the question. Is the $30 million commitment to the University of Prince Edward Island and the creation of 300 jobs accurate? The wording is very clear and we know right now from the words of the parliamentary secretary that it is not accurate

House debate  Mr. Speaker, what is not clear is what the hon. member is actually asking. He has asked two completely different things, using two completely different sets of numbers. Today he refers to the fifth report to Canadians, which uses wording such as “--will create over 300 jobs

House debate   would get to $10 million or $11 million, that would be close enough, and we could forget about it. No attempt was ever made to compute how the 300 jobs were calculated or arrived at. I am going to read it again because I want to be absolutely clear. The budget stated: Upgrades

House debate   appreciate this chance to offer some clarity on the matter. From page 242 of the fifth report to Canadians, it is clear that investments in P.E.I. under the KIP program will create over 300 jobs and inject about $30 million into the economy. Under this program, UPEI and Holland College

Balanced Refugee Reform Act   number, but I will guess. Somewhere around half the refugees coming into Canada were coming across the U.S. border. That really stuck me. How was that possible? People say there must be a reason. I guess the reasons are pretty clear. If I were a refugee and I went to the United States

Balanced Refugee Reform Act  Mr. Speaker, I was very interested in the member's speech. I want to pursue the point she made about appointees to the boards, and also talk about boards in general. First, does she think that would clear up some of the backlog that we have all agreed needs to be done

Balanced Refugee Reform Act   was one of the boat people. It is clear that Quebeckers and Canadians understand and agree with the principle of refugees. This debate coincides with the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Many people from my country came here as refugees and became prominent citizens, like

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. I'd like to thank all of the witnesses. I think you've added some very great value to our study. We'll suspend now. We're going to go in camera, so we'll take a minute to clear the room. [Proceedings continue in camera]

Balanced Refugee Reform Act   funding to the refugee board to clear up the backlog is very forward looking and positive. We do see some positives in this legislation, but when we are dealing with different political parties, as with any bill, there are going to be differences in opinion. We are trying to find

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to pursue what Madam Demers was talking about, because this is not clear to me. I want to know what role NWAC, in the Sisters in Spirit campaign, will play in regard to the working group and the work that continues from this point on. I want

Status of Women committee   that there are 582 missing or murdered women, but there is no clear and definitive answer to that. It could be far more, because there's no way of collecting data about the race of the victims. There was a suggestion that this would be an important piece, in terms of really coming to grips

Balanced Refugee Reform Act   it. In opposition, we are always very careful that we do not give away too much. When we pass a bill, in our own minds we are pretty clear about it, but the reality is that once the regulations get promulgated we find out there are a lot of things in it that we did not really like. That may