Economic Recovery Act (stimulus)  . It was not clear to me, and I said it would have to be checked out, whether a person operating a business out of a home would qualify or whether there would be a reduction of the credit otherwise available. Then I saw that if two families shared the same dwelling, each would get one credit

International Trade committee  Let me add, first of all to agree, that yes, our mandate for the negotiations from the government is very clear on these points , and it does mean that Canada has both offensive and defensive interests to advance in the negotiations. But that's not unusual. All countries have

International Trade committee  Thank you. I'd like to try to go over a little bit of what we have discussed already and maybe break it down into layman's terms. Clearly, the message I've heard from both of you is that you have very clear working orders to maintain marketing choice for sensitive products

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the two people here today. As I'm sure you're aware, the minister has been very clear that he wants to see some change for the better, or great change for the better, with respect to mental health in the prison system. I'm wondering, so

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   to include things such as “clear direction and leadership” and “dialogue and planning”, but you also talked about “shared accountability to ensure reporting and the tracking of results”. I wonder if you could talk about what you think are the important elements of that process—and I'll

International Trade committee  The last debriefing I made was a few weeks ago. We have meetings scheduled for this week in preparation for a negotiating session that will take place next week in Geneva. But these are ongoing, and I've made it clear to the industry that I'm always open and available for any

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, except that it is clear that it was sent to everyone. Everyone would need that memorandum, I think. That is one suggestion.

International Trade committee  . Lawrence area. My brother and I run a farm, and we have one employee. For a small business in a rural area like mine, this is very important. My brother and I are still able to work in agriculture today, as dairy producers, because of supply management; that is very clear. If this model

International Trade committee   text clear to the new chair of the WTO agriculture negotiations, Ambassador David Walker from New Zealand, who was appointed last spring. Here at home, we are also continuing to consult very closely with our supply-managed industries to ensure that they are well informed about

Procedure and House Affairs committee   not that the provisions maybe are faulty. It's that each individual situation is different. Sometimes it's not clear just how that provision would apply to the particular situation. That's where the difficulty in interpreting comes.

Economic Recovery Act (stimulus)   not trust him with a majority government. He initially accepted their judgment, but after Parliament was recalled and the Speech from the Throne was delivered, he made it clear that he was in no mood for cooperation. The economic update that was delivered surprised everyone by its

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   and the H1N1 issue arose, it was very clear that there were differing levels of information or understanding between jurisdictions. This is not helpful for individuals. This is not helpful for emergency planning. We still have a long way to go and we'll need to continue to be very diligent

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Hedderson, I've read the letter from Mr. Williams. I think we all have. It's a very clear and strong statement by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador as to its opposition to this convention. And yet when this matter is raised in the House of Commons, the minister reads

Foreign Affairs committee  Exactly. We were holding our noses and trying to make the best of a bad situation, but do you know something? We can't hold our noses on this. We came out very strong, and our position is clear. I guess we're asking Canada to also take its hand off its nose, look at what's

Foreign Affairs committee   the mindset of our former minister, Loyola Hearn, that somehow he was driving these negotiations because of a particular motivation, and that somehow you know the motivation of the negotiators themselves. You've speculated on what that might be, but let's be very clear that it is just