International Trade committee   of the Doha Round include a great number of provisions specific to agriculture which are intended to recognize the specificity of this sector. You also mentioned food security. It is clear that for a great many developing countries, this is an important request. As far as exceptions

International Trade committee   discussions, separate negotiations. These are mainly plurilateral negotiations, and not multilaterals. They connect those who are interested in making progress in a specific area and not the full membership. Is that what we are heading towards? It is hard to say, but one thing is clear, we

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Matrimonial real property is another priority, and this is a big priority from both sides. It concerns the debate over what is going to happen in this piece of legislation. Aboriginal leaders have made their positions very clear about this proposed legislation. We have stated

International Trade committee  Concerning agriculture properly speaking, what seems to be clear in light of the statements made is that the majority of the big countries gave huge subsidies to their agriculture. In response to a question that was put to you earlier, you said that it is not always easy

International Trade committee  —but could you give us a sense of where we are in those and whether the dispute settlement mechanism is tough enough, strong enough, and clear enough to protect Canadian interests?

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.