Citizenship and Immigration committee   lawyers would love it--another chance for them to intervene in the process. I think it's abundantly clear it will only make the matter worse. Once again, I think there is need for a provision for a substantive review of the merits of the case. There's a lot already done in that area

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you agree that for the refugee board all appointments should be done according to merit and according to clear guiding principles, instead of partisan considerations, and that they shouldn't be through an order in council? They should not be appointed by the minister's office

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for a clear presentation on Canada's comprehensive approach. In your opening remarks, you mentioned that, according to Stats Can, Canada has over a thousand mining and exploration companies in 100 countries, encompassing about 5,000 projects. You are Natural Resources

Foreign Affairs committee  . That's a developing issue, international human rights standards. There are all kinds of things out there, some of which many nations, including Canada, do not fully endorse. Was it clear that you were to get back to us on this issue, with respect to whether it would be problematic?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What I was trying to say when I presented the case to the committee, and I maybe failed to do that, is that this case is an example of the lack of recourse that a rejected refugee claimant has under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. It's clear in this case that if we

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't mean to interrupt, but just to be clear here so people know, the process that's set up right now.... If, let's say, a group comes forward with concerns about a company, puts it forward, and the company decides it doesn't want to take part in the process, then the process

Citizenship and Immigration committee   authorization before filing an appeal. We have already talked about that. There is no possibility of appealing. Even very qualified board members can have different opinions, and without a higher court to rule on the matter, there is no consistency. That is a clear fact, and it is true

Information & Ethics committee  In fact, Ms. Dawson, in order to be very clear about your mandate, when you talk about public office holders—the only people over whom this committee has jurisdiction—the only problems that you have had to deal with have been conflicts of interest concerning individuals' assets

Citizenship and Immigration committee   of consistency applied to the determination of refugee status cases, and rightfully so. There were clear cases, such as that of two Palestinian brothers who applied for refugee status on the same grounds but who received different outcomes from different board members. In addition

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I repeat what I said earlier, Mr. St-Cyr: none of us object to having some kind of substantive appeal. The question is whether you introduce yet another layer before you clear up the other mess. I think the inconsistencies of the decision you mentioned point to another problem

Information & Ethics committee   like you to clarify for us today, if you will. Am I making myself clear?

Official Languages committee   had requested service in French. When I speak out in French twice in a row, it is quite clear that I would like to receive service in French. The official languages commissioner said that service should be offered proactively and not in a reactive way. If someone asks why he

Official Languages committee  First, let us get one thing straight. You are telling me very generally that our commitments are fairly clear. Any person who wants to be hired by the Canada Border Services Agency as a border agent can choose the language of his or her training, be it English or French

Citizenship and Immigration committee   need is an overall overhaul of the system. The Auditor General of Canada made that very clear in one of her reports, and I don't think you can look at the RAD without looking at the whole system. The whole system is highly dysfunctional in many ways. The decisions are highly

Foreign Affairs committee   concerns. It is one of a number of mechanisms. It does have clear responsibilities, and associated with the office is a commitment to transparent reporting on how issues brought to a CSR counsellor are addressed. In regard to your second question on whether companies would leave