Human Resources committee   your public money best to achieve those results? I think all the evidence and all these studies that I've been citing, such as policy analyses by the OECD and UNICEF, and also other research, are very clear that the best results come from funding programs and putting the programs

Status of Women committee  I think one important thing is to clarify expectations, to make it clear to departments and agencies that they are expected to implement gender-based analysis within a certain timeframe. I could go into greater detail, but let me just say that some documentation is required

Agriculture committee  , there should be a clear examination of whether alternatives to regulations can work. The sixth and final issue is innovation. Innovation has to benefit all members of the value chain. It does not stop at the door of the research lab or with the owner of the intellectual property. We need

Status of Women committee  What we heard through the departments was that they were looking for a clear signal from the centre that GBA was the rule of the land and that it was expected. That could explain why there's a large variation between departments. They complained that there was no leadership

Status of Women committee  , and...the champions, of course. It's very clear to me that there is a significant process in place in regard to what we hope to achieve, specifically that policies and programs be gender-sensitive. It would seem, however, that there may be political will missing. I would have very much liked

Agriculture committee   profits associated with producing a good, the supply of which is restrained by the quota system rather than by the market clearing price. People can invest money freely, and because all investors are searching for the best and most profitable returns, the rate of return on alternative

Status of Women committee   for themselves. My interpretation, incidentally, of gender-based analysis in very recent years is that progress has been made. There is further progress to be made, as I think is clear from our discussion here, but I think that central agencies are playing a role in that. As champion

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This motion is extremely brief and I hope clear. You'll see that the motion in question does not contain the usual reference, “and that we report to the House.” I know that the motion will raise questions with regard to our committee's mandate, if we

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Pacetti. I don't have any further speakers, so I'll just read this out to be clear: The Finance Committee requests that the Department of Finance immediately study the effectiveness of the following amendments and other related options to the Income Tax Act

Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   understanding and the traditional way of life in Peru. Previously, the law in Peru required a two-thirds majority in congress to authorize any land sales from these communally held lands. However, decree 1015 lowered this requirement to a simple majority in a clear attempt to encourage

Human Resources committee   a copy of the front page of the declaration with my remarks. The need to make emergency funding available to the agencies that are feeding, clothing, sheltering, and counseling the victims of the recession is clear and pressing. Governments need to respond to the reality that demand

Public Safety committee  Okay. Well, we'll maybe investigate this. Thank you very much. We have to clear this room at 11 o'clock, and I have notice of a motion, so we want to thank you very much. We're going to suspend for a very brief moment and move into the last part of our meeting for five

Public Safety committee  Very good. Let's take 30 seconds, if we can just switch over here. Okay, let's draw ourselves back together. We have to clear the room in four and a half minutes. We're going into the business of the committee portion of the meeting. Mr. Holland, please.

Public Safety committee   mental illnesses. It can be very narrowly defined or broadly defined. Because there is not such a clear definition, there's certainly recognition that, given that the numbers have increased so dramatically, the services provided to those inmates have not matched that increase over

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Last week we had most of the major banks here talking about what they think of this issue. One of the things I heard loud and clear from them is that they're receiving no complaints. Although the RCC, the Retail Council of Canada, has 250,000 members