Health committee  I would like it on the record that this is not to replace the regular briefings we have committed to and that we have by e-mail. I also want to make it clear, in terms of weekends and our availability as members of Parliament, that whether it's through the clerk or through

Employment Insurance Act   capable of doing in the House, raising that hand to our fellow Canadians who find themselves in a time of need through no fault of their own. Unemployment is not a choice. The rules are clear, if people quit a job they do not qualify. We need the will of the House to have

Finance committee  Certainly from our business outlook surveys across the country, it's fairly clear that the companies we've surveyed have moved from a position of looking for labour, i.e. a shortage of skilled labour, to a situation where there is an excess. From that point of view, coming back

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Menzies. There are a couple of things. One is that, just to be absolutely clear, the $4.1 trillion is the estimate of the IMF—we're not necessarily endorsing it. But I'd make two comments, and I'm not trying to be cute. Part of the reason they're called “toxic

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my NDP colleague for being well informed on the subject and for having made a very clear presentation. I would also like to congratulate her on the quality of her French. She makes great efforts. She speaks French well and I congratulate

Transport committee  I don't have to ask anyone. I can see the example of this P3. It's clear that the public-private partnership funding has collapsed in British Columbia. I also talked to the municipalities when I was travelling through your Prime Minister's home province. I can tell you that we

Finance committee   manner. There are clear issues. The last thing, and I'll end with this, is that with regard to our role, as I said, it's our job to do some analysis and highlight what we see as the most important issues. We're happy to share that analysis. We'd be more than pleased to. It's also

Health committee   recommendation do you make for the federal government so we can get away from this jurisdictional football and start to give some clear direction to the federal government for things that we could do? I think, Linda, you touched on EI. I need to hear more about what we can do to change the EI

Finance committee  Just to be clear on the definitions, quantitative easing, first and foremost, involves the purchase of assets, and those assets can be either government bonds or private securities. Those purchases, to make it quantitative, are financed by the creation of new central bank

Natural Resources committee  Okay. Is that clear? (Clauses 5 to 8 inclusive agreed to)

Natural Resources committee   want to call it that, or that would lead to being included? You talked about that a bit, but I'd just like that cleared up for now.

Finance committee  . That's clear. Second, with regard to inflationary tendencies in the United States and the world, I would like to emphasize that there are currently disinflationary pressures at work in the world. The major difference between today and the United States in the 1960s—the period

Health committee   recommendations and more or less the same data on a yearly basis to more or less the same committee or committee members. The federal government itself has spent millions on HHR sector studies. The evidence is clear: there is a nursing shortage and it's not getting any better. Nurses across

Business of Supply   to compensate the Government of Quebec to the tune of $2.6 billion for harmonizing the QST with the GST. It also means accepting that Quebec continue to collect and administer the harmonized QST and GST. It is clear that the government does not want to support this motion. It wants to give

Health  Mr. Speaker, as the matter is before the court, it would be inappropriate to comment on this issue. Let me be very clear. We agree that injection drug users are in need of assistance. That is why we are investing $111 million over five years to improve access to treatment