Finance committee   in the stock market will be expected. So it's not clear that those losses per se are necessarily putting pensions at risk, because the pensions have a long horizon to recover some of the losses. Now, what the Bank of Canada doesn't do is to provide capital. If there is any need for capital

Finance committee   just making loans, sending them, and had no incentive to do a verification of the credit quality of the loan. So alignment of incentive is important, and of course transparency and clear disclosure. In the context of the ABCP crisis, one of the big problems, as we discussed

Finance committee   solutions must be applied at the international level. In the United States and in Europe, there is a clear and distinct need to recapitalize institutions, including public funds; however, this is not the case in Canada.

Official Languages committee   understanding is that at the present time, the Government of Canada does not regulate the usage of Braille within Canada. I want to be clear that the Office for Disability Issues does not have the mandate to create or enforce accessibility standards. We work with others to that effect

Finance committee  . To be fair to the governor, his fairly optimistic forecast, he made very clear, was predicated on the situation in the United States improving and on everything working. It seems that there is little confidence in the United States, at this moment, that the crisis of the banking system

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   technical aspects of the bill, the AFN's position is that where federal legislation purports to speak to the management of the environment or the economy--in this case, oil and gas development and the resulting revenues--it's important to be clear about the relationship between

Committees of the House   committed to having a plebiscite in the new year. It is going to be on barley. It is going to be a clear question put to a broad base of voters. It is going to allow barley producers to vote on the future of their industry. That is the way it should be. In the new year western Canadian

House debate  Madam Speaker, I thought my question was clear, but I will reword it. Does the government plan to introduce a bill so that ACE Aviation, Air Canada and its Aveos subsidiaries comply with the Air Canada Public Participation Act, which provides that overhaul centres

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  Thank you. As you know, the Conservative government will be injecting $2.7 billion in Ontario's automotive sector. Earlier, you mentioned the Canadian taxpayers. It's important for Quebec and Canadian taxpayers to have a clear understanding of your restructuring plan, because

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  It is very clear and it's very well understood that whatever funds are provided to help us restructure and implement our plan are to be used exclusively within Canada. We have a very large and extensive supplier network. We have over 3,000 suppliers in Canada, with 275

Committees of the House  . It is a deception and the member knows it. Let us look at what the minister had to say in Hansard on June 7 when he was not using the words “marketing choice”. He stated: --during the campaign, there was a clear and honest question put forward. We said at the time that our party believed

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  I just might add, to be precisely clear, that Mr. Arnett is in a function of advising the Ontario government more specifically and directly. That is his official role. But indeed, as our president has indicated, we've met with all of these officials and are together doing

House debate  Madam Speaker, again, I encourage the member to read the plan and then he would know that the baseline is 20% reduction by 2020 at the 2006 level. We went together to Berlin and he heard the same messages that I heard loud and clear, that the world is counting on carbon capture

House debate  . They thought it was a socialist plot, as we all remember. There really is a hard cap and trade system. In his very first budget, President Obama was very clear on caps and on what he would do in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, something the Conservative government has failed

Climate Change Accountability Act  . The plan lays out targets for five-year periods until 2050, giving a very clear picture of future regulatory environments. Controlling emissions offers us new opportunities. Cutting emissions is promoted by some as being detrimental to industry, but in many countries cutting emissions