Health committee  No, but if you look at the possible sentences and fines for not complying to specific rules.... If you work with a level 2 pathogen and you don't comply, you can be fined and go to jail. Compared to somebody who is caught drunk while driving, it's a clear imbalance between

Health committee  . Whatever it is, I know that laboratory equipment is expensive and it is not at all clear how it is to be acquired and paid for.

Health committee   not to be construed as being a policy statement. Then there are many words like “may” and “would” or “could”, as opposed to saying this is what the regulatory framework would actually look like. First of all, if the legislation goes forward, we would like to be clear that as this gets developed

Health committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Before I turn to you, my dear witnesses, I am going to talk to my colleagues. So, first of all, thank you for being here with us today. Ms. Murray asked the witnesses a clear question and they all gave the same answer. All my colleagues

Industry committee  Okay. I have a couple of questions about your recommendations. If I have further questions, I may call upon you later. But first, on the voting rights, I just want to be clear on something. I've been involved with numerous non-profit or charity organizations, including

Transport committee  , to come back and challenge the government, either providing more information about who they are and where they've been and what they do or providing an understanding of why there was perhaps misinformation and getting an opportunity to clear it up and provide new information

Health committee   are we going to address those questions? The bill does not really make it clear. Ultimately, it is the fight against infectious diseases that may be affected by this bill because of the influence it has on the potential for research in Canada. I would also like to talk about

Transport committee  Yes. Just so we're clear on what we're doing, ultimately the minister has that broader right.

Health committee   of 60 days, and a requirement that the minister consider public comments or submissions and report back on what changes if any have been made as a result. We understand that there is a clear process for guiding the development and posting of federal regulations, but it does

Public Accounts committee   the information needed to respond to the threats. The audit specifically observed that there were no clear roles and responsibilities defined. The Auditor General's office just now said these are weaknesses since 1999. I can appreciate that this was Health Canada and then the agency

Public Accounts committee  Thanks very much for the questions. There are a number of interrelated activities. Having the senior surveillance adviser is simply to make sure there's a clear focal point for responsibility. It is not to actually do the surveillance, etc., but to make sure we have the systems

Health committee   been addressed. But because the legislation is still fairly high-level, we're still not clear--some of us--as to what the details will entail. It does leave some of us asking if that balance of biosafety and biosecurity against advancing diagnostic research findings will remain

Points of Order   stated that and has never believed that. That member should retract that statement and clear the record.

Science and Technology  Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that the member and many of the members opposite have not read the budget clearly. This government has increased the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council budget by 50%. On top of that, in this budget we added $87 million for more

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, it is pretty clear to everybody in the world, actually, except perhaps the leader of the NDP, that there is a synchronized global recession. We can look at the GDP numbers in Japan. We can look at the decline in GDP in China. We can look at the numbers, especially