Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act   to relabel the bottles of wine, but that is a small price to pay to promote the Canadian wine industry. We would get good consumer choice. This would give Canadians a bigger choice in buying wines. Canadians would strongly benefit from a greater selection of wine, especially wineries

Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act   for change as it moves forward. We support the matter of consumer choice. Canadians will certainly benefit from a greater selection of wine, especially smaller wineries across the country. The government needs to support the growing domestic industries, particularly in emerging wine

Copyright Modernization Act  , designs and other means. Trademarks ensure that products are what they say they are, which is essential for informed consumer choice. As we move forward with the modernization of our copyright framework, it is useful to reflect on the important role that IP has played, and continues

Copyright Modernization Act   backup copies. Furthermore, we would be adding parody and satire to fair dealing and the ability for Canadians to create user-generated content. These are important amendments that would increase innovation and consumer choice. In committee, witnesses agreed with the central premise

The Budget  . As financial administrator and executive director for WIDHH, a social enterprise, I was fortunate, on behalf of that organization, to be a recipient of the Consumer Choice Award for Excellence in Business in 2003 and 2004. My longest affiliation, of course, has been with the New Westminster

Telecommunications  , particularly rural consumers. The exclusion of one company because of requirements to deploy to rural areas will effectively eliminate competition and end up reducing consumer choice. Yesterday, the minister stated in committee that he did not know how he intended to spend the proceeds

Financial Literacy Leader Act   believe in the importance of transparency, proper monitoring, consumer choice and competition. Indeed, when necessary, we have shown that we are ready to act to defend the rights of consumers. That is why only recently our Conservative government acted to protect Canadians who used

Petitions   to providing more consumer choice and to promoting competition in the domestic wireless market. The petitioners ask parliamentarians to support Bill C-343 so that Canadian consumers are no longer chained by anti-competitive network locks on their cellular phones, locks which prevent them

Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act   consumer choice in wine. It is good for small business, for tourism and for people who love to sample wine from other parts of the country and bring it back to share with their families, friends and neighbours. Having recently been on an economic tour of the interior of British

Telecommunications   clear in expressing concern with earlier UBB decisions. Let me clear. Our government's policy will always be to encourage competition, increase consumer choice and minimize regulation. This is the plan. We have a vision, not those guys.

Cell Phone Freedom Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-343, An Act respecting the locking of cellular telephones. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure today to introduce a private member's bill, the cellphone freedom bill. The bill takes an important step, providing more consumer choice and promoting

House debate   and assembly technologies make it necessary for independent repair shops to access factory specific training and tools. Consumer choice is evaporating and the impact of growing dealer monopoly is significant. Fewer choices mean higher repair costs and many repairs will be delayed

Internet   the usage-based billing decision that would limit consumer choice and stifle competition. Our government is committed to forward-looking policies that recognize the critical importance of the Internet, and anticipate new developments and applications. An open Internet, like an open

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, most countries either regulate cellphone locks or they ban them outright. Canada does neither. The government lets big telecom routinely lock all Canadian cellphones. This limits consumer choice and market competition. It means higher prices and worse service

Petitions   consumer choice and competition and it can be very expensive, time consuming and just plain unfair to expect consumers to do this. Many other countries have banned it. Therefore, I have hundreds of petitioners from across Canada who want their cellphones to be unlocked and to have free