Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   that in fact IOGC or the federal government will exercise its responsibility, fiduciary duty, in a much more respectful manner going forward. Is that a fair statement generally? Is that what I'm hearing you say?

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's a good question, and I'm glad the member has asked it. In fact, I'm encouraging other members on the other side to ask that very question. I do take a lot of pride in what we have done in that program. What we did was very fair and generous

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  . Canadians are a fair and generous people. We have never been as harsh as our American neighbours. We recognize that many social forces push people toward crime: poverty, poor education, unstable childhoods, social isolation and many more. We believe that people are fundamentally good

Public Safety committee  -Qaeda. So just for the record, I know you challenge that information. I know you want the opportunity to challenge it in a process that you think is more fair. We generally agree with that; it's just a question of the how. Security certificates. Outlawing them completely? I'm

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as everyone well knows, we are treating our veterans fairly and that man, that individual, that member came from a government that had 13 years to do it and did not. What we have done is fair and generous and the veterans know that and the people in those

Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006   in the House. I will say one thing to the hon. member. He should stand up for the taxpayers in his jurisdiction and support tax fairness in general as a principle because the people on this side of the House certainly do. We will make the difficult decisions when we need to. I think

Business of Supply  , then the agreement is voidable at the option of the government. Therefore, the legal process is not yet completed and is moving forward. The agreement, as everyone knows, is a very fair and generous agreement, one which I take immense personal satisfaction in as a Canadian in seeing come

Business of Supply   colonial practices as fair and generous. The policy of the federal government at the time was to assimilate and to have Canada rid itself of its Indian problem. In 1914, a department official who was later put in charge of Canadian Indian policy, a man named Duncan Campbell Scott

Citizenship and Immigration committee   not been the case. For instance, for the entire year we cared for a refugee claimant in sanctuary, the bureaucracy avoided talking to us. In the meantime, the government states, on the CIC website and elsewhere, that the current system is fair and generous. Our experience indicates

Official Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, church sanctuary is a tradition. We all know that. However, it is not a law. Canada's refugee determination system is a fair and generous one that follows clearly defined processes. The government is committed to ensuring that our refugee determination system

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member is well aware of the fact that we continue to have a very fair and generous system. It is quite effective, and there are lots of avenues of recourse for anyone who disapproves of the decisions that a refugee board makes.

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, how is this for fair and generous? Some recent American refugee claimants include drug traffickers, people fleeing from multiple crimes, army deserters, and even a wanted Hell's Angel. While waiting for a hearing these so-called refugees stay in Canada and receive

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, as I think the hon. member is aware, we cannot talk about particular cases. However, I can assure the House that Canada's refugee determination system is a very fair and generous system and that anyone who applies has full access. Upon completion we expect

The Budget  , Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto. Our fellow citizens, the poorest among us, have become poorer while the rich have got richer. There has been no effort in recent years to establish ways to redistribute the wealth in a more adequate, fair or generous way. The opposite is true, in fact

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  . The intention is to be faster and fair. We are going to be able to remove those who are inadmissible persons in a more timely way. Canadians are a fair and generous people but we will not be taken advantage of. We will honour our time honoured humanitarian traditions but we want to see our