Veterans Hiring Act   for veterans who wish to pursue university studies. For example, a regular veteran, a regular Canadian, would take about four years to get a university degree. However, in the public service, advanced degrees past the first degree are often key to getting a good job in the public service

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for appearing before committee today. I have just a couple of questions. I think a lot of us, as regular Canadians, have this perception of a hacker being a 17-year-old kid who's pretty good with computers, and that's the person who's stealing our identity and just

Health committee   that was sufficient. I would also like to add for clarity that although not many regular Canadians are interested in the full-length technical reviews, a lot of researchers, doctors, and others in the health system and potentially journalists might be, and these are also available on request from

Government Advertising  Mr. Speaker, I guess the opinion of Canadians just does not matter to the government. When Finance Canada asked regular Canadians about balancing the budget, it received a huge response. The message from Canadians was crystal clear: dump the economic action plan ads, the same

Business of Supply   first-time voters like youth and new Canadians, Aboriginal Canadians and seniors living in residence, and should be abandoned. This really sums up what will be the crux of my speech and the concerns many Canadians have, regular Canadians but also those who have, as I have, spent

Justice committee   that I am not a lawyer. I am a regular Canadian with no training as a lawyer. If I were to find myself before the courts, the judge would decide whether I go to jail. We are talking here about courts of law, not about whether a province should decide whether trials should be held

International Trade committee  The perspective of the Canadian generic pharmaceutical manufacturers association is to represent their members, whereas I think I'm talking about the broader impact on the health system and on the pocketbooks of regular Canadians. So if....

Health committee  , to ensure that we do get this right. We'll have a chance as well for that legislation to come before committee. I have also recently asked Health Canada to begin to publish more transparently their drug reviews. I think that's important information that regular Canadians should have

Agriculture committee   tonnes, and for the regular Canadian on the street, they need something they can relate that to. How many pigs is that? Does that quantify in terms of dollars? You did speak to the number of dollars in that, but could you just bring that down to the numbers that Canadians can

Canadian Museum of History Act   the museum to concentrate only on famous people. Famous people are not the only important people in Canadian history. Allow the museum to continue to tell the history of regular Canadians, of the people who built this country by their devotion to the land and by their determination

Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act   of regular Canadians. Like my colleagues, I am here to study Bill C-478, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility). I have several concerns with this bill and cannot vote in favour of it in its current state. The whole idea of changing sentencing

National Defence committee  Thank you. Gentlemen, one of the matters appearing in the estimates this year that is somewhat bothersome, and is stated in fact in the reports on plans and priorities, is that the government is reducing the amount of education reimbursement to regular Canadian Forces members

Human Resources committee   a previous government that brought it in, for a good reason, because there was a demand for this type of labour. It was needed in certain parts of the country, and it made sense to supplement the regular Canadian workforce. What we're trying to do is look at the changes in this bill

Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act   and to ensure that the people who decide to serve us will not have criminal records for those minor offences—which a regular Canadian would not have—especially after going through a process that is not necessarily fair and equitable. I would have liked to talk about the grievance system

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for being here, Mr. Blais and Mr. Hutton. I want to ask my first question as a regular Canadian. The figures you are giving us are very interesting, but how come they do not reflect the reality? For example, after a long day, you go back