Multiple Sclerosis   like to pay tribute to renowned vascular surgeon, Dr. Sandy Macdonald, a Barrie resident who has invested his own time and funds toward new and emerging treatments of MS. The dedication of the MS Society and its local chapter is an example of Canadian generosity, and I want to pay

Industry committee   in the House of Commons in 1987, the then Minister of Communications, Flora MacDonald, said that they were necessary to “ensure...national sovereignty” over this vital sector of the Canadian economy and for reasons of “national...security” and “economic, social, and cultural well-being

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee  Right. I don't mean to interrupt, Dr. Stanford; I understand and I appreciate your efforts to control legacy costs. There are, however, existing costs now in terms of that difficult topic of pensions and other aspects of compensation in the overall auto sector. To go back

Health committee   Association, Jennifer Schenkel, director of communications. Then we have a video conference with Jill Frigon, a registered nurse who is the health initiatives coordinator for the Canadian Lung Association; Dr. Robert Schellenberg, head of the division of allergy and immunology, Department

National Philanthropy Day Act   level people give as well. In my own community, there are people who support causes: the Risleys, the Rowes, the O'Regans, the Fountains, the Goldblooms, the Sobeys, the Joudreys, the Keatings, the McPhees, the Smithers, the Conrads, the MacDonalds, the Spatzs, the Flemings

Health committee   find myself being in full agreement with the witnesses today, and in particular the very heartfelt and true and accurate story told by Dr. Knox. I didn't know that she was going to be testifying certainly on this story today, but I have to tell you that as it applies to renal cancer

Industry committee   was conceived with little participation and input from the government's own national science adviser, Dr. Arthur Carty, let alone Canada's broad community of professional scientists. Canada needs a national science adviser to bring science issues directly to the public agenda

National Philanthropy Day Act   University. We are very proud of her and the great work she is doing with philanthropists like Dr. Martha Jodrey. The bill seeks to encourage Canadians to give time, money and knowledge to help build up our communities and civic society. National Philanthropic Day would recognize

Business of Supply   that by doing this, we are completely defeated. The Atlantic accord was a hard fought victory for Atlantic Canada. A lot of people carried a lot of weight. Dr. Hamm is to be commended on the work he did. The then minister, the member for Halifax West, the members from Newfoundland, all

Business of Supply  . Is she calling Premier Rodney MacDonald, a Progressive Conservative premier, dishonest? He said: It's almost as if they want to continue giving handouts to Nova Scotians rather than us keeping our offshore accord, and that to me is fundamentally unfair. Premier Rodney MacDonald

Business of Supply   doors in the automotive industry. We need to look at what we did earlier on in the 1990s when we created fuel cell technology for the automotive industry with Ballard Power Systems in British Columbia. RADARSAT-2 is Canadian technology that came out of a partnership with MacDonald

Industry committee  He's in there with all the bad guys.

Industry committee   was cancelled? You said, Dr. MacDonald, that IRAP is being ruined. You probably have a big answer to that, so if you want to give us--

Industry committee  I'm sorry, what was it you just asked?

Industry committee  Yes.