Human Resources committee  I find nothing strange anymore, Mr. Chairman.

Human Resources committee  Some of the research on child care and crime prevention indicates that for $1 spent on prevention you will save $14 in treatment.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, perhaps I can add to that, just very briefly. I think it's very dangerous for any of us to impute motives, particularly to impute what many Canadians would say are bad or evil motives for decisions. I would not want to be a member of the cabinet that has to make de

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, in a speech I made some time ago in connection with a youth program that was being funded by the federal government, I asked what questions were being raised by the previous administration. You can pay for the program or you can pay for the jail cell. You're going t

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, Ms. Yelich, I'm delighted the department is telling me that. It's more than the Treasury Board told us; it's more than the department has told us. The Treasury Board told us that $13.8 million was being taken out of the social development partnerships program. That

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, of course.

Human Resources committee  One's perception of waste will depend on where one sits. Was there evidence that these programs were wasteful? I take a look at the list. Is the program for RCMP training on driving impaired by drugs a waste or a frill? I don't think so. Is the recruitment of volunteers, many o

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, the Muttart Foundation wouldn't have expected to be consulted, but we're certainly not aware that any of the agencies we know of who are affected by these cuts were consulted in advance. It came as a bit of a surprise on the 25th of September.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, Mr. Regan, I see nothing wrong with lobbying for literacy. I see nothing wrong with lobbying for equality. The lobbying isn't always done with government. Some of my colleagues in the field of literacy will spend much of their time advocating with employers to allow ti

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. My hope is to leave you with you two key messages. First, there has been, is, and always will be an intimate relationship between the federal state and the more than 160,000 volunta