Industry committee  We ask that the results of the investigation being conducted by the Competition Bureau on the practices of Visa and MasterCard under section 79 be made public and open to discussions; that the Competition Bureau initiate an investigation into profit levels; that the Department of

Finance committee  We ask that the results of the investigation being conducted by the Competition Bureau on the practices of Visa and MasterCard under section 79 be made public and open to discussions; that the Competition Bureau initiate an investigation into profit levels; that the Department of

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, vice-chairmen, committee members, clerk of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, let me begin by thanking you for giving us this opportunity to appear before you on the question of food safety and the listeria outbreak of 2008. With me today is Françoi

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  On the role of government in food inspection, Option Consommateurs believes that the Government of Canada has a duty of care. In matters of food safety, the duty of care is to inform and protect citizens from harm by promptly informing the public when a contaminated product is id

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  We believe that the principal function of the CFIA is to protect the consumer and that health and safety concerns should outweigh commercial considerations and minuscule savings in government expenditures. We are not against producers and processors earning fair and equitable pro

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Bellavance. I am the one who played Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Décary-Gilardeau attended the meeting, because after doing all the sleuthing, I was too tired.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  It was difficult to locate her, Mr. Bellavance.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I'll answer that question first. I did not meet with her. Mr. Décary-Gilardeau met with her about three months ago.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  But I was searching, trying to find her, Mr. Shipley.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Yes. We didn't know where she had an office.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Well, it wasn't on the website three months ago. I'm sorry, Mr. Shipley, but I had to call Mr. Anderson's office--

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Yes, and Mr. Anderson's office asked me to call Mr. Ritz's office, and I said I preferred to talk to Mr. Anderson's office, and then I got it.

Finance committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice-Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to present our views during the 2009 pre-budget consultations. My name is Anu Bose and I am the head of the Ottawa office of Option consommateurs. We are an organization that da

Finance committee  Our submission in August was based on more optimistic forecasts of recovery. In his speech to the Windsor–Essex Chamber of Commerce, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney indicated that even though our recovery was far stronger than that of our G-7 peers, it was due largely to sho