Government Operations committee  I understand the analogy you are making. That is why we're putting in “up to” 10 years; and the types of things that the registrar will be obligated to take into consideration, including the severity of the offence, will include prior offences, mitigating circumstances and....

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your time, as well.

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the question which in fact, unfortunately, is based on error. I can assure all Canadians that transportation is a priority under the accessible Canada act, which gives an extended mandate to the CTA to ensure that accessible transportation

Justice  Mr. Speaker, on this issue, I can assure my colleague that we have full confidence in the workers of Davie shipyard. We have awarded them many contracts, including part of a $7-billion contract for the Halifax-class frigates, and another worth $70 million for an icebreaker. We h

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I can assure all members in this House, and indeed all Canadians, that our process to procure 88 fighter jets will be open, fair, transparent and indeed competitive. Unlike the previous Conservative government, which could not even sole source a jet, we are determine

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to put our record on defence procurement against the Conservatives' record at any time. We have fully costed the defence policy. We have launched the future fight procurement of 88 jets. We have had the delivery of our first interim jet. We have the first

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I can assure members that we are laser-focused on delivering for our men and women in the military and in the Coast Guard. We have delivered a fully-costed defence policy and a defence investment plan that is going to allow research and development into the future.

Persons With Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, our government is taking unprecedented actions to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to participate in our economy, including inclusive work opportunities. With respect to this program, we have been working for a year with this organization. We have ext

Persons With Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, as I just said, we are not letting these people go. We are looking for meaningful work for them. They are exceptionally gifted employees. We are not in the business of paying people a dollar a day. I misspoke in my previous response. I meant to say a dollar a day.

Persons With Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, perhaps I will set the record straight. It was our government that actually committed, extended the contract and paid these individuals up to minimum wage. It was the Conservative government that paid them $1.50 a day. It is only under the leadership of our governmen

Public Services and Procurement  Madam Speaker, we are very pleased with the Davie workers' productivity and the excellent work they did on the Asterix. We are working closely with all Quebec businesses. We awarded $1.6 billion in contracts to Quebec companies. We gave Davie a contract that was part of a $7-bill

Justice  Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. The process that unfolded did so completely independent of our government. The investigation, the decision to stay proceedings and, in fact, the prosecution itself were handled by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. Canadians can be very

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, we continue to act with laser focus on addressing the Phoenix pay system. We know how completely unacceptable it is that public servants still continue to not be paid. IBM is a partner in this, and we need IBM to continue along on this journey with us. We are holdin

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, we are working very hard to stabilize the Phoenix pay system. The backlog dropped by 40% last year. We are transitioning to our new system and working with the unions to implement it in the public sector. We assure the member that it is a priority for our governmen

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, we understand that the persistent problems with the Phoenix pay system are unacceptable. We are working every single day to fix the problems with this system. We reduced the backlog by about 40% a year ago. We are working with the unions and the President of the Tre