Human Resources committee  Who are you questioning?

Human Resources committee  I want to go back to what I said about having an analysis that encapsulates the reality of racial communities, gender issues, people with handicaps, and our first nation communities. I think it's crucial in Canada to avoid the errors and the mistakes made in other places. I don

Human Resources committee  I can't say that it meets all of our needs. As you noted, for the past twenty years or so, we have not seen any serious investment in social housing in Canada. To answer your question, I would like to advance the following premise. As I stated in my opening remarks, any strateg

Human Resources committee  Established in 1967, the Canadian Arab Federation is an anti-racist, non-partisan and non-profit organization which represents Canadian Arabs on issues relating to public policy. CAF raises awareness of issues that affect the Canadian Arab community through media relations and no

Finance committee  There is nothing in this bill that will help to bring in more doctors. In fact, the process will be more complicated. The only government initiative is to set up a type of office where people will go to register, but that is all. It is useless.

Finance committee  It adds nothing... If the government were serious in wanting to solve the doctor shortage... It is a problem that affects all Canadians. I have no family doctor myself, so I am concerned. How can it be that there are doctors—

Finance committee  Obviously the member of Parliament clearly knows that the majority of people who've expressed their views about this particular piece of legislation have been against it. The Canadian Bar Association, the Quebec Bar Association, expert immigrant community organizations, settlemen

Finance committee  Yes. Recently, as you know, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees singled out the Canadian government which was not doing enough to take in Iraqi refugees. The minister reacted, but in increasing the number of Iraqi refugees, she reduced the number of refugees from othe

Finance committee  I said earlier, in my introduction, that from 2000 to 2008, immigration from North Africa had increased by 45%. As you know, most of these immigrants go to Quebec, since they are French-speaking. If today we are witnessing decisions that are motivated by political interest, and i

Finance committee  Yes, that's right.

Finance committee  We're not here to comment on political decisions. This is up to the government to decide, but I think the most concerning element in what we're hearing from the government side is the fact that even if we're going through this exercise, even if the immigration committee apparentl

Finance committee  In front of a parliamentary body, yes, this is the first time.

Finance committee  Not yet.

Finance committee  Yes, we will; yes.

Finance committee  We were told that we had seven minutes per person.