Human Resources committee  The minister clarified there is a very small number, almost zero, of irregular refugee claimants coming into Canada. However, we're facing a new situation with regard to persecuted Hong Kong pro-democracy residents, who can come to Canada without a visa. We're told several

COVID-19 Pandemic committee  Mr. Chair, I very much hold Irwin Cotler in high regard, as I think every member of the House does. I don't think I agreed that democracies are more transparent than authoritarian regimes. I think I said they were and maybe others agreed with me, which is good because we

COVID-19 Pandemic committee   Soviet Union. As well, the Deputy Prime Minister agreed that democracies are more transparent and accountable than totalitarian governments. Why then has Ottawa not joined Australia and other democracies in calling for an investigation of Beijing's reporting of COVID-19?

Public Safety committee   every day. It is not easy being a police officer. It is not easy to have spotlights shone on cases that are the exception, perhaps. I understand that it is very difficult, but that is the burden that you and all members of the RCMP have to bear. It is normal, in a democracy, that our

Health committee   of self-quarantining or self-isolating. I think it's a kind of teamwork. People have a sense that it's a crisis. They know how to do things for the public good. There is a debate in society about using modern technology. Particularly in a democracy like Taiwan, people worry about

Health committee   to work together as a team, and then respond properly and quickly. Also, the democracy.... I think people are certainly worried about a loss of...even a very timid one. They worry about the loss of security and safety in this pandemic. I think that's the reason the government can get

Health committee   the United States itself at a higher security risk. To your second question—they're both fantastic questions—the WHO is an intergovernmental organization. It's often been called the world's health democracy, because it's one country, one vote at the World Health Assembly. To think

Procedure and House Affairs committee  , such as questions, urgent questions and ministerial statements. The Samara Centre for Democracy, in its brief to your committee, has identified take-note debates, during which members give their views on a topic but do not take binding votes, as a procedure appropriate for a virtual Parliament

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would also like to offer you my congratulations, Ms. Hogan, as the new Auditor General. Your role is essential to our democracy, and I am certain I speak for all when I say you will have our full support and collaboration, and we are eager to work

Finance committee   was reading this morning the opening statement from the interim auditor general, Sylvain Ricard, when he appeared before the public accounts committee. It outlined for me why Conservative cuts continue to hurt our democracy and accountability in this country. In those statements

Procedure and House Affairs committee   executive and the way we function. I actually think that demonstrating—with some reservations about what is discussed—the ability to continue to meet as a Parliament sends the strong message that I think we have not sent sufficiently enough, which is that democracies are actually more

Procedure and House Affairs committee  . Fundamentally, we need to have a conversation about the fact that, in a democracy, human beings should not be at the service of technology. Technology needs to be at the service of human beings. The issues you just laid out demonstrate to us that we haven't thought systematically enough

Justice committee  That is an excellent question. We live in a constitutional democracy, not a parliamentary democracy. A constitutional democracy dictates that your laws, as all of you know, have to be constitutional, and a constitutional imperative is that the judiciary has to be independent

Human Resources committee   essentially will not be sitting this summer, outside of four meetings, with no opportunity to present opposition motions and no opportunity to present private members' business. Do you see this having any negative effects on your evaluation of democracy and this “unchecked” power

Human Resources committee   has to recognize that it needs to be accountable. I would certainly like to see more sittings and more back and forth and just the cut and thrust of Parliament. That is so essential to our democracy. I have sympathy for the government's position, but I also recognize that some