Food Safety   the rapidly expanding recall, it still took 10 days after the recall to finally shut down the XL Foods Brooks facility for clear violations of the standards regulating sanitation, health and safety. Now, one month on from the Americans' first finding, we are still looking for answers

Foreign Affairs committee   the very harsh winter conditions. Funding is also focused on prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence as well as support for water and sanitation, food assistance, and medical interventions, including those in response to the polio outbreak. Polio remains a major

International Trade committee   the Canadian farmers are doing, I think there would be increased support for Canadian farms. Even the small producers have to jump through the same hoops as the big ones. We have to have the same level of sanitation, the small level of food safety, the same hazard plans. We have to have

Foreign Affairs committee   efforts, and UNICEF allocated this substantial contribution to the areas of education, nutrition, water, and sanitation. Meanwhile, the Canadian people were also generous and showed their solidarity with children in Haiti by fundraising and mobilizing an additional $14 million over

Foreign Affairs committee   and sanitation, basic education, sexual and reproductive health, inclusive and accountable governance, and building more disaster-resilient communities. Our current program in Haiti is about $18 million a year, funded globally, with about 500 staff, of whom 94% are Haitian. My first visit

National Defence committee  Briefly, from the field perspective, in 2005 the United Nations undertook an important reform process. Essentially, it created the cluster system, which is made up of sectors. You might have a water and sanitation cluster, for instance. They set up these clusters for each

Burma  Mr. Speaker, another atrocity is unfolding, while the world stands by and watches the persecution of Rohingyas in Burma. Violence against Rohingyas has resulted in thousands of men, women and children living in squalid conditions. With a lack of sanitation and no medical

Foreign Affairs committee   is currently among the leading donors to the Syrian response. Canada's approach has been to target key needs, particularly food, health, shelter, protection, education, water, and sanitation. As we move into the winter months, Canada is supporting the rollout of winterization activities

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  , sanitation, or floors. These homes were largely made of cardboard, tin, and burlap. But let me say this about the residents who were living in such difficult circumstance. The hovels were spotless and clean in every respect. These were proud people who merely wanted a chance to go home

World Water Day  Mr. Speaker, today marks World Water Day. There are 1.4 billion people in the world who do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.5 billion people who do not have access to basic sanitation. The lack of access to these basic requirements of healthy living is the world's

Financial Administration Act   on Violence Against Women, marking the anniversary of the 1989 murders of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. The truth of this tragedy should not be ignored, marginalized, or otherwise sanitized. Simply put, these 14 women were murdered simply because they were women

Business of Supply  .” Accordingly, if someone offered a sitting legislator $90,000 in exchange for his co-operation in sanitizing a report by a Senate Committee on an independent audit into that very legislator’s housing expenses, it could certainly qualify as criminal. But since the Prime Minister has

Crisis in the Philippines  , or DART, which will provide relief such as water and sanitation, as well as emergency health care. This was soon followed by the deployment of the Canadian Red Cross field hospital and a medical team, which is part of Canada's strategic partnership with the organization. In addition

Crisis in the Philippines   is second to none in the world. It has the expertise to be on the ground providing medical assistance, water, and sanitation, which is so desperately needed in times of crisis. It has been absolutely exemplary in this case. We saw the work it did in Haiti, and the people of Haiti were

Crisis in the Philippines  , sanitation and hygiene facilities; food and water-borne illnesses; reproductive health, especially for pregnant women; respiratory infections associated with overcrowding; malnutrition, especially among infants and young children; mental health and psychosocial problems; and vector-borne