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Debates of Oct. 5th, 2004
House of Commons Hansard #2 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was shall.
A message was delivered by the Usher of the Black Rod as follows:
Mr. Speaker, Her Excellency the Governor General desires the immediate attendance of this honourable House in the chamber of the Senate.
Accordingly the Speaker with the House went up to the Senate chamber
And the House being returned to the Commons chamber:
Opening of Parliament
3 p.m.
The Speaker
Order, please. I have the honour to report that, the House having attended on Her Excellency the Governor General in the Senate chamber, I informed Her Excellency that the choice of Speaker had fallen upon me, and in your names and on your behalf, I made the usual claim for your privileges which Her Excellency was pleased to confirm to you.
Order Paper
4:30 p.m.
The Speaker
I wish to inform the House that in accordance with the representation made by the government, pursuant to Standing Order 55(1), I have caused to be published a special Order Paper giving notice of a government motion.
I now lay upon the table the relevant document.
Oaths of Office
4:30 p.m.
Paul Martin Prime Minister
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-1, An Act respecting the Administration of Oaths of Office.
(Motions deemed adopted and bill read the first time)
Speech from the Throne
October 5th, 2004 / 4:30 p.m.
The Speaker
I have the honour to inform the House that when this House did attend Her Excellency this day in the Senate chamber, Her Excellency was pleased to make a speech to both Houses of Parliament. To prevent mistakes I have obtained a copy, which is as follows:
I congratulate both the returning members of Parliament, as well as the more than one hundred who are newly elected, as you take up your duties in the House of Commons for this Thirty-Eighth Parliament of Canada.
This year, Canadians commemorated the 60th anniversary of D-Day and the landing of allied forces in Europe—an event that spelled the beginning of the end of the Second World War. Canadian soldiers, sailors and aircrews fought with dogged bravery and were ultimately victorious on Juno Beach that day.
Shortly, I will be going to Italy to commemorate the significant campaign in which six thousand Canadians sacrificed their lives. To me, personally, these commemorations are a symbol of our eternal gratitude and an affirmation that we have not forgotten.
On these occasions, we are reminded of the huge debt we owe to those in uniform who have served this country—then and today. Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds and their service.
I recently concluded extended visits to six cities of varying size—Saint John, Quebec City, Toronto, Saskatoon, Calgary and Vancouver. In them, I found remarkable, innovative projects for social renewal and individual commitment. They express the confidence and love that we all hold for this country. This is the spirit of Canada I see as Governor General.
The Government starts this new session with a commitment that all parliamentarians share—regardless of political affiliation—to contribute to real progress for Canadians, for this country, for our future. The Government faces a new Parliament fresh from an election. The people of Canada want this Government, and all parliamentarians, to rise above partisanship to address the public interest. They want their political leaders to catch up with Canadians' own ambitions for the country and their readiness to take on the world with confidence.
Each of us must take responsibility. The Government will do its part to ensure that this minority Parliament works. Working together, we can unite the voices of all Canadians in common purpose.
The Government's actions on behalf of Canadians will be guided by these seven commitments:
to be unwavering in the application of fiscal discipline, the foundation of so much of Canada's success over the past decade;
to promote the national interest by setting the nation's objectives and building a consensus toward achieving them;
to pursue these objectives in a manner that recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of strength and innovation;
to aim for tangible, practical results for Canadians and report to them so that they can hold their governments to account;
to defend the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to be a steadfast advocate of inclusion;
to demand equality of opportunity so that prosperity can be shared by all Canadians; and
to assert Canada's interests and project our values in the world.
Together, we can move Canada forward.
Speech from the Throne
4:30 p.m.
Our quality of life, job opportunities and capacity to support our social goals rely on a globally competitive economy.
Canada has a solid record of economic achievement. Over the past 10 years, we generated over three million new jobs. Since 1997, we have led all G7 countries in the growth of living standards. And low interest rates have made home ownership easier than it has been in decades.
This has not happened by accident. A virtuous circle led to increased confidence, lower interest rates and robust growth of well-paying jobs. The increase in revenues and the recovery of fiscal sovereignty have in turn permitted the Government to reduce and improve the fairness of taxes, and make new social and economic investments. This virtuous circle will continue.
We have been successful, but we will not be complacent. The Government will not spend itself into deficit. It will continue to pay down debt. Its objective is to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio to 25 per cent within 10 years. It will provide transparent, accountable management, treating every tax dollar with respect. The Government will make the difficult decisions among competing priorities and systematically review all expenditures, reallocating from old to new, from past to future.
Canada must now elevate its economic performance to the next level. Advancing technology and pervasive global competition demand of Canada a commitment to excellence, the pursuit of greater productivity, and a vision directed outward to the challenges and opportunities the world presents.
The Government will pursue a five-point strategy to build an even more globally competitive and sustainable economy.
The first element is to invest in people, Canada's greatest source of creativity and economic strength.
We must invest in helping workers to continuously enhance their skills to keep pace with constantly evolving workplace requirements. To that end, the Government will develop a new Workplace Skills Strategy, including steps to enhance apprenticeship systems, and to boost literacy and other essential job skills. This will be complemented by up-to-date training facilities and labour market agreements to be developed in collaboration with the provinces and territories, unions and sector councils.
The Government will continue to review the Employment Insurance program to ensure that it remains well-suited to the needs of Canada's workforce.
Efforts to improve the recognition of foreign credentials and prior work experience have yielded too little progress. Looking to the growing contribution that will be required from new Canadians as our population ages, this Government will redouble its efforts, in cooperation with the provinces and professional bodies, to help integrate them into the workforce.
To increase access to post-secondary education, the Government will introduce legislation to implement its Learning Bond, an innovative savings vehicle that it announced to help low-income families provide for their children's post-secondary education.
The second element of the economic strategy is to strengthen Canada's ability to generate and apply new ideas.
The Government of Canada has made substantial investments—more than $13 billion since 1997—that have built a strong foundation in basic science and technology, including the Canada Foundation for Innovation, health research and other initiatives to create leading-edge capabilities. It will continue to build on this strength.
The National Science Advisor is assisting the Government to ensure that these investments are strategic, focused and delivering results, and is working to bring about a fuller integration of the Government's substantial in-house science and technology activity.
The next challenge is to turn more of Canadians' bright ideas into dynamic businesses, great jobs and growing export earnings. To that end, the Government will ensure a supply of venture capital, particularly for early-stage businesses—for example, through the venture financing arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada.
The Government will develop policies to foster Canadian capabilities in key enabling technologies—such as biotechnology, information and communications, and advanced materials—which will be drivers of innovation and productivity in the 21st century economy.
Providing "smart government"—the third element of our economic strategy—aims to make it easier for businesses to do business in Canada.
Smart government includes a transparent and predictable regulatory system that accomplishes public policy objectives efficiently while eliminating unintended impacts. This can be a key competitive advantage for Canada. That is why the Government welcomes the just-released report of the External Advisory Committee on Smart Regulation.
Smart government also includes providing an up-to-date legislative framework for business. The Government will therefore propose changes to modernize the Competition Act.
The fourth element of the Government's overall economic strategy is a commitment to regional and sectoral development.
The Government will do its part to enable the success of important sectors, including automotive, aerospace and other manufacturing, as well as agriculture and other resource-based industries.
Canada's regional economies are a vital source of economic strength and stability. Support for regional and rural economic development will target the fundamentals—skills upgrading, support for research and development, community development, and modern infrastructure such as broadband communication—by employing the regional agencies and tools such as the Atlantic Innovation Fund.
The Government's regional objectives will be complemented by the most fundamental reform of the Equalization program in its 47-year history. The objective is to make more stable and predictable the total payments by the federal government to the less-wealthy provinces in support of key public services.
A region of particular challenge and opportunity is Canada's North—a vast area of unique cultural and ecological significance. The Government will develop, in cooperation with its territorial partners, Aboriginal people and other northern residents, the first-ever comprehensive strategy for the North. This northern strategy will foster sustainable economic and human development; protect the northern environment and Canada's sovereignty and security; and promote cooperation with the international circumpolar community.
Promotion of trade and investment is the fifth pillar of the Government's economic strategy.
Strong investment will be the primary generator of growth and good jobs for the future. The Government will foster investment by attending to the conditions that encourage entrepreneurs and providers of risk capital. These include sound monetary and fiscal policies as well as competitive taxes, efficiently targeted to promote economic growth.
Canada has always been a trading nation, but never more so than today. It is therefore vital that we secure and enhance our access to markets, both in North America and the world. To this end, the Government will continue to push for an open, rules-based international trading system and a successful conclusion of the Doha Round of global trade negotiations.
Issues such as softwood lumber and BSE underline the importance the Government attaches to obtaining more reliable access to U.S. markets. It will build on the successful Smart Borders initiative and on measures designed to develop a more sophisticated and informed relationship involving business and government officials in the United States.
The Government will enhance its capacity to expand international trade and commerce, with a particular focus on North America and emerging markets.
To complement its international commerce initiatives, the Government is determined to forge a stronger Canadian economic union, free of the internal barriers that still diminish opportunities and reduce our competitiveness.
Canadians have told their governments, year after year, to renew Medicare, to stop bickering and work together to ensure that it will be there for them and their children. Governments have responded. On September 15, all fourteen First Ministers agreed on the Ten-year Plan to Strengthen Health Care .
The Plan sets out a clear commitment, shared by all provinces and territories, to achieve tangible results—results for patients. What united all First Ministers was the commitment to a meaningful reduction in wait times for health services because it is key to transforming the health system. The Plan holds all governments to account by establishing a requirement for evidence-based benchmarks, comparable indicators, clear targets and transparent reporting to the public on access to health care. This means that the needs of patients will drive change.
The Plan will accelerate reform and ensure better access to key tests and treatments. It will increase the number of doctors, nurses and other health professionals. This will be helped by quicker assessment and integration of those who have received their training abroad. The Plan will improve access to home and community care services and to safe and affordable drugs.
The Plan commits to a 10-year track of substantial, predictable long-term funding, closing what has been called the "Romanow Gap." The Plan creates a Wait Times Reduction Fund, so that Canadians can see tangible progress in key areas such as cancer and heart treatment, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements and sight restoration.
The Plan addresses the unique challenges facing the delivery of health care services in Canada's North, including the costs of medical transportation, and encourages innovative delivery of services to rural Canada.
As part of the Plan, governments will, for the first time, set goals and targets for improving the health status of Canadians. The Health Council of Canada will provide an annual report on health status and health outcomes, and will report on progress in implementing the Plan.
Funding arrangements will require that jurisdictions comply with the reporting provisions agreed to by First Ministers.
Better health for Canadians requires more than just timely access to health care. It requires the promotion of healthy living, addressing risk factors such as physical inactivity and nutrition; the prevention of injury; and integrated disease strategies.
The Government will also work with partners to enhance sports activities at both the community and competitive levels. The Government has already appointed a new Chief Public Health Officer for Canada to drive real change. The Government will also proceed with new health protection legislation. And it welcomes the development of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network, which will strengthen collaboration among public health organizations nationwide. The Network will build capacity and provide coordinated responses to infectious disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies.
For a decade, all governments have understood that the most important investment that can be made is in our children. That is why, even when it was fighting the deficit, the Government established the National Child Benefit—the most significant national social program since Medicare.
There is more that must be done to help families help their children. Parents must have real choices; children must have real opportunities to learn. The time has come for a truly national system of early learning and child care, a system based on the four key principles that parents and child care experts say matter—quality, universality, accessibility and development.
The Government will put the foundations in place with its provincial and territorial partners, charting a national course that focuses on results, builds on best practices and reports on progress to Canadians. Within this national framework, the provinces and territories will have the flexibility to address their own particular needs and circumstances.
As our society ages, Canadian families are caring not only for young children but increasingly for elderly spouses and grandparents as well.
The Government recognizes the vital role of Canadians who care for aged or infirm relatives or those with severe disabilities. It will improve its existing tax-based support and will ask Parliament to consult across the country on additional initiatives.
Building on previous measures, the Government will assist people with disabilities in becoming more self-reliant by drawing on the upcoming recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with Disabilities.
Canada's seniors are healthier and living longer than ever before. Many want to remain active and engaged in community life. To help them, the Government has announced the New Horizons program and will explore other means of ensuring that we do not lose the talents and contribution that seniors can make to our society.
Canada's seniors have earned the right to be treated with dignity. As one step, the Government will increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement for Canada's least well-off seniors.
We must do more to ensure that Canada's prosperity is shared by Canada's Aboriginal people—First Nations, Inuit and Métis. We have made progress, but it is overshadowed by the rates of fetal alcohol syndrome and teen suicide in Aboriginal communities. These are the intolerable consequences of the yawning gaps that separate so many Aboriginal people from other Canadians—unacceptable gaps in education attainment, in employment, in basics like housing and clean water, and in the incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes.
The Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable held last April was a major step along a new path of partnership and prosperity. The Government and Aboriginal leaders agreed to measurable goals to reduce these gaps and their consequences.
What could be more profound than targeting real change in the rate of fetal alcohol syndrome and teen suicide?
At their meeting on September 13 of this year, all First Ministers and Aboriginal leaders took action. There, this Government undertook to provide $700 million to encourage greater Aboriginal participation in the health professions, to address chronic diseases such as diabetes, and to create an Aboriginal Health Transition Fund to better adapt existing health care services to Aboriginal needs.
The Government is working together with Aboriginal Canadians and provincial and territorial governments to create the conditions for long-term development—learning, economic opportunity, and modern institutions of Aboriginal governance—while respecting historical rights and agreements.
The Government and Aboriginal people will together develop specific quality-of-life indicators and a "Report Card" to hold all to account and to drive progress.
Canadians want their communities, towns and cities to be great places to live—safe, with affordable housing, good public transit, clean air and water, and abundant green spaces. Communities are key to our social goals and our economic competitiveness. They are the front lines in building a better quality of life.
Through the New Deal for Canada's Cities and Communities , and working with the provinces and territories, the Government will make available, for the benefit of municipalities, a portion of the federal gas tax, growing over the next five years. These funds will enable municipalities to make long-term financial commitments needed to help contain urban sprawl and to invest in new sustainable infrastructure projects in areas like transit, roads, clean water and sewers.
To address key issues such as urban renewal, immigrant integration and the challenges facing off-reserve Aboriginal Canadians, the Government will expand the partnership approach used to develop the Vancouver and Winnipeg Agreements and proceed to implement its recent agreement with the Government of Ontario to cooperate in service delivery. The Government will also build on the work of the Harcourt Advisory Committee.
Shelter is the foundation upon which healthy communities and individual dignity are built. The Government will extend and enhance existing programs such as the Affordable Housing Initiative, the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative for the homeless, and the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program.
What makes our communities strong is the willingness of men and women from all walks of life to take responsibility for their future and for one another. We can see this in the number of voluntary organizations and social economy enterprises that are finding local solutions to local problems. The Government is determined to foster the social economy—the myriad not-for-profit activities and enterprises that harness civic and entrepreneurial energies for community benefit right across Canada. The Government will help to create the conditions for their success, including the business environment within which they work. To that end, it will introduce a new Not-for-Profit Corporations Act.
What makes our communities work is our deep commitment to human rights and mutual respect. The Government is committed to these values. It will modernize Canada's Citizenship Act to reaffirm the responsibilities and rights of Canadian citizenship and our values of multiculturalism, gender equality and linguistic duality. It is implementing the Official Languages Action Plan and will continue to promote the vitality of official language minority communities. It will take measures to strengthen Canada's ability to combat racism, hate speech and hate crimes, both here at home and around the world. And it will table legislation to protect against trafficking in persons and to crack down on child pornography.
What makes our communities vibrant and creative is the quality of their cultural life. The Government will foster cultural institutions and policies that aspire to excellence, reflect a diverse and multicultural society, respond to the new challenges of globalization and the digital economy, and promote diversity of views and cultural expression at home and abroad.
Our quality of life today, and the legacy we bequeath to future generations, demands fundamental change in the way in which we think about the environment.
The Government will work with its partners to build sustainable development systematically into decision making.
As the ethic and imperative of sustainability take deeper root worldwide, human ingenuity will turn increasingly to ways to produce and use energy more cleanly and efficiently; to eliminate toxins from our air, water and soil; and to build more sustainable communities. Here lie great new opportunities for the world economy. Canada's entrepreneurs must aim to be at the leading edge.
To that end, the Government will work with the private sector to improve the commercialization of the best new environmental technologies. Major investments funded out of the proceeds of the sale of the Government's Petro-Canada shares will support their development and deployment.
The Government will work to get its own house in order. It will consolidate federal environmental assessments and will work with the provinces and territories toward a unified and more effective assessment process for Canada. By 2006, the Government will implement a new Green Procurement Policy to govern its purchases. It will also introduce legislation that will strengthen the focus on the ecological integrity of Canada's national parks.
Nowhere are the challenges and opportunities of sustainability more evident than in the way in which we use and produce energy. The Government will place increased focus on energy efficiency and energy research and development. It will engage stakeholders in developing comprehensive approaches to encourage increased production and use of clean, renewable energy and to promote greater energy efficiency. This will build on efforts already underway, including support for wind-power production in Canada, stimulated by a quadrupling of the Wind Power Production Incentive.
The Government reiterates that it will respect its commitment to the Kyoto Accord on climate change in a way that produces long-term and enduring results while maintaining a strong and growing economy. It will do so by refining and implementing an equitable national plan, in partnership with provincial and territorial governments and other stakeholders.
As the Government builds a sustainable society at home, it will continue to pursue multilateral and bilateral approaches to what are ultimately global challenges. For example, it will work with the United States and agencies like the International Joint Commission on issues such as clean air, clean water and invasive species. In 2005, the Government will bring forward the next generation of its Great Lakes and St. Lawrence programs, underscoring its commitment to protect and preserve these internationally significant shared ecosystems.
The Government will also move forward on its Oceans Action Plan by maximizing the use and development of oceans technology, establishing a network of marine protected areas, implementing integrated management plans, and enhancing the enforcement of rules governing oceans and fisheries, including rules governing straddling stocks.
In today's world, effective international engagement is needed to advance national aspirations. Now that time and distance have lost their isolating effect, it is no longer possible to separate domestic and international policies. Canada's internationalism is a real advantage, but we must find new ways to express it if we are to effectively assert our interests and project our values in a changing world.
Just as Canada's domestic and international policies must work in concert, so too must our defence, diplomacy, development and trade efforts work in concert. This fall, the Government will release a comprehensive International Policy Statement that will reflect this integration. Parliamentarians and other Canadians will have the opportunity to debate its analyses and proposed directions.
Meanwhile, the world does not wait. The new security threats that face Canada demand new approaches immediately. The Government has already responded. In April of this year, it introduced Canada's first-ever comprehensive National Security Policy, which will ensure a more focused and integrated approach to securing our open society. The Government is now implementing this policy. In this context, the Government is also deepening cooperation with the United States on mutual assistance in the event of major natural or human-caused emergencies.
This new context requires us to manage wisely our relationship with the United States, to know our friend better, and to strengthen our economic and security relations. Our relationship must be built on shared values, on mutual respect, and on a strong and independent voice for Canada.
Enhancing Canada's security means that we have to invest more in our military as part of defending ourselves at home, in North America and in the world. We have to earn our way in the world. But ours will never be the biggest military force, so it must be smart, strategic and focused.
Canada's proud tradition as a leader in peacekeeping is being tested today by increasing demands in extremely dangerous and politically complicated situations, often involving failed and failing states. We have seen what extraordinary work Canadian men and women can do in places like Afghanistan, Bosnia and Haiti. We know that Canadians are among the best in the world in meeting the challenge of being soldiers to make the peace, diplomats to negotiate the peace and aid workers to nurture the peace.
That is why the Government will be increasing our regular forces by some 5,000 troops and our reserves by 3,000 so that they may be better prepared and equipped to meet these challenges.
As Darfur and other situations have shown, sometimes intervention is best achieved by regional forces attuned to their cultural and geographic conditions. In such cases, particularly in Africa, Canada intends to continue playing a role by training regional peacekeepers, to prepare them to conduct challenging security operations within the principles of international humanitarian law.
In so many of the world's trouble spots, establishing order is only the first step. Poverty, despair and violence are usually rooted in failed institutions of basic governance and rule of law. This is where Canada, with its commitment to pluralism and human rights, can make a unique contribution.
That is why the Government is establishing the Canada Corps. Its mandate is first, to put our idealism to work by helping young Canadians bring their enthusiasm and energy to the world; second, to bring our skills and ideas to bear by ensuring that experts of all ages and backgrounds—for example, in governance, health, economics, human rights—can get to the places in the world that need them; and third, to coordinate the efforts of government and to work with civil society. The Canada Corps will bring the best of Canadian values and experience to the world.
For all that we as Canadians want to achieve, and for all that we want for others, we also need international institutions that work. Dealing with complex issues like the "responsibility to protect" and managing the global commons will require leadership from all continents—from North and South. For that reason, the Government will work to bring about a meeting of G20 leaders to address common and pressing concerns, such as how to improve public health systems, combat terrorism and reform our multilateral institutions.
The Government's agenda for this Parliament is based on a comprehensive strategy to build a prosperous and sustainable 21st-century economy for Canada; strengthen the country's social foundations; and secure for Canada a place of pride and influence in the world.
Supported by a committed and excellent public service, the Government will work diligently in this minority Parliament to address the priority areas it has identified. It will also introduce initiatives in many other areas, including commitments from the last Speech from the Throne, and will build on the work of Parliamentary committees, involve parliamentarians in the review of key appointments, and examine the need and options for reform of our democratic institutions, including electoral reform.
The Government invites members from both Chambers to join with it in the same democratic spirit: committed to unity and the inclusion of all regions and all voices, ready to work in common purpose on behalf of Canada.
Members of the House of Commons:
You will be asked to appropriate the funds required to carry out the services and expenditures authorized by Parliament.
Honourable Members of the Senate and Members of the House of Commons:
As you carry out your duties and exercise your responsibilities, may you be guided by Divine Providence.
Speech from the Throne
4:30 p.m.
Paul Martin Prime Minister
That the speech of Her Excellency the Governor General, delivered this day from the Throne to the two Houses of Parliament, be taken into consideration later today.
(Motion agreed to)
Board of Internal Economy
4:30 p.m.
The Speaker
I have the honour to inform the House that the following members have been appointed as members of the Board of Internal Economy for the purposes and under the provisions of the act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, Chapter 32, Statutes of Canada, 1997 , namely: Mr. Valeri and Mr. Bélanger, members of the Queen's Privy Council; Ms. Redman and Mr. Lastewka, representatives of the government caucus; Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Hill, Prince George--Peace River, representatives of the Conservative caucus; Mr. Guimond, representatives of the Bloc Quebecois; and Ms. Davies, representative of the New Democratic caucus.
Board of Internal Economy
4:30 p.m.
Tony Valeri Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise to propose the motion that I put on notice two days ago. This motion was negotiated by House leaders of all parties, and I want to take the opportunity to thank the House leaders for their cooperation in ensuring that these motions move forward.
While I gave notice in order not to have to request the leave of the House to propose the motion, I think all members will have observed that the motion is several hundred words long. Since the motion represents an all party agreement and in order to avoid spending a great deal of time in the House reading aloud a lengthy motion that is in fact printed in the Order Paper, I would suggest that the reading of the motion be dispensed with and that it be put as if read.
Board of Internal Economy
4:30 p.m.
The Speaker
Does the hon. leader of the government in the House of Commons have the unanimous consent of the House to have the motion put to the House and deemed to have been read for that purpose?
Board of Internal Economy
4:30 p.m.
Some hon. members
Business of the House
4:30 p.m.
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Tony Valeri Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
I move:
I. For the purpose of considering the Main Estimates for the year ending March 31, 2005, Standing Order 81 shall apply with the following ad hoc amendments:
- In section (4) thereof,
(a) the first sentence shall be read as "The main estimates to cover the present fiscal year for every department of government shall be deemed referred to standing committees on or before October 8, 2004.";
(b) the words "May 31" shall be read as "November 30"; and
(c) the words "May 1" shall be read as "November 1".
- On the last allotted day in the period ending December 10, 2004, proceedings shall take place pursuant to section (18) thereof, rather than section (17);
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 28(2)(a), the House shall sit on October 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2004 and, for the present Session only, Standing Order 28(2)(b) shall be amended by deleting the words "September 30" and by substituting therefor the words "October 29" and by deleting the words "the Monday following Easter Monday" and by substituting therefor the words "June 23, 2005", provided that the hours of sitting and order of business on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 shall be those of a Wednesday and provided that the recording of any division requested on any debatable motion on October 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2004 shall be deferred to 3:00 p.m. on October 18, 2004;
III. Notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice, in the present Session, the Speaker shall alter the application of the Standing Orders or practices of the House in order to permit the full participation in the proceedings of the House of any Member with a disability;
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 104(1) and (2), the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs shall consist of twelve Members; namely, Françoise Boivin, Don Boudria, Bill Casey, Yvon Godin, Michel Guimond, Dale Johnston, Dominic LeBlanc, Judi Longfield, Pauline Picard, Karen Redman, Scott Reid and Chuck Strahl; and the said committee shall, within the first ten sitting days following the adoption of this Order, prepare and report to the House lists of twelve Members to serve on each of the following Standing Committees:
(a) Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development;
(b) Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics;
(c) Agriculture and Agri-Food;
(d) Canadian Heritage;
(e) Citizenship and Immigration;
(f) Environment and Sustainable Development;
(g) Finance;
(h) Fisheries and Oceans;
(i) Foreign Affairs and International Trade;
(j) Government Operations and Estimates;
(k) Health;
(l) Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities;
(m) Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology;
(n) Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness;
(o) National Defence and Veterans Affairs;
(p) Official Languages;
(q) Procedure and House Affairs;
(r) Public Accounts;
(s) Transport; and
(t) Status of Women;and
V. Notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice, the Chair of each standing committee shall be a Member of the government party, the first Vice-Chair shall be a Member of the official Opposition Party and the second Vice-Chair shall be a Member of an opposition party other than the official Opposition party, except for the Standing Committees on Public Accounts, on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and on Government Operations and Estimates, whose Chair shall be a Member of the official Opposition Party and the first Vice-Chair shall be a Member of the government party and the second Vice-Chair shall be a Member of an opposition party other than the official Opposition party, and, in the case of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations, the Joint Chair acting on behalf of this House shall be a Member of the official Opposition Party and the first Vice-Chair shall be a Member of the government party and the second Vice-Chair shall be a Member of an opposition party other than the official Opposition party;
VI. Notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice, at the beginning of the first session of a new Parliament or whenever there is a vacancy for the position of Deputy Speaker of the House and Chair of Committees of the Whole, and, at the commencement of each session or whenever there is a vacancy for the position of Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole or Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole, the Speaker, after consultation with the leaders of each of the officially recognized parties, shall announce to the House the name of a Member he or she considers to be qualified for the position in question, shall deem a motion to appoint the said Member to have been moved and seconded by appropriate Members, and shall put the question without debate or amendment; and
VII. The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to report to the House within twenty sitting days of the adoption of this Order the changes to the Standing Orders that are necessary to make sections III, IV, V and VI of this Order permanent..
(Motion agreed to)
Committees of the Whole
4:30 p.m.
The Speaker
In anticipation of the adoption of this motion, the leaders of the recognized parties consulted with me following my election. I am now prepared to propose, for the ratification of the House, a candidate for the position of Deputy Speaker and chair of committees of the whole.
Consultation on the other two positions are ongoing. The chair will make suggestions to the House in the days to come.
Pursuant to order made earlier this day, I propose Mr. Chuck Strahl for the position of Deputy Speaker and chair of committees of the whole House.
Pursuant to order made earlier today, the motion is deemed moved and seconded. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Committees of the Whole
4:35 p.m.
Some hon. members
(Motion agreed to)
Committees of the Whole
4:35 p.m.
The Speaker
I congratulate the hon. member.


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Unfortunately due to a poorly-timed illness, I've had to push back the next comic to the end of this week. In the meantime, I thought I'd share an ongoing Tumblr project I've been doing on the side, where I've been creating illustrations to go along with each chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion! I hope you like them!
- Ainulindalë – The Music of the Ainur
- Valaquenta – Account of the Valar and Maiar in according to the lore of the Eldar
- The Monsters of Middle-Earth
- The Free Peoples of the First Age
- Silmarillion Chapter 1 – Of the Beginning of Days
- Silmarillion Chapter 2 – Of Aulë and Yavanna
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Thank you, Rob. It's been a long time since I'd seen this
Thank you, Rob. It's been a long time since I'd seen this film. It was first shown to me by a friend who had survived a near death experience and returned with a memory of, and a new perspective from, that experience. He mentioned that he, and several other NDE'ers he knew, had broken out in tears when viewing this film. He never said why but I'm guessing that it somehow reminded him of the intense Love he often talked about, and that it was available at the same intensity at every magnification level.
That's my best guess anyway. It makes me wonder if perhaps you and I aren't missing out on something by not having those visceral reactions anymore.
Richard Hughson

That's so interesting, Richard. It reminds me of
That's so interesting, Richard. It reminds me of something the novelist Vladimir Nabokov wrote about his idea of the afterlife, "The unfortunate image of a 'road' to which the human mind has become accustomed (life as a kind of journey) is a stupid illusion: we are not going anywhere, we are sitting at home. The other world surrounds us always and is not at all at the end of some pilgrimage. In our earthly house, windows are replaced by mirrors; the door, until a given time, is closed; but air comes in through the cracks."


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Tai Chi Grandmaster & Students Sporting Custom Ink! by Viola Brumbaugh - about 6 years ago
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As conceived by President Dawood Farahi in 2003, the purpose of the CAS is to ensure excellence and accessibility for all of Kean University's undergraduate student population. This is to be accomplished by improving, expanding and making more accessible all student academic support services. Initially created by the consolidation of the functions of the Career Services Center, the First Year Center and the Learning Assistance Program, undeclared/undecided student advisement and counseling. The department has grown as more services have been centralized in one unit. A major advancement in the delivery of services occurred with the January 2005 opening of the Maxine & Jace Lane Center for Academic Success Building. This state of the art facility allowed for the consolidation of all CAS service divisions into one centralized location in a prime spot on campus. The new location has been a tremendous boon to the realization of the mission of the CAS.
The CAS serves as an academic support service one-stop center, with its functions driven by the services it provides. The CAS is the student's home for academic services from entrance to the university through graduation. An additional purpose of the CAS involves providing students, especially under-prepared and at-risk students, with the resources, assistance, support and services that will help retain them to graduation. The basic services of the CAS are organized into the following divisions: Academic Dismissal Appeals; Career Development and Advancement Services (formerly known as Career Services); International Student Services; One Stop; Placement Testing; Registration & Orientation Services, Retention Services, Transfer & Readmission Admissions Services; Tutoring and Learning Support Services; Veterans Affairs; and Writing Center.
All services can be obtained by first stopping at the CAS One Stop Service Center desk, CAS 108, in the front lobby of the Center for Academic Success building. Our contact information is: 908-737-0300, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mission Statement
The Center for Academic Success (CAS) is a cornerstone of Kean University's commitment to opportunity. It integrates all of the advisement, learning support and career counseling to provide full service to our students. This unique concept, the only facility of its kind in New Jersey, is implemented in a physical structure expressly designed for this very purpose.
CAS and its programmatic offerings are designed to help Kean University realize its mission of educational access and excellence for its students. The primary goal of the center is to address the academic and informational needs of Kean University's students. It is regardless of their level of academic preparation.
The Center also has the goal of improving the quality, consistency and availability of academic support services to students. Through these efforts, CAS will seek to improve the retention and persistence to graduation rates for the University.
For more information please visit the Center for Academic Success website
One Stop
Main Office CAS Lobby
Phone (908) 737-0300
Covelas, Olga
CAS Lobby
Hays, Meryl CAS Lobby
Paulino, Rosa CAS Lobby
The One-Stop Service Center provides Kean University's students and community quality student services at a convenient and central location. Located on the first floor of the Center for Academic Success, the center is a starting point for assisting prospective, new, and continuing students with navigating Kean University administratively and academically. Students are able to get assistance, ask questions, and pointed in the right direction with regards to registration concerns, transfer admissions, and general student accounting information. The One-Stop Service Center also serves as a second location to handle matters normally handled at the Office of the Registrar, such as changing schedules or majors. There is always a friendly staff member to assist students with their questions and concerns.
Services include:
- Housing variety of forms for new and continuing students
- Change of major
- Change of address and/or name
- Graduation applications
- Registration petition (for credit overload and course time conflict)
- Course work at another institution
- Grade re-calculations
- Pass/Fail Audit request
- Social Security Number Correction
- NJ Residency Petition
- Receive payment for tuition, graduation, and certification fees when student accounting is not open.
- Payments may only be paid with a check or money order at One-Stop.
- Other forms of payment must be made at Student Accounting.
- Accept official transcript request.
- Official transcripts can only be paid with a check or money order at One-Stop.
- Provide unofficial copies of transcripts
- Provide verification of enrollment to students
- Assist students with adding and dropping courses during registration periods
- Withdraw students from courses once registration has closed
- Inform students on how to registrar for closed courses or courses that require special permission or petitions
- Assist prospective and returning students with the admissions process for transfer, second degree, and re-admitting students
- Provide copies of program evaluations for transfer students
- Answer various questions
Student petitions may be submitted at One Stop for consideration. Appeals are handled through the Office of the Registrar.
Office of Veteran Student Affairs
Main Office CAS 208
Phone (908) 737-0367
Lilliam Banner
Designated University Official CAS 222
Kean University and the Office of Veterans welcomes our veterans as they pursue their educational program(s). The Kean University administration, faculty and staff are dedicated to help our veterans achieve their educational and career goals.
The Office of Veterans Affairs helps our veterans obtain their educational benefits through the Veterans Administration.
Office of Student Success and Retention Services
Main Office CAS 122
Phone (908) 737-0300
Email email@example.com
Jean Brown Coordinator CAS 122 908.737.0311 email@example.com
Principle Clerk Typist
Audrey (Ilesiah) Gray CAS 122 908.737.0311 firstname.lastname@example.com
For most students, college is an exploratory time in their lives as they prepare for their future careers. However, many students, referred to as undecided students, are unsure of which major to pursue. Another group of students, known as undeclared students, have a desired major but are unable to formally declare it for various reasons, such as having a low grade-point average or being on academic probation. To help this special population of students, Undecided/Undeclared Students Services at CAS provides career and major exploration and academic monitoring and counseling.
Writing Center
Main Office CAS 111E
Phone (908) 737-0317
At the Kean University Writing Center, peer writing coaches provide non-judgmental, one-on-one support for all writers. We work with writers at all stages of the writing process – whether you are brainstorming ideas, or working on the final stylistic changes.
It is a place where you can learn to:
- Gather ideas, find a focus, and form a writing piece
- Motivate yourself
- Organize your work at any point in writing a piece
- Manage your time while making effective revisions
- Proofread grammar, spelling errors, and writing conventions
- Develop a strategy
Tips for Success:
- Please be on-time (sessions are 50 minutes each
- Come when you first get the assignment.
- Come with a goal (Outline/Draft/ Brainstorming)
- Revisit our writing center to check revisions
- If you do not have a laptop, bring your work on a USB memory device
- Always save and send your work to your email
Placement Testing
Testing Location CAS 207
Phone (908) 737-0340
Kean University policy requires that all newly-admitted undergraduate students take placement tests in reading, writing, and mathematics, unless they are exempt from all or part of this testing due to their SAT scores or course work completed at other colleges. Kean administers the ACCUPLACER computerized placement tests.
Academic Dismissal Appeals
Main Office CAS 108
Phone (908) 737-0300
Email email@example.com
Chair Person of Academic Dismissal Appeals
Dr. Stephen Kubow CAS 124F 908.737.0309 firstname.lastname@example.com
Retention Specialist
Jean Brown CAS 122 908.737.0311 email@example.com
Academic Amnesty Instructions
Academic Amnesty Application
Reinstatement / Academic Appeals Process
Transfer Admission and Evaluation Services (TAES)
Kean Hall Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Transfer Services
Phone (908) 737-TBA
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Tutoring and Learning Office
Phone (908) 737-0300
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Tutoring Coordinator
Jackie Langley CAS 124D 908.737.0312 firstname.lastname@example.com
The Tutoring and Learning Support Services at CAS is to enable Kean student to gain competence and achieve excellence despite the time limitations imposed by everyday obligations, as well as the varying level of background experiences and academic preparations faced by many of our undergraduates.
Tutoring is available by appointment and on a drop-in basis. Sessions are one-on-one or in groups. The Center for Academic Success selects and trains both student and professional tutors.
Tutoring focuses on areas in which students most often experience difficulty, from introductory-level through senior-level courses. Tutorial activity is adapted to course content and objectives, and is an extension of classroom instruction. The goal is to provide all students the opportunity to achieve the highest grade possible and also to master the academic content needed to progress in their academic careers.
Tutoring and Learning Support Services also works closely with departments such as the Spanish Speaking Program and the English as a Second Language Program to assist these students populations in addressing their specialized needs.
To make an appointment, visit TutorTrac.
Career Development and Advancement
Main Office CAS 123
Phone (908) 737-0320
Email email@example.com
Janice Johnston CAS 123B 908.737.0324 firstname.lastname@example.com
Career Coordinator
Blanca Rosales-Ahn CAS 123A 908.737.0347 email@example.com
Administrative Assistant
Lorena Caytuero CAS 123 908.737.0321 email@example.com
Career Specialist
Carolyn Galligan CAS 123 908.737.0320 email@example.com
Career Development and Advancement at CAS assist students in preparing to compete in today's changing job market. The center maintains information on the latest career resources, techniques and strategies designed to meet the needs of our diverse student population. Our services are personalized and serve to empower students at each stage of their career development, from first year through graduation.
Career Development and Advancement offer a variety of workshops to further your professional skills:
- Resume Writing
- Interview Preparation
- Job Search Skills
- How to Choose a Major
Registration and Orientation Services
Main Office CAS 124
Phone (908) 737-0300
Email email@example.com
The CAS provides a wide range of orientation services for freshman and transfer students and their families, such as New Student Orientation and Family Orientations in the fall and spring semesters. The daylong New Students Orientation includes welcomes from President Dawood Farahi, officers of the University and students leaders. A nationally known educational motivator conducts an interactive workshop on time management, study skills and habit modification to fit their new lives as college students. Family Orientation provides a general introduction to the University, informational packets and presentations on services available to students and their families.


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Campaign Contributions Report
For information on the other campaign report filings for local officeholders, visit our Campaign Finance Reporting page.
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I got a couple more....
I think it was a great firing!
Chip wrote:Hi there, Mr. Bill! Congratulations on your retirement.
Looking forward to seeing what new things you are up to.
debunix wrote:Excellent.
Chip wrote:Wow, that is great, Bill! Hope it helps build your now "full time" work!
Charlotte_J wrote:That is really nice to see your facilities, It looks like a very very pretty environment


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Once they called it "marching to the beat of a different drummer." Now the eccentric kid who does his own thing may be labeled a nerd or diagnosed with "social anxiety disorder" or Asperger's Syndrome.
Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World by Katherine Beals offers "strategies for helping bright, quirky, socially awkward children thrive at home and at school." Beals, who blogs at Out in Left Field, argues that left-brainy children do best with a structured, analytical curriculum. New ways of teaching, such as unsupervised, group-centered discovery and open-ended, interdisciplinary projects may leave them confused, bored and floundering.
Beals suggests how parents can advocate for their children and reminds them that it's not so bad to raise a non-conformist.
My nephew is one of those left-brainers. Despite an Asperger's diagnosis, he was told in class after class to write about his feelings, which he considered an invasion of privacy, rather than being allowed to analyze a book or a historical issue or whatever. He's now studying computer science with his fellow lefties.
In keeping with my self-promotion vow, I will mention my book, Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds.


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Ever wonder what a knot is, and why we use them in aviation? I did.
The term actually began with real knots tied into a rope, and like much of our aviation lingo, comes from the maritime world. While the exact beginning is difficult to determine, it is believed that the knot methodology began in the late 1500's, and that it was in widespread use by the 1600's. In order to measure speed, sailors would tie knots in a rope every42 feet (six feet per fathom, so there were seven fathoms between each knot). The rope was attached to a piece of wood called a "chip log," which would be cast in the water to the rear of the ship, where it would essentially remain stationary as the rope paid out.
Using a small hour-glass, the sailors would time for approximately 30 seconds and count the number of knots that would pass through their hands and into the water. Over time, the standards were revised, and if you were try this at home your chip log would need knots every 47.3 feet, and you need an hourglass that can time for 28 seconds instead of 30.
At first the United States stuck with the statue measurement of miles per hour in aviation, but in 1969 the FAA began transitioning the industry to the nautical standards. The logic for this is that aeronautical charts, like marine charts, are printed in the nautical scale. By converting our references from miles per hour to knots, we can be sure that we are all speaking the same language.
In case you did not know, the nautical mile is equal to 1.15 statute miles; one statue mile is equal to 0.868 nautical miles. It also brought the American aviation industry into ICAO standards.
I don't suggest that you start extending rope behind your airplane to measure speed, but if you do at least some of us will understand why.
–Chip Wright


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New arrivals in Business & Economics: November 2012
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The moral foundation of economic behavior / by David C. Rose
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011
UNI Stacks: HB72 .R656 2011
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The pursuit of happiness : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011
UNI Stacks: HB74.P8 G733 2011
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The Darwin economy : liberty, competition, and the common good / Robert H. Frank
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2011
UNI Stacks: HB95 .F723 2011
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Schelling's game theory : how to make decisions / Robert V. Dodge
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HB119.S28 D628 2012
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Getting it wrong : how faulty monetary statistics undermine the Fed, the financial system, and the economy / William A. Barnett
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HB139 .B3755 2012
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The making of global capitalism : the political economy of American empire / by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin
London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2012
UNI Stacks: HB501 .P365 2012
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State profile, Iowa
Washington, DC : Woods & Poole Economics, 1990-
UNI Reference: HC107.I7 I5
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The flight of the creative class : the new global competition for talent / Richard Florida
New York : HarperBusiness, c2005
UNI Stacks: HD53 .F65 2005
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Campus CEO : the student entrepreneur's guide to launching a multimillion-dollar business / Randal Pinkett
Chicago, IL : Kaplan Pub., c2007
UNI Stacks: HD62.5 .P556 2007
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The global food economy : the battle for the future of farming / Tony Weis
London ; New York : Zed Books : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
UNI Stacks: HD1415 .W43 2007
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Global change : impacts on water and food security / Claudia Ringler, Asit K. Biswas, Sarah Cline, editors
Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010
UNI Stacks: HD1691 .G56 2010
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A cooperative species : human reciprocity and its evolution / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011
UNI Stacks: HD2961 .B687 2011
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Salary survey. Midwestern region (MCPA) / National Association of Colleges and Employers
[Bethlehem, Pa.] : The Association,
UNI Stacks: HD4975 .C5727
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Prices and earnings [electronic resource]
Zurich : UBS AG, Wealth Management Research, 2003-
UNI Internet: HD6977
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Food systems failure : the global food crisis and the future of agriculture / edited by Christopher Rosin, Paul Stock, Hugh Campbell
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2012
UNI Stacks: HD9000.5 .F599 2012
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Annual statistical report of the American Iron and Steel Institute
New York : The Institute,
UNI Reference: HD9514 .A5
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Moving boxes by air : the economics of international air cargo / Peter S. Morrell
Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011
UNI Stacks: HE9788 .M67 2011
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The Lexus and the olive tree : understanding globalization / Thomas L. Friedman
New York : Picador, 2012
UNI Stacks: HF1359 .F74 2012
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Occupational outlook handbook / U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington, D.C. : The Bureau ; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
UNI Career Ref: HF5381.A1 O36
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The art of strategic listening : finding market intelligence through blogs and other social media / Robert Berkman
Ithaca : Paramount Market, c2008
UNI Stacks: HF5415.2 .B469 2008
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Franchise opportunities guide
Washington, D.C. : International Franchise Association, c1990-
UNI Reference: HF5429.23 .F679
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Collaborative financial infrastructure protection : tools, abstractions, and middleware / Roberto Baldoni, Gregory Chockler, editors
Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, c2012
UNI Stacks: HF5548.37 .C63 2012
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IFRS and US GAAP : a comprehensive comparison / Steve E. Shamrock
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2012
UNI Stacks: HF5616.U5 S53 2012
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Performance measurement and management control : global issues / edited by Antonio Davila, Marc J. Epstein, Jean-François Manzoni
Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2012
UNI Stacks: HF5636 .P47 2012
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International financial statement analysis / Thomas R. Robinson ... [et al.]
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012
UNI Stacks: HF5681.B2 I5788 2012
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The controller as lean leader : a novel on changing behavior with a lean cost management system / Sue Elizabeth Sondergelt
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HF5686.M3 S64 2012
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Painting with numbers : presenting financials and other numbers so people will understand you / Randall Bolten
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012
UNI Stacks: HF5691 .B675 2012
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Stewardship : lessons learned from the lost culture of Wall Street / John G. Taft
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012], ©2012
UNI Stacks: HG103 .T34 2012
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Topgun on Wall Street : why the United States military should run corporate America : a fighter pilot's unique story-from an F-14 Tomcat to the heart of American business / Jeffery Lay with Patrick Robinson
New York : Vanguard Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG172.L395 A3 2012
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Good derivatives : a story of financial and environmental innovation / Richard L. Sandor
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG173 .S256 2012
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The financial systems of industrial countries : evidence from financial accounts / Riccardo De Bonis, Alberto Franco Pozzolo, editors
Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG173 .F5185 2012
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Student financial literacy : campus-based program development / Dorothy B. Durband, Sonya L. Britt, editors
New York : Springer, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG179 .S8463 2012
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Save more tomorrow : practical behavioral finance solutions to improve 401K plans / Shlomo Benartzi with Roger Lewin
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012
UNI Stacks: HG179 .B386 2012
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Red capitalism : the fragile financial foundation of China's extraordinary rise / Carl E. Walter and Fraser J.T. Howie
Singapore ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012
UNI Stacks: HG187.C6 W348 2012
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The golden revolution : how to prepare for the coming global gold standard / John Butler
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG297 .B78 2012
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Saving Europe : how national politics nearly destroyed the euro / Carlo Bastasin
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG930.5 .B37 2012
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Growth with financial stability : central banking in an emerging market / Rakesh Mohan
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011
UNI Stacks: HG3284 .M66 2011
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The essential controller : an introduction to what every financial manager must know / Steven M. Bragg
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG4026 .B662 2012
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Raising capital : get the money you need to grow your business / Andrew J. Sherman
New York : American Management Association, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG4027.6 .S534 2012
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Guide to cash management : how to avoid a business credit crunch / John Tennent
Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG4028.C45 T46 2012
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A rising tide : financing strategies for women-owned firms / Susan Coleman and Alicia M. Robb
Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2012]
UNI Stacks: HG4061 .C64 2012
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Mergent's handbook of common stocks
New York, N.Y. : Mergent Inc., c2001-
UNI Reference: HG4501 .M59
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Mergent's handbook of NASDAQ stocks
New York : Mergent, Inc., c2001-
UNI Reference: HG4501 .H37
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A pragmatist's guide to leveraged finance : credit analysis for bonds and bank debt / Robert Kricheff
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, 2012
UNI Stacks: HG4521 .K7375 2012
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World investment report
New York : United Nations, 1991-
UNI Reference: HG4538 .W673
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The large-cap portfolio : value investing and the hidden opportunity in big company stocks / Thomas Villalta
Hoboken, New Jersey : Bloomberg Press, ©2012
UNI Stacks: HG4661 .V545 2012
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Private equity operational due diligence : tools to evaluate liquidity, valuation, and documentation / Jason A. Scharfman
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ©2012
UNI Stacks: HG4751 .S33 2012
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The Oxford handbook of venture capital / edited by Douglas Cumming
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012
UNI Stacks: HG4751 .O946 2012
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Mergent bond record
New York, N.Y. : Mergent FIS, c1999-
UNI Reference: HG4905 .M78
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Best's insurance reports. Life/health, United States & Canada
Oldwick, N.J. : A.M. Best Co., c2003-
UNI Ref Desk CBT: HG8941 .B4822
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Best's insurance reports. Property/casualty, United States & Canada
Oldwick, N.J. : A.M. Best Co., c2003-
UNI Ref Desk CBT: HG9655 .B53
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Proceedings ... Annual Conference on Taxation ... and minutes of the Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association [electronic resource]
Washington, DC : National Tax Association: Omnipress, c2007-
UNI Stacks: HJ2240 .N22 CD-ROM
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Design and the creative process / Daryl Joseph Moore
Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2007
UNI Stacks: TS171 .M654 2007
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Menu short a few dollars
NEW YORK — McDonald's says bad weather hurt its U.S. sales performance in January, representing another setback as the fast-food chain fights to fend off rivals and get its menu right.
The world's biggest hamburger chain says sales fell 3.3 percent at established U.S. locations last month.
Its global sales figure rose 1.2 percent, however, lifted by improvements in Europe and the region encompassing Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
The decline in the U.S. is just the latest disappointment for McDonald's, which has conceded that its kitchen operations got overly complicated by the pace of new menu offerings. CEO Don Thompson also recently noted that the chain has lost some of its "relevance" with customers.
In hopes of attracting more diners, McDonald's has been aggressively promoting its revamped Dollar Menu, which includes new burgers that cost more than a dollar. The rollout of the Dollar Menu & More was designed to help improve the company's profit margins without alienating price-sensitive customers.


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Triton men OT thriller
CRESTON – The Iowa Central men went to overtime with Southwestern again for the third time this season, and the Tritons came out with the victory.
The Tritons (18-13 overall) used the extra period to pull out a 61-60 victory over the Spartans (15-15) to advance to the next round of the Region XI tournament.
"We played those guys three times and went to four overtimes," said Iowa Central head coach Dennis Pilcher. "Our guys were resilient. We were down seven with four and a half mintues to go and came back and tied it.
"Defensively we made a great stand in the last five minutes."
Iowa Central will now face top-seed Iowa Lakes in Estherville on Friday at 7 p.m.
With the Tritons leading by one, Southwestern's Marquelis Edwards drove the lane with time winding down and the Tritons were called for a blocking foul with .9 left on the clock.
Edwards missed both free throws and the Tritons grabbed the rebound to perserve the victory.
Iowa Central's Malik Brooks hit two big free throws with under a minute to go to put the Tritons up three. The Spartans then came down and hit a bucket.
"Malik hit two big free throws," Pilcher said. "We just played good hard defense."
The Tritons had the ball with 40 seconds left and missed the shot, putting the ball in Edwards hands.
Jesse Jones led the Tritons with 14 points. Rhys Elliot had 13 and Jawad Adekoya had 12.
The Tritons hit 10 three pointers in the contest. Jones had four and Elliot had 3.
Iowa Central will now face 11th ranked Iowa Lakes, who the Tritons upset two weeks ago.
"It's going to be another battle down there," Pilcher said.


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The Chinese Air Force launched the Y-20 for the first time on Saturday (as reported by AFP), an event the Chinese government press heralded as "a significant milestone" that would "enhance . . . global power projection."
The Y-20 looks a lot like the Boeing-built C-17 used by the U.S. Air Force, but critics say it falls short of the Globemaster III's performance in a number of respects. Andrei Chang, editor-in-chief of the Canadian-based Kanwa Defense Review, said that the Y-20 was technologically inferior to other military transport planes. True figures for the Y-20's maximum load and flying range were likely to be lower than those cited in state media due to the plane's reliance on a "very old" Russian-designed engine.
"(The engine's) oil consumption is very bad, it wastes a lot of fuel," he said, pointing out that because of noise some developed countries have banned aircraft using it from landing, threatening its potential appearance at European air shows. (And that reality wouldn't help it's foreign military sales effort or international reputation.)
Chang also noted that the C-17's long-range performance is possible because of the airplane's composite materials, the manufacture of which the Chinese have struggled with to date. And the Y-20 was likely to take at least another five years to enter operational service, he added.
But the Chinese only want to talk about capabilites. The Y-20 has a maximum payload of 66 tons, which it can carry as far as 2,700 miles, the China Daily said, and with 55 tons on board it could fly from western China to Cairo.
It is big enough to hold the heaviest tank used by China's army, the paper added, quoting a military expert as saying that "the heavy air freighters will ensure that we are able to safeguard our interests overseas."
The Y-20 also allows the Chinese to end their dependence on Russian-made Il-76s for their transport needs.


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Pre-Program Internship in Rare Book and Library Materials Conservation
Overview and application deadlines
The University of Washington Libraries is offering a pre-program internship for an individual with a demonstrated interest in conservation. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop their conservation treatment skills and portfolio using diverse special collections from the UW Libraries. Applicants are expected to be preparing for or enrolled in a graduate level conservation program.
This is a full-time (40 hours per week) summer program. Duration is 10 weeks, with exact dates to be arranged between July 1 and September 2016. To ensure consideration, applications should be received no later than Sunday, February 21, 2016.
Activities and instruction
Working under the supervision of the Senior Conservator, the Conservation Intern will have the opportunity to perform a broad range of conservation treatments on rare books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, maps, and other unbound archival and special collections materials on paper and vellum. The intern will develop skills in treatment decision making, prepare condition and treatment reports with appropriate photo documentation, and gain additional experience in conservation treatment.
While the focus will be on the practical application of conservation techniques, staff will also work with the applicant to develop future success in the field. Through selected readings, guided treatment and general discussion, the applicant will develop a more in-depth understanding of the complex issues associated with library materials conservation and preservation.
The internship will be for a 10-week term and will be 75% treatment and 25% administrative (documentation and preventive conservation). The intern will also be required to give a final presentation on completed work.
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Interested applicants should submit a cover letter outlining how the internship will help them meet their future goals as well as a current resume with two appropriate references. Applicants may also be asked to submit a digital portfolio at a later date.
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The University of Washington Libraries <www.lib.washington.edu> is one of the largest and most innovative libraries in North America with collections exceeding 8 million volumes, over 500,000 electronic books, more than 120,000 currently received journal titles, as well as millions of scholarly resources in other formats. The UW Libraries is widely recognized for its unique, diverse, and inherently global collections.
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Debates of April 22nd, 1997
House of Commons Hansard #161 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was billion.
- Sustainable Development
- Federal Court And Tax Court Of Canada
- Government Response To Petitions
- Ways And Means
- Constitution
- Committees Of The House
- Interpretation Act
- Divorce Act
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
- Canada Pension Plan
- Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act
- Young Offenders Act
- Bank Act
- Bills Of Exchange Act
- Canada Business Corporations Act
- Canada Health Act
- Canada Shipping Act
- Canada Student Loans Act
- Canada-United Kingdom Civil And Commercial Judgements Act
- Corrections And Conditional Release Act
- Excise Act
- Extradition Act
- Government Employees Compensation Act
- Hazardous Products Act
- Canada Cooperative Associations Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Indian Act
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act
- Insurance Companies Act
- Land Titles Act
- Canada Transportation Act
- Pension Fund Societies Act
- Privacy Act
- Territorial Lands Act
- Wages Liability Act
- Sunshine Day
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Budget Implementation Act, 1997
- Banff National Park
- Bell Science Fair
- Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
- Earth Day
- British Columbia
- Devco
- Earth
- Visit Of President Of Brazil
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Special Olympics
- Rick Hansen
- Manpower Training
- Tran Trieu Quan
- Flooding
- Ubi Soft
- Earth Day
- Rights Of Victims
- Linguistic School Boards
- Government Spending
- Employment Insurance
- Employment
- Culture
- Justice
- Young Canada Works
- Flooding
- Health Care
- Tran Trieu Quan
- Health Care
- The Environment
- Justice
- Decontamination Of Military Sites
- Banff National Park
- Presence In The Gallery
- Points Of Order
- Budget Implementation Act, 1997
- Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1996
- York Factory First Nation Flooded Land Act
- Nelson House First Nation Flooded Land Act
- First Nations Land Management Act
- Broadcast Act
Visit Of President Of Brazil
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Osvaldo Nunez Bourassa, QC
Mr. Speaker, as a member of Latin American origin, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the president of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is visiting Canada and Quebec.
Brazil, with a population of 160 million, is Canada's main export market in Latin America. Trade between our two countries reached $1.5 billion in 1996.
I hope that Brazil will become a member of NAFTA and that by the year 2005, all 34 countries of this hemisphere will form a free trade zone of the Americas, as agreed at the Miami Summit.
I support President Cardoso's efforts to consolidate democracy, promote human rights and introduce a greater measure of equality and social justice in his country.
I also salute his initiative to go to Quebec to meet Premier Lucien Bouchard.
Benvindo Senhor Presidente ao pais do Canada e o Quebec.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bob Mills Red Deer, AB
Mr. Speaker, I take this opportunity to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
It was on May 1, 1947 that this act was repealed. It represents a milestone in the history of Canadians of Chinese descent. It meant that after decades of hardship Chinese Canadians were finally recognized as equal Canadian citizens.
We all know the tremendous role the Chinese Canadian community has played in building our nation. The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1858. Their achievements have included building the national railway, serving in two world wars and many major contributions to business and the arts.
Today we say thank you to those early Chinese Canadian pioneers who helped to build the nation even under the hardship of the Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act.
The only Canada that is acceptable today is the Canada in which all people are treated equally, no matter what their race or religion.
Let us all pay tribute to Chinese Canadians and thank them for their contributions in making this a great country.
Special Olympics
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Derek Wells South Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to rise in the House to recognize the special Olympians who are here today.
The South Shore is proud of its two athletes, Martin Fudge of Shelburne who is here today and Bonnie Conrad of Garden Lots, Lunenburg County.
The Special Olympics World Winter Games were held in Toronto in February. Athletes from 90 nations competed in the games. Canadians watched with pride as Bonnie Conrad captured a gold and two silver medals in speed skating and Martin Fudge earned a bronze and three silver medals in the snowshoeing competitions.
Bonnie, Martin and all the other athletes shared a dream. They all wanted to represent Canada at the world games. However victory is not achieved by dreaming; it is earned through dedication, commitment and hard work.
I send congratulations to all the special Olympians here today and to those at home. Just as family and friends turned out at the various welcome home and victory parties, many members want to show their respect and affection for the athletes who never stopped striving to be the best they could possibly be.
Rick Hansen
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ted McWhinney Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Rick Hansen of Vancouver, on the 10th anniversary of his Man in Motion world tour that is being celebrated this week, is an example of courage under extreme physical stress, of the determination in the setting of goals for oneself and of grace in achieving them.
We salute Rick Hansen as a model to our Canadian youth that they can indeed achieve their dreams if they have the imagination, the dedication and the will to overcome the difficulties and pressures in their path.
Manpower Training
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bernard Patry Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased with the agreement on manpower training that was finally announced yesterday, after several months of negotiations.
As a Quebecer, I am delighted to see that the provincial government will now have all the tools it needs to develop and implement its manpower training programs.
As a federalist, I see this agreement as further evidence that Canadian federalism means being flexible, and that being part of Canada is worthwhile for Quebec.
As a Liberal, I applaud this great achievement, which no other government except our own would have been able to bring to fruition. This agreement on manpower training would not have been signed without the steadfast determination of our Prime Minister, for which we are very grateful.
Tran Trieu Quan
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Philippe Paré Louis-Hébert, QC
Mr. Speaker, the terrible experience of Tran Trieu Quan and his family continues to speak to the emotions of their fellow citizens in the greater Quebec City area.
In fact, 124,000 people have signed a petition sponsored by the archbishop of Quebec City, the mayor of Quebec City and the president of the Sainte-Foy Chamber of Commerce, asking the Vietnamese authorities to pardon Mr. Tran on compassionate grounds. Today, the sponsors will present this petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and ask him intercede more directly so as to obtain the release of Mr. Tran.
I wish to welcome to our gallery some members of Mr. Tran's family and 30 students at the Rochebelle secondary school in Sainte-Foy who have become involved in this cause. Finally, I want to draw your attention to the presence of Janel Gauthier and his support group for the release of Mr. Tran.
I am proud to see residents in my riding involved in so many actions to support Mr. Tran, and this has been going on for nearly four years. Many thanks to you all.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Ken Epp Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, last year it was Quebec. This year it is Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia and now Alberta.
All these provinces have residents who are experiencing the trauma of homes and businesses invaded and destroyed by flood waters. Most recently the communities of Peace River and Fort McMurray in Alberta have been hit by overflowing rivers.
Our hearts go out to the people who are being affected by this phenomenon of nature. Many have worked for a lifetime to build and pay for their properties. It is devastating to them to see the results of their efforts destroyed. Families and individuals face huge challenges in coping with the trauma of losing valued personal possessions.
However this also becomes a time of meaningful, helpful community. Friends and neighbours pull together to rebuild and to assist those whose loss is most severe or who have the most difficulty in recouping their losses.
I ask all members of the House to join me in expressing our heartfelt concern and commitment to help.
Ubi Soft
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Denis Paradis Brome—Missisquoi, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Canadian government announced good news for the economic recovery of the Montreal region.
It said it was providing assistance to a French company, Ubi Soft, to help it start up operations in Montreal. This should result in the creation of 560 jobs over the next five years.
During this period, the software producer, editor and distributor will receive $14.8 million in funding from the federal government.
The example of Ubi Soft shows that Canadian federalism is working well in Quebec. When everyone has this determination to find effective solutions to regional issues, it can truly be said that Canadian federalism is serving Quebecers.
Earth Day
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Monique Guay Laurentides, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to note that today is Earth Day, an occasion celebrated throughout the world. On this date, the public is invited to do something, however small, to help improve their environment.
Unfortunately, we must conclude that the Liberal government has never heard about this invitation, because its record in this area is dreadful. Just recently, the Minister of the Environment himself admitted that his government had failed in the fight against greenhouse gases. The latest ozone layer figures are extremely worrying. Recently, there have been news reports on the former American military bases in the Arctic that are posing a dangerous threat to that region's fragile ecosystem.
This government does not hesitate, however, to implement legislation interfering directly in areas of provincial jurisdiction, thus leading to costly and unnecessary overlap.
The public does not intend to follow the Liberals' example, and we congratulate all those who are using this day to help improve the environment of the region in which they live.
Rights Of Victims
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Randy White Fraser Valley West, BC
Mr. Speaker, I will read from an unsolicited letter to the Minister of Justice:
I'm begging you all in the name of God to stop this daily painful hell that you are causing my mom and other families. I cannot stand by and take the pain you have and are inflicting on my mother. She suffered enough pain and grief and to get phone calls almost every other day and having to listen to my mother's cries that you have caused along with Olson by giving all rights to Olson. You can and must repeal section 745 and give hope and protect the children of Canada and silence this monster that took the lives of these young children-Shame on all of you, because of your heartless, careless actions. Come August 18 my poor mother and the other families are going to have to see this monster who killed their children, who stabbed Judy 19 times. She was only 14 years old-. Where is it law to allow victims to be tormented by someone like Olson? Please stop, Mr. Rock, punishing victims and start showing respect-
Rights Of Victims
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
The Speaker
Oral Questions.
Linguistic School Boards
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Bellehumeur Berthier—Montcalm, QC
Mr. Speaker, in his ministerial statement this morning, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs admitted that many voices, both francophone and anglophone, Catholic as well as Protestant, have been heard over the last twenty years advocating a system based on language rather than religion.
The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs even indicated that a consensus on the need to reorganize school administration along these lines has existed in Quebec for some time.
Since even the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs admits there has been a consensus for the past 20 years, how can he explain that his actions are again opening the Quebec consensus up to question, by deliberately delaying the start of the debate and the adoption of this motion?
Linguistic School Boards
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Stéphane Dion President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mr. Speaker, there is nothing to confess, and the repetition is starting to become a pain in the neck.
What I have said since the beginning of this business is that, since the end of January, since the moment that the Government of Quebec began to indicate that it would be presenting a constitutional amendment, I have said that, on the one hand, there was a consensus in Quebec to have linguistic school boards and, on the other hand, that work was needed on a consensus about how the Government of Quebec wanted to proceed. Because it can be said that there will be a consensus on Bill 107, or on the Proulx-Woehrling solution, or on other possibilities, what was needed was to
find out whether there was consensus on the way the Government of Quebec wanted to proceed.
It will be recalled that, a week before the unanimous vote in the National Assembly, there was no consensus. It was the Mulcair amendment which made it possible to build a consensus, due to the highly positive action of the official opposition in the National Assembly.
Now it can be stated that there is consensus. The Government of Quebec is very pleased to support the planned constitutional amendment and, as usual, no doubt the parliamentary committee will make it possible to expand the consensus even further, thus facilitating the implementation of a desired measure.
Linguistic School Boards
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Bellehumeur Berthier—Montcalm, QC
Mr. Speaker, when Quebec is involved, things always get really complicated with the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Yet there is a precedent in New Brunswick, where there was no consensus. Their Legislative Assembly was even divided, yet the federal government moved quickly, even managing to get a motion through without a vote in the House of Commons.
Whereas in Quebec there has been talk of education structures since the Parent report in 1966, and a consensus was reached, as even the minister admits, at least 20 years ago, and what is more this has again been confirmed with the general assembly in Quebec, and as well there is unanimity in the National Assembly on the matter.
Here is my question for the minister. Why does the federal government insist on wanting to apply its old double standard policy where the wishes of the Quebec people are concerned?
Linguistic School Boards
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Stéphane Dion President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I have already explained to the House just how unfortunate it is that the official opposition uses the example of New Brunswick and the constitutional amendment which enabled New Brunswick to enhance bilingualism in that province.
There was indeed no unanimity in the New Brunswick provincial legislature but, first, there had been a parliamentary committee on the provincial level-not the case in Quebec-and second, the amendment was very clearly aimed at expanding the rights of the linguistic minority. No one was opposed, and third, the only party which was opposed, and voted against it, was one that had been created expressly to fight bilingualism in New Brunswick, the COR Party.
We see today that the official opposition, with its siege mentality, does not hesitate to make use of the argument of a political party which was created to oppose the French language, to make us believe that there is discrimination against Quebec, that there is a double standard involved here.