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(Return tabled) Question No. 4 Hon. Irwin Cotler: With regard to international treaties and conventions dealing in whole or in part with human rights and with Canada’s international obligations in this regard: (a) does the government have any formal or informal procedures for regular review of those international human rights treaties that Canada has not yet signed, ratified, or otherwise accepted; (b) does the government have any formal or informal guidelines according to which it determines whether the specific obligations contained in a treaty or other international undertaking conflicts with the Constitution Act, 1867, and if so where can these guidelines be accessed; (c) do the guidelines referred to in (b) specify the standard accor ...[+++]ding to which the government determines if any obligation contained in a treaty or other international undertaking violates any section of the Constitution Act, 1867; (d) has the government engaged in any review of its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD); (e) does the government have any formal or informal guidelines according to which it determines whether the specific obligations contained in a treaty or other international undertaking require implementing legislation in order for Canada to be able to ratify or otherwise accept it, and if so where can these guidelines be accessed; (f) does the government have a position as to whether international agreements that establish a complaints mechanism or communications procedure for enforcement of the rights and obligations contained therein are necessarily unconstitutional; (g) does the government have a policy as to whether Canada will accept such agreements referred to in (f); (h) does the government undergo review of proposed international human rights agreements that would establish such a mechanism or procedure referred to in (f) on a case by case basis, (i) who is involved in this review, (ii) are the provinces and other inte ...

1. Points out that the recent economic downturn has led to a number of reductions in the defence budgets of many Member States; considers that the current crisis can be used as an opportunity for the development of an integrated Union defence policy, as it can provide the impetus for implementing ambitious and major reforms and for better benefiting from synergies; urges the Member States, therefore, to practise greater transparency with regard to state aid and procurement practices in the defence sector, towards both European authorities and agencies and the general public;

Therefore non-promotional information on medicinal products must be made available to patients and to the general public by marketing authorisation holders according to the "pull principle" whereby patients/the public have access to information if they need it (contrary to the "push principle" whereby the marketing authorisation holders disseminate information among the patients and the general public).

But the government says that the general public is looking to travel safely and efficiently, and the general public is making the decision; all we are is the interpreter of the general public's decision; the collective decision is security and safety first; we don't have to spend time thinking about whether the two can cohabit the same timeframe.

Therefore, we are doing this for the general safety of the public, and nowhere else in security does the general public not pay these security fees.

Being quick to enact a change each time a particular case emerges through the courts and is handed down, I suggest, would be very dangerous and would lead to an eventual dismantling of our Criminal Code or such disarray or uncertainty amongst the judiciary, law enforcement agents, lawyers and, most importantly, the general public that this type of confusion would further undermine an already very sceptical and cynical public.