Thursday, September 29, 1994

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Thursday, September 29, 1994 VOLUME 133 NUMBER 100 1st SESSION 35th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, September 29, 1994 Speaker: The Honourable Gilbert Parent HOUSE OF COMMONS Thursday, September 29, 1994 The House met at 10 a.m. work in trying to foster those rapports, in trying to keep channels open and also being respectful of the different opinions, whether _______________ they be political, whether they be cultural or whether they be religious. In terms of the Holy See, I think Canada among the Prayers western countries had probably one of the better pipelines that _______________ remained open with the Holy See and others. That is the kind of internationalism that Canada has made a very proud tradition for herself. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS It was a truly rewarding experience as a participant to see such a remarkable degree of consensus on sensitive and controversial [English] issues that strike at the very heart of the human condition. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION [Translation] Hon. Sergio Marchi (Minister of Citizenship and Im- There were over 180 delegations from far and wide represent- migration): Madam Speaker, I welcome this morning the ing various political systems, cultures and religions. They opportunity to report to my federal colleagues of this House on agreed on a comprehensive program of action. the international conference on population and development held in Cairo earlier this month, at which I had the privilege of [English] being the leader of the Canadian delegation. As an international blueprint for change the program of action As head of that delegation I would like to express the represents a springboard for advancement on both population government’s sincere thanks to the very able Canadian negotia- and development. It brings together the approaches of the past tors who piloted through the program of action on Canada’s which focused on demographics and development. In the seven- behalf, a group of dedicated public servants who served our ties in Bucharest the answer was development. It was seen as the country with distinction. panacea in terms of trying to deal with both population on the I should also mention the work done by a multiplicity of one hand and between the nations that do the consumption. Yet support staff that worked long and hard from morning to evening that did not work. in those discussions. Many times we forget that those are the In the eighties the whole question was the demographics, officials who worked for several years leading up to this somehow arbitrary numbers brought down from thin air and conference and sometimes at the conference it is the heads of the probably forced upon people and nations the globe over. That states or the leaders of the delegations who get the limelight or did not work either. the credit as well as the blame when perhaps things do not go per course. I think it is important for all of us to signal to them our In the 1990s as a result of Cairo we have seen the convergence appreciation for the kind of public service they have rendered on of both family planning and development, both for the individu- our behalf. al as well as for that country. It think it is through the conver- gence of those two forces that hopefully we will be able to Canada not only played a useful role as one of the many unlock a number of problematic doors that have faced the countries assembled in Cairo, but I would suggest Canada international community. played a tremendous facilitating role. Canada was very much a builder of bridges among different countries that perhaps had Cairo also recognized the vital role of women in achieving different views and yes, some very hard concerns about certain social and economic goals. We mentioned in our speech from the aspects of the draft action plan. platform, as Mahatma Gandhi once said, when you educate a (1005 ) man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate an entire community and family. I think there is Canada did not try to seek the limelight and speak in the something to that. Some people get worried when we say public arena every day but there was a lot of behind the scenes empowerment of women. 6295 COMMONS DEBATES September 29, 1994 Routine Proceedings If we look at what that means the empowerment of women benefits of migration. We were also able to bring one of those is also the empowerment of family. It is the woman in many positive messages. families who is the centrepiece and the anchor. Therefore if we accentuate her role, her opportunities, her rights we clearly Despite the challenges and difficulties that still confront us, buoy up the entire family which many times she is responsible we were also prepared to admit that the force of migration for. helped to build a country called Canada. That was something the international representatives, both NGOs and governments, had Governments agreed not only to talk but to act, to take action not heard enough of in terms of simply talking about the on reducing mortality rates of mothers and infants, on ensuring problems rather than also about the advantages. equal education opportunities for girls, access to employment opportunities for women, and pay more attention to the repro- Delegates also stressed the need for increased international ductive health needs of adolescence and improving access and co–operation to deal with the challenges that current migration availability of basic health care. trends present to all of us. We talked about prevention, protec- tion and then integration of those migrants. At the end of the day when it came time to commit our fellow [Translation] world citizens came to a degree of consensus which was unprecedented at similar population conferences in the past. I The Cairo program of action in international migration is the know that before going to Cairo there was controversy on first to have been approved by this many nations. various elements of the draft action plan. Yet that seemed to dominate the discussion, certainly the media attention and we [English] forgot that as a complicated, complex diverse world this docu- ment enjoyed before the first gavel ever hit the desk 90 per cent It now provides a springboard for further progress on the agreement. international political level and on the daily operational level. Cairo has given Canada a relevant and practical tool for advanc- Why is 90 per cent agreement on a document such a bad thing? ing its international migration agenda. If I got 90 per cent at high school or university I would have been a rocket scientist. If one of our parties would have attained 90 We need more bilaterals, more of a regime between and per cent of the seats across the country we would have been among countries if we are to deal competently with that move- superstars in terms of our political organization. ment of humanity. One country cannot do it alone. Canada should not be expected to do it alone. No country has the (1010 ) answers to that kind of dilemma. If we put regimes together, if more countries keep their front Why is it that when a diverse world comes together and agrees doors open a little, it will make life not only easier and more on 90 per cent of the document somehow it has to be seen as a bearable for those individuals seeking a home, it will also make negative or a failure because we have the last ten yards to go and life easier and more bearable for those countries that have done those are the toughest? their share. There was more that united this world in its action plan than No one is responsible for the entire problem. Rather, we are divided it. One of the most important things to come out of that each responsible for our share of that situation. We as members conference was that delegates took a new approach to popula- of the global community met in Cairo with a daunting task tion issues. Instead of looking strictly at demographic targets, before us. There were many who predicted we would dissolve just the numbers, they widened their focus in an important way. into disagreement, discord and disarray. We proved them wrong They recognize that social and economic development is central and we proved there is consensus and commitment in the world to achieving a balance between the number of people on earth community to tackle global problems not only effectively but and their demands in terms of food, shelter and other basic together. necessities of life. The last message Canada brought on the closing days was that It was a real coming together of north and south, east and while the agreement provides us with that road map and that west, rich and poor. No one was dictating to anyone. Those days consensus, the agreement is only as good as its implementation. are clearly over. There was very much a question of consensus That too is a uniquely practical Canadian application of not rather than suggesting by force or implications. simply being happy about an agreement but really rolling up our shirt sleeves making sure that individual member states follow It was also heartening that the international migration issue up on the commitments we tied together in Cairo. Only then can was treated in a truly comprehensive and balanced way for the we say that truly Cairo was a success. It clearly started as that first time in a forum of this kind. Governments recognized not and we in this country in co–operation with the United Nations only the negatives in terms of the mass of humanity that is on the will ensure that the individuals for whom this plan is intended move, some 150 million people strong, but also the positive will certainly see the fruits of our labour.
Recommended publications
  • The Criminalization of Stalking: an Exercise in Media Manipulation and Political Opportunism Rosemary Cairns Way*
    The Criminalization of Stalking: An Exercise in Media Manipulation and Political Opportunism Rosemary Cairns Way* Canada's new criminal harassment law criminalizes Los nouvelles dispositions canadiennes sur le harchle- behaviour more commonly known as "stalking". The stalk- ment criminel visent Acriminaliser un comportement com- ing law was the centrepiece of Bill C-126, a government ini- mundment d6sign6 par -stalking-i. Elles sont au coeur du tiative responding to increased public concern about vio- projet de loi C-126 qui rdpond ax inquidtudes croissantes lence against women and children. The author critically du public concernant la violence faite aux fenssnes et aux analyzes the stalking initiative as three phases of a "moral enfants. L'auteure analyse de fagon critique cette initiative panic". She argues that the combined impetus of media gouvernementale en ]a matihre, la qualifiant de ,ipanique manipulation and political opportunism led to the swift moraleo, en trois phases. Elle soutient que la manipulation enactment of Bill C-126 and resulted in an inadequate mddiatique et l'opportunisme politique sont b l'origine de response to the complex issue of violence against women. l'adoption rapide du projet de loi C-126, ce qui explique son The first phase of this "moral panic" was characterized incapacitd Afaire face A]a complexitd de la violence faite by the media's role in defining and sensationalizing the aux femmes. threatening behaviour. The typical media portrayal of stalk- La premihre phase de cette opanique morales a 6 ing incidents played upon a cultural pornographic imagina- caractdrisde par le sensationalisme des mdias quant h la tion.
    [Show full text]
  • 1982 Minutes of Council
    INDEX — 1982 MINUTES OF COUNCIL —1— FIRST MEETING — January 11, 1982 Mayor’s Inaugural Address (See end of Minutes) (51—2) 1. Hospital Council of Metropolitan Toronto NEWSLETTER (October, 1981) — “Timbrell Praises North York Levy”.(3—9) 2. Chairman, Works Committee, (January 4, 1982) requesting Council approval for all Members of the Committee to attend the Annual Meeting and Workshop of the Ontario Chapter of the American Public Works Association to be held Friday, January 15, 1982, at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto. (45) 3. Murray H. Chusid, Solicitor, submitting an Application for Rezoning and to Amend the Official Plan on behalf of 477365 ONTARIO LIMITED, relating to Lots 1190 to 1197 inclusive, Part of Lot 1055, and all of Lots 1056 to 1061 inclusive, R.P. 1743, North York, south side of Sheppard Avenue West, east side of Frizzel Road, north side of Bogert Avenue. WARD 9 (86) 4. Murray H. Chusid, Solicitor, submitting an Application for Rezoning on behalf of CHAITON MANAGEMENT LIMITED, relating to Lot 14, Conc. I, east of Yonge Street, Part of Lots 53 and 54, R.P. 3456, North York, north—west corner of Bayview Avenue and Fifeshire Road. WARD 8 (86) 5. By—law to provide for the appointment of a Chief Building Official and Inspectors for the purposes of enforcement of The Building Code Act within the City of North York. (25—2) 6. By—law to amend By—law 7625, as amended, — Text Amendment to permit retail warehouses, etc. (86—1) 7. Releases of various lots from Subdivision Agreements. (62—2) 8.
    [Show full text]
  • Let's Go Skating
    REUNION EDITION NEWS FROM ICE CAPADES ALUMNI January 2016 Let’s Go Skating Nathan Phillips Square – Toronto Rockefeller Center – New York City Rideau Canal – Ottawa Cosmopolitan Hotel – Las Vegas Our Alumni in the News How I Got There: Otto Jelinek As told to Lan Anh Vu Otto Jelinek is currently Canadian Ambassador to the Czech Republic. As a former refugee from Communism, he has a high-level track record. Jelinek was a world championship figure skater, winning the 1962 pairs title with his sister Maria. After becoming a world figure skating champion, Jelinek was also successful in his next venture as a skating goods manufacturer. That was followed by a political career with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada that included a sequence of ministerial positions concerned with amateur sport, supply and services, and national revenue. Jelinek left politics in 1993 and moved to the Czech Republic and became chairman of Deloitte Central Europe, among other positions. Lan Anh Vu found some time in his busy schedule to talk to him about his professional journey, the challenges he faced and his advice for young people. My Career in Sports, Business, Politics and Diplomacy My sister and I never thought when we skated that one day we could be the world champions. We had the determination to do our best and work towards being the best in whatever we did. We went from competitive scaling to professional scaling, performing in a professional live show. This led to the opportunity to make some money in professional skating. I used that money to invest in business and manufactured figure and hockey skates.
    [Show full text]
  • Our Alumni in the News
    REUNION EDITION NEWS FROM ICE CAPADES ALUMNI July 2016 Our Alumni in the News Figure Skating Olympic silver medalist Elizabeth Manley shares her story of depression and resilience in Stratford By Laura Cudworth, The Beacon Herald Elizabeth Manley was guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Stratford General Hospital Foundation this week. Laura Cudworth/The Beacon Herald It was an unforgettable moment for the whole country. Elizabeth Manley skating off the ice wearing a white cowboy hat thrown from the crowd after nailing the long program at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. An effervescent blonde without an ounce of pretension, she beat out American Debi Thomas for the silver medal in figure skating and nearly knocked East German skater Katarina Witt off the top of the podium. Overall the Calgary Olympics were not the games the country had been hoping for. The games were nearing the end when Manley won the long program. She became Canada's Sweetheart in an instant. “I was an underdog. I wasn’t expected to win a medal. I feel the country was just kind of starting to fade off a little bit and I came out of nowhere and had this amazing skate. It doesn’t matter who I run into today they know exactly where they were sitting at that moment. I even had a lady in labour that held back just so she could see me skate. Some of the stories I’ve heard are just incredible.” But the road to get there was harder than anyone knew. Like all elite athletes she devoted herself to her sport but there were hurdles to overcome that made reaching the top even harder.
    [Show full text]
  • Fédération Des Communautés Francophones Et Acadienne Du
    Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française Documents de travail 29 Ré perte ) i re nu méri q u e détaillé du fonds de la Fédération des francophones hors Québec RÉPERTOIRE NUMÉRIQUE DÉTAILLÉ DU FONDS DE LA FÉDÉRATION DES FRANCOPHONES HORS QUÉBEC par Hélène Cadieux Documents de travail du Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne- française Ottawa Centre de recherche en civi1isation canadienne-française Université d'Ottawa 1989 La collection «Documents de travail du Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française» vise à assurer une diffusion limitée d'instruments de recherche portant sur le Canada français. Elle accueille plus particulièrement les travaux appartenant à la catégorie des guides, listes, catalogues, répertoires, inventaires ou index. Les documents faisant l'objet d'étude peuvent être manuscrits ou imprimés, sonores, visuels ou muséologiques. Les manuscrits destinés à cette collection sont soumis à l'évaluation d'un comité. Collection dirigée par Andrf Lapierre André LaRose Lu ie Page Copyright Ott îwa 1989 par le CRCCF Tous droits réservés pour tous les pays. La reproduction d'un extrait quelconque de ce livre, par quelque procédé que ce soit, tant électronique que mécanique, en particulier par photocopie et par microfilm, est interdite sans 1'autorisation écrite du CRCCF. RÉPERTOIRE NUMÉRIQUE DÉTAILLÉ DU FONDS DE LA FÉDÉRATION DES FRANCOPHONES HORS QUÉBEC Dans la même collection: 1. Inventaire des chercheurs sur le Canada français à l'Université d'Ottawa. 2. Répertoire des chercheurs sur la vie française en Ontario. 3. Livres conservés au Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française. 4. Inventaire des documents de l'Association canadienne-française d'Ontario, volume I.
    [Show full text]
  • Canadian Figure Skating Championships Championnats Canadiens De Patinage Artistique
    Canadian Figure Skating Championships Championnats canadiens de patinage artistique Canadian Figure Skating Championships Championnats canadiens de patinage artistique Men/hommes Senior Junior Novice 1905 1 Ormond B Haycock (Minto SC) 1906 1 Ormond B Haycock (Minto SC) 1907 No competition - Minto Skating Club rink destroyed by fire/Pas de compétition.La patinoire du Club de patinage Minto a été détruite par un incendie 1908 1 Ormond B Haycock (Minto SC) 1909 no competition/pas de compétition 1910 1 Douglas H Nelles (Minto SC) 1911 1 Ormond B Haycock (Minto SC) 2 J Cecil McDougall 1912 1 Douglas H Nelles (Minto SC) 1913 1 Philip Chrysler (Minto SC) 2 Norman Scott (Minto SC) 1914 1 Norman Scott (Montreal WC) 2 Philip Chrysler (Minto SC) 1915-1919 No competitions held due to World War I | Compétition annulée à cause de la Première Guerre mondiale 1920 1 Duncan Hodgson (Montreal WC) 2 John Machado (Minto SC) 3 Melville Rogers (Toronto SC) 1921 1 Norman Scott (Montreal WC) 2 Duncan Hodgson (Montreal WC) 3 Melville Rogers (Toronto SC) 19221 Duncan Hodgson (Montreal WC) 2 Melville Rogers (Toronto SC)} 3 John Machado (Minto SC) 1923 1 Melville Rogers (Toronto SC) 2 John Machado (Minto SC) 3 Norman Gregory (Montreal WC) 19241 John Machado (Minto SC) 2 Montgomery Wilson (Toronto SC) 3 Norman Gregory (Montreal WC) Canadian Figure Skating Championships / 1 Championnats canadiens de patinage artistique Canadian Figure Skating Championships Championnats canadiens de patinage artistique Men/hommes Senior Junior Novice 1925 1 Melville Rogers (Toronto
    [Show full text]
  • ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ® 2012, Nice
    ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS® 2012 March 26 – April 1, 2012, Nice / France Protocol of the ® ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2012 including preliminary rounds organized by Fédération Française des Sports de Glace with the authorization of the International Skating Union held in Nice / France March 26 – April 1, 2012 The events of the Championships took place at the “Palais des Expositions” an artificial and heated indoor ice surface. Official ISU Sponsors ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS® 2012 March 26 – April 1, 2012, Nice / France International Skating Union (ISU) Council President: Ottavio Cinquanta Italy 1st Vice President Figure Skating: David M. Dore Canada 2nd Vice President Speed Skating: Jan Dijkema Netherlands Members Figure Skating: Marie Lundmark Finland Junko Hiramatsu Japan Phyllis Howard U.S.A. Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc Slovenia Speed Skating: György Martos Hungary German Panov Russia Lan Li China Roland E. Maillard Switzerland ISU Director General Fredi Schmid Switzerland ISU Chair Sports Directorate Peter Krick Germany ISU Figure Skating Sports Director Krisztina Regöczy Hungary ISU Speed Skating Sports Director Hugo Herrnhof Italy Technical Committees Single & Pair Skating Chairperson: Alexander Lakernik Russia Members: Fabio Bianchetti Italy Rita Zonnekeyn Belgium Susan Lynch Australia Appointed Skater: Patrick Meier Switzerland Appointed Coach: David P. Kirby U.S.A. Ice Dance Chairperson: Halina Gordon-Poltorak Poland Members: Robert Horen U.S.A. Gilles Vandenbroeck France Alla Shekhovtsova Russia Appointed Skater: Sylwia Nowak-Trebacka Poland Appointed Coach: John Dunn Great Britain Synchronized Skating Chairperson: Christopher Buchanan Great Britain Members: Mika Saarelainen Finland Karen Wolanchuk USA Philippe Maitrot France Appointed Skater: Helena Johansson Finland Appointed Coach: Cathy Dalton Canada Official ISU Sponsors ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS® 2012 March 26 – April 1, 2012, Nice / France ISU Event Officials ISU Representative: Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • Fonds André Plourde. – 1932 – 2012
    F0047 FONDS ANDRÉ PLOURDE. – 1932 – 2012. - 3,95 m de documents textuels. – 9 photographies. – 11 affiches. – 26 plans. – 8 cartes. Notice biographique : Monsieur André Plourde naquit à Rivière-du-Loup le 12 janvier 1937. Après des études au cours Sciences et Commerce à l’École Mgr Taché, il débuta, en 1954, un emploi à la Banque Canadienne Nationale. L’année suivante, il fut engagé par l’entreprise Vitrerie Générale Inc. à titre de commis-vendeur. En décembre 1959, André Plourde épousa madame Marielle Gamache, qui lui donna trois enfants : Élaine, Alain et Éric. En mai 1965, il devint président-directeur général de la Vitrerie Générale Inc. Son implication au sein de cette entreprise s’étendra sur une période de 29 années. En 1972, M. Plourde fonda, en partenariat avec d’autres actionnaires, la compagnie Prelco Inc. Cette entreprise, située à Rivière-du-Loup, est spécialisée dans la fabrication du verre trempé. Durant la même période, il fut directeur de Glassec Inc., autre industrie de verre trempé, située à Cornwall en Ontario. De 1965 à 1983, en plus de son travail dans l’industrie manufacturière, André Plourde fit preuve d’une implication sociale marquée dans différentes sphères touchant au mieux être des gens de la région de Rivière-du-Loup. En 1965, il fut membre-fondateur du Club Lions de Rivière-du-Loup en plus de faire partie de l’organisation des Chevaliers de Colomb. D’ailleurs, l’année suivante, il occupa les fonctions de secrétaire-archiviste de ces mêmes Chevaliers de Colomb en plus d’être le secrétaire de L’Army & Navy de Rivière-du-Loup.
    [Show full text]
  • 2019-20 U.S. FIGURE SKATING MEDIA GUIDE Nathan Chen 2019 World Champion Vincent Zhou 2019 World Bronze Medalist TABLE of CONTENTS
    2019-20 U.S. FIGURE SKATING MEDIA GUIDE Nathan Chen 2019 World champion Vincent Zhou 2019 World bronze medalist TABLE OF CONTENTS U.S. FIGURE SKATING U.S. Ladies Team .....................31 Marketing & Communications Staff ...... 2 U.S. Men’s Team ......................45 Media Credential Guidelines ............ 3 U.S. Pairs Team ......................63 Headquarters ..........................6 U.S. Ice Dance Team .................75 Figure Skating on Television ............ 7 HISTORY & RESULTS Streaming Figure Skating Online . .8 History of Figure Skating ..............88 Figure Skating by the Numbers .........9 World & U.S. Hall of Fame ............ 90 Figure Skating Record Book .......... 94 VIEWERS GUIDE TO FIGURE SKATING Olympic Winter Games ............... 102 Disciplines ............................ 10 World Championships ................108 Ladies & Men’s .........................11 World Junior Championships ......... 128 Pairs .................................12 Four Continents Championships ...... 138 Ice Dance ............................13 Grand Prix Final. .144 INTERNATIONAL JUDGING SYSTEM Junior Grand Prix Final ...............150 Overview .............................14 Skate America ....................... 156 Judges & Officials .....................15 U.S. Championships .................. 165 Program Components .................16 IJS Best Scores ...................... 185 Calculations ..........................17 U.S. Qualifying Best Scores ........... 189 Scales of Values (SOV) ................18 Skate America Best
    [Show full text]
  • Legislating Multiculturalism and Nationhood: the 1988 Canadian Multiculturalism Act
    Legislating Multiculturalism and Nationhood: The 1988 Canadian Multiculturalism Act VARUN UBEROI Brunel University Prominent scholars discuss the Canadian policy of multiculturalism (Kymlicka, 2012: 10; Modood, 2013: 163; Taylor, 2015: 336). But we have little historical knowledge about this policy beyond why it was intro- duced in 1971 (Joshee, 1995; Temlini, 2007) and later bolstered by a clause in the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Uberoi, 2009). Hence, we know little, for example, about the reasons, calculations and strategies that were used in the 1980s to increase funding for this policy and to give this policy its own federal department (Abu-Laban, 1999: 471; Karim, 2002: 453). In this article I will try to increase our historical know- ledge of this policy. I use new archival and elite interview data to show how the legislation that enshrined this policy of multiculturalism in law in 1988, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, came into existence. In addition to enshrining this policy in law, the act is significant in at least three ways. First, the act altered the policy of multiculturalism by empowering it to encourage all federal departments to reflect Canada’s ethnic diversity among its staff and to promote respect for this diversity too. Second, the act increased oversight of the policy as it compels the Acknowledgments: I am grateful to Desmond King and Will Kymlicka for their comments on a very early draft of this piece and to Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Matthew James, Tariq Modood, Nasar Meer, Bhikhu Parekh and Elise Uberoi for their comments on later drafts. I am grateful to Solange Lefebvre for her help with the French abstract.
    [Show full text]
  • Le Jeudi 29 Septembre 1994
    VOLUME 133 NUMÉRO 100 1ère SESSION 35e LÉGISLATURE Le jeudi 29 septembre 1994 Présidence de l’honorable Gilbert Parent CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES Le jeudi 29 septembre 1994 La séance est ouverte à 10 heures. communication tout en respectant les opinions de chacun, que ce soit sur le plan politique, culturel ou religieux. En ce qui concer- _______________ ne le Saint–Siège, parmi les pays occidentaux, c’est le Canada qui pouvait communiquer le plus ouvertement avec le Saint–Siè- Prière ge comme avec d’autres pays. Ce genre d’internationalisme est d’ailleurs à l’origine d’une réputation dont le Canada est très _______________ fier. En tant que participant, j’ai trouvé très enrichissant de consta- AFFAIRES COURANTES ter le degré de consensus obtenu sur des questions délicates et controversées qui sont au coeur même de la condition humaine. [Traduction] [Français] LA CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LA La conférence a réuni plus de 180 délégations des réunions les POPULATION plus lointaines représentant divers systèmes politiques, cultures L’hon. Sergio Marchi (ministre de la Citoyenneté et de et religions. Elles ont convenu d’un vaste plan d’action. l’Immigration): Madame la Présidente, je suis heureux ce matin [Traduction] de faire rapport à la Chambre des travaux de la Conférence internationale sur la population et le développement, qui a eu Il s’agit d’un véritable programme international qui devrait lieu au Caire, plus tôt ce mois–ci, et où j’ai eu le privilège de favoriser les progrès tant du point de vue démographique que du diriger la délégation canadienne.
    [Show full text]
  • Honourable Otto Jelinek Joins Passport Energy As Managing Partner
    Passport Energy Ltd. (CNSX: PPO) Shares Issued – 49,168,110 January 11, 2011 – News Release Honourable Otto Jelinek joins Passport Energy as Managing Partner January 11, 2011 Passport Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Honourable Otto Jelinek has joined the Company as Managing Partner, with responsibility for corporate and financial affairs in Europe. Mr. Jelinek served as a Minister in several Canadian governments, including Minister for National Revenue for Canada from 1989 to 1993 and Minister of State for Sport during the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta. He is a former World Figure Skating Champion and a member of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. After retiring from politics in 1993, Mr. Jelinek returned to the Czech Republic to form Jelinek International and promote trade, investment and business opportunities in his homeland. In 1996, he became Chairman of Deloitte and Touche Czech Republic and later took on additional responsibilities as Office Managing Partner and Chairman of Deloitte and Touche Central Europe. In 2007, Mr. Jelinek was appointed Chairman of Colliers International, CEE Region. He has also served as a Director on the Boards of several publicly traded resource companies based in Canada. “Mr. Jelinek has an impressive CV, with many achievements in sports, government and as a respected businessman and corporate leader in the private sector,” said Frank Port, President. “We are delighted that he will contribute his diverse talents to the growth of Passport Energy in the months and years ahead.” The Company is a junior natural resource exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of economically viable natural resources, with a focus on Bakken oil and gas projects.
    [Show full text]