David Ramsay

Thank you, committee. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to take a second and welcome the brave men and women of the Canadian Forces to our proceedings here today.

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I’d like to once again address the concerns I’m having or hearing from the public and the employees in our public service in regards to the management of the Human Resources department. Cabinet Members and other Members of this House have heard me stand up on numerous occasions over the past three years challenging and taking the government to task over how it consistently mishandles human resources. The fact of the matter is that...

Bill as a whole?

Clause 2.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Those opposed, please stand. Mr. Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. To the amendment. Anything further?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Next on the list I've got Mr. Dent to the amendment. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’d like to thank, as well, the commission members for the hard work and the job that they did on developing the recommendations contained in the report and it’s very interesting hearing other Members around this room discussing this very important topic. I listened quite closely to what my colleague Mr. Lafferty had to say from Monfwi and appreciated what he had to say. From where I stand, and I don’t want to go over a lot of ground most Members have covered, but from where I stand I think an important factor in all this is we try our best to stay out of court. I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do have a concern in the area of human resources. I know the Minister spoke in June of over 100 areas of concern in the Human Resources department. As a Regular Member, we haven’t had a briefing where we actually got to talk about what these concerns are and how we are going to address them as a government. I think that is fundamental and the communication has to be better between the Minister and the Regular Members on this side of the House in terms of where we are going with human resources and human resource planning. When does the Minister plan...

I will now rise and report progress. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

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I will rise and report progress.