Translation of "To have a powerful shot " (English → French) :

Since 1999 we have had some power to object within a certain time limit if we think that a measure goes beyond the powers that have been delegated.

In addition to these traditional powers, the wording has also been updated to be technology-neutral and the library and archives of Canada would have the new power to take periodic snap shots of the Canadian Internet. The purpose of this activity would be to ensure that the traditional published and unpublished forms of Canadian cultural expression, regardless of the medium used to create that expression, would be sealed and preser ...[+++]ved.

Such a reform would constitute a serious climbdown. The power to revise the Treaties, not to mention the ‘constituent power’, belongs to the people alone, and certainly not to national or European executives; the people can delegate this power in certain cases to assemblies that have been elected for this purpose, such as the French parliament in the cases specified in Article 89 of the Constitution, but the European Parliament is not one of these assemblies, because no constituent power, or ...[+++]even the revision of treaties, is included in the powers specifically conferred on it by the people.

The issue of diplomacy is not merely a question of training diplomats and the status of delegations. The issue is of fundamental importance and there is a powerful taboo in this Parliament which we are never prepared to confront: that we have fifteen national diplomatic services, which have been strengthened over years of integration by gradually taking over the competencies of all the national ministries and which have become the real powers, the main power blocking any possible reform of for ...[+++]eign affairs and diplomacy, because it is their power that would ultimately be under threat. They had no trouble delegating and taking the powers of the other ministries to the European level, but when it comes to their own power, it is a different question altogether.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Robichaud (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs)), moved, That a Special Joint Committee of the House of Commons and the Senate be appointed to consider Canada's foreign policy including international trade and international assistance; That the document entitled ``Guidance Paper for the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy'' be referred to the Committee; That the Committee be directed to consult broadly and to analyze the issues discussed in the above-mentioned document, and to make recommendations in their report conc ...[+++]erning the objectives and conduct of Canada's foreign policy; That the Committee be composed of fifteen Members of the House of Commons and seven Members of the Senate; That the Members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade be appointed on behalf of the House as members of the said Committee; That the Committee have the power to sit during sittings and adjournments of the House; That the Committee have the power to report from time to time, to send for persons, papers and records, and to print such papers and evidence as may be ordered by the Committee; That the Committee have the power to retain the services of expert, professional, technical and clerical staff; That the Committee have the power to adjourn from place to place inside Canada and abroad and that, when deemed necessary, the required staff accompany the Committee; That a quorum of the Committee be twelve Members whenever a vote, resolution or other decision is taken, so long as both Houses are represented and that the Joint Chairpersons be authorized to hold meetings, to receive evidence and authorize the printing thereof, whenever six Members are present, so long as both Houses are represented; That the Committee be empowered to appoint, from among its Members, such sub-committees as may be deemed advisable, and to ...

It was the point about the organization set up by Mr. Gravel for people who have been shot or have shot somebody.