Traduction de «siégeant au parlement » (Français → Anglais) :

Yesterday in an interview on CTV with Mike Duffy, the deputy leader of the Liberal Party said that “the basic issue here” is: “Was a member of the Canadian Parliament offered a financial inducement to change his vote?” The answer is no. Mr. Speaker, I wish we could believe that answer.

In that regard, the Civil Service Tribunal took the view that while the examiners marking the written tests, in contrast to the members of the selection board sitting in the oral phase, may admittedly not be known to the persons concerned, and are thereby protected from interference and pressures to which the judgment in Parliament v Innamorati, paragraph 16 above, refers, that circumstance does not objectively justify the existence of significant differences between the requirements concerning the statement of reasons in the case of failure in the written phase, as those requirements are formulated in the case-law cited in paragraph 39 ...[+++]of the judgment under appeal, and those advocated by the Commission in the case of failure in the oral test, which, in particular in the instant case, would consist in giving the applicant only his eliminatory individual mark.

Thus it covers statements made by Members in committees and commissions dealing with parliamentary matters as well as statements concerning parliamentary matters made during meetings of parliamentary party groups.

16. Notes that women"s participation and representation in politics in a number of the CEECs is lower than the EU average; stresses that the proportion of women Members of the European Parliament could be lower than it is now if action is not taken to ensure that women are able and willing to stand as candidates and hence, it is hoped, to be elected; calls upon the Commission to encourage the candidate countries to establish programmes for female politicians and candidates to ensure that they are prepared for the EU institutions and the elections, and to sponsor campaigns inviting women to run for the 2004 European elections with the a ...[+++]im of ensuring that at least one third of the Members of the European Parliament are women;

16. Notes that women’s participation and representation in politics in a number of the CEECs is lower than the EU average; stresses that the proportion of women Members of the European Parliament could be lower than it is now if action is not taken to ensure that women are able and willing to stand as candidates and hence, it is hoped, to be elected; calls upon the Commission to encourage the applicant countries to establish programmes for female politicians and candidates to ensure that they are prepared for the EU institutions and the elections, and to sponsor campaigns inviting women to run for the 2004 European elections with the a ...[+++]im of ensuring that at least one third of the Members of the European Parliament are women;

We were deliberately, consciously, debating the issue with all provincial governments of the day, with the exception of Quebec, and all parties in the Parliament of Canada.