Traduction de «translation of traiter légèrement » (Français → Anglais) :

In order for us to understand this issue and I don't think we're going to deal with this lightly or quickly I've asked Mr. Rob Walsh, the law clerk of the House of Commons and our legal counsel, to appear before us as a witness and to start the debate, because he has to leave and he has another meeting to go to at 5 p.m., I understand.

(i) support for measures addressing the problems arising from the dissemination of small arms and light weapons;

[Text] Question No. 144 Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: How many person-years have been allocated and what has been the total cost spent by both Foreign Affairs Canada and International Trade Canada, for each year since 1994, for the following activities: (a) organizing, operating and participating in the National Committee on Firearms; (b) formulating, implementing and administering the Canadian Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (c) developing and implementing the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; (d) developing and implementing the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammuniti ...[+++]on, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; (e) developing and implementing the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons; (f) developing and implementing the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (Inter-American Convention), signed by Canada in November 1997; (g) developing and implementing the European Union (EU) Joint Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons adopted by the EU States on December 17, 1998; (h) developing and implementing the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports adopted by the EU States; (i) planning and participating in the Small Arms Survey 2001 and 2002; (j) participating in the planning, implementing and administering the Canadian Firearms Program, the Firearms Act and regulations and Part III of the Criminal Code; and (k) processing and issuing import and export permits for firearms and related products?

Separate proposals to address "making work pay" in a lighter way as a "cross-cutting issue" are set out in Section 3.1.

This is an important matter that cannot be taken lightly and that is certainly not what the French Presidency will be doing.

We can make light of this problem as much as we want, but it is not something to be taken lightly.