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Some hon. members?
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The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-8, an act to amend the Financial Administration Act, the Canada School of Public Service Act and the Official Languages Act, be now read the second time and referred to a committee.
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5:40 p.m.
Paule Brunelle Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC
Mr. Speaker, the purpose of the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada is to ensure that the modernization of human resources management throughout the public service is carried out; human resources management needs to be rejuvenated, reinforced and modernized. Those are the functions of this agency and they are welcome when we look at the public service in today's world.
The agency has many areas of responsibility. Hon. members will allow me, as the Bloc Québécois critic for the status of women, to talk about employment equity, which is one of the agency's areas of responsibility, and respect for diversity. Employment equity for women and the disabled is a difficult concept to institute in the workplace. We want to do the right thing, but in working on employment equity for women and the disabled we run headlong into prejudice and a host of problems. What can I say about respecting diversity for Canadians of all origins? This remains truly difficult.
The agency also has to promote a workplace that allows for a balance between work and personal life. These are very interesting concepts in this bill. They are increasingly important concepts, because research shows that working conditions and quality of life are much more important than salaries for many workers. Quality of life is essential. This agency will have to work hard in this area.
Harassment at the workplace should never exist. When it does exist, it should be denounced and stopped. We know we have legislation and protection, but often silence prevails because the victim finds it very difficult to criticize a superior.
In this sense, we can why, in 1998, the International Labour Office included Canada among the countries that have the most serious problems of violence in the workplace, particularly as regards assault, harassment and sexual harassment. The rate of psychological torment and physical assault against women in the workplace is 19% higher here than in the United States. In an egalitarian and humanist society like ours, these numbers are scary. Moreover, we know that, according to a survey conducted in December 2002 and involving 95,000 public servants, one in five is a victim of harassment. So, we are talking here about a serious study on a very real issue.
Will the minister be able to assure us that the human resources management agency will create the objective conditions necessary to put a stop to all forms of harassment? I am talking about objective conditions, because, as we know, there is an act dealing with harassment. However, will we be able to ensure that a person who is being harassed can report his or her supervisor in the without fear of being fired. Can we believe that such despicable practices will end?
There is another aspect of this bill that is of particular interest to me, namely bilingualism. We know that Canada is making great efforts to ensure bilingualism in the public service. However, in her March 29, 2004 report, Dyane Adam, the Commissioner of Official Languages, made some essential recommendations. She told us that it is necessary for the agency to follow up rigorously on all managers. Indeed, it is nice to talk about bilingualism, but it is necessary to follow up on all senior managers rigorously, and this includes all those who will have to ensure that all their public servants provide services in both official languages.
Ms. Adam also told us that the School of Public Service will offer mandatory training courses, starting in autumn 2004, for senior managers and supervisors to make them aware of the impact the unequal status of the two official languages has in work environments and enable them to put in place the measures necessary to attain a work environment that respects employees' linguistic rights.
Without these measures, it will become difficult to have real bilingualism, and all the efforts that have already been made by Canada to ensure bilingualism in its public service will be in vain.
Ms. Adam also told us that the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada should make available, as soon as possible, second-language training courses, focused on reading and oral comprehension skills, to promote receptive bilingualism for unilingual employees.
These are only a few of Ms. Adam's recommendations.
However, I wonder if the minister will require that people who are really bilingual be appointed to bilingual positions. We should no longer see what we unfortunately see often—people filling bilingual positions without being really bilingual. These people are certainly not able to fully understand that bilingualism in the workplace is necessary.
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Sudbury Ontario
Diane Marleau LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board
Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment to correct something that was said in the House by a Bloc Québécois member.
I was accused of never attending meetings of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. It is true. I have never attended these meetings, because I have never been a member of that committee. So, the comment is true, but since it was not my duty to attend these meetings, I did not.
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Benoît Sauvageau Bloc Repentigny, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I am sure the parliamentary secretary knows that all members can attend committee meetings.
However, first I want to say that we all have in our offices a copy of the Précis of Procedure , which explains what a point of order is.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Marcel Proulx)
I do not think this is a point of order. The hon. parliamentary secretary has time available during questions and comments, and she was about to put a question to the hon. member for Trois-Rivières.
The parliamentary secretary.
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Diane Marleau Liberal Sudbury, ON
Mr. Speaker, here is my question.
The hon. member talked about sexual harassment and all other forms of harassment, and how hard it is to prevent. I know we have laws against that and Quebec has some of its own.
Does she think that, because legislation outlawing harassment is passed, it means will not occur anymore? I can tell you, even with the best legislation, this remains problematic.
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Paule Brunelle Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC
Mr. Speaker, that is obvious. I agree with the hon. member that passing legislation does not eliminate problems overnight.
Nonetheless, it is for the agency to introduce working conditions that make it possible to complain, and to speak without fear to one's supervisor to report harassment problems.
That was my central point. Will we have working conditions in which an employee can complain without fear of losing his or her job?
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5:55 p.m.
Paul Szabo Liberal Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, having been a member of the government operations and estimates committee since its inception, the issues related to the public service are extremely important to me. I am quite encouraged, and I think Canadians should be very encouraged, by the commentary of all hon. members who have participated in the debate on Bill C-8.
As the members know, it is a technical bill to enact a decision of order in council. However, when I listen to the debate, I hear concerns about harassment, whistleblowing and employer and labour relations. The public service should be encouraged to know that parliamentarians have taken this matter seriously and will work to the best of their ability to address some of those issues.
First, since we are talking about a particular bill, maybe we should say something about it just to reaffirm. We tend to invoke the relevance issue from time to time. The Chair's decision to allow members a little latitude to talk about the importance of the public service is very important.
The bill aims to confirm, by legislative means, the order in council which established the functions of the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency and placed it within the Treasury Board's portfolio. It also maintains the status quo and does not modify either the functions, or the attributions or powers that were formally given to the agency by orders in council which had already been put in place.
The main benefits of the bill include: (a) clarification of the role of the agency within the system, including unions, and in particular the relations with the Treasury Board's portfolio, as well as with the Treasury Board which is the employer; (b) it better integrates the activities relating to human resources management within the Treasury Board portfolio; and (c) it provides for greater visibility for the agency, both within and outside the public service, facilitating implementation of its policies, programs and services.
Essentially, the bill proposes to add the position of president of the agency to the Financial Administration Act in the same way the Secretary of the Treasury Board and the Comptroller General of Canada are already identified in that act.
It also specifies the nature and powers and functions that may be delegated by the Treasury Board to the president of the agency in the same manner as stipulated in the act for the Secretary of the Treasury Board and the Comptroller General of Canada.
Finally, it stipulates that the President of the Treasury Board is responsible for the coordination of the activities of the Treasury Board Secretariat, the agency and the Comptroller General of Canada.
A number of members have commented so far today that this is basically a technical bill that enacts some of the provisions related to an order in council appointment. However, as I said in my preamble, members have wanted to talk about the public service generally and about some of the concerns.
We talked in questions and comments about the whistleblower legislation, which is now before committee. We have had the minister before us already on this matter to provide some background. However, the important thing for members to know is that the bill has been sent to the committee after first reading. It is a very significant move that it goes after first reading. Once a bill receives second reading, the approval in principle is in place and one cannot start to change the fundamentals of the bill after second reading. The committee has the unique opportunity in regard to the legislation on whistleblowing, Bill C-11, or any other legislation that goes before any other standing committee after first reading, to really get down to the fundamentals.
I think members are familiar with the hon. members who are on this committee, and it is an excellent committee. The committee has expressed its views already in its conversations with the President of the Treasury Board. There is an appetite to look at this much more carefully than we might have otherwise done after second reading. However, the members, the public and the civil service should be assured of this. The important thing for the committee is to hear the witnesses from all the stakeholders.
I had the opportunity to fly home last week with someone who had been a whistleblower, Ms. Gualtieri. She wanted to talk about it. I am sure it will be coming before committee again as a specific example. There are many other aspects to this, the structure, et cetera. It is going to be difficult.
The committee is going to have one problem and that is the current structure of the bill. With all of the provisions that it sets up in terms of addressing matters under the whistleblower legislation, it pervades the entire bill. To change it, and this is the caution, it is going to be virtually an enormous rewrite of the bill. We have to be prepared for that.
I do not think committees have had much success in rewriting bills because there are so many tangents and tentacles that go through them. In fact what has happened historically is that when committees do not like a bill and do not believe they have the ability or the resources to do the rewrite, the bill is simply defeated at committee and the committee sends the bill back to the House, saying that the committee is rejecting it.
That is also a possibility. I do not think it is my preferred route though. I think the committee has the opportunity to do it.
I also wanted to comment very briefly on Bill C-25, the Public Service Modernization Act which came before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. The current President of the Treasury Board was the chair of the committee at that time. It was a tremendously complicated bill and had two bills embedded in it, as I said earlier in questions and comments.
The bill was the result of literally years of consultations, expert opinions from right across the country and consultations with all of the stakeholders. It was the best effort. One of the most important things that I found out from the witnesses and from the committee process was that the experts had basically said that the culture within the civil service was such that we could not move fully with the restructuring and modernization of the public service in one step, in one bill.
It was decided that we could only take it so far. The reason was the culture within our civil service. There is a culture of some cynicism. Sometimes things happen. There is experience. There was some cautious optimism that the changes, as we fully implemented the changes that were contemplated under Bill C-25, would improve the environment in which the public service must operate.
This means we are going to go through another wave of renewal and modernization of the public service, once it is determined that we have brought it forward as far as we can under the provisions of Bill C-25. That is very important for members to understand.
Members may be interested to know that the government operations and estimates committee has a significant opportunity in its mandate to go where it feels it should go to deal with these things. From what I have detected so far, the committee members are very interested in pursuing certain aspects more rigorously.
I think there is going to be some special work done within the committee. I hope that once we get through the important process of the estimates and dealing with the whistleblower legislation that we will then formulate our agenda to continue this important work and to have some important input into the renewal process of the public service.
For the benefit of the public service representatives who are watching, the problem we had with Bill C-25 with regard to the whole modernization process was there was some concern that the consultation was not full consultation. We have to make absolutely sure that whenever there are changes being proposed and legislation being formulated that the stakeholders whom it will affect are fully consulted. That is an absolute necessity.
On top of that, the timeline within which we had to deal with that bill was very tight. Many of the witnesses, including PSAC which represents the employees, came forward with a myriad of suggestions and recommendations on how to amend Bill C-25, but it happened to be the day before we were going to clause by clause study on a bill that was the size of a telephone book.
It is extremely difficult for changes to be made to legislation at committee when substantive changes are not brought to the committee's attention until the day before clause by clause study is going to be done. Members need the opportunity to educate themselves about the nature of the changes and how they would impact things. They need to be able to do a little research.
I would simply send the message out to the stakeholders, whoever they may be, that real changes to legislation can be made at committee provided that committee members are apprised of the changes and sought to champion some of those changes themselves. Witnesses should not wait until they are before the committee to inform the committee that they have some concerns. That is a very important part of the legislative process.
Let me conclude by talking about culture. The stopper in terms of Bill C-25 going the full range of change that was necessary to do a proper segregation between management and representation of the employees was that, in the view of the experts, the culture of the public service was such that it could not take all that change. I am not sure whether or not that was the right decision. We can only speculate what it would be like.
In my experience the people I have had an opportunity to meet and work with at committee, people from PSAC and from the Public Service Commission and from other unions, have been very helpful and very sincere. They feel very welcome when they appear before our committee. All of those stakeholders with regard to the public service should know they have a place to go to in terms of expressing their views, and that is the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
That is reflective of the decision that we made to expand the mandate of the Public Service Commission not only to submit an annual report, but to report to Parliament and appear before the committee as often as it thought necessary. That was an extremely important change that we made. I understand it will be effective in December 2005, which is a while off but that is how long it will take before these changes can be made.
There may be some cultural problems within the public service, perceived or otherwise. There are also some cultural problems within the legislators. I want to assure our excellent public servants that the parliamentarians on the front lines who are able to deal with these matters are very open and sensitive to the concerns raised by them to date. I suspect they will be sensitive to other concerns as we move forward in the future.
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Marc Godbout Liberal Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of Bill C-8 concerning the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada.
The government's ability to meet the expectations of Canadians depends first and foremost on the quality, commitment and integrity of its public service. I am proud to be part of a government that is taking such a leadership role in this regard.
This is also our opportunity not only to recognize the great dedication of our public servants, but to show that every effort shall be put in place to provide them with the tools they need to maintain the highest levels of service they have accustomed us to expect.
We need employees who are guided and supported effectively and in accordance with the highest ethical standards in a workplace that is empowering, healthy and respectful of employees' language rights. In other words, we need an outstanding public service workforce and workplace guided and supported by effective and responsible human resources management.
That is why the government created the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada as part of its December 2003 reorganization.
The agency will make it possible to give the attention, direction and support needed to promote and maintain throughout the public service human resources management that is exemplary and leadership that is constantly renewed and constantly more effective and results oriented. In short, it will make it possible to put in place the conditions that public servants need to provide Canadians with efficient quality services while promoting the highest standards of integrity, transparency and accountability.
The agency was created through orders in council, transferring functions from the Treasury Board of Canada and the Public Service Commission.
The purpose of this bill is simply to confirm the existence of the agency in a legislative document, but it will also contribute to the agency's success by implicitly reinforcing the leadership it needs to carry out its mandate.
For example, among the functions already transferred, the agency will supervise the implementation of the Public Service Modernization Act which received royal assent in November 2003. It will also implement integrated planning, oversight and human resources accountability systems throughout the public service.
It will promote the training of highly competent executives who will be guided by the highest ethics and accountability standards and who will also be assessed against these standards. It will also continue to bring in targeted improvements in the area of employment equity and to promote linguistic duality while implementing better oversight and accountability systems that will make the results more accessible and more transparent for Canadians.
Thus, although the bill simply enshrines the agency's function in legislation and proposes relatively modest additions to the Financial Administration Act, these amendments constitute a key step for public service administration. With this bill the agency will have a legislative basis that clearly sets out its role and relationship within the portfolio of the Treasury Board and with the Treasury Board in its role as employer.
The bill will permit the clarification of the perceived role of the agency within the system, including unions and in particular, the clarification of its relationship within the portfolio of the Treasury Board and with the Treasury Board in its role as employer. It will allow for better integration of activities relating to human resources management within the Treasury Board portfolio. It will give greater visibility for the agency, both within and outside the public service, facilitating implementation of its policies, programs and services.
This is a turning point in the history of the public service of Canada. For the first time ever, a separate agency will be responsible for human resources management in the federal public service.
The government has committed to a different approach and the establishment of the agency is a reflection of this commitment. This clearly tells managers, public servants and union representatives that the proper administration of human resources is a priority for the Government of Canada and a recognition of their important contribution to our country.
The House resumed from October 21 consideration of the motion.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Marcel Proulx)
It being 6.15 p.m., pursuant to order made Thursday, October 21, 2004, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion by the hon. member for Carleton—Mississippi Mills concerning supply. Call in the members.
(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)
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The Speaker
I declare the motion lost.
A motion to adjourn the House under Standing Order 38 deemed to have been moved.
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6:50 p.m.
Paul Szabo Liberal Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, recently I had an opportunity in question period to ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health whether the government would reaffirm its intent that human cloning in all forms and all techniques would continue to be banned, notwithstanding the passage of Bill C-6 in the last Parliament.
Question period does not give a member much time to elaborate on the reason for the question, so I thought I would like to come tonight and outline a couple of my concerns.
First, during consideration of the bill at committee, Dr. Dianne Irving submitted substantive documentation and gave a critique of the bill, including four examples of human cloning, which, according to her, were not covered by the definition included in the bill. Her recommendation was that the definition be updated. I believe one of the examples was called mitochondrion transfer.
Dr. Irving, who is an American citizen, was invited to the committee to deal with the matter on the day before U.S. Thanksgiving. However she could not make it and therefore she was never heard. It gets even worse. When the Senate committee was dealing the bill after it had passed third reading here in the House, it was recommended that it hear Dr. Irving because the issue was so important. However, the Senate did not call her as a witness because, from what I have been told, it could not find her.
This raises some concerns. About a year and a half ago there was a resolution I believe by Chile before the United Nations for a comprehensive ban on human cloning. Canada was not a signatory to that resolution but was a signatory to a resolution put forward by, I believe, France, Germany and the U.K. Canada was a co-sponsor of a resolution for a partial ban that would permit therapeutic cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer.
The problem here is that it appears that Canada had one position in the United Nations and yet another position in Parliament. It raises some questions and concerns.
The somatic cell nuclear transfer or, as it is also called, therapeutic cloning has been the subject matter of debate in the U.S. presidential election as well. This is a process whereby a woman's egg is taken, enucleated, or the DNA is taken out, someone else's DNA is put in and we can harvest stem cells. If that egg were left in a nurturing environment it would become a born human being just like any other fertilized embryo.
I raise this question with the parliamentary secretary because I am seriously concerned that there is a threat to the position taken by Parliament that human cloning be banned in all forms and by all techniques.
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6:55 p.m.
West Nova Nova Scotia
Robert Thibault LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, first I would like to congratulate the member for Mississauga South for his interest and his expertise in this area.
I thank the member for keeping us aware of all sorts of facets and points of interest related to this question.
Canada believes that the health, safety and ethical concerns inherent in human cloning require a strong response from governments at the domestic level, as well as from the international community as a whole.
The Government of Canada has been unwavering in its opposition to all forms of human cloning. Our position is clearly reflected in the Assisted Human Reproduction Act which was passed by Parliament in March of last year. All forms of human cloning, for whatever purpose and using whatever techniques, are banned in Canada. This has been the Government of Canada's position since the very beginning of the legislative process with regard to assisted human reproduction.
The draft legislation proposed in 2001, which the then minister of health tabled with the Standing Committee on Health for study and recommendation, contained a proposed prohibition for all forms of human cloning.
The prohibition in Canadian legislation has been constructed to prohibit cloning by whatever technique. If the end result of any technique is a human clone, it is prohibited. This has the effect of prohibiting not only current techniques, such as somatic cell nuclear transfer, but it will also prohibit any future techniques that may be developed.
The legislation has also been carefully constructed to recognize the fact that in the scientific process of cloning, it is possible that a cloned embryo may not be 100% genetically identical to another organism, given that it is possible for slight modifications to occur in the cloning process.
The legislation does not permit a loophole by relying on the idea of "identical" in identifying a human clone. In fact, during report stage in the House of Commons, the member for Mississauga South proposed an amendment, which was passed, that further clarified the intent of the cloning prohibition.
In his question, the member for Mississauga South raised the discussions at the United Nations. The Government of Canada has been actively engaged in and supportive of efforts at the United Nations to develop an international convention addressing human cloning.
Addressing this issue internationally in a responsible fashion requires that we carefully examine the proposals before the United Nations. We must ask not only about their policy direction, but whether they can be implemented and effectively enforced, both here in Canada and internationally.
All positions taken by Canada respecting human cloning, domestically and internationally, are guided by the Assisted Human Reproduction Act. We believe that it is worthwhile to continue the work among member states to identify a proposal that would have the greatest possible global effect.
Canada hopes that discussions can continue with the objective that a maximum number of other countries can achieve consensus on an approach for future work.
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6:55 p.m.
Paul Szabo Liberal Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, Dr. Françoise Baylis of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research did a funded research study which showed that only about 500 human embryos were in storage at fertility clinics, half of which were still being used for fertility treatment. Of the 250 remaining, half of them will not survive the thawing process. Out of the remaining 125 that do survive thawing, only 9 will be able to produce any form of stem cells and, of those 9, only about 5 will actually be stem cells that will be of the research quality necessary to do meaningful research.
The bottom line is that there are not enough surplus embryos in Canada to sustain meaningful research. That means there will be pressure on Canada to go to somatic cell nuclear transfer to permit this kind of cloning. It is being done in the U.K. and the U.K. has already destroyed over 30,000 human embryos for this research, and the only way it has got it is through somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Those are my concerns. I hope this issue will not be coming back before Parliament and that Parliament's decision to ban human cloning is full and final.
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6:55 p.m.
Robert Thibault Liberal West Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, I entirely agree with the member. We certainly intend to make sure that all cloning, by whatever technique, is eliminated and prohibited.
The government has no intention of permitting cloning. The intention has always been that there will be the potential for research but that there will be no trade, no money exchanged and no creation of life for any purpose.
It is a fine balance and it is difficult. It is difficult on individuals across Canada and in Parliament to find that balance and to look at what is essential research that can assist Canadians in their daily lives with illnesses that they face while still respecting the moral values and beliefs of individual Canadians.
I think the act strikes a fine balance. It is leading internationally. I think it is a very good legislation but, and I agree with the member, it requires vigilance. It requires that Parliament always be ready to re-evaluate should circumstances change and should the intent not be maintained to prohibit cloning with any technique or in any form for whatever purpose.
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7 p.m.
Jim Prentice Conservative Calgary North Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, three weeks ago Amnesty International issued a report entitled Stolen Sisters , detailing the violence that far too many aboriginal women face in Canada today and the discrimination that often confronts them or their families when they seek the help of the police.
The report made it clear that the government has failed to protect aboriginal women. However, whether three weeks or three years ago, the government's reaction, or rather its inaction, never varies. The Amnesty International report painted a shocking and sobering picture of the plight of many aboriginal women in Canada today. It stated:
A shocking 1996 Canadian government statistic reveals that indigenous women between the ages of 25 and 44, with status under the Indian Act, were five times more likely than all other women of the same age to die as the result of violence.
That was in 1996. How much progress have we seen in the last eight years? Far too little. Clearly we need a new strategy for Canada's aboriginal people. Another 11 years of Liberal rule will just not do.
It is hard to know where to start, given the number of areas in which the Liberals have allowed aboriginal Canadians to languish so far behind the rest of the country in terms of wealth, health and opportunity. If we are going to begin to deal with the problems that afflict Canada's aboriginal communities, then we must abandon the failed strategies that the government has pursued for far too long. Amnesty International's report and the excellent work of the Native Women's Association of Canada confirms this stark point.
The Government of Canada spends in the neighbourhood of $10 billion to $15 billion each year on Canada's aboriginal peoples. It is simply astounding that with that level of investment the government has been unable to deliver basic services such as education, to say nothing of health care, housing and clean water.
The first step to a better future for Canada's aboriginal people is ensuring that the money we do spend is spent wisely. We need a legislative framework in place which prescribes a standard of service for the delivery of government services. It matters what we spend, but what really matters is what we deliver. We need to focus on delivering more.
Both aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians are entitled to complete transparency and accountability in the expenditure of all funds on aboriginal programs. It is only through accountability that this place can be assured that the federal government is getting the support to those who need it most, namely, aboriginal women and children.
This is an indispensable aspect of ensuring democratic accountability, both within aboriginal communities and more broadly in this country. Aboriginal Canadians need to have the same tools available to them as are available to all other Canadians to identify and constrain any excess in the use of government power, or corruption, or for that matter, mismanagement.
I hope that we have seen the last of Amnesty International's report decrying Canada's neglect of its aboriginal people. Our party is committed to pursuing a new strategy to better the lives of aboriginal Canadians. We need a strategy that exchanges dependence for empowerment. We need a commitment to transparency and good governance. We need a government that will address seriously the issues raised in the Amnesty International report.
I, along with all other Canadians and the aboriginal peoples of this country, and indeed the world, continue to wait for the government's response to this damning report.
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7 p.m.
London West Ontario
Sue Barnes LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for raising this important matter before the House this evening.
The government recognizes the serious nature of the issue of violence against women and in particular, violence against aboriginal women. Violence of any kind in our society serves to negatively impact Canada and such actions remain unacceptable to the government and indeed to all Canadians.
As the minister has told the House with respect to this issue in the past few weeks, he has been meeting with the president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, Terri Brown, regarding this matter. In fact in the spirit of partnership, trust and respect there has been and continues to be a great deal of collaboration between this key group and the Government of Canada.
Together we are working with other aboriginal organizations and leaders to reduce the gaps in living conditions that continue to separate first nations, Métis and Inuit from other Canadians. This includes addressing the issues raised in the Amnesty International "Stolen Sisters" report and dealing with similar issues raised by the Native Women's Association of Canada through its "Sisters in Spirit" campaign.
These groups are to be commended for the work they are undertaking in this respect. They are rendering a great service to aboriginal women and indeed to all Canadians.
The Native Women's Association of Canada has been and continues to be a full participant in the work flowing from the Canada-aboriginal peoples round table launched in April of this year. In fact I was at the meeting when it started to talk about these issues.
The representatives of this group are members of the planning committee coordinating the follow-up activities of the round table in the six key areas including aboriginal health. They will be directly participating in each of the two day sectoral follow-up sessions scheduled to occur in the coming weeks.
In short, aboriginal women's issues are on the national policy agenda and efforts to deal with them are underway, working in partnership and collaboration with aboriginal women.
The work of the round table is but part of the efforts of the government to deal with violence in aboriginal communities. We continue to invest in the family violence prevention program. Last year in the federal department approximately $16 million was allocated to three priority areas. Funding was provided for 35 shelters across Canada providing assistance for over 4,500 first nations people on reserve.
Education and outreach programs continue to be provided in order to increase public awareness, provide workshops and offer stress and anger management seminars as well as support groups and community needs assessments.
Contributions were also provided to the National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence. This organization provides coordination and builds capacity among first nations shelter directors.
In conclusion, it is important to underscore the multifaceted nature of these important and compelling issues. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, I have outlined the concerns and efforts of our department. Work on addressing these needs is also being undertaken by other departments. I look forward to the cooperation of the member on this.
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7:05 p.m.
Jim Prentice Conservative Calgary North Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member opposite and the government find the risks for aboriginal women to be unacceptable, it is hard to understand why they are not doing more to deal with this issue.
My friend has spoken of the excellent work of Terri Brown and the Native Women's Association of Canada. They are doing extraordinary work. They placed a proposal in front of the government in July of this year and they still do not have an answer.
I say to the government, and I will quote from the Amnesty International report:
In every instance, Canadian authorities could and should have done more to ensure the safety of these women and girls or to address the social and economic factors that had helped put them in harm's way.
Why will the government not act and do more to protect aboriginal women and children?
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7:05 p.m.
Sue Barnes Liberal London West, ON
Mr. Speaker, in addition to the work underway at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada a number of federal government agencies and departments are working with other levels of government and aboriginal organizations on many initiatives to assist aboriginal women.
These include horizontal initiatives such as the Vancouver agreement which is developing alternative strategies and mechanisms to support urban aboriginal women. In particular, Status of Women Canada is making a commitment to fund national initiatives undertaken by women's organizations and the aboriginal community on the issue of violence against aboriginal women.
Canadian Heritage is focused on addressing violence against aboriginal women in the aboriginal women's program which enables aboriginal women to influence policies, programs, legislation and decision making that affect their well-being.
The Attorney General of Canada has implemented a national strategy on community safety and crime prevention which provides support to projects supporting crime prevention and increasing the personal security of women and girls.
There is considerable effort underway with respect to ensuring that aboriginal women can achieve the quality of life which they so rightly deserve. We will work with our other colleagues across the departments.
I would like to thank the hon. member once again for having given me the opportunity to explain the current situation. That is not to say that we cannot do more and we will do more. We will look for the cooperation of the House so we can do more.
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7:10 p.m.
Norman Doyle Conservative St. John's North, NL
Mr. Speaker, on October 21 in question period I reminded the House that during the election campaign the Prime Minister had promised to Newfoundland and Labrador that it could keep 100% of its provincial offshore resources. In question period I asked the Minister of Natural Resources, our minister in the federal cabinet, why the federal government was dragging its feet on this issue. The Minister of Finance answered saying that negotiations were ongoing and that he hoped to achieve a successful result.
Well, I gather the result today is a take it or leave it offer from the federal government, an offer that does not see the province get to keep 100% of offshore oil revenues, an offer that breaks the Prime Minister's election promise. We were offered an eight year $1.4 billion deal, or 100% up to $234 million of an annual cap, neither of which is 100%.
Given the current world price of oil at more than $50 a barrel, the province's minister of finance said we would leave billions on the table if we were to sign that deal. I am given to understand that Nova Scotia has also rejected that offer from the feds, saying it falls far short of what was promised.
Yes, what has been promised is an improvement on the current situation, wherein the lion's share of the offshore revenues is clawed back by Ottawa through corresponding reductions in the equalization payments, but it is not 100%. Make no mistake about it, 100% of the offshore oil revenues is exactly what the Prime Minister promised. There was no talk of a cap, no talk of time limits, no talk of fiscal capacity.
Keep in mind the Prime Minister promised this at a time in the election campaign when things were looking pretty bleak for the Liberal Party. He promised it at a time when even our province's seven seats looked very important to him. Well, he went on to win five of the seats.
Now is the time for the five Liberal members from Newfoundland and Labrador to take their lead from the provincial Liberal Party, which says it supports the government of Newfoundland and Labrador on this issue. This matter is bigger than party politics. This matter is about the federal government keeping its word to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. This is a matter on which all seven MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador should stand united in demanding that the Prime Minister keep his word.
To my colleague, the Minister of Natural Resources, I say this is the stuff over which principled people resign from cabinet. Never again in my lifetime do I expect to see the seven members from our province in such a position of clout. It would be a terrible shame if that clout were squandered by not using it at all.
Hibernia has been pumping oil for several years now and the lion's share of the revenues end up in Ottawa. This is not what the Atlantic accord promised. This is not what the Prime Minister promised. The Prime Minister promised that we would get to keep all of the oil revenues, not all of it for eight years, not all of it up to a certain cap, but all of it, 100%. There were no financial caps or time constraints on this promise and there should be no doubt as to our resolve to hold him to his word.
We need allies in that struggle. As I said earlier, my colleague from St. John's South—Mount Pearl and I are doing all we can to hold the Prime Minister to his promise. Now is not the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the province. I will be terribly disappointed if Liberal MPs do not join us in our quest for fairness for our province.
In summing up, why can we not, just once, stand united for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador? Why can we not, just once, stand on guard for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador?
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7:15 p.m.
Avalon Newfoundland & Labrador
R. John Efford LiberalMinister of Natural Resources
Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak on this very important issue of equalization and the development of offshore oil and gas off Newfoundland and Labrador. Allow me to begin this way for my colleague on the opposite benches.
This whole discussion started several months ago. This evening they are expressing their interest, but on not one occasion have the members for St. John's South or St. John's North asked a Newfoundland MP or the Newfoundland minister to meet with them to discuss this.
This is a big issue for Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador will be and is receiving 100% of the revenues. As we produce more oil, gas and wells and as there is more industry investment, there will be continual growth of revenues. I have confidence that this will happen and Newfoundland and Labrador will become a contributing province some time in the future. It will no longer be an equalization receiving province. We feel really confident about that and so does everybody in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Not once since last Thursday night has the premier or the member from Newfoundland called to express their concerns. There has been a lot of rhetoric and name calling coming from the politicians from Newfoundland and Labrador. I have not responded to it. I am waiting for a phone call to understand what they do not like about the deal. At least have a discussion about it. As the hon. member said, it does matter to all the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. He and I are citizens of that province, and we will remain citizens until the day we die. We do want the best benefit out of this deal for the province.
The premier and the Prime Minister discussed the 100%. They discussed a time line and the Ontario threshold. We will receive not only the revenues, but we also will receive the equalization up to those revenues over that eight year period, and there will be no clawback. Let there be no mistake in that. Even when we get to the Ontario threshold, there will be no clawback.
If and when we develop more resources and become an equalization non-receiving province, then it does not matter anyhow. Awhile ago, the Minister of Finance and premier also said that to me. However, while we are below that standard, the equalization will come in, as well as the revenues from the offshore development, and we are asking for that. However, the discussions between the premier and the Prime Minister put time lines and put the Ontario threshold as a cap.
Let it be clear. We have to get beyond the rhetoric. We have to sit down and talk about this and find out exactly where this went wrong. The deal is still on the table. I am interested in learning from the premier, personally, and from the Minister of Finance exactly what the issue is and where the deal fell apart.
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7:15 p.m.
Norman Doyle Conservative St. John's North, NL
Mr. Speaker, I did not ask the minister for a meeting because I felt the Prime Minister of Canada had the integrity to keep his promise to the people in Newfoundland and Labrador. I did not need a meeting with the minister to confirm that. However, he did not have that integrity.
I am very disappointed with the Newfoundland's minister. I am very disappointed that Newfoundland's Liberal members are not coming to the defence of our province on this very vital issue. This is the one last hope the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has to get a fair share within Confederation. I would say to the minister that this opportunity will not present itself again.
This is one of the reasons why the people of Newfoundland and Labrador elected five Liberal members in the last election. Mr. Martin's deal did not mention a cap. Mr. Martin's deal did not mention time limits or the fiscal capacity of the other province. It was not part of the deal.
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7:15 p.m.
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This was a job that I did in Naples Florida in 2008. There was a outdoor area that I had to template and build 5 benches that wrapped around the hot tub. All of the curved pieces front and back I steam bent with forms that were built for each bench. It was not a perfect circle so i had to work with it to make ones that were equal but,fit the area.
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Nice looking, functional bench. I love the smell of freshly milled teak !
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Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out in one of the most popular romantic comedies ever written about a love affair between Doris and George, who although married to other people, rendezvous once a year.
Featuring Bryan Brendle and Cara Mantella, show is directed by Tess Malis Kincaid.
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Love stories are all well and good, but what happens after that final bow? What exactly goes into "happily ever after?" Bernard Slade has built a body of work that examines this very issue – his plays start where most romantic comedies end – two people have found true love (or not). Now what?
Mr. Slade's examination of the effect of time on long-term relationships started with this very popular 1975 play. At rise, we discover George and Doris the "morning after" a one-night stand. It's 1951, and both are married to other people, both seem to be nice folks who would "never dream about cheating." Yet here they are. They find, to their utter embarrassment (and joy) that they are almost "soul mates," that they find excitement and connection with each other that escapes their "every day marriages." So, they agree to meet on the same weekend every year.
What follows is a collection of vignettes, six "mini-plays" each set five years apart during which their affair passes the "test of time" and appears to grow stronger with each passing year.
To be sure, there are a lot of "sit-com" elements here – each scene hits all the expected points of whatever era it embodies – fifties innocence and neuroses, sixties rebellion and establishment-conservatism, seventies self-actualization and "be-in-touch-with-your feelings" excesses. When George and Doris are "out-of-synch," it seems to come from the writer's plotting contrivance rather than the characters' own logical progression. And the "tell a good and bad story about your spouse" set up is a blatant exposition device right out of the playwright's bag of tricks.
Yet, Mr. Slade is an accomplished writer of sit-coms (he worked on "Bewitched" and created "Love on a Rooftop" – a "Barefoot in the Park" clone I thought only I remembered -- "The Flying Nun" and "The Partridge Family"). So the contrivances work, and the characters work. His point here seems to be that even when George and Doris are "out-of-synch," their relationship transcends their differences, and they find they have just as much to offer each year, perhaps more.
In Stage Door's marvelous production, Bryan Brendle and Cara Mantella breathe new life into these characters I've seen too often before (this has to be the tenth production of this play I've seen). He's winning, even when he's whining, and she defeats a series of successive wigs to create a real character who truly grows before our eyes – the mousy, squeaky-voiced housewife of 1951 believably grows into the flaky hippy of 1964 and the confident businesswoman of 1970.
Director Tess Malis Kincaid and Sound Designer Dan Bauman have overcome one of the inherent challenges of the script – keeping the audience's interest during the necessarily long between-scenes costume and make-up changes – by giving us quick-cut sound bites that lead us from one year to the next – songs, commercials, TV and Movie clips – ANYTHING to "set the period." And for the most part, it works really well – the "mini-breaks" weren't too long, and I enjoyed how the clips were put together.
Chuck Welcome has designed and built a very impressive set – a "timeless" cottage bedroom suite with faux oak beams, fireplace, and large four-poster bed – it's the perfect room for a weekend "getaway," and served the play very nicely.
"Same Time, Next Year" was only the first of Mr. Slade's plays to deal with relationships and time. There is a seldom-produced sequel, ("Same Time, Another Year"), which takes George and Doris into their eighties (and the 1990's) and lets them face aging, problem-children, and their (finally) marriage to each other. "Romantic Comedy" looks at a long-term relationship between two playwrights, "Return Engagements" takes four couples at a Stratford Ontario bed-and-breakfast over the course of twenty years, and "Special Occasions" flashes back to show how a couple got to "here and now" from "there and then." Taken as a body of work, it's a varied look at ALL the different ways time (and constant companionship) can wreck or bolster a "happily ever after." These plays aren't afraid to tackle the petty irritations and accommodations that are part and parcel of relationships over time. And they constantly surprise – things that seem implied at one time become overt a decade or so later. Things that are minor in the beginning become monstrous in the middle (and vice versa). And time inevitably does what we expect time to always do – separate the couples who were truly meant to be together (all appearances to the contrary) from those that are just passing flings or momentary passions.
Some may argue that George and Doris are in a needlessly artificial situation – is it really a relationship if they only see each other one weekend a year? I would say yes. As far apart as George and Doris grow during the sixties, the fact that they come back together every year, the fact that they can't be apart even when they ARE apart is critical here. They spend enough of their weekend NOT in bed that they become aware of (and tolerant of) each other's idiosyncrasies, and the time apart can make new discoveries possible year after year.
And, it doesn't hurt that, with Ms. Mantella and Mr. Brendle, we have a Doris and George we like spending time with, a Doris and George we cannot help but root for. It's a measure of their success that I would like to see them tackle the "what happens next" pleasures of "Same Time, Another Year" (once they're old enough for the roles).
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Japanese cuisine at Pho Da NangDu air outside noisy, bustling but entering a Japanese restaurant, you will feel a quiet space, relaxed, like all the uproar rid of streets.
Do not know since when, Nguyen Chi Thanh street became the destination for many Japanese people who are living and working in Da Nang. The reason is simple because this route has many Japanese restaurants to satisfy the pleasure of those who love Japanese food culture. Behind the sliding door space is characterized Japanese cuisine that any visitor of the land of cherry blossoms have come and feel like you are in your own home.
Located at the address modest 122 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Kitaguni restaurant is one of the first Japanese restaurant in Da Nang. Before that, he shouted Ha, restaurant owner, has had time to study and work in Japan 6-7 years. Then because of passion, love Japanese cuisine, to bring the country's unique cherry blossoms in Vietnam, so he opened a Japanese restaurant in Da Nang 2nd place (he had just opened a restaurant in Hanoi).
At first, the restaurant mainly serves Japanese Westerners do not much in Danang, Vietnam to the Japanese eat less, but because of his passion Ha tried to maintain the consistent number of visitors so far have stable. Ms. La Bar, restaurant manager said, the menu is sushi, sashimi (raw seafood of all kinds eat with mustard), Japanese pancakes …, restaurant patrons are Japanese people living and working in Da Nang. "Many restaurants were closed yesterday but food customer called late, we still bring enthusiasm to take place because this is the position of the bar patrons. Having such thoughtful keep his new patrons Circle" Only registered share.
Meanwhile, a newly opened almost 1 year now but Banjiro restaurants (23 Nguyen Chi Thanh) has become a familiar destination for many Japanese in Da Nang. According to Mr. Chen Jen Chun, chef cum restaurant manager, the coastal city of Da Nang is a variety of fresh seafood, facilitate the processing of sushi, barbecue, pasta. He also added that the restaurant always uses fresh ingredients, tasty as well as using subtle spices to not only improve the quality of food but also keeps the characteristic flavor of Japanese cuisine.
Along with Japanese tourists, many Vietnam also enjoyed the sushi rolls, sushi and noodles grasp characteristic of Japan … Banjiro restaurant owner said: "The reason for the restaurant's name because I want to connect the Banjiro Journal of a Japanese businessman named Banjiro been to and working in Vietnam. We want his footsteps, bringing Japanese culture to Da Nang with the desire to enhance the friendship of the two countries, creating the association "friendship" through the food plots on how many friends visit this world. "
Also Kitaguni, Banjiro there are other restaurants like: Kachou Fugetsu, Irohanihaheto, Tsukuhi, Fukouka, Da Nang Sushi Bar, Umi, Sumo … No appointment that met nearly 10 Japanese restaurants gathered on Nguyen Chi Thanh street, meet needs of the Japanese people living in Da Nang. A regular guest of Banjiro said: "In Da Nang has many Japanese restaurants, the food and the decor of this restaurant is to create space close very own cozy country cherry blossoms. At the heart of Da Nang city which sits as major as being in his homeland ".
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Children know how to throw themselves into a state of freewheeling adventure, cantering after curiosity simply for the joy of it. They lose hours to happy experiment pushing a sea of paint around a page or studying the creatures in a patch of grass. Even a tedious wait at a bus stop offers intrigue: where adults see a dull lump of concrete, they spy an asteroid teeming with sci-fi potential. Having nothing in particular to do gives kids space for their imaginations to bloom. For adults, it can fill us with anxiety.
Growing up, we learn to put play aside and earn it as a reward for hard work. We dream of how liberating free time will be, and work harder to buy more of it. Along the way, our sense of permission to play becomes tangled up with the demand to be productive and the ticking of the clock. When free time finally arrives, we fear we're not making enough of a precious commodity. We seek proof we're getting something out of it – an impressive snapshot, a great story, a deep tan. But the desire for results is precisely what stops us having a good time. It reduces us to standing outside our own experience like an examiner with a checklist, assessing its worth rather than fully living in the moment.
How can we enjoy free time more? First, we can try to liberate it from the need to be productive. One way is to take pleasure in the challenge of doing something just for its own sake, regardless of results. Here's an example. When we want to capture a moment we reach for a camera. But a photograph can too easily become a substitute for the larger memory it was intended to protect.
No doubt that's why the Victorian thinker John Ruskin chose to champion drawing just when photography seemed to be surpassing its results. For him, the vitality of drawing was in its process. He would tell his students he was not teaching them to draw. "I am only trying to teach you to see." And, by seeing, to absorb and carry away "images of beauty" that enrich the rest of life. So let's expand our experience through the pleasures of close observation, and take up the pencil without caring what we show for it.
Another barrier to enjoying free time is the numbing effect of its endless potential. We share the horror vacui of the artist facing the blank page, struggling to give shape to its formlessness. In response, we might borrow a trick Robert Louis Stevenson used to begin Treasure Island. He drew a map of the island first – a channelling of options that set his ideas flowing. We, too, could devise creative rules and experiments for ourselves.
In this spirit, the author Georges Perec wrote a portrait of the objects on his desk and tried to find a route to cross Paris using only streets beginning with the letter C. One of his exercises took inspiration from Gustave Flaubert reimagining his home city: "Paris will become a winter garden; fruit trees on the boulevard," wrote Flaubert. The houses will glow with a "phosphorescent substance, and the radiation will light the streets". Like Perec and Flaubert, we might abandon an hour to whimsy, creating fantastical ideas from familiar scenes.
Perec used what was to hand, deepening his appreciation of the marvels that lie hidden among the stuff of daily life. This is a form of curiosity that the philosopher Walter Benjamin celebrated as the way to "discover the world in which you already live". It's a state of attentiveness the poet Stevie Smith explored when listening through her open window in the suburbs for "the unconscious poem that happens sometimes when people are talking". We, too, can collect fragments and sleuth for creative clues among our surroundings to spark our reverie and fuel our adventures.
In the process we can overthrow the idea that we need money and distant travel to enjoy free time. We can explore creating our own pleasures rather than buying them off the shelf. Free time might thus become less a commodity and more a state of being. By taking time to pursue what catches our imagination, by slowing down and noticing the texture and detail of life, we can start to find out what really fascinates us.
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Approximately 17 million first-time homebuyers are expected to enter the housing market in the next five years, with nearly three million expected in 2017, according to a new TransUnion study.
Younger consumers—ages 20 to 39—represent an increasing majority of first-time homebuyers.
During the fourth quarter of 2015, this age group represented 60% of first-time homebuyers. That percentage has been slowing increasing since the fourth quarter of 2000 (44%).
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Truly special. One of the most beautiful subdivisions on the market. Mount Valley Estates. 5 picturesque, culdesac lots, 1-15 acres, tucked away in the Shawangunk Mountain Ridge. Pine Bush Schools, in area of fine homes, close to village shopping, wineries, and endless hiking trails. Select one of the scenic lots, then pick from many home plans, or bring your own, to have a new energy efficient , quality home, custom built & tailored to your taste by an experienced, reputable builder of over 250 homes. Geothermal option available at additional cost with Federal tax credit. Save thousands of $$ on energy costs. This Marlborough Model features 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2 story foyer, 9' first floor ceilings, study/office/guest room downstairs, large master suite, laundry on second floor. Some photos may include upgrades at additional cost. You will love coming home!
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Sorry I've been busy again and haven't been able to post as regularly as I would like. Loads to sort and a couple of huge events (at work) coming up. Le sigh!
That aside I'm also taking a little more time to plan my posts, something I never really cared to do but now given the impending absence once New Job starts, I'm thinking to see if I can do up some posts and have them scheduled for that period so at least the absence wouldn't be so apparent. Or at least it's something we can slowly ease into… either ways!
Moving on! Here's another LOTD I managed to pull out while searching the stash for things to revisit and give some love to once more.
Most of these items aren't that old actually. They haven't been around since the start of time, e.g. the start of my stash but frankly, if they have they should be tossed already!
This look started as a random reach for products I had a mind to use and along the way, once I became aware of the subconscious YSL theme to it, decided to just go all out and throw on some YSL for the cheeks and lips as well.
It's not entirely a YSL look because I'm lacking where the brows and loose powder is concerned but for the bulk of it – color products and base – I guess you could say it's looking quite YSL-ish.
On the eyes is the YSL Leather Fetiche palette but instead of the smokier sultry shades, I opted to go for the warm and soft neutrals within.
Now I know this palette is Limited Edition and it's a total tease for me to feature it once more but somehow, I really like reaching for this on days I'm not sure what to wear and not too sure how neutral or how smokey I want to go.
It's a lovely palette but of course many feel the same way given how it was out of stock incredibly fast. My bad.
On my cheeks is a YSL blush I've received a good while ago but not given an individual mention to.
Having said that, it has actually popped up a couple of times in some LOTDs / Look Features, except without a nod its way.
So, just to pop up a quick elaboration of it – it's a nice blush to use and as its name (Heart of Light) goes, it has a mix of blush pigments and a sheen / highlight 'center' that allows it to give both color and also a little illumination to the cheeks.
They use illumination but I say soft sheen.
What I especially like with this blush is that you don't get powder kick-up even if you're in a hurry and recklessly stab your brush into the pan.
The level of pigmentation also sits in a comfortable zone that lends color but isn't too intense at first dab which makes it great for rushed mornings where you need to grab, dab and go. You can build this up should you wish but even in instances that I do, it still applies naturally. The color didn't end up looking stark and the sheen is so soft it doesn't show up metallic.
I know I said the blush is 'simple' but it's the sort of simple that makes you reach for and use this effortlessly, without thinking, and that sort of simple is what makes products good.
So okay, I rambled too much on that.
For the lips, I have on YSL's Baby Doll Kiss & Blush because I felt I've neglected these for a bit.
It doesn't help I have them stashed at a rather hard to reach area in my drawers – no space, oops – but I should display some shades on my vanity so I can give them more use again.
Products Used: BROWS Surratt Expressioniste Rechargeable Brow Pencil in Brunette FACE Vichy Normaderm Anit-Imperfection Hydrating Care YSL Youth Liberator Serum Foundation MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer Tarte Smooth Operator Micronized Clay Finishing Powder EYES Lancôme Eye Base in 01 YSL Leather Fetiche Palette Eyes Eye Do Liquid Liner Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Liner in Black Market CHEEKS YSL Heart of Light Powdered Blush in 7 Rebelle LIPS YSL Baby Doll Kiss and Blush in 04 Orange Fougueux
And that is that!
I've started working on some look features of upcoming products so the stash-revisitng series has since been halted but I did manage to do up one more stash-revisit post so I hope to get that one up soon! I just haven't got the time to resize the images I had shot.
Yes everybody, the wheels are in motion for the makeup realm of 2015!
In the meanwhile, yes between all this busy-ness and entry scheduling, I also want to share this Aesthetic & Medical Center that I have been introduced to recently. I am hesitant on branding this place as an Aesthetic clinic, even though yes they do excel in aesthetics, because it scares people into thinking up a cold, hard and sterile environment when my impression of Aeon is actually this wholesome skin-bettering place that offers both medical and aesthetic procedures in an extremely comforting and spa-like environment.
That's the best of a couple of worlds combined, I can tell you that!
If you follow me on instagram you would have an idea of what to come, somewhat, but the reason why I'm so enthusiastic to share is because I've looked through their portfolio, spoken to their doctor (who is the most polite and humble doctor I've ever met, I can say that) and seen the results they have to offer for major and minor treatments so I'm glad to have been introduced and can't wait to be on my path towards a better skin and better apperance!
I'll definitely keep y'all in the loop of all my visits to come so stay tuned!
In the meanwhile, thank you for reading! :)


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We are friends and family who love to cook and share our cooking with others. When we started the business in May 2011, we wanted to give Luray and the visitors a unique experience. Our pastries are baked fresh, using our own recipes. Each day we bake something different from the day before and there is always a new flavor of a scone to try for breakfast or a dessert. Speaking of desserts, we have the largest assortment of fresh baked pies. These are made from the recipes that our mother gave us. Also, cookies, brownies, cakes and other unique treats. For our sandwiches, we hand carve all of our meats that we roast on premises. Each day we will have a few featured menu items. This keeps the menu fresh and new. We are very proud of our coffee bar and the selections that we offer. We have already added our new summer drinks: delicious flavors of mocha, java chip, kona mocha, vanilla and chocolate peanut butter and selections of chai served hot, over-ice or blended. These rich drinks are sure to keep you cool under the hot sun. We also have a nice selection of Star Hill Beer, Abita Beer and an extensive selection of wine. It can be enjoyed here, taken home or on a picnic!We do have WIFI for your convenience and an enjoyable place to relax.When you walk in the door, we want you to feel like you are coming into our home.Please come visit us and see our beautiful cafe!
Good food, decent prices, charming atmosphere, fast service
Food was very disappointing. They boast about their pastries and when we went in there was 2 options and one had nuts. The pastries even looked lackluster. Our lunch was very disappointing and the food was over priced. Their slices of pie while good,were $6 and tasted frozen not fresh... definitely not worth the money. The atmosphere was nice and cozy and the staff was very friendly. We stopped from our trip because we saw the good reviews and wasted time in the terrible little town of Luray. I would never visit Luray or this establishment ever again.
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Washington state Senators Brian Dansel and Don Benton authored a bill to force the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to allow trophy hunters to use hounds to kill cougars for fun.
The bill died in the Senate on February 18th. Washington's cougars and hounds can sleep a little safer. To everyone who shared the alert and contacted legislators: Thank you for helping us stop this cruel and unnecessary legislation!…. continue reading
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since i shouldn't covet, i guess i'll just buy
wow, yellow shoes!
(so good with navy tights.)
they seem happy, they fit right in.
oh, and fyi, did you know that i have a teeny-tiny harmonica that i wear as a necklace?
well i do. and it's pretty much the best thing ever.
*49 bones at nine west? you all need them.
11 comments:
- microtard said...
think you should look into these! http://www.punitiveshoes.com/database/ballets/wanda.shtml
uh. i mean. maybe?
- May 3, 2008 at 9:23 PM
- Amy Grace said...
To tell the honest truth, my friend linked me those same shoes about a month ago. And my response was "Yow, those are Fly Girl shoes." I admit it - I didn't get it. But they look SO GOOD ON. I get it now.
- May 4, 2008 at 4:14 AM
- brendan donnelly said...
rape harmonica (whistle)
- May 4, 2008 at 9:03 AM
- White Lightning said...
liz-beth microtard, here's the thing bout the fetish footwear, it's DEMENTED, and then it's NOT. because the way women's shoes are headed we are only 2 steps away from those. also, someone..i can't remember...DID those shoes in a recent season. if it wasn't dior/galliano, then he is also 2 steps away from produsing them.
some of the other styles on that site also tooootally seem like the starting point for the marc jacobs surrealism shoes and the subsequent mini=trend that came for "heel-less" footwear. just saying.
am i thinking too much? perhaps.
- May 4, 2008 at 9:49 AM
- hard liquor; soft holes said...
dude, it's time for us to have a primary colors party.
- May 4, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- laia. said...
love them!
your room looks awesome, too.
- May 4, 2008 at 12:16 PM
- Unknown said...
my friends think i'm insane for wanting to caress those shoes. they don't know how sexy they are, this b tru fax.
- May 4, 2008 at 1:54 PM
mmm i love that skirt you are wearing in the harmonica necklace pic. nice.
- May 4, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- White Lightning said...
thanksssss for the positive reinforcementz !
nicole: the skirt's from uniqlo!
- May 4, 2008 at 9:15 PM
That's so sweet! I haven't been shopping lately (coz pregnancy, birth'n all) and reading how happy these shoes made you (and buying them , most of all) it brought smiles to my face! Thanks for sharing that passion so sincerely! It's beautiful (and yes, I dare - more beautiful than the shoes! :) emotions come in more colors than yellow!).
- May 5, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- lauren said...
i totally have a mini harmonica necklace too.
- May 5, 2008 at 4:25 PM