Bendt Bendtsen, Edit Herczog, Fiona Hall, Reinhard Bütikofer, Giles Chichester, Niki Tzavela (O-000089/2011 - B7-0301/2011) Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance European Conservatives and Reformists Europe of freedom and democracy Group Council Small Business Act (SBA) review

Bendt Bendtsen, Edit Herczog, Fiona Hall, Reinhard Bütikofer, Giles Chichester, Niki Tzavela (O-000090/2011 - B7-0302/2011) Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance European Conservatives and Reformists Europe of freedom and democracy Group Commission Small Business Act (SBA) review

The other commitments that were made in 2006 by the Conservative Party, Minister, included such things as subjecting the exclusion of cabinet confidences to review by the Information Commissioner; obliging public officials to create the records necessary to document their actions and decisions; providing a general public interest override for all exemptions, so that the public interest is put before the secrecy of the government; ensuring that all exemptions from the disclosure of government information are justified only on the basis of the harm or injury that would result from the disclosure, not a blanket exemption rule; and ensur ...[+++]ing that the disclosure requirements of the Access to Information Act cannot be circumvented by secrecy provisions in other federal acts, while respecting the confidentiality of national security and the privacy of personal information. Granted, you did extend the coverage, and we're all pleased about that.

H. whereas activists, particularly those defending women’s rights, continue to be the target of violence, and whereas many have fallen victim to militants and radical groups in particular, including Sitara Achakzai, an Afghan women’s rights defender and member of the Kandahar provincial council, who was killed outside her home; Gul Pecha and Abdul Aziz, who were killed after being accused of immoral acts and condemned to death by a council of conservative clerics; and Malai Kakar, the first woman policeman in Kandahar, who ran the ...[+++]police department responsible for investigating crimes against women in that city,

H. whereas violence against activists, particularly those defending women's rights, continues to this day, and whereas many activists have been the victims of militants and radical groups, these victims include Sitara Achakzai, an Afghan women's rights defender and member of the Kandahar provincial council, who was killed outside her home; Gul Pecha and Abdul Aziz, who were killed after being accused of immoral acts and condemned to death by a council of conservative clerics; and Malai Kakar, the first woman police officer in Kanda ...[+++]har, who ran the police department responsible for investigating crimes against women in that city,

In this regard, we hope that the Conservative government will take the amendments by the Bloc Québécois into account to ensure it really does want to change things.