If it emerges that the service provider is indeed not established in the Member State of establishment or that the address or the company data are false, the competent authorities should not terminate the procedure on formal grounds but should investigate the matter further in order to establish the identity of the natural or legal person responsible for the posting.

If it emerges that the service provider is indeed not established in the Member State of establishment or that the address or the company data are false, the competent authorities should not terminate the procedure on formal grounds but should investigate the matter further in order to establish the identity of the natural or legal person responsible for the posting.

Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary's list of fantasy investigations cannot hide the fact that he refuses to answer questions about the actual Elections Canada investigation into his party for electoral fraud.

The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has closed his inquiry into a complaint against the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) after its successor, the European Banking Authority (EBA), published a list of participants in a public hearing about remuneration policies for the European financial sector.

With respect to the HRDC investigation process: (a) why is regional discretion in regard to the department's caution statement permitted to be exercised by HRDC officials; (b) has the department carried out an internal investigation concerning the practice of using the HRDC official consent form to obtain statements from claimants; (c) what is the procedure used by the department to ensure the reliability and credibility of all third party reports used to initiate investigations; (d) are interrogations conducted with the use of audio or video equipment in order to determine the accuracy and validity of testimony provided and techniques used during interrogation by departmental officials; (e) has HRDC considered providing duty counsel to ...[+++] avoid, minimize or eliminate any charter of rights challenges; (f) has the minister been counselled by the department regarding section 2.20 of the HRDC document investigation and control manual and, if so, what measures and directives have been taken to correct the apparent contradictions between this document and subsection 41(5) of the Employment Insurance Act; (g) why does the claimant not receive a copy of the signed statement of declaration; (h) why does the investigation and control manual not emphasize the legal responsibility of providing the claimant with a copy of the signed statement of declaration; (i) what process does the department use to evaluate the investigation control officer's performance; and (j) what specific action has the minister initiated to address the issue of incompetence and inexperience, as noted in the department's prosecution program review report and the auditor general's report regarding the investigation control officer?

Given that the list of grants is known and admitted to be inaccurate and incomplete, and that this is likely to be the only documentation forthcoming from HRDC, will the government allow third-party, independent, private-sector auditors to investigate the distribution of Transitional Jobs Fund grants so that Canadians may know what happened to $1 billion of their hard-earned money?