First of all, that there are universal values which make it necessary that fundamental human and democratic rights are guaranteed in the same way everywhere; secondly, that the models conceived in previous centuries must be adjusted to the needs of this one.

First of all, that there are universal values which make it necessary that fundamental human and democratic rights are guaranteed in the same way everywhere; secondly, that the models conceived last century must be adjusted to the needs of this one.

77. Requests governments to ensure the freedom of reporting, i.e. protection of whistleblowers who disclose information in the public interest and to guarantee by law the right of journalists everywhere not to reveal confidential sources of information;

I believe we all want to develop the Union in such a way that it can act more effectively on behalf of human rights throughout the world than has been the case thus far.

Before talking about interference, one must wait to see the kind of reforms the minister and his team will be able to bring about (1710) Judging on past experiences, if the past is any indication of the future, I think the minister has every reason to be proud of the changes he is proposing, and I think people in Quebec and Canada have a right to expect promising and positive changes which meet the expectations not only of Quebecers but of all Canadians. When I speak about changes the minister should be proud of, members will recall that, at the beginning of the year, before the finance minister's budget was tabled, the official oppositi ...[+++]on said loud and clear that they wanted the Canada Assistance Plan to be eliminated and transformed into a much more flexible plan, giving more leeway to provinces.

One, because it's happening on everybody's doorstep on the northeast coast, and you can imagine how fishing families and fishing communities, whose livelihoods have been taken away from them—they are not allowed to fish themselves—feel when they have to sit and watch this.