Site Information, Important Notices and Copyrights

The Parliament of Canada Web Site is managed jointly by the parliamentary institutions-that is, the Senate and the House of Commons-working together with the Library of Parliament.

Each parliamentary institution has sole right and responsibility for the content that it posts on this site. The site content is changed on an ongoing basis.

You may address your comments and inquiries to the Webmaster at infonet@parl.gc.ca

The parliamentary institutions cannot guarantee and do not warrant that the website is accurate or complete or that it will be current at all times. Access to this site is provided on an as is basis.

This site contains links to other sites.

A link to another site does not mean that the parliamentary institutions are affiliated or associated with the owner of a linked site, or have editorial control over the site's content.

The parliamentary institutions are not responsible for the privacy practice or the content of those sites.

Parliamentary privilege provides legal immunities to Members of Parliament in order that members have the freedom to speak openly on matters of public interest when taking part in parliamentary proceedings. It enables the Houses and Members of Parliament to perform their constitutional functions free from external interference through legal process that might otherwise apply.

Visitors may consider some material posted on this site defamatory. Persons publishing such material taken from this site, even where they have done so in accordance with copyright law, may be subject to criminal or civil proceedings for defamation. However, where the published material is from a parliamentary proceeding, the Parliament of Canada Act provides that a person publishing such material, though defamatory, is protected if the material is published in good faith and without malice.

The parliamentary institutions are committed to maintaining the privacy of visitors to this site.

No personal information provided by visitors to this site is passively collected by electronic means and no cookies are installed on the browsers of visitors to this site.

Only general information, such as the domain name and time of visit, is tracked. Furthermore, information regarding which pages are being accessed is collected and aggregated. The information is used internally, and only in aggregate form, to manage the site, diagnose technical problems and improve content.

The parliamentary institutions accept no responsibility should any damages be caused to a person as a result of the use that is made of information provided in, or taken from, this site or as a result of reliance on the information available on the site.

This disclaimer of liability also applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of information under any cause of action.

The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act and related regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.

The visitor should be aware that some of the material found on this site might be subject to copyright held by third parties.

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