This week

Spoke in the House on Canada Pension Plan Madam Speaker, Bill C-326 is as simple a request as can be. It simply seeks to turn monthly payments into biweekly payments. This would enable people ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, this story prompts us to honour our duty to remember. Remembrance is the only way for us to understand our past and prepare for ...

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act Mr. Speaker, as I was listening to the last speaker, I wondered whether we were even sitting on the same committee. All of the witnesses said ...

Spoke in the House on Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for commenting on this plan that we consider particularly toxic, in that people will be well ...

Voted Yes on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Voted No on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Citizenship and Immigration Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration has heard from dozens of witnesses in a very short period of time, because the Conservatives want ...

Spoke in the House on Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act Madam Speaker, the hon. member talked about a visionary budget. What does that vision have to say about the 100,000 manufacturing jobs lost since 2008? Over ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Protecting Canada's Seniors Act Madam Speaker, we are basically going to speak about a transition—the transition from the prevention of and sentencing for mistreatment to proper treatment. We are going ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Canada Pension Plan Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague who spoke before me, and I am extremely disappointed. He is talking about a little detail that may be ...

Three months ago

Mentioned by Laval News Local NDPers sound warning over Conservative OAS plan By Martin C. Barry | Fri, 03/09/2012 - 17:36 NDP deputy critic for senior citizens Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe was in Laval last Saturday, with Alfred-Pellan NDP MP Rosane Doré-Lefebvre and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin NDP MP Alain Giguère, the party's deputy ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Puts conditions on ramped up IP protection in EU trade deal, NDP roundtable told For a meeting that was heavy on consensus, however, Gagnon's remarks weren't well received by Alain Giguère, the MP for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. Despite Gagnon's conditional support for increased pharmaceutical IP protection — something the generic drug ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca NDP leadership candidates' caucus endorsements ... Pierre Dionne Labelle Martin Singh No MP endorsements at this time Brian Topp Chris Charlton Kennedy Stewart Jean Crowder Jinny Sims Charmaine Borg Jasbir Sandhu Libby Davies Alexandre Boulerice Francoise Boivin Yvon Godin Alain Giguère Isabelle ...

More than three months ago

Mentioned by Toronto Star Federal Budget 2012: Stephen Harper says he's looking beyond his mandate when ... “The Conservatives' attack on OAS show to what degree the government is disconnected from reality,” NDP MP Alain Giguère said in the Commons. “After six years of bad management, they now want to penalize Canadians who have worked and saved all their ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail NDP blames Tory 'Grinch' as EI offices buckle under overtime cuts “Officers processing EI claims will not be able to put in overtime over the holiday season, unlike previous years, thanks to this government,” Alain Giguère, the NDP MP for Marc–Aurèle–Fortin told the House of Commons on Friday. ...

Mentioned by BCLocalNews Prince Rupert Port Authority CEO provides input ot federal finance committee With such a large increase in ship traffic from northern BC, New Democratic MP, Alain Giguère, wondered if the Prince Rupert Port would be prepared for a tanker or another kind of ship sinking off the North Coast. Krusel said that despite all the ...

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