Today

Posted on Twitter Hidden in the employment stats yesterday, Toronto lost 25k jobs, and Montreal 35k. Austerity won't solve this problem...

Posted on Twitter Réunion Harper/Turmel ? Liaisons dangereuses...

Posted on Twitter At the Tommy Banks celebration tonight in Edmonton! Good music will be heard for sure...

Posted on Twitter Let the games begin ! U of Alberta sets new record for dodgeball ! http://t.co/wyvS4pW1

Mentioned by Toronto Star Mallick: Be kind to agonized Conservative senator offering suicide tools to ... Although the Quebec man who has filed a criminal complaint against Boisvenu is out of line, Liberal leader Bob Rae was right to say that his remarks were “unacceptable” and that counselling suicide is illegal. And yet … and yet … consider the man's ...

Mentioned by South Asian Link Rae In Town! Fresh off the Liberal party convention where in-term leader Bob Rae was virtually given the thumbs up to lead the once maverick party of Liberal stalwarts Pierre Elliot Trudeau and the “Jatt” PM Jean Chretien, Rae stopped by in Surrey on Saturday to ...

Yesterday

Mentioned by Toronto Star Federal Budget 2012: Government not backing down on plan for cuts to Old Age ... NDP MP Wayne Marston said the Conservatives are spending billions on corporate tax cuts, prisons and fighter jets “but they can't spare $540 a month for Canada's poorest seniors.” In the Commons, Liberal interim leader Bob Rae asked Harper why the ...

Posted on Twitter Caterpillar decision to move jobs out of London all about breaking unions and forcing people to work for way less. Not a pretty sight.

Mentioned by Globe and Mail Tories make their case for pension reform, but details remain murky Liberal interim leader Bob Rae argued that if that's the case, the changes are beyond the Prime Minister's mandate because there will be a federal election in 2015. “They have no business doing it,” he said. NDP MP Peter Julian expressed frustration ...

Mentioned by National Post (blog) Today's letters: Arab Spring or just a modern Reign of Terror? Bob Rae has missed a golden opportunity to show Canadians he has the intellect and foresight to hold the position he so desperately wants: prime minister. The current holder of that office has looked at the growing problem of entitlements, and proposed ...

Mentioned by NorthumberlandView.ca Canadians Urge Parliament to Support Bill for a National Suicide Prevention ... Bob Rae regarding suicide prevention, Canadians were moved by how passionately members of the house spoke on this critical public health issue and national tragedy. "We were touched by the personal stories that where shared and how this issue overcomes ...

Posted on Twitter 75 percent of Canadians (81 percent of women) oppose Harper's "grand plan" on pensions. This Emperor has no clothes, this dog won't hunt.

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Pensions Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the Prime Minister could explain this, now that two spokesmen, the Minister of Finance and parliamentary secretary, have both confirmed today ...

Spoke in the House on Justice Mr. Speaker, when it came to the Wheat Board, the Prime Minister was the first one to say that we could not bind future Parliaments. That ...

Three days ago

Spoke in the House on Pensions Mr. Speaker, the government's position seems to be, “We want to protect old age security and that is why we are cutting it”. That is the ...

Voted No on Vote #108 on Bill C-288 Respecting the National Flag of Canada

Voted Yes on Vote #107 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize that the construction and maintenance ...

Voted Yes on Vote #106 on Bill C-25 Relating to pooled registered pension plans and making related amendments to other Acts

This week

Voted No on Vote #105 on Bill C-25 Relating to pooled registered pension plans and making related amendments to other Acts

Spoke in the House on Pensions Mr. Speaker, at the time of the last election, the Prime Minister's party put out an election platform that said, “we will not cut transfer payments ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, that allows me to ask the Prime Minister a question with respect to the Enbridge project and the position of the first nations communities ...

Spoke in the House on Government Programs Mr. Speaker, in fact, the Prime Minister did address this question during the election campaign. The Prime Minister stated categorically during the leaders' debate and as ...

Spoke in the House on Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act Mr. Speaker, I always find it ironic listening to members opposite. Despite all the heckling, and I am not speaking entirely from personal memory, but I ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the projected impacts of Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend the State Immunity ...

Two months ago

Didn't vote on Vote #104 on Bill C-308 Respecting a Commission of Inquiry into the development and implementation of a national fishery rebuilding ...

Statements in the House