Today

Mentioned by Macleans.ca Brent Rathgeber on the Senate and Mike Duffy Two hours after Nigel Wright resigned, The West Block aired an interview with Brent Rathgeber, the noticeably independent-minded Conservative MP. It seems this mess is not going over well with Conservative supporters. Tom Clark: Is this hurting the ...

Two days ago

Posted on Twitter Temporary Foreign Worker Roundtable this morning at 10 am at the St. Albert & District Chamber of Commerce.

Three days ago

Posted on Twitter Is at the openning of "Body Worlds and the Cycle of Life" at the Telus World of Science. #yeg

Posted on Twitter Roundtable on changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program Fri. at 10 am at the St. Albert Chamber. Info: call Chamber or 780 459 0809.

This week

Posted on Twitter loves listening to pundits "explain" their inability to predict elections, with such confidence #irony

Posted on Twitter CBC calls Liberal Majority Government in BC--once again pollsters got it wrong!!

Posted on Twitter Constituency Week-receiving significant concerns from Employers re: changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program-having Roundtable Friday.

A week ago

Voted Yes on Vote #681 on Bill S-213 Respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian veterans of the Korean War

Voted No on Vote #680 on Bill C-460 Respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada

Voted Yes on Vote #679 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted Yes on Vote #678 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted Yes on Vote #677 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, earlier this week Canadians filed their 2012 income tax returns. April 30 is the date that Canadians contemplate their tax obligations. According to the ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses for your appearance here this morning. Chief Louie, I was listening carefully to your opening comments ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Excuse me. I understand that. I need to move to a second question. I understand the duty to consult, and I understand that it's enshrined in ...

A month ago

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Tory MP seeks more freedom on the Hill - Ottawa Citizen Edmonton MP Brent Rathgeber is one of 10 Tories who have recently urged the Speaker to remove the shackles of party control over members' daily statements. Photograph by: Sean ... I'm elected as a Conservative member of Parliament. My constituents ...

Mentioned by StarPhoenix Carbon tax idea has merit - Star Phoenix The box around what Edmonton Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber calls "the kids that work" in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's inner circle is gradually running out of oxygen. Ever since the Conservative government quietly backed out of its 2008 promise to ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for your attendance here this morning and for your very interesting testimony. I want to follow up regarding some previous ...

Mentioned by Canada.com Tory MP Brent Rathgeber keen for more freedom on Hill, but rejects 'rogue' label OTTAWA — Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber doesn't mind telling the young aides in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office to butt out. He's done it — diplomatically ... I'm elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament. My constituents expect me to ...

Mentioned by globalnews.ca On muzzled MPs and an NDP 'carbon tax', Rathgeber's a Tory backbencher who ... Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick. You'll never hear Conservative backbencher Brent Rathgeber ...

Mentioned by National Post View from the backbench: MP Brent Rathgeber says he is a loyal Conservative ... Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber doesn't mind telling the young aides in the Prime Minister's Office to butt out. At the same time, the lawyer and former Alberta ... I'm elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament. My constituents expect me to support the ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. In your opening comments you indicated that in your opinion first nations ought not to be held to a ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, it is really an honour for me to add a couple of comments in support of the member for Langley, who yesterday alleged that ...

Spoke in the House on CBC and Public Service Disclosure and Transparency Act Mr. Speaker, I thank all hon. members from all sides of the House who have participated in the debate regarding private member's Bill C-461. Let me ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Okay. I have a follow-up to that. You believe, and I think legitimately so, that aboriginal persons need to be consulted with respect to changes to ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 1, 5, 10, L15, L20, 25, 30 and ... Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the departmental officials for being here. I was hoping you could square a circle for me. In the ...

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Mr. Speaker, private member's bill, Bill C-461, the CBC and public service disclosure and transparency act, would correct a well-documented deficiency in the Access to Information ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill S-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code —plus the pleadings of the Federal Court decision in Schmidt v. the Attorney General of Canada. Upon reflection in regard to all of that, and I ...

Spoke in the House on CBC and Public Service Disclosure and Transparency Act moved that Bill C-461, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (disclosure of information), be read the second time and ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill S-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code Thank you. Ms. Boivin, during your presentation of the motion I missed something. It might have been in the translation, I'm not certain, but I'm confused ...

Spoke in the House on Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act Mr. Speaker, listening to the hon. member's speech, I was perplexed by his suggestion that the solution to the problems at the RCMP could be solved ...

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Access to Information Mr. Speaker, yesterday I tabled Bill C-461, CBC and public service disclosure and transparency act. If passed, the statute would amend the Access to Information Act ...

Spoke in the House on CBC and Public Service Disclosure and Transparency Act moved for leave to introduce Bill C-461, an act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (disclosure of information). Mr. Speaker, it ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-461 An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (disclosure of information)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-637 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (public transit operators)

Statements in the House