Carolyn Bennett

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Liberal MP for St. Paul's (Ontario)

Won her last election, in 2011, with 40.60% of the vote.

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Yesterday

Posted on Twitter Ahhh"@MrTishman: @DrEricHoskins speaking to the inspiration, dedication&hard work @Carolyn_Bennett does for #StPauls.. http://t.co/lR7cwLjP"

Posted on Twitter 4sure!"@bloggerwomen: Q: Can @Carolyn_Bennett ask @bobraeMP, @justinpjtrudeau to submit their recipes? Wants foodbanks 2 #WinWithChicken"

Posted on Twitter Inspiring!"@ctvottawa: Helene"I have 54 pills to take a day&everytime I do I think of that (donor) family." @alungstory #BeaDonor" #cdnpoli

Two days ago

Posted on Twitter @hscofflield .... important piece... UN food envoy slams Canada http://t.co/BgLGqLqz via @HuffPostCanada #cdnpoli #foodsecurity #aboriginal

Posted on Twitter UN food envoy slams Canada http://t.co/BgLGqLqz via @HuffPostCanada

Posted on Twitter Our son Ben's:The Six Year Plan: the eternal quest of a cinema completionist http://t.co/LoI5Irt7 via @sharethis http://t.co/vSc6l9TX

A week ago

Mentioned by Brandon Sun Conservative MP Vellacott calls for law to protect unborn from bullying Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett called Vellacott's appeal "ridiculous," noting that it came Thursday, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. "It represents a certain number of Mr. Harper's supporters and it just feeds that group, ...

Mentioned by MetroNews Canada MP says anti-bullying law needed for fetuses Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett called Vellacott's appeal “ridiculous,” noting that it came Thursday, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. “It represents a certain number of Mr. Harper's supporters and it just feeds that group, ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Manitoba Grand Chief Nepinak said, “I've never seen the minister come to Manitoba to visit the remote communities that I was able to ...

Mentioned by MetroNews Canada MP says anti-bullying law needed for fetuses Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett called Vellacott's appeal “ridiculous,” noting that it came Thursday, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. “It represents a certain number of Mr. Harper's supporters and it just feeds that group, ...

Mentioned by News1130 Conservative MP Vellacott calls for law to protect unborn from bullying Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett called Vellacott's appeal "ridiculous," noting that it came Thursday, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. "It represents a certain number of Mr. Harper's supporters and it just feeds that group, ...

Mentioned by The Province Anti-bullying laws should protect fetuses from abortions, says MP Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett called Vellacott's appeal “ridiculous,” noting that it came Thursday, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. “It represents a certain number of Mr. Harper's supporters and it just feeds that group, ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food reported that many first nations in Canada are, in his words, in “very desperate conditions ...

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 ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, the Cowichan first nations have declared an emergency in response to recent suicides and attempted suicides. First nations suicide rates among youth are seven ...

Three weeks ago

Mentioned by Global Edmonton Everything being done to protect front-line medical care at DND: defence chief Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett pointed to the figures on Friday, asking how the Conservative government could justify slashing any mental-health positions. The country's junior defence minister deflected the question by saying that the rate of suicides in ...

Spoke in the House on Cystic Fibrosis Madam Speaker, May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults. Today approximately 4,000 ...

Spoke in the House on National Defence Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary has to admit that the demand for mental health services is climbing. Families are being destroyed and lives lost, yet his ...

Spoke in the House on Madam Speaker, in January 2012 I asked the Prime Minister to apologize for the government's characterization of first nations as adversaries in an internal government document ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, it has been almost four years since the Prime Minister stood in this House and promised healing and reconciliation for the aboriginal people of ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on National Pain Strategy Mr. Speaker, this past Tuesday, April 24, the Canadian Pain Society and the Canadian Pain Coalition hosted the first ever Canadian pain summit in Ottawa, where ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-260 An Act to amend the Statistics Act (mandatory long-form census questionnaire)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-568 An Act to amend the Statistics Act (mandatory long-form census)