Yesterday

Posted on Twitter Pretty wonderful ... Our Jack's fireworks tonight here at Thunder Bay Beach #cdnpoli #victoriaday http://t.co/c4z8Q9BuQD

Posted on Twitter Ahhhh pretty wonderful our Jack's treat for #ThunderBayBeach http://t.co/EG4ocLoyVG

Posted on Twitter Exactement "@nevineb: @SusanDelacourt @Carolyn_Bennett Very good article. Comme toujours." #cdnpoli

Posted on Twitter Trilliums make us happy on Victoria Day Weekend .... #cdnpoli http://t.co/TBW3NTH3D7

Two days ago

Posted on Twitter Trillium time! Pretty wonderful to be an Ontarian on Victoria Day Weekend in Simcoe County #cdnpoli http://t.co/IDxX4TbnDE

Posted on Twitter Let the Victoria Wknd begin-Our wonderful choc Lab Marley in trillium carpet of the woods behind our cottage #cdnpoli http://t.co/euYoOwMosI

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, this week, Stats Canada revealed the shocking data that 48% of children in foster care are aboriginal. The response from this Prime Minister is ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, in March, we found out that the Conservatives were fighting Jane Kittmer, new mother and cancer survivor, in court in order to avoid paying ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the Conservatives have decided that they want to have a look at the history of Canada, yet in the proposal there is nothing there ...

Spoke in the House on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act Mr. Speaker, in terms of what we have heard from first nations across the country, and in view of the devastating report on the state of ...

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

Voted Yes on Vote #680 on Bill C-460 Respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada

Voted No on Vote #679 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted No on Vote #678 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted No on Vote #677 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Spoke at the Status of Women committee on Bill S-2, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves ... Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you, Deputy Grand Chief and Ms. Fletcher, as well as the chiefs. Reflecting on what Ms. Tilly O'Neill ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women Thanks very much. Just following on Greg's approach on integration, I was talking to the chair last evening about our tiny perfect committee on persons with ...

Spoke at the Status of Women committee on Bill S-2, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves ... Madam Chair, seeing that I was unable to ask the AFN... As you know, I do believe that this bill was sent to the wrong committee. ...

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 very much. Welcome. I have to begin by apologizing that somehow your testimony is immediately before the hour of clause-by-clause. It's not the way ...

Spoke at the Status of Women committee on Bill S-2, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves ... Thank you very much, and thank you for our testimony. I think the last comment was very important. Whether it's in cities...or in rural communities in ...

Spoke at the Status of Women committee on Bill S-2, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves ... As you know, when the ministerial representative, Wendy Grant-John, actually wrote the report, her caution was that the viability and effectiveness of any legislative framework will ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Thanks very much. I think we've heard from the majority of the witnesses that the duty to consult did not take place on this particular piece ...

Spoke in the House on Parkinson's Disease Mr. Speaker, Parkinson's is a chronic degenerative neurological disease affecting more than 100,000 Canadians, and April was Parkinson's Awareness Month. There are more than 400,000 family ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women The community that's putting forward a promising practice has an evaluation that says this worked. The number of missing and murdered was reduced, or the support ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, sadly, the Prime Minister has failed to live up to his residential schools apology, which established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to forge a ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I apologize for the outburst, but I believe that it should be on record that the Conservative government has refused to fund shelters on ...

Spoke in the House on Suicide Prevention Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the second suicide in a week, the Neskantaga First Nation has declared a state of emergency. This community of 421 ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) First Nations Transparency Act passes, opposition critics call it 'paternalistic' Accountability: NDP MP Jean Crowder, left, and Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, centre, criticized Bill C-27, the First Nations Transparency Act, but Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt, right, said it will benefit First Nations. By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | ...

Mentioned by Liberal.ca Reality Check: Budget 2013 and the Conservative Record on Skilled Workers ... Select an MP, Scott Andrews, Mauril Belanger, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, Gerry Byrne, Sean Casey, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Rodger Cuzner, Stéphane Dion, Kirsty Duncan, Wayne Easter, Mark Eyking, Judy Foote, Hedy Fry, Marc Garneau, Ralph ...

Mentioned by Mississauga MP Stella Ambler to head committee investigating missing women She seems to be very amenable to working in a sort of all-party way on this important topic,” said Carolyn Bennett, a Liberal MP who will be serving on the committee. The Special Committee will begin sitting this month and will report to the House of Commons ...

Mentioned by Liberal.ca (blog) Reality Check: Conservative Spending Fictions in Budget 2013 Select an MP, Scott Andrews, Mauril Belanger, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, Gerry Byrne, Sean Casey, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Rodger Cuzner, Stéphane Dion, Kirsty Duncan, Wayne Easter, Mark Eyking, Judy Foote, Hedy Fry, Marc Garneau, Ralph ...

Mentioned by Sun News Network Parliament to probe violence against indigenous women OTTAWA - A special Commons committee to probe violence against aboriginal women must recognize the "cynicism" some First Nations families feel about the process, a Liberal MP cautions. In a letter distributed earlier this week, Carolyn Bennett urged MPs sitting on the panel to recognize the need for the process to be "culturally sensitive" and "respectful" as it hears testimony from families of missing and murdered indigenous women. The committee, which will be chaired by Conservative MP Stella Ambler, met for ...

Mentioned by Niagara Falls Review Parliament to probe violence against indigenous women A special Commons committee to probe violence against aboriginal women, set to meet for the first time Tuesday, must recognize the "cynicism" some First Nations families feel about the process, a Liberal MP cautioned. In a letter distributed earlier this week, Carolyn Bennett urged MPs sitting on the panel to recognize the need for the process to be "culturally sensitive" and "respectful" as it hears testimony from families of missing and murdered indigenous women. Bennett, the Liberal aboriginal affairs critic, said the ...

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)

Statements in the House