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 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 in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague on his excellent speech, which contained a great deal of information and was very well thought out, written and ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Annual Report of the Information Commissioner 2010-11 and Annual Report of the ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Ms. Legault, for being with us today. Your comments were very informative, and I am certain your answers will be ...

Spoke in the House on Privacy Mr. Speaker, the minister's answer is cold comfort to the farmers, students, veterans and unemployed whose privacy was compromised. These are privacy problems on a massive ...

Spoke in the House on University of the Third Age in Terrebonne Mr. Speaker, today I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming many students from the Université du troisième âge de Terrebonne. Affiliated with the Université de Sherbrooke, ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Statutory Review of the Conflict of Interest Act and Main Estimates 2013-14: ... Thank you kindly, Mr. Chair. Ms. Stoddart, I, too, would like to thank you for all your hard work over the past 10 years and for ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on The Budget Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to my Conservative colleague's speech, and I would like to ask him a question. When I returned to my riding ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Dewar looks to make Canada first country to adopt OECD conflict minerals ... Dewar was joined at the morning press conference by NDP MP Charmaine Borg, students from the Terrebonne, Que. Canada-Africa Partnership and STAND Canada. Dewar also launched a campaign called Just Minerals, which aims to raise awareness of ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca (blog) Warawa on warpath after House speech on sex-selective abortion squelched MPs will also vote on whether to proceed with Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett's bid to crack down on bullying, with New Democrats expected to join with the government to put the boots to the bill by supporting the committee's recommendation that it proceed no ... Outside the Chamber, two pairs of New Democrat critics highlight just-tabled private members' bids: Paul Dewar and Charmaine Borg, who will join representatives from the Canada Africa Partnership and Terrebonne students to share the details on a bill to end ...

Mentioned by Toronto Star NDP introduces bill for tighter controls on use of 'conflict minerals' in cellphones ... “Adopting this bill will make Canada a leader in fighting conflict minerals,” said NDP MP Charmaine Borg, who seconded the bill. “This bill will empower Canadians to make more informed choices as consumers and it will ensure that Canadian-made products ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Dewar looks to make OECD's conflict mineral guidelines Canada's law During a press conference in Ottawa Tuesday morning, Dewar will be joined by NDP MP Charmaine Borg, students from the Terrebonne, Que. Canada-Africa Partnership and STAND Canada to launch the campaign. Dewar will also launched a campaign ...

Mentioned by Canada.com Federal department needs to 'come clean' about data breach, NDP says NDP digital issues critic Charmaine Borg says the conflicting details about the timeline of events inside Human Resources and Skills Development Canada after it lost a hard drive containing names, addresses and social insurance numbers of Canada Student Loan borrowers raise more questions about how truthful officials have been about the data loss. Photograph by: Andre ... Among those affected borrowers is Borg's stepfather, and fellow NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau. A coalition of affected borrowers has sent ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have a petition here today signed by nearly 3,000 Canadians. Since today is budget day, I would like to remind the government of ...

Mentioned by Canada.com Ontario Court appointments show how former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty ... NDP digital issues critic Charmaine Borg says the conflicting details about the timeline of events inside · Federal department needs to ... The opposition parties voted unanimously in favour of the private member's bill from B.C. NDP MP · Bill to make violence ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Broadband and Internet Access Across Canada Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. Just over three years ago, the former industry minister announced a digital strategy ...

Spoke in the House on International Day of La Francophonie Mr. Speaker, tomorrow millions of Canadians will celebrate the International Day of La Francophonie together. A language is more than just its vocabulary. It is a ...

Spoke in the House on Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act Mr. Speaker, we know this government has very little respect for privacy. We have seen this in the speeches made by my colleagues here, and in ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Statutory Review of the Conflict of Interest Act Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank you, Ms. Dawson, for appearing before our committee once again. It was very useful to review what we ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Statutory Review of the Conflict of Interest Act I don't think I asked my question correctly. I will just move on to the next issue because that's not what I had in mind. The ...

Spoke in the House on International Trade Mr. Speaker, a number of countries have rejected this unacceptable agreement. The anti-counterfeiting trade agreement—ACTA—was drafted behind closed doors and would incriminate the daily users of ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-475 An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (order-making power)

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Statutory Review of the Conflict of Interest Act Thank you very much. You said that the government had failed in modernizing the Conflict of Interest Act. The same thing is happening with another act. ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Ensuring the protection of personal information held by Human Resources and Skills ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are all concerned that half a million Canadians have lost their information. When we really do the math, we can see ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Statutory Review of the Conflict of Interest Act Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Sossin, thank you for agreeing to appear before the committee. A number of times, you mentioned how important public perception is. ...

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