Yesterday

Posted on Twitter Two German teams in the Champions League final tomorrow. Who'd have thunked? #GoBVBGo #borussia #dortmund

Posted on Twitter Join me at US Steel in Nanticoke tomorrow for a rally in support of locked-out workers @uswlocal8782! http://t.co/aTv4ejYnd1 Solidarity!

Posted on Twitter Don't take Pat Martin there, or it'll disappear! "@GlennThibeault: @Malcolm_AllenMP @RE_Brosseau so when in Sudbury. http://t.co/57QYJtXcqE"

Posted on Twitter What is it about right-wing pols & $90K? "@CBCPolitics: AB's Wildrose Party fined $90K for robocalls http://t.co/qOmeLXy6e3" #cdnpoli #Duffy

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, just days after the government's EI board appointees were caught giving improper donations to the Conservative Party, which have not been paid back, it ...

Spoke in the House on Incorporation by Reference in Regulations Act Mr. Speaker, I very much appreciated my colleague's speech on the bill. I thought it was very well thought out. I was particularly interested in his ...

Voted Yes on Vote #694 That this House do now adjourn.

Voted Yes on Vote #693 on Bill C-51 Amend the Witness Protection Program Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

Posted on Twitter Okay, this made me giggle! #cdnpoli http://t.co/D7FEtOVy87

Posted on Twitter With Theo Fleury, advocate for victims of sexual abuse (and former NHL star) after the Victor Walk ended in Ottawa. http://t.co/NfC3hbJ3KQ

Three days ago

Mentioned by TheTyee.ca NDP asks parliamentary committee to look into appointees' Tory ties New Democrat MP Chris Charlton put forward a motion Wednesday asking the human-resources committee to examine the qualifications of several appointees with Conservative ties. The request comes a day after a Canadian Press investigation found as ...

Spoke in the House on Youth Unemployment Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives lament a skills shortage in Canada and see temporary foreign workers as the only solution. What they refuse to see is the ...

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, under the Conservatives, insiders are allowed to play by different rules than the rest of us. The Conservative appointees to EI boards clearly violated ...

Mentioned by Vancouver Sun NDP asks parliamentary committee to look into appointees' Tory ties New Democrat MP Chris Charlton put forward a motion Wednesday asking the human-resources committee to examine the qualifications of several appointees with Conservative ties. The request comes a day after a Canadian Press investigation found as ...

Didn't vote on Vote #692 That this House do now adjourn.

Voted No on Vote #691 That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, commencing upon the adoption of ...

Voted Yes on Vote #690 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “Fridays” and substituting the following: ...

This week

Spoke in the House on Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House this afternoon to move concurrence in the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, ...

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, it is bad enough that the Conservatives stack EI boards with patronage appointments, but it also turns out they are making money off them. ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, thousands of seasonal workers are wondering how their industries are going to survive the Conservative attack. However, while they are worrying about the future, ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Privacy Mr. Speaker, we can see that the Treasury Board president is busy looking under the cushions for the $3 billion he lost track of, and he ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Thank you, and I thank the witnesses very much for being with us this morning. I have a number of questions in a bunch of different ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Exploring Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Thank you very much. Alex and Meenu, let me say at the front end, thank you so much for sharing your lived experience. Your personal experiences ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Exploring Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities I think the fear is always that if you actually were to have government set targets, there'd be some kind of punitive consequence, whereas I think ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by CTV News Federal budget to focus on matching skilled workers with jobs But while immigration may be part of the budget package, the government is likely to have a more domestic focus that will encourage businesses to get more involved in training and skills development, said NDP human resources critic Chris Charlton.

Mentioned by Windsor Star Changes will expand EI sickness benefits for those on parental leave The change was originally proposed by New Democrat MP Chris Charlton as part of a private-member's bill introduced last year. The government is "cherry picking benefits for good news," Charlton said Monday. Canadians should be allowed to stack their ...

Mentioned by StarPhoenix Changes will expand EI sickness benefits for those on parental leave The change was originally proposed by New Democrat MP Chris Charlton as part of a private-member's bill introduced last year. The government is "cherry picking benefits for good news," Charlton said Monday. Canadians should be allowed to stack their ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail EI changes to expand sickness benefits for those on parental leave The change was originally proposed by New Democrat MP Chris Charlton as part of a private-member's bill introduced last year. The government is “cherry picking benefits for good news,” Ms. Charlton said Monday. Canadians should be allowed to stack ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Exploring Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Thank you very much. Thanks to all of you for being here today. I really appreciate your presentations. I think even for people who don't believe ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Exploring Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'm going to split my time with Madame Boutin-Sweet. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. I have ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Ensuring the protection of personal information held by Human Resources and Skills ... Thank you; we certainly agree on that. However, we know from your testimony that there were 19 data breaches last year alone within your ministry. We ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Economic Opportunities for Young Apprentices All right. That's not going to be a ton of time. I think what I'll do, if you don't mind, is put all of my questions ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Economic Opportunities for Young Apprentices Thank you, Chair. [Member spoke in German, interpreted as follows:] Yes, I'm very glad that we will have the opportunity to talk about the system in ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-372 An Act to amend the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act (members’ staff)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-364 An Act respecting the harmonization of holidays

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-362 An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (increase of maximum number of weeks: combined weeks of benefits)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-361 An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (minimum age of employment)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-358 An Act respecting the acquisition of Stelco Inc. by the United States Steel Corporation

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-357 An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (arrears of benefits)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-336 An Act to establish the Office of the Oil and Gas Ombudsman to investigate complaints relating to the business practices of suppliers of oil or gas

Statements in the House