Christian Paradis

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Conservative MP for Mégantic—L'Érable (Québec)

Won his last election, in 2011, with 49.10% of the vote.

This week

Posted on Twitter Welcome back @Cmdr_Hadfield. Terrific success. Canadians are proud!

Posted on Twitter Superbe mission et bon retour @Cmdr_Hadfield. Vous faites honneur à notre pays le Canada!

Posted on Twitter Triste perte de notre ami et légende @SenatorFinley. Repose en paix cher Doug. Mes sympathies à toute la famille #canpoli

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Government Advertising Mr. Speaker, as I just stated in French, Canadians gave us a strong mandate to stay focused on what matters, which is creating jobs and economic ...

Spoke in the House on Agriculture Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, the National Research Council of Canada has the capacity to align its research with the needs of the market and industry ...

Spoke in the House on Statistics Canada Mr. Speaker, our government is determined to collect statistical data and, at the same time, protect Canadians' privacy. That is a good principle. The current survey ...

Spoke in the House on Government Advertising Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is confused. The community access program accomplished its mission. This program was implemented in 1995. It had its time and produced ...

Spoke in the House on Statistics Canada Mr. Speaker, it was Statistics Canada that said that, at the national and provincial level, all of this information is pretty solid. It is high-quality information. ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, this is obviously a private business matter, but our thoughts are with the families affected. Our government continues to take measures to stimulate the ...

Spoke in the House on Asbestos Mr. Speaker, this is hypocrisy of the worst kind. The NDP constantly lobbies against natural resources and wants to block all natural resource projects in the ...

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

Posted on Twitter Stats. Can nous parle de données utiles et utilisables pour des communautés représentant 97% de la population canadienne #polcan

Posted on Twitter ''L'information émise aujourd'hui est de bonne qualité "- Statistique Canada cc: @StatCan_fra #polcan

Spoke in the House on Statistics Canada Mr. Speaker, on the contrary, Statistics Canada has already said that the national household survey will yield useful, usable information and data that will meet the ...

Posted on Twitter On dirait que le #NPD collectionne les insultes envers nos vétérans.Après @alexboulerice,c'est au tour d'@annickpapillon.#DesExcuses #polcan

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Thursday, May 2nd Thank you, Chair. Hello to all the members of the committee. It is a pleasure to be here today. I see that time is flying by. ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by Canada.com Minister's son had to leave office to avoid working for his father Mathieu Lebel is now working in the office of Christian Paradis, the minister of industry, his father's cabinet colleague. Before he started working for Peter Penashue, the previous intergovernmental affairs minister, Mathieu Lebel worked for the Conservative ...

Mentioned by Canada.com Jay Hill disputes criticism from ethics watchdog as Tories distance themselves ... ... Public Relations, in attempts to arrange a meeting between the company, Progress Energy Canada, and three members of cabinet: International Trade Minister Ed Fast, Industry Minister Christian Paradis, and former Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan.

Mentioned by Canada.com Jay Hill disputes criticism from ethics watchdog as Tories distance themselves ... ... Public Relations, in attempts to arrange a meeting between the company, Progress Energy Canada, and three members of cabinet: International Trade Minister Ed Fast, Industry Minister Christian Paradis, and former Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan.

Mentioned by CJDC Former MP Jay Hill broke conflict of interest rules The report says that Hill, who left Government in 2010, called Minister of Industry Christian Paradis, Minister of International Trade Edward Fast, and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development John Duncan. They discussed the approaching deal ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Ethics watchdog condemns former minister, NDP piles on The report says Hill, born in Fort St. John, B.C., and MP for the Prince George–Peace River riding from 1993 to 2010, used his former position to “facilitate access” to the ministers on behalf of his spouse and her employer. During the investigation, Hill maintained that he only wanted to give his ... Dawson also pointed to other evidence, including testimony from Industry Minister Christian Paradis, who said Hill suggested that he, too, call the company. And although witness testimony differed slightly, Dawson concluded ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Morning Brief — March 27, 2013 Trio of CPC backbenchers revolt against PMO control — Ethics watchdog rules against former Conservative MP Jay Hill — NDP proposes a National Hockey Day — Flaherty to meet with the Governor of the Bank of Thailand — Tom Mulcair meets with ... This doesn't look good either: in a report released late Tuesday afternoon, ethics watchdog Mary Dawson ruled that former Conservative House Leader Jay Hill contravened the Conflict of Interest Act when he called Ministers Ed Fast, Christian Paradis and John ...

Three months ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-56 An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Supplementary Estimates (B) 2012-2013: Votes 5b and 10b under ATLANTIC CANADA OPPORTUNITIES ... I last appeared before this committee in March, in the context of tabling main estimates, and today I'd like to take this opportunity to update you ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Main Estimates 2012-2013: Votes 1, 5, 10, L15, L20, 25, 30, 35, ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, colleagues, for having me here today. This is a pleasure. I would first like to thank you for ...

Introduced legislation Government bill C-14 An Act to amend the Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act and the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-12 An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-11 An Act to amend the Copyright Act