This week

Spoke in the House on Public Safety After going through several stop signs and, worse, failing to stop for a police officer. Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety tell ...

Spoke in the House on Parliamentary Precinct Security Mr. Speaker, on May 23, 1873, in this place, an act establishing what would be referred to as the North West Mounted Police was passed. Sir ...

Voted Yes on Vote #755 on Bill S-16 Amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco)

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I thank the witnesses for being here today. I want to continue this conversation and go down that road with ...

Voted Yes on Vote #754 on Bill C-56 Amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other ...

Voted Yes on Vote #753 on Bill S-10 Implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Voted Yes on Vote #752 on Bill C-266 Establish Pope John Paul II Day

Voted No on Vote #751 on Bill C-476 Amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Budget Officer)

A week ago

Spoke in the House on First Nations Elections Act Mr. Speaker, I was listening intently to the member for St. Paul's and I just want to clarify something that she said. She said the bill ...

Mentioned by Cranbrook Daily Townsman Frustration drove colleague to resign, MP David Wilks says David Wilks, MP for Kootenay Columbia, told the Townsman on Friday that his Edmonton-St. Albert colleague was not happy with the way things had moved forward. "Mr. Rathgeber was becoming increasingly frustrated with how I believe he felt he was being ...

Spoke in the House on Expansion and Conservation of Canada’s National Parks Act Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for his comments today. I wonder if he could comment a bit on one of the oldest established national parks, ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and I thank the witnesses for being here today. It's interesting that all of the witnesses today, whether they come ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for appearing here today. You had mentioned earlier, and I just want to clarify this, that although ...

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, it is great to be here tonight to speak on Bill C-60. Throughout the past several weeks I have been able to travel throughout ...

Spoke in the House on Democratic Reform Mr. Speaker, we made a promise to Canadians to fix Senate expense rules, and we have delivered. The Senate adopted our Conservative government's 11 tough new ...

Spoke in the House on Safer Witnesses Act Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca for his very good speech and his very good work on the public safety committee. You ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have 21 separate petitions to present, all on the same subject. The petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada to implement a ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on Review of Part XVII of the Criminal Code Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm just curious with regard to section 20 of the charter. To lead a little bit further on what Monsieur Goguen had ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Health committee on Technological Innovation I want to touch upon a couple of things you mentioned with regard to the military. I think that's probably something that the whole panel could ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Health committee on Technological Innovation Thank you very much for that. Dr. Lee, on March 5 of this year, Dr. Edwards of the Structural Genomics Consortium was before this committee, and ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking ... Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the witnesses for being here today. It's funny that I was following my line of questioning here, and then ...

Spoke at the Health committee on Technological Innovation Yes, Dr. Smith. I thank the witnesses for being here. I'm going to ask my questions quickly, and then you can answer them. That way, I'll ...

Mentioned by Nelson Star Nothing stops RDCK from growing medical pot: MP Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks brought the Regional District of Central Kootenay up to speed Thursday on changes to medical marijuana regulations. Greg Nesteroff photo. Share this story. Tweet. Medical marijuana lands on RDCK table · Kettle returned ...

Mentioned by Sicamous Eagle Valley News EI changes target seasonal applicants That's the message from Kootenay–Columbia MP David Wilks to Revelstoke ski bums on employment insurance. Wilks (Conservative) said the tightening of the EI rules was designed to “reflect better use of the EI system,” saying the changes are designed to ...

Three months ago

Mentioned by Revelstoke Times Review Employment Insurance reforms target the ski bum lifestyle Kootenay–Columbia MP David Wilks (Conservative) said the tightening of the EI rules was designed to “reflect better use of the EI system,” saying the changes are designed to help those who legitimately need EI and boot off those who abuse the system.

Mentioned by Sun News Network DAVID AKIN Last year, the opponents of the Conservatives had great fun when a video surfaced of B.C. Conservative MP David Wilks telling constituents he didn't much like those omnibus budget bills the PMO brain trust dreamed up but Conservative MPs had been ...

Mentioned by Canada NewsWire (press release) Government of Canada helps people who are homeless or at risk of ... David Wilks, Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. "Our government is giving a hand up to vulnerable Canadians to ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-299 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (kidnapping of young person)

Statements in the House