Today

Posted on Twitter Great announcement today in support of recreational fishing by my colleagues MP Randy Kamp and Bob Sopuck. This... http://t.co/rzVbJ6Z2oa

Mentioned by Kawartha Media Group Del Mastro abused privileges: Elections Canada witness The Ottawa-based witness for the Elections Canada investigation into Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro's 2008 campaign spending, says the local MP “smeared his reputation” in the House of Commons last week. Following MP Del Mastro's statement in the ...

Mentioned by Kawartha Media Group Mayor McGee owes us an explanation According to this article, Mayor Ric McGee attended a Conservative Party fundraiser for MP Dean Del Mastro. And he charged the $600 fee as an expense in his capacity as mayor of the City of Kawartha Lakes. I am outraged that he would use my money as a ...

Mentioned by Vancouver Sun Elections Canada witness complains that MP Dean Del Mastro 'gratuitously ... OTTAWA — A witness in an Elections Canada investigation has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Speaker Andrew Scheer complaining that Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro's attacks on him appear to be designed to interfere with the investigation. ... Del Mastro said in an email Monday that “parliamentary precedence in this matter is clear and absolute,” and quoted former Speaker Jeanne Sauvé, who stated that attacks on a member of parliament can prevent MPs from performing their duties since they ...

Mentioned by CANOE Witness claims MP interfering with campaign spending investigation PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — MP Dean Del Mastro appears to be trying to interfere with Elections Canada's investigation into his 2008 campaign spending and he abused his parliamentary privilege to “slander” a witness in that probe, the witness said in letters ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Elections Canada witness complains that Del Mastro 'gratuitously slandered' him ... OTTAWA — A witness in an Elections Canada investigation has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Speaker Andrew Scheer complaining that Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro's attacks on him appear to be designed to interfere with the ... in an email Monday that “parliamentary precedence in this matter is clear and absolute,” and quoted former Speaker Jeanne Sauvé, who stated that attacks on a member of parliament can prevent MPs from performing their duties since they may expose the MP to “hatred ...

Mentioned by Hamilton Spectator Witness for feds says MP is bullying Frank Hall, who ran an Ottawa-based polling firm that did work for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, has written to both the Commons Speaker and the prime minister saying Del Mastro has abused his parliamentary privileges. Hall says if Del Mastro is ...

Yesterday

Voted Yes on Vote #756 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

This week

Posted on Twitter Great to be at Trent University today for a Water Quality Centre Announcement...... http://t.co/dld0YRdK4S

Posted on Twitter Great to be a Trent University today for a Water Quality Centre announcement...... http://t.co/zK7vAkqgN3

Posted on Twitter Congratulations to the CAW and Via Rail on reaching a new CBA. Summer months are important to Via as well as the... http://t.co/KfCGhmsV7t

Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a question of privilege. This is the first opportunity I have had to do so since the member for Avalon ...

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

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

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act Mr. Speaker, I am frankly disappointed by the attitude of the opposition. The Minister of National Defence has put this very eloquently. This is not a ...

Spoke in the House on Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act Mr. Speaker, this is a particularly important bill in my region. My local health services, my county health unit and so forth, have come out in ...

Posted on Twitter The colours of the Royal Canadian Air Force are Red, White and yes BLUE. The air force jet that will fly Stephen... http://t.co/ntKB1ZgEIC

Posted on Twitter On tomorrows radio show I will be joined by Anthony Lacavera, President and CEO of Wind Mobile, to discuss the... http://t.co/KA3AuTGNuz

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the member is right about a couple of things. First, he is right that Canadians are disappointed and angry. I think they feel their ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Mr. Speaker, another interview, another oopsy for the Liberal leader. Case in point: the leader of the Liberal Party has declared that he supports the status ...

Spoke in the House on Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act Mr. Speaker, I have a bit of a history lesson for the member because this is a consistent position for the Liberal Party. When Conservative Party ...

Spoke in the House on Fair Rail Freight Service Act Mr. Speaker, one thing the opposition has given no recognition to is the significant improvement in grain shipments from Canada's west. When we became the government ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Public Safety committee on Briefing on Security of Rail Transport Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a couple of questions for the witnesses. First of all, I think certainly what we've witnessed—and I've just talked to ...

Spoke in the House on New Democratic Party of Canada Mr. Speaker, during a time of global economic uncertainty, Canadians have placed their trust in our Conservative government to keep taxes low, balance the budget and ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Report ... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, colleagues. I'm going to present a couple of different things. There are a couple of areas where I differ slightly ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Finance committee on Tax Evasion and the Use of Tax Havens Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank all the witnesses for appearing here today. Mr. Rosenbloom, I'm very familiar with your work. When ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Privacy and social media I think you did. I can say, having taken a number of university-level business law courses myself, that one of the first things you learn is ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Privacy and social media It's pretty remarkably, actually. It demonstrates that there is a whole level of research and information being gathered that I don't think Canadians understand is being ...

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled ... No, actually they won't. I was in Heritage. The CBC gets direct funding in excess of $1 billion. They get an additional roughly $200 million from ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Privacy and social media and Expenses of the members of the Board ... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to the witnesses today. It's very interesting testimony. You indicated, Ms. Stoddart, that we live in the age of big ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Expenses of the members of the Board of Directors and of senior ... Okay, thank you very much. So for what we're discussing—and, by the way, I do think it speaks to judgment. I appreciate that you think your ...

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