Dennis Bevington

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NDP MP for Western Arctic (Northwest Territories)

Won his last election, in 2011, with 45.80% of the vote.

Yesterday

Spoke in the House on Incorporation by Reference in Regulations Act Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to stand here at 11 o'clock at night to have the opportunity to speak to the Statutory Instruments Act. First, ...

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

Two days ago

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: ...

A week ago

Mentioned by HQ Yellowknife Premier responds to MP's questions There was some degree of muddiness this week as Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington said the Feds and the GNWT are sending mixed messages as to whether there's any wriggle room in what's known as the consensus agreement on devolution.

Mentioned by HQ Yellowknife Western Arctic MP weighs in on devolution, Arctic Council Yellowknife, NWT - The latest developments on the devolution front have the MP for the Western Arctic scratching his head. Dennis Bevington says Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt told him that devolution is not a done ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Chair, when it comes to capital funding for schools, the minister has indicated $118 million a year. There are 600 reserves across Canada. We have ...

Mentioned by HQ Yellowknife Western Arctic MP wants to turf the Senate of Canada Yellowknife, NWT - The MP for the Western Arctic believes the government should get rid of the Senate of Canada. Dennis Bevington points to the recent saga around senators Patrick Brazeau, Mike Duffy and now former Senator Mac Harb as prime examples ...

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Market Diversification in the Energy Sector Thank you. I just want to make one comment about collaboration. What I've heard so far, Mr. Egan, is that you're interested in collaborating with the ...

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her speech. She outlined a number of issues, some of which may have been more on the ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Market Diversification in the Energy Sector Thanks, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to be here filling in a little bit. I have a little bit of experience in this area, coming from ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... There's so much to say and so much to do. My history was in municipal government in the Northwest Territories. I was a mayor. I was ...

Mentioned by Nunatsiaq News Bevington attacks Aglukkaq over Inuit dental care Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington of the New Democratic Party, in a May 1 question in the House of Commons, accused Leona Aglukkaq, the national health minister, of hurting her own constituents when the Conservative government pulled funding in ...

Mentioned by HQ Yellowknife Dennis Bevington responds to auditor general report Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 6:13 PM. Yellowknife, NWT - Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington is responding to the recently released auditor general report. The report says the federal government's key pillars meant to improve the lives of aboriginal people are ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, a recent report by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami found that tooth decay is two to three times worse among Inuit than the average among ...

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, not only are they denying responsibility, but they deny science. We do know what kind of science Conservatives believe in: pseudo-science. When the member ...

Mentioned by Northern News Services (subscription) Miltenberger snubs MP's report - Northern News Services Published Friday, April 26, 2013. SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE A call by Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington on the territorial government to take a hard look at how changes to federal law will affect Canada's North seems to be falling on deaf ears.

A month ago

Spoke in the House on The Environment Mr. Speaker, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs has finally admitted it misled Canadians when it said the cost of dealing with the over 270,000 tonnes of ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, we are not talking about a lack of information here but about a lack of will. The Conservatives are putting the Indian studies support ...

Spoke in the House on Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act Mr. Speaker, the more we dig into it, the more we find things about the bill that are not that easy to deal with. Right now ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... I recognize my colleague's desire to change things as well. I don't see it as a bad thing, but I do see that there needs to ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-499 An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Alsek River and other rivers)

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... The one that kind of bothers me, and not just the only one—and we haven't talked much about it—is the prohibition of intoxicants. In the Northwest ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the very sage comments you made here today on many of these issues. The problem with this bill is ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thanks, Mr. Chair. Welcome to the witnesses. I appreciate your comments here on the issues surrounding the NLCA, in particular. However, I'm trying to put this ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-485 An Act to amend the Canada Petroleum Resources Act (transfer approval)

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thanks, Mr. Chair. Welcome, witnesses. A number of points are quite interesting in this. I don't know if you're familiar with the Canadian Healthy Oceans Network, ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-332 An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Western Arctic

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-530 An Act to amend the Northwest Territories Act (borrowing limits)