A week ago

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, while families are trying desperately to help their children find a summer job, the Conservatives' priorities are elsewhere. Instead of helping youths and middle-class ...

Voted Yes on Vote #681 on Bill S-213 Respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian veterans of the Korean War

Voted Yes on Vote #680 on Bill C-460 Respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada

Voted No on Vote #679 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted No on Vote #678 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted No on Vote #677 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012 and ... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Mr. Dion and Ms. Mourani. We have quite an obvious contradiction before us. There are two quite different ...

Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, I am intervening with respect to the question of privilege that was brought before the House by the member for Langley. Without any doubt, ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to overseas tax evasion: (a) how much money has the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) identified as being hidden in overseas tax havens by Canadian ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Main ... I wanted to pick up on Nathan's comments. I want to compliment you and the senior staff, Mr. Speaker. I think you've done this well and ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I think my colleagues will agree that my colleague from Winnipeg North has done a terrific job as the spokesperson for our party with ...

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, although the income of average Canadian families is just not increasing, the Conservatives have decided to increase the price of more than 1,200 products ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Liberal MP excited about Justin Trudeau's leadership New Brunswick's lone Liberal MP is confident the party will do better here under the new federal leadership of Justin Trudeau. Beausejour's Dominic LeBlanc says there was tremendous support for Trudeau when he visited the province while campaigning.

Two months ago

Mentioned by Sackville Tribune Post Local MP says Conservative budget offers very little for New Brunswick Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has promised to boost job skills training and infrastructure projects in his federal budget last month but Beausejour MP Dominic LeBlanc says he isn't convinced New Brunswick will see much benefit from the Conservatives' ...

Mentioned by Sun News Network Decision on sex-selective abortion motion due Thursday The Commons procedure and house affairs committee heard briefly from Conservative MP Mark Warawa on Wednesday as he appealed a unanimous subcommittee decision to consider his motion non-votable. "(The motion) clearly meets the criteria and should be votable," said Warawa, ... Liberal committee member Dominic LeBlanc emerged from the meeting saying Warawa was trying to "bring abortion before the House" indirectly. The committee decision will come as the Conservatives try to maintain party unity ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail New Brunswick budget hikes income, tobacco taxes to fight $479 million deficit Oct. 5, 2012, Dominic LeBlanc, MP for Beauséjour, announced that he will not be running for the ederal Liberal leadership, but would instead be putting his full support behind his lifelong friend, Justin Trudeau, who officially entered the leadership race earlier ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, he is doing what the Conservatives will not do: he is standing up for seasonal workers. Here is what Mr. Martin wants to ask ...

Spoke in the House on Retirement Congratulations Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Roger Smith, who is retiring from CTV after a distinguished career as a respected and much liked ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I am happy to present a petition today signed by over 100 residents from all over New Brunswick condemning the government's changes to employment ...

Mentioned by Vancouver Sun Tory Peter Penashue resigns over campaign irregularities; will run in byelection OTTAWA – Peter Penashue, the federal intergovernmental affairs minister, resigned Thursday from cabinet and as the member of Parliament for Labrador over irregularities with campaign funding. ... He remains an MP. Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc said Penashue should have stepped down long ago. “I think that this bad smell had lingered for a very long time,” he said. “It became untenable. He sat in the House of Commons absolutely muzzled, unable to answer questions either about his portfolio or his regional ...

Mentioned by Windsor Star Penashue quits over funding issues Peter Penashue, the federal intergovernmental affairs minister, resigned Thursday from cabinet and as the member of Parliament for Labrador over irregularities with campaign funding. ... He remains an MP. Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc said Penashue should have stepped down long ago. "I think that this bad smell had lingered for a very long time," he said. "It became untenable. He sat in the House of Commons absolutely muzzled, unable to answer questions either about his portfolio or his regional responsibilities.

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick 2012 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank my colleague Robert for his presentation. As a courtesy, he discussed it with me before he filed the ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy I think that may be an opportunity for Canada's chairmanship to focus on the NAFO equivalent in terms of Arctic fisheries. It's an interesting approach. Thank ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses. I agree with my colleague, Paul Dewar, that it was a very succinct and rather compelling ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Committee Business and Briefing on the Situation in Syria Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for being here, Mr. Gemayel. It is very good of you to give us your time this way. It is ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada and the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Perhaps I could ask you.... One of the discussions is with respect to some draft wording, which has been made public or at least has been ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Role of the Private Sector in Achieving Canada's International Development Interests I don't disagree with that observation. Isn't there, then, an inherent contradiction? On the one hand, the extractive sector is working—because many of these minerals are ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-424 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (contestation of election and punishment)

Statements in the House