Don Davies
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NDP MP for Vancouver Kingsway (B.C.)
Won his last election, in 2011, with 50.10% of the vote.
Today
Posted on Twitter "@CBCAlerts: #NDP calls on #RCMP to probe Senate expense scandal . MP Charlie Angus says PM's aide still has to 'come clean.'" Ethics Now!!!
Posted on Twitter #NDP AD: Meet @ThomasMulcair, the experienced leader who's ready to deliver -> http://t.co/ygTK7wQX3R #cdnpoli
Yesterday
Posted on Twitter "@seanmoore80: Did Nigel Wright resign to hide Canadians from the corruption of @pmHarper? #cdnpoli". Clearly, YES! #ndp
Two days ago
Posted on Twitter At Nagar Kirtan Community Parade....celebrating equality, culture...#cdnpoli #ndp http://t.co/mGbBdXOyzl
This week
Posted on Twitter Hey, BC'ns: Please VOTE!! It's YOUR government, YOUR future, YOUR democacy!! BTW - voting NDP is also a great idea!! #bcndp #cdnpoli
Posted on Twitter Pulling the vote for @gabrielyiu & @GeorgeHeyman - For Change, For Better Govt, For Positive Politics!!
A week ago
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
Two weeks ago
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Vote 20 under FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE It is from April 22, yes. Again, this is to invite the Minister of International Trade to provide a comprehensive briefing on the outcome of the ...
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Benefits for Canada in Joining the Pacific Alliance as a Full Member Thank you. I understand your position on that. Ms. McClenaghan, you raised environmental considerations, and you also mentioned labour rights. I think that's something that's really ...
Three weeks ago
Spoke in the House on Vietnamese Canadian Community Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to bring to Parliament's attention three occasions of great importance to the Vietnamese Canadian community. The ancestor ceremonies are ...
Spoke in the House on International Trade Mr. Speaker, the NDP is opposed to incompetence. Only the Liberal Party is buying the Conservatives' explanation here. Maybe the government is delaying because the FIPA ...
A month ago
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Benefits for Canada in Joining the Pacific Alliance as a Full Member Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to all the witnesses for being with us here today. I think it's fair to speak for my colleague in ...
Spoke in the House on International Trade Mr. Speaker, Conservative incompetence on this file is breeding uncertainty and chaos in the foreign investment community. Today we have another report detailing how the Conservatives' ...
Spoke in the House on Business of Supply moved: That, in the opinion of this House, the government should inform the Government of the People's Republic of China, that it will not ratify the ...
Mentioned by The Vancouver Observer Parliament debates NDP motion to defeat FIPA The NDP, whose MP Don Davies tabled the motion, opposes FIPA in its current form. They, and many others, say that it is harmful to the environment and indigenous groups, and is anti-democratic. Davies' motion is meant to inform the Chinese government ...
Spoke in the House on International Trade Mr. Speaker, in 2015 Canadians look forward to rejecting the premise of the government. Let me clarify this for the hon. member. The fact is, Canada ...
Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, there are a number of issues on which Canadians are often ahead of politicians. I was immigration critic for a year and heard a ...
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Benefits for Canada in Joining the Pacific Alliance as a Full Member Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to both witnesses for very cogent and well-informed perspectives. I want to go over a summary of the high points. ...
Two months ago
Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, it is with some regret, but also hope, that I rise to speak on the question of privilege raised by the member for Malpeque. ...
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Comprehensive Economic and Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to all the witnesses for being here. Dr. Van Harten, I know that you've done a lot of research on ...
Spoke in the House on International Trade Mr. Speaker, what is hurting the Canadian economy is Conservative incompetence on trade. The Conservatives' ideological approach to trade is now becoming totally incoherent. The Conservatives ...
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Benefits for Canada in Joining the Pacific Alliance as a Full Member Mr. MacKay, I'm going to challenge you a little bit on your terminology that “we've slipped into deficit for a while”. Canada went from a current ...
Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) At first post-budget QP, someone's missing NDP MP Don Davies made a similar jab in his member's statement, saying “the finance minister slipped on his new pair of shoes and ran away from this budget as soon as he could.” Flaherty was in British Columbia on Friday afternoon addressing the ...
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Benefits for Canada in Joining the Pacific Alliance as a Full Member Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Your Excellency, for taking time to be with us here today. I want to read you a passage from the ...
Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) Irregularities in Liberal leadership voter registrations being challenged by ... NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) told The Hill Times on Tuesday the decision to change a deadline all candidates had agreed to at the outset would be damaging down the road. “They have a cut-off date for people to register for voters until ...
Spoke at the International Trade committee on Comprehensive Economic and Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India and Benefits for Canada ... If it is possible too, we'd like to have you for the full hour. Thank you. Mr. Ambassador, obviously there are trade agreements among the four ...
Mentioned by Macleans.ca (blog) Thomas Mulcair and Gary Freeman He and his advisors surely knew—and, if not, Don Davies could explain it to them—that a public meeting with Mr. Freeman would result in criticism from their primary political opponents. Even if Mr. Mulcair felt it necessary to meet with Mr. Freeman, he might ...
Mentioned by GlobalNews.ca Harper, French PM tout progress toward EU trade deal, but say obstacles remain Don Davies, the NDP trade critic, said the government needs to show more accountability and transparency around the continuing negotiations. "The question for us really is whether or not the Conservatives can competently negotiate a good deal, and defend ...
Mentioned by Vancouver Sun Georgia Strait rescue took too long, critics of Kitsilano Coast Guard base closure ... A small sailboat also ran aground at English Bay on Saturday, but no one was on board in that incident. Don Davies, the NDP MP for Vancouver Kingsway, raised Sunday's accident in the House of Commons on Monday, arguing the incident was a “close call.
More than three months ago
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-455 An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-450 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting hours)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-415 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (appeals)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-405 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (appeal process for temporary resident visa applicants)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-404 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (denial of temporary resident visa application)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-368 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-369 An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on batteries for medical and assistive devices)
