Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Municipality of Mont-Carmel Mr. Speaker, Mont-Carmel is a model of innovation and determination. Tomorrow it will receive the title of most resilient municipality of 2013-14. Mont-Carmel will host the ...

Didn't vote 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

Three days ago

Voted Yes 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: ...

This week

Spoke in the House on Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to rise in the House today to speak about a report that was tabled by a committee of which I ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Subject Matter of Clauses 161 to 166 (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to point something out for the record of the committee. I am referring to the tendency to use Canada's ...

Spoke in the House on Tourism Industry Mr. Speaker, people in Eastern Canada can no longer stand listening to that broken record. The Conservatives continue to undermine the future of the Canadian tourism ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Adoption of Digital Technology by Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises I think everything is working now. I will share with you two concerns I have regarding a very important aspect of some recent decisions. You will ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Tell her it is much appreciated. Before we continue, I would like to say a few words about provincial areas of jurisdiction. As an elected representative ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Thursday, May 2nd I thank my colleague. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to talk once again about the appearance of the voluntary code of conduct in budget ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Adoption of Digital Technology by Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Smith, a period of five minutes is not enough for all the expertise we have before us. This is a little ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Fine. I understand. I see that no study focuses specifically on that aspect. So it will be less interesting, in my opinion. In terms of the ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, hundreds of people from the Lower St. Lawrence travelled 14 hours to participate in the massive protest in Montreal on Saturday. Their message was ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Adoption of Digital Technology by Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Having only five minutes to spend on such a technical and important topic is torture. Mr. Beaudoin, I will try to present the four issues I ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Exploring Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Thank you very much, Alex. Mrs. Sikand, access to paratransit is an issue that comes up often. I think that the situation has improved over the ...

Spoke in the House on Combating Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, one aspect of the bill concerns me greatly, and I would like to know whether that concern is shared by my colleague. The Liberals ...

Spoke in the House on Combating Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise today to speak to Bill S-7, on combatting terrorism. The Conservative government's intellectual dishonesty knows no bounds, and today ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Discover Your Canada Act Mr. Speaker, I am happy to have been recognized to speak to this subject. The bill before us has the best of intentions, but the result ...

Spoke in the House on Agriculture and Agri-Food Mr. Speaker, in 2008, the member for Lévis—Bellechasse came to Montmagny on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food to announce $3 million in financial ...

Mentioned by Montreal Gazette PurGenesis is not shuttered, president insists Boulet was responding to criticism by opposition MP François Lapointe, who represents the riding where PurGenesis built its $13-million facility, in Montmagny, east of Quebec City. In an interview Monday with The Gazette, Lapointe questioned why the ...

Mentioned by Montreal Gazette PurGenesis is not shuttered, president insists Boulet was responding to criticism by opposition MP François Lapointe, who represents the riding where PurGenesis built its $13-million facility, in Montmagny, east of Quebec City. In an interview Monday with The Gazette, Lapointe questioned why the ...

Mentioned by Montreal Gazette PurGenesis: $3.5 million in grants, no activity “We checked the official registry, and there are six employees in that company,” said François Lapointe, the opposition NDP MP who represents Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup. “They received (an average of) about $1 million a year (in ...

More than three months ago

Mentioned by National Post Make St. Jean Baptiste Day a national holiday to 'recongnize French ... François Lapointe, the Quebec MP for Montmagny, L'Islet, Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup, introduced a private member's bill on Tuesday to make June 24 a ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-433 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (student transportation)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-432 An Act to amend the Holidays Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (St. John the Baptist Day)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-426 An Act to amend the Species at Risk Act (funding of atlassing)

Mentioned by CBC.ca NDP leadership candidates' caucus endorsements ... Pierre-Luc Dusseault Réjean Genest Jonathan Genest-Jourdin Sadia Groguhé Dan Harris Sana Hassainia Pierre Jacob Matthew Kellway François Lapointe Alexandrine Latendresse Hélène LeBlanc Wayne Marston Marc-André Morin Marie-Claude Morin Pierre Nantel ...

Mentioned by Montreal Gazette Mulcair campaign blitzes province François Lapointe, the MP for Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup, and Marie-Claude Morin, MP for Saint-Hya-cinthe-Bagot, kicked off their tour in the Joliette region last week. They plan to hit the rest of the province sometime before the Feb ...

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