Yesterday

Posted on Twitter Best speech ever, the Blabla speech of Alex Lifeson #2013Rock&RollHallofFame #Rush #FinallymadeitinHallofFame

Three days ago

Posted on Twitter Bravo #tvanouvelles et @AlexandreDube pour la Bonne nouvelle de la semaine #Rosesdessables #Gatineau Ça fait du bien!

Posted on Twitter Tout un tremblement de terre ressenti à Gatineau il y a 5 min et maintenant l'après-choc! #bonvendrediquandmême

This week

Posted on Twitter Participerai au Congrès annuel du Barreau du Québec à Mtl à la fin du mois. Viens de compléter mon inscription en ligne! #BduQ

A week ago

Spoke in the House on An Act to Bring Fairness for the Victims of Violent Offenders Mr. Speaker, again, I want to thank the hon. member for Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale for introducing Bill C-479, which the NDP will support at second reading. I must ...

Spoke in the House on Nuclear Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel for her excellent speech on something that is not always an easy subject. I have to say that ...

Spoke in the House on Government Expenditures Mr. Speaker, those are strange facts. It is always a pleasure to quote the Auditor General, but he needs to be quoted in full. I will ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table two petitions. The first one will go to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. It is about ...

Posted on Twitter Great statement from Claude Gravelle on our awesome #ndp candidate in #Labrador @HarryBorlase #HoC go Harry go!

Posted on Twitter "@SusanDelacourt: Is it just about money? Some thoughts on the Senate-expense scandal. http://t.co/k236KaMHE1 #cdnpoli" Food 4 thoughts!!

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. I like my colleague Judy Sgro's subamendment. I will digress for a moment, while I have the floor. It's too bad we ...

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

Spoke in the House on Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mr. Speaker, the minister must be afraid someone will contradict him. Why else would he prevent the RCMP from speaking freely to parliamentarians? The officer in ...

Spoke in the House on Statistics Canada Mr. Speaker, that individual does not believe much of what that minister is saying. Unfortunately, the RCMP is not the only organization that is being muzzled ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, the third petition can be found on my website. I am not surprised, because health is a priority for Gatineau residents. They are calling ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. My thanks to our six witnesses for appearing before the committee today. My questions are for you, Ms. Miville-Dechêne. First of all, ...

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I believe that if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: “That this House call on the government to ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking ... Thank you. Thank you, mesdames. That was definitely interesting, even though it did not necessarily concern the bill. I will not question you as though you ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank both of you for coming here. It is always moving but also more practical for me to ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-444, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (personating peace officer ... I'm not yet sure that it's a question. It's more a comment, because when we have to study these bills and the sad and really terrible, ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights) Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, thank you, doctors, for being here in our extreme sport arena—better known as Canadian politics. I think I understand. ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights) But at the same time, it shows that the disposition was absolutely useless. That's the point I'm getting at. That's my conclusion. I'm sure you agree ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill C-394, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, as I told the parliamentary secretary a moment ago, I'm not in the habit of introducing amendments at the ...

Mentioned by NorthumberlandView.ca PBO report: Conservatives' crime spending out of touch with reality NDP Justice critic Françoise Boivin (Gatineau) welcomes the Parliamentary Budget Officer's (PBO) analysis of criminal justice spending which highlights the dissonance between the Conservative government's tough-on-crime agenda and the reality of ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail Tories hand-pick police to serve on federal gun panel NDP MP Françoise Boivin said she would feel more confident in the changes if she knew that the police associations had been consulted first. And she said there should be more balance on the committee, “otherwise it's not an advisory, it's just a lobby.” ...

Three months ago

Mentioned by Canada First Perspective NDP should have consulted First Nations on Bill C-279: MP Bruinooge (in letter) What's worse is that their justice critic, NDP MP Françoise Boivin, suggested at committee that this bill was not even subject to any First Nations consultation requirements at all. The original introduction of the Canadian Human Rights Act was a significant ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) NDP wants Justice department's Charter diligence probed NDP MP Françoise Boivin introduced a motion on Monday at the justice and human rights committee to conduct a “thorough study” of the way legislation is examined under section 4.1 of Department of Justice Act. It is expected to be further examined on ...

Mentioned by Calgary Herald Exit door on deck after senator Patrick Brazeau charged "The Conservatives appointed him knowing full-well that he had numerous sexual harassment complaints against him and he was not paying child support for his son," Françoise Boivin, NDP MP for Gatineau, told the House of Commons. "Why did he (Harper) ...

Mentioned by Macleans.ca Politics on TV: Brazeau, Baird, and the mentally ill After the government tabled new legislation today to deal with offenders deemed criminally not responsible, Thibedeau spoke with an MP panel comprised of Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Françoise Boivin, and Sean Casey. Findlay said the legislation makes public ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-406 An Act respecting the mandate of Status of Women Canada

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-389 An Act to implement the recommendations of the Pay Equity Task Force

Statements in the House