Geoff Regan

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Liberal MP for Halifax West (Nova Scotia)

Won his last election, in 2011, with 35.90% of the vote.

Today

Posted on Twitter Rally with Liberal Leaders Justin Trudeau and Stephen McNeil at 6p.m. tonight at Pier 21 in #Halifax #nspoli #cdnpoli http://t.co/Wh4WkOAd9r

Posted on Twitter Conservative government must keep its promise to members of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation http://t.co/fh1nOvUjfc

Yesterday

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

Posted on Twitter Supper Nova multicultural potluck at St. Andrews Community Centre this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. http://t.co/RfnTCNLyey

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise and participate in the discussion brought forward by my friend, the hon. member for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte concerning what ...

Spoke in the House on Extension of Sitting Hours Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my hon. colleague's speech today on this topic. We have seen that the government has used time allocation, closure really, a record ...

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: ...

Posted on Twitter A huge welcome to Parliament Hill for @YvonneJJones #LPC #cdnpoli http://t.co/7ivjZxu1h4

Posted on Twitter Your Knights weren't themselves last night, @dougferguson9. But #Mooseheads will keep coming hard 'til they lift #MemorialCup13

Three days ago

Posted on Twitter Now Martin Frk! 5-0 & still in the 1st period. #Mooseheads #MemorialCup13

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With respect to offences related to money and other assets held offshore, for the period from April 1, 2006, to March 31, 2012: (a) how many ...

Spoke in the House on Anaphylaxis My hon. colleague from Dartmouth—Cole Harbour has just promised to treat me much better now that he knows that I have this allergy to lobster. I ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Adoption of Digital Technology by Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises The Federation of Canadian Municipalities appeared before our committee a while ago and testified that in the absence of broadband in rural communities, economic development is ...

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's speech. I would like to know what he thinks the government should have included in the budget to increase job ...

Spoke in the House on Telecommunications Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Industry falsely claimed that a Statistics Canada report shows Canadians are no longer paying some of the highest cell phone fees ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Thursday, May 2nd But we don't, actually, in relation to this issue. Let me go on. As you probably heard, there's a feeling among industry analysts that the auction ...

Spoke in the House on Telecommunications Mr. Speaker, with Wind Mobile up for sale and Shaw selling its spectrum to Rogers, we are going to see less competition in the cell phone ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of Nova Scotia who call upon Parliament to impose a moratorium on the release ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Adoption of Digital Technology by Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and my thanks to the witnesses for coming. Mr. Temple, it so happens that just over an hour ago I ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Adoption of Digital Technology by Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises It's better for the deputy minister, I suppose, to answer that. He'd know, of course—or Mike could tell us later. It strikes me, looking at the ...

Spoke at the Industry committee on Committee Business If you're having difficulty understanding what funding you're going to have over the next five years, and we, as parliamentarians, are trying to assess the estimates, ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by Liberal.ca Reality Check: Budget 2013 and the Conservative Record on Skilled Workers ... Select an MP, Scott Andrews, Mauril Belanger, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, Gerry Byrne, Sean Casey, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Rodger Cuzner, Stéphane Dion, Kirsty Duncan, Wayne Easter, Mark Eyking, Judy Foote, Hedy Fry, Marc Garneau, Ralph ... Kevin Lamoureux, Dominic Leblanc, Lawrence MacAulay, John McCallum, David McGuinty, John McKay, Joyce Murray, Massimo Pacetti, Bob Rae, Geoff Regan, Francis Scarpaleggia, Judy Sgro, Scott Simms, Lise St-Denis, Justin Trudeau, Frank Valeriote ...

Mentioned by Canada.com Teen exposes epilepsy on Parliament Hill Cassidy's member of Parliament, Geoff Regan eventually drafted the Purple Day Act, which passed last year. He felt that more people needed to know about the condition and have compassion for those who have it. "People who have this aren't strange, they ...

Spoke at the Justice committee on Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights) Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Senator, colleague, thank you both for being here today. I come from Halifax, which is known as a boxing city. ...

Mentioned by Liberal.ca (blog) Reality Check: Conservative Spending Fictions in Budget 2013 Select an MP, Scott Andrews, Mauril Belanger, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, Gerry Byrne, Sean Casey, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Rodger Cuzner, Stéphane Dion, Kirsty Duncan, Wayne Easter, Mark Eyking, Judy Foote, Hedy Fry, Marc Garneau, Ralph ... Kevin Lamoureux, Dominic Leblanc, Lawrence MacAulay, John McCallum, David McGuinty, John McKay, Joyce Murray, Massimo Pacetti, Bob Rae, Geoff Regan, Francis Scarpaleggia, Judy Sgro, Scott Simms, Lise St-Denis, Justin Trudeau, Frank Valeriote ...

Mentioned by Hamilton Spectator Teen's 'purple power' celebrated on Parliament Hill Cassidy's member of Parliament, Geoff Regan, drafted the Purple Day Act, which passed last year. He felt that more people needed to know about the condition and have compassion for those who have it. The Canadian Press. User Comments. Please wait.

Mentioned by TheChronicleHerald.ca Purple Day marks win over fear Cassidy's member of Parliament, Geoff Regan eventually drafted the Purple Day Act, which passed last year. He felt that more people needed to know about the condition and have compassion for those who have it. “People who have this aren't strange, they ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Urban Conservation Practices in Canada and Habitat Conservation in Canada Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to the witnesses for being here today. Let me start with Mr. McLean, if I may. One ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca (blog) Warawa on warpath after House speech on sex-selective abortion squelched Later today, the Hill will mark its first official recognition of Purple Day, which promotes epilepsy awareness, with a reception co-hosted by Liberal MP Geoff Regan, who sponsored the bill to do so. This evening, One Free World International will host a ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Industry committee on Broadband and Internet Access Across Canada One of my earlier thoughts about SR and ED, which I believed would have worked better than what's happened, was to say that we're going to ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-278 An Act respecting a day to increase public awareness about epilepsy