Today

Posted on Twitter In Parliament, Justice Minister says citizens gotta protect their property & use guns against the 'bad people'. We're back to the wild west.

Posted on Twitter Just asked Q in #HOC re: Trans delegates ability to fly to conference in San Diego this weekend. Answer: er... dunno. #canqueer #glbt

Posted on Twitter Seniors "Occupy" Conservative MP offices over OAS: http://t.co/BAxdZNQO

Posted on Twitter at the Canadian Club lunch. Dalton McGuinty speech disrupted by chanting: "stop the war on the poor... make the rich pay..."

Yesterday

Voted No on Vote #123 on Bill C-306 Amend the Parliament of Canada Act (political affiliation)

Voted No on Vote #122 on Bill C-11 Amend the Copyright Act

Posted on Twitter RT @GovGregoire Thank you to the Washington State House-a civil, respectful debate on marriage equality.And a 55-43 vote!Next stop, my desk!

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, we know the Minister of Health blocked trans fats regulations recommended by her own department and appointed task force. Last year she blocked the ...

Voted No on Vote #121 on Bill C-19 Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Voted Yes on Vote #120 on Bill C-19 Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Voted Yes on Vote #119 on Bill C-19 Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Posted on Twitter Is this the end of Canadian medicare? Read my op-ed in @TheHillTimes: http://t.co/jxXDXzoY #cdnpoli #health

Three days ago

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) Decision to reclassify energy drinks puts children at risk, claim opposition ... “I think the federal government has really let us down on the energy drinks,” said Liberal Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, BC), her party's health critic. “Children are extremely vulnerable to heart palpitations and arrhythmia.

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) Accountability issues dominate talk on the future of Canada's health care system “Accountability is sitting down and talking about what works and doesn't,” Liberal Health Critic Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, BC) told The Hill Times in an interview last week. “For [the federal government] accountability is, 'I write you a cheque, ...

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Alzheimer's Awareness Month Mr. Speaker, January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month. Five hundred thousand Canadians live with this progressive degenerative disease that destroys brain cells. The number of Canadians suffering ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, in the 2004 health accord, federal and provincial governments agreed that funding alone would not save medicare and that they had to work together ...

Spoke in the House on Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act Mr. Speaker, as I was saying earlier, if the government were really interested in securing retirement income and pensions for its citizens, it would do what ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Privy Council Office, for all correspondence they have received between February 6, 2006, and December 1, 2011, ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With respect to Aboriginal Canadians, for each year since 2006: (a) how many Aboriginal Canadians have been hired by each government department, agency and crown corporation ...

Mentioned by Toronto Star Many ski helmets provide precious little protection: Experts That's when Liberal MP Hedy Fry, a Vancouver physician, brought forward a private member's bill that would broaden CSA approval requirements to the ski hills headgear. “All the government had to do was have an order in council that we add recreational ...

Two weeks ago

Mentioned by CBC.ca NDP fails to convince committee to study health funding Conservative MP John Williamson said he was "irritated by the weakness of the NDP arguments" and that questions about the health funding plan are better directed to the finance committee. The Liberal member of the committee, Hedy Fry, ...

Three weeks ago

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Withholding information to stop 'fetal feticide' a dangerous precedent: experts Liberal MP Hedy Fry, a physician, dismissed the CMAJ suggestion as “simplistic,” insisting it would be unethical for doctors to withhold any information from their patients. Instead, colleges should be instruct doctors that abortion only for ...

Mentioned by The Province Liberals end convention on high note By Lee Berthiaume And Jason Fekete, Postmedia News January 16, 2012 Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae dances with his wife Arlene Perly Rae at the end of the Liberal convention in Ottawa as Vancouver MP Hedy Fry (right) and others applaud. ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, the Health Council reports that 23% of Canadians with chronic illnesses are not taking their medications because they are too expensive. The 2004 health ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the National Immunization Strategy (NIS): (a) what was the total amount of funds allocated to the NIS since fiscal year 2003-2004, broken down ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-277 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-276 An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-275 An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (recreational snow sport helmets)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-274 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (animal cruelty)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-273 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cyberbullying)

Statements in the House