Yesterday

Voted No on Vote #685 That the Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status ...

Voted Yes on Vote #684 on Bill S-9 Amend the Criminal Code

Voted Yes on Vote #683 That, in light of $3.1 billion of missing funds outlined in Chapter Eight of the 2013 Spring Report ...

Voted Yes on Vote #682 That the motion be amended by adding the following: “and that in order to avoid losing funds in ...

This week

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A week ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, nearly one million Canadians rely on food banks each month. Schools on native reserves are underfunded. Employment insurance claimants are being tracked as though ...

Two weeks ago

Voted Yes on Vote #681 on Bill S-213 Respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian veterans of the Korean War

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Situation of Jewish Refugees from Middle Eastern Nations Mr. Chair, I would like to say that I will present a motion to this committee next Thursday to have it submit a report to the ...

Spoke in the House on Situation in Syria Mr. Speaker, I am going to share the time I have with my colleague, the hon. member for Saint-Lambert. We know the situation in Syria is ...

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek unanimous consent to move the following motion: That notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, clauses ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on International Co-operation Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General found that the Conservatives are failing to ensure that $2.9 billion of Canada's development assistance is meeting the criteria under the ...

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Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy and Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 1, 5, 10, ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to thank ministers Baird and Ablonczy. I would like to say something about the Consular Affairs website. My ...

Spoke in the House on International Cooperation Mr. Speaker, with development assistance budgets withering and the minister turning his back on CIDA's long-standing partners in favour of private corporations, there are many questions ...

Spoke in the House on Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, that is reassuring. The Conservatives too often tend to ignore the role of the United Nations as an important force for peace and international ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on International Co-operation Mr. Speaker, that is quite a non-answer. The truth is that the Conservatives have made a mess of CIDA. The minister is completely incompetent and does ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, today, I have the great honour of presenting a petition signed by dozens of people across Quebec that emphasizes the important role that Canada ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by NorthumberlandView.ca Conservatives further isolate Canada with withdrawal from UN Convention on ... “It's in Canada's interest to be part of this protocol, because of the threat desertification and drought poses for many regions of the country, including the Prairies,” said New Democrat International Cooperation critic, Hélène Laverdière (Laurier–Sainte-Marie).

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all of you for your very interesting presentations. Here is one quick question. I was interested in ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Federal budget expected to fold CIDA into Foreign Affairs "CIDA is not the minister's pet toy to do with what he wants to do with it," said Hélène Laverdière. The non-governmental organization sector says while it would obviously like to see more international assistance spending, the real issue now is a lack of clarity ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Federal budget expected to fold CIDA into Foreign Affairs "CIDA is not the minister's pet toy to do with what he wants to do with it," said Hélène Laverdière. The non-governmental organization sector says while it would obviously like to see more international assistance spending, the real issue now is a lack of clarity ...

Mentioned by Macleans.ca The Scrums: carbon emissions, political donations, sick leave NDP MP Hélène Laverdière on sick leave in the public service: I've had a 15 years career as a civil servant. The only time I really claim a number of sick leave was because I was actually very sick. And what I've known all my career, I've never met, myself, ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would also like to thank our four witnesses this morning for their highly insightful presentations. My first question may ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) $90 million in CIDA funds went to firm that filed for bankruptcy protection In response to an order paper question from Liberal MP Massimo Pacetti, Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino said CIDA has funded Canadian firm CRC Sogema with more than $90 million since May 25, 2011, when the organization filed for bankruptcy protection. According to the response ... NDP International Development Critic Hélène Laverdière said CRC Sogema's most recent project in Vietnam is ironic, given its demonstrated inability to deal with its own financial problems. “It's a bit surprising to ...

Three months ago

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Canada expected to sign Commonwealth Charter NDP International Development critic Hélène Laverdière, a former diplomat who had been posted to Africa, said that she is a strong believer in 'soft power' and cites the work of CMAG when Gambia was on its list of target countries during a period of military ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much for your very interesting presentations and for all this discussion about breaking the silos and piggybacking on what ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses for the very interesting presentations. I would like to start with a couple of ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the situation in Mali Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to both presenters. As a former diplomat, I have to say that, yes, you have to be on ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the situation in Mali Thank you, minister. Let's discuss Canada's contribution specifically. Robert Fowler told us that, according to his calculations, Canada's contribution represented about 2.8% of the total amount ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-398 An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes)

Statements in the House