A week ago

Voted Yes on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Voted No on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, the mismanagement of this file is truly worrisome. On the one hand, the Auditor General claims that the Department of National Defence knew the ...

Spoke in the House on Afghanistan Mr. Speaker, let us stick to defence and perhaps we will get some real answers. The White House has asked the Conservatives to extend the mission ...

Spoke in the House on Citizenship and Immigration Mr. Speaker, the minister has already had to backtrack on certain parts of his bill—a bill that looks like it was written on a cocktail napkin. ...

Spoke in the House on Aerospace Industry Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister loves to go to the far north for his annual photo shoot. However, Canadians want concrete action. With every passing day, ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I would like to present two petitions today. The first reminds us that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has proposed a summit on ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, problems are resurfacing at SNC-Lavalin. Questions were raised when the company built a prison for Gadhafi. Now we have learned that the problem could ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With respect to financial assistance issued by Export Development Canada (EDC): (a) for the fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, what is the total value of general ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With respect to Export Development Canada’s (EDC) 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Report and other commitments to social responsibility: (a) what methodology does EDC employ in its ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail Cuts belie Harper's commitment to building democracy abroad “Canada is losing its position and its reputation in the area of democracy promotion,” New Democrat MP Hélène Laverdière said during Question Period Wednesday. “We do believe in promoting freedom,” Mr. Baird retorted. “We do believe in promoting ...

Mentioned by Embassy More work, less pay for foreign service officers This is part of a worrying trend, argued NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène Laverdière. "This government who hasn't had great success with multilateralism, and has never shown interest in multilateralism, is now speaking of withdrawing from some ...

Mentioned by Toronto Star John Baird announces plans to close Rights and Democracy group Montreal NDP MP Hélène Laverdière said it was well known the Conservatives didn't like Rights and Democracy but “we didn't think they would go to that extent.” “First they poisoned the institution then they killed it” even though she says it did good ...

Mentioned by Canada NewsWire (press release) $52 million investment - Molson Coors inaugurates new can line at Montreal brewery Geoff Molson, Dave Perkins, CEO Molson Coors Canada (MCC), Cathy Noonan, MCC, Tim Crease, MCC, Sam Hamad, MDEIE, et Hélène Laverdière, MP, inaugurate the new M4 can line at the Montreal Molson Coors brewery. (CNW Group/Molson Coors Brewing Company) ...

Mentioned by National Post Chris Selley: Thomas Mulcair, the centrist warrior Notable endorsements A list of 90 endorsers on his website includes NDP MPs Charlie Angus, Dennis Bevington, Linda Duncan, Claude Gravelle and Hélène Laverdière, who has been rumoured the favoured Quebec deputy leader. Achilles Heel Despite the help of ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Mulcair would hasten PM's dream of Liberals' demise And let's further assume he names Cullen, a fellow centrist and a popular British Columbia MP, as his deputy in English Canada, perhaps with a strong female Quebec MP - foreign affairs critic and former diplomat Hélène Laverdière has been mentioned ...

Three months ago

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

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