Yesterday

Didn't vote on Vote #692 That this House do now adjourn.

Voted Yes on Vote #691 That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, commencing upon the adoption of ...

Voted No on Vote #690 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “Fridays” and substituting the following: ...

Voted No on Vote #689 on Bill C-463 Amend the Income Tax Act (travel expenses)

Voted Yes on Vote #688 That, in the opinion of the House, anaphylaxis is a serious concern for an increasing number of Canadians ...

Posted on Twitter 2/ was one of the strongest CDN voices against Communist terror during the Cold War; and was a wonderful, caring father & grandfather. RIP.

Posted on Twitter 1/ Honoured to attend the funeral of a great Canadian, Peter Worthington.He fought for freedom in Europe & Korea, was a brilliant journalist

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Citizenship and Immigration Mr. Speaker, I just met with the president of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada specifically regarding our strategy to increase francophone immigration ...

Posted on Twitter "@aswalli: @kenneyjason Refreshed Global Centre for Pluralism web-site offers new resources http://t.co/gerBMv6m4F @CalgaryCGC #CdnPoli"

Posted on Twitter @Calxandr & I welcomed eager visitors from #Durham Region cultural communities to Parliament Hill. http://t.co/GYCljExiiy

Posted on Twitter Interesting Vancouver Sun article on the phenomenon of Canadians from Hong Kong returning to Asia: http://t.co/LHJX5zMnC3 #CdnImm

Posted on Twitter Thanks & credit go to @CanadaKaz for being the driving force in making Canada's StartUp Visa a reality.Never would have happened without him

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Presence in Gallery Mr. Speaker, adding insult to injury, the member is referring to this proud and independent country as "the Ukraine". It is not a province of Russia ...

Spoke in the House on Multiculturalism Mr. Speaker, the member is right to point out that members of Canada's Ukrainian community were shocked to see the Liberal Party issue a statement celebrating ...

Spoke in the House on Citizenship and Immigration Mr. Speaker, once again, the NDP is wrong. I personally have met with dozens of members of Canada's Syrian community in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, today's NDP is so far behind the curve it does not even know that we were citing exactly this memo and these data in ...

Spoke in the House on Government Spending Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition knows full well that nothing is missing. He knows what the Auditor General said: “We didn't find anything that ...

Spoke in the House on Labour Mr. Speaker, of course, it is not surprising that it is the position of the NDP that its union boss buddies should be able to make ...

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, our economic policy does the opposite, which is why through some $200 billion in tax relief we have taken more than one million Canadians ...

Three weeks ago

Mentioned by CBC.ca Jason Kenney wants to know why Via terror suspect wasn't deported Canada's minister of citizenship and immigration says he was "disturbed to learn a foreigner can get a pardon for serious criminal cases and then be allowed to stay." Jason Kenney, talking to reporters outside the House of Commons Friday, was referring to ...

Mentioned by London Free Press Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. (Darren Makowichuk/QMI AGENCY) OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he was stunned to learn one of the train bomb suspects was allowed to remain in Canada despite a criminal record and a deportation order. And Kenney said he's now taking a closer look at federal ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Expenditure Plans for Citizenship and Immigration in 2012-13 and Main Estimates 2013-14: ... Good morning, and thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm accompanied by Deputy Minister Neil Yeates; Les Linklater, ADM for policy; Robert Orr, ADM for operations; and Amipal ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by National Post Immigration department unsure whether MP-backed visa visitors ever ultimately ... A newly released government chart shows each time Immigration Minister Jason Kenney granted a special temporary resident permit over the four years he's been in his post. The names of the recipients are blanked out, but the MPs, ministers and senators ...

Mentioned by The Province Supreme Court won't hear case of Alberta nurses disciplined for stealing drugs Editorial: Backbench MPs should be free to speak up. Most Canadians do not agree with Langley MP Mark Warawa's views on abortion nor his wish, and the hope of a small group of other backbench Conservative MPs, to reduce the access of Canadian women to abortion. ..... Canada making 'contingency plans' to resettle Syrians, says Immigration Minister Jason Kenney · Comments () ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Baird set for 'constructive' talks on busy Middle East tour Immigration Minister Jason Kenney may have previewed an upcoming announcement of Baird's Wednesday, hinting that Canada is likely to contribute more to ongoing humanitarian aid efforts. Kenney told reporters attending an announcement about the ...

Mentioned by The Vancouver Observer Local Filipino Canadian magazine editor resigns, citing Tory influence on media For example, when Fortaleza was awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal last month, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made a personal appearance and and watched as the publisher signed his Conservative membership papers later that day. “When you declare membership with the party, it goes to ... Philippine Journal is run by Irene Yatco, who herself ran unsuccessfully against NDP MP Libby Davies in the 2011 election as a Conservative MP. Cholo Insua, who runs Planet Philippines, is also ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Thank you to our officials for being here. Thank you, colleagues. I appreciate this opportunity to speak in support of the private member's bill moved by ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Canadian Heritage committee on Study on the Canadian Entertainment Software Industry Thanks very much, Chairman. First, let me sincerely apologize to you and members for my absence last Thursday. I believe there was a miscommunication between my ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-43, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ... Chairman, first of all, thanks to all members of the committee for your consideration of Bill C-43, which I understand has just been adopted here at ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-43, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We do have a number of officials here, from both the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and Public Safety Canada. Thank you. ...

Introduced legislation Government bill C-43 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Main Estimates 2012-13: Votes 1, 5 and 10 under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION, ... Maybe it's something the committee wants to look at in the future. That is, a better alignment between the fee revenues that we bring in and ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, ... I promise not to. Well, I'll try not to. Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, colleagues for your study of Bill C-31, An Act to ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Main Estimates 2012-13: Votes 1, 5 and 10 under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION ... Thank you once again, Mr. Chairman. I must emphasize that I would be pleased to reappear before the committee in the future, whenever you wish, to ...

Introduced legislation Government bill C-31 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-56 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-37 An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-35 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Statements in the House