Two days ago

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Soccer violence turns into political protest Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird offered condolences to the families of the victims via a Twitter message. Some politicians and members of the public accused officials still in their jobs after the fall of Mubarak of complicity in the tragedy, ...

Three days ago

Didn't vote on Vote #108 on Bill C-288 Respecting the National Flag of Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #107 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize that the construction and maintenance ...

Didn't vote on Vote #106 on Bill C-25 Relating to pooled registered pension plans and making related amendments to other Acts

Posted on Twitter Canada offers condolences to families of the victims of today’s violence at soccer game in #PortSaid #Egypt

Posted on Twitter Le #Canada offre ses condoléences aux familles des victimes de la violence à un match de soccer à #PortSaid #Égypte

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) John Baird's unquestioning support of Israel John Baird take note: the world's greatest Holocaust scholar doesn't have much use for politicians who shamelessly pander to Israel or use that dread event to advance their agendas. Canada's Foreign Minister should add Professor Deborah Lipstadt to his ...

Mentioned by Canadian Jewish News (blog) Ottawa increases sanctions on Iran From left are MP Irwin Cotler, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Canadian ambassador to Israel Paul Hunt. [Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade photo] Canada continues to tighten sanctions on Iran via the Special Economic ...

Mentioned by Jewish Tribune 'There is no better friend to Israel than Canada': Baird JERUSALEM – “There is no better friend to Israel than Canada,” declared Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird at the inauguration of the new International Seminars Wing of the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem.

This week

Didn't vote on Vote #105 on Bill C-25 Relating to pooled registered pension plans and making related amendments to other Acts

Mentioned by Globe and Mail John Baird: Iran's threat is real, not rhetoric Mr. Caplan returns to this theme at the end of his article, wondering rhetorically: “Is John Baird meeting with [Meir Dagan] this weekend to learn why? Don't bet on it.” Here's a tip: don't go to Vegas with Gerald Caplan. If Mr. Caplan had bothered to ...

Mentioned by National Post (blog) Jonathan Kay: The joy of watching John Baird utterly destroy Gerald Caplan Yet it was almost worth enduring Caplan's college-newspaper claptrap to see John Baird's fantastic rebuttal in today's Globe. Baird emphasizes that some of Caplan's despised “lunatics” include Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, Paul Martin, Nobel laureate Shimon ...

Posted on Twitter Iran's threat is real, not rhetoric: http://t.co/vhz1OIl1

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, in response to (a), missions submit advocacy project proposals to the Planning, Advocacy and Innovation Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International ...

A week ago

Posted on Twitter On behalf of all #Canadians , I extend our most sincere condolences to the family and colleagues of Dr. #Jbeiro #Syria #DFAIT

Posted on Twitter Those responsible for the cowardly attack on Dr. #Jbeiro must be held accountable #Syria #Canada #DFAIT

Posted on Twitter #Canada strongly condemns the deadly attack on Dr. Abd-al-Razzaq #Jbeiro, SG of the #Syrian Arab #RedCrescent #DFAIT

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Canada-U.S. Border Mr. Speaker, I do not accept the premise of the question. No decisions in that regard have been made. What is on the table is our ...

Spoke in the House on Syria Mr. Speaker, since October, our government has been encouraging Canadians in Syria to voluntarily leave while commercial means are still available, but we are tremendously concerned ...

Spoke in the House on Human Rights Mr. Speaker, I share the member for Mount Royal's deep concern about this situation in Egypt. When the member brought it to my attention, within a ...

Spoke in the House on Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I would like to just wish everyone a merry Christmas and peace on earth.

Voted No on Vote #104 on Bill C-308 Respecting a Commission of Inquiry into the development and implementation of a national fishery rebuilding ...

Spoke in the House on Canadian Wheat Board Mr. Speaker, I will quote Justice Campbell who said: The Applicants confirm that the validity of Bill C-18, and the validity and effects of any legislation ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, quite honestly, the status quo was not an option. Since the third party was appointed by the minister and by the government, we have ...

Spoke in the House on Canada-U.S. Relations Mr. Speaker, the relationship between Canada and the United States is very important to our government. It is one of the most successful relationships in the ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-42 An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-33 An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to the Canada Transportation Act

Statements in the House