Yesterday

Spoke in the House on Ethics Mr. Speaker, it will not come as any surprise that I reject much of the preamble of the question the member opposite raises. Let me say ...

Voted Yes 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 No on Vote #683 That, in light of $3.1 billion of missing funds outlined in Chapter Eight of the 2013 Spring Report ...

Voted No on Vote #682 That the motion be amended by adding the following: “and that in order to avoid losing funds in ...

Posted on Twitter Shocked and saddened by the news and images out of Oklahoma. Canada stands with those affected, ready to assist.

A week ago

Posted on Twitter Paid respects to the 3 people killed and nearly 60 injured in last week's bombing of a Catholic church in Arusha. http://t.co/N14ed1Tl8j

Posted on Twitter Snow covered peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro at dusk - crossing from #Kenya to #Tanzania. http://t.co/tcZ2sxhirB

Posted on Twitter 2/2 They show remarkable courage. Pleased to express #Canada's stand against criminalization of and violence against sexual minorities.

Posted on Twitter 1/2 Awed and inspired after mtg w advocates for sexual minorities in East #Africa. Incredible stories.

Posted on Twitter So sorry to learn of the death of Gayle Madely. My thoughts are with Steve and his family.

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with an international network of more than 171 offices in 104 countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade regularly manages the movement ...

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 in the House on Situation in Syria Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Speaker for granting this debate. It is a tremendously important opportunity to give an update to the House and ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, Passport Canada estimates that charging those 65 years of age or more 50% of the fee for passport services could result in a loss ...

Spoke in the House on International Civil Aviation Organization Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations and I believe you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That this House express its strong ...

Spoke in the House on Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, the way Qatar has gone about this demonstrates why it is not a suitable host for this United Nations organization. I am very pleased. ...

Three weeks ago

Mentioned by Macleans.ca The QP clip: Why Canada won't bid for a seat on the UN security council NDP MP Paul Dewar, his party's foreign affairs critic, stood with some confidence to ask Foreign Affair Minister John Baird why the government wouldn't bid for an open seat at the UN Security Council in 2014. In his reply, Baird mistakenly referred to Dewar as ...

Spoke in the House on Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, I will say what I am going to give up; I am going to give up on this critic. This government took the principled ...

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, and thank you very much, Minister. It's a real pleasure to be here to update you on our government's foreign ...

A month ago

Mentioned by Yahoo! News Canada (blog) Harper, Mulroney attending funeral of Margaret Thatcher, mother of 'Canadian ... Harper left Ottawa for London on Tuesday along with his wife Laureen and former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney. The Canadian Press reports that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and London-West MP Ed Holder will also be in attendance ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has not issued any press releases entitled “Baird Receives Honourary 7th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo.” ...

Mentioned by JNS.org Hezbollah must be called terror organization by EU says Canadian MP (JNS.org) Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird wrote a column in the National Post calling on the European Union to join Canada in recognizing Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Click photo to download. Caption: Canadian Minister of Foreign ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by DigitalJournal.com (press release) Majed El Shafie Congratulates Canadian Government on the Opening of a ... "I am delighted that our Ministers of Foreign Affairs, John Baird, and Citizenship & Immigration, Jason Kenney, have both recently visited Iraq,” said John Weston, MP from West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country. “Broadening our diplomatic ...

Mentioned by Breathecast Majed El Shafie Congratulates Canadian Government on the Opening of a ... "I am delighted that our Ministers of Foreign Affairs, John Baird, and Citizenship & Immigration, Jason Kenney, have both recently visited Iraq," said John Weston, MP from West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country. "Broadening our diplomatic ...

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) “Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird recently announced the opening of a new ... back to article “Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird recently announced the opening of a new diplomatic office in Iraq. What do you think of this decision?” Editor's Note: Comments that appear on the site are not the opinion of The Hill Times. Personal attacks ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the situation in Mali Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and colleagues. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be with you today. I'd like to say at the ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Role of the Private Sector in Achieving Canada's International Development Interests, Expenditure ... Thank you very much. I want to thank you for the opportunity to be with you this afternoon. I will keep my comments short and I ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Supplementary Estimates (B) 2011-12: Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 15b, 17b, 30b and ... Thank you very much. I won't speak for very long, so there will be more opportunity for questions and answers, or responses sometimes. I'm very pleased ...

Spoke at the Public Accounts committee on Chapter 2, G8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund, of the Spring 2011 Report of ... He said he wouldn't miss it, for the record. He wishes Deepak was here; don't we all. Deepak is representing the Government of Canada at a ...

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