Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band Mr. Speaker, the substance of the motion before us in the House allows me to focus on concepts related to belonging to a clan as a ...

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

Voted No on Vote #691 That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, commencing upon the adoption of ...

Voted Yes 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 ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, Canada's aboriginal population is young, dynamic and growing, but it has been abandoned by the Conservatives. Thirty per cent of the aboriginal population is ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the response was evasive, but I have the answer here. I will set the record straight. According to the Assembly of First Nations, 88% ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, the minister is clearly not aware of what is happening in his own department. When he was asked yesterday about an internal analysis indicating ...

Spoke in the House on Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act Mr. Speaker, my remarks will follow a proven formula based largely on the empirical nature of the matter before us. In my analysis of the bill ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Good morning, Chief Louie. You pointed out that one of the clear weaknesses of the bill we are studying is that it means additional requirements for ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, the promise of reconciliation and the official apology made in 2008 increasingly seem to be just empty rhetoric. The Conservatives refuse to admit that ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Good morning. I have read your brief on the potential impacts if section 47 of the Indian Act were repealed. Some of the comments in committee ...

Spoke in the House on Combating Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with the member for London—Fanshawe. The iterative, in ...

Spoke in the House on Religious Freedom Mr. Speaker, the election-minded legislative measure currently before the House gives us food for thought. It makes us think about the tactics used to avoid public ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Mr. Calla, you also said it was mandatory for by-laws to be published in a medium other than just written newspapers. It is important to take ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) There is budget day, then there is budget night ... Peter Milliken, who drove in for the event; Andrew Scheer; NDP MPs Alain Giguère and Jonathan Genest-Jourdain; Liberal MP Mark Eyking; Brian Lee Crowley, Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; Julie Jacobson and Yaroslav Baran of Earnscliffe.

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Good morning, ladies. It is refreshing to have you with us this morning. I have seen, in the past two years, the thinly veiled attempts of ...

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-428, An Act to amend the Indian Act (publication of by-laws) ... Good morning, Mr. Clark. In your opening remarks, you said that the outdated nature of the Indian Act was at the root of the unfortunate social ...

Three months ago

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 1, 5, 10, L15, L20, 25, 30 and ... Hello, Mr. Minister. I have a few questions for you, but if we should run into time restraints, I would like to have your answers in ...

Mentioned by Yahoo! News Canada (blog) PQ politician falls asleep in legislature, says he might have sleeping disorder Other politicians caught falling asleep: Conservative MP Rob Anders in the House of Commons: Jason Kenney at Peter Lougheed's funeral service: NDP MP Jonathan Genest-Jourdain during a debate about the long-gun registry: Are you a politics junkie?

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-47, An Act to enact the Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment ... According to the wording in French, Aboriginal traditional knowledge seems to be optional. This reduces the value of traditional knowledge. It is important to understand that ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee on Bill C-47, An Act to enact the Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment ... What I particularly like about the wording of this amendment is, of course, "promote public awareness and discussion". Now, I put a lot into sociology and ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Northwest Territories comes to Ottawa iPolitics/Cynthia Münster · Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and former MP Nancy Karetak-Lindell, currently of Northwestel Inc · NDP MPs Pierre Nantel, Jonathan Genest-Jourdain and Linda Duncan. iPolitics/Cynthia · Conservative MP Chris Warkentin, ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail Natives are under-represented in Parliament – and for women and youth, it's ... The seven are Roméo Saganash (Cree First Nation of Waswanipi), Peter Penashue (Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation), Jonathan Genest-Jourdain (Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam Band), Rob Clarke (Muskeg Lake First Nation), Leona Aglukkaq (of ...

Mentioned by Paris Star Tri-council delegation to Ottawa 'unprecedented' ... other co-operative Ottawa officials, the delegation had a meeting with Liberal leader Bob Rae and MP Carolyn Bennett, Liberal critic for aboriginal affairs; and an NDP caucus made up of aboriginal affairs critic Jean Crowder, MP Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, ...

Mentioned by Brantford Expositor Tri-council delegation to Ottawa 'unprecedented' | Brantford-Brant | News ... ... other co-operative Ottawa officials, the delegation had a meeting with Liberal leader Bob Rae and MP Carolyn Bennett, Liberal critic for aboriginal affairs; and an NDP caucus made up of aboriginal affairs critic Jean Crowder, MP Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, ...

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