Today

Posted on Twitter June 19, clean up office emails and head back to the Hat. Very productive and long session of HOC.

Posted on Twitter June 18, Public Safety Cmtee mtg, met intern on electronic petitions, met constituent M Rose tour Gov't Lobby, Q P, votes, H D 4 colleague.

Yesterday

Voted Yes on Vote #760 on Bill C-54 Amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder)

Voted Yes on Vote #759 That the debate be now adjourned.

Voted Yes on Vote #758 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

Voted No on Vote #757 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

Two days ago

Voted Yes on Vote #756 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

Posted on Twitter June 17, Canada-Israel Parliamentry Group meeting, Q P, meeting with an intern, House Duty of colleague then CIC Cmtee till midnight.

Posted on Twitter June 16, attend church, lunch with friends and return to Ottawa.

Posted on Twitter June 15, catch up on some home time and attend the Medicine Hat Stampede Chuck wagon Races.

Posted on Twitter June 14, travel back to Med Hat. Meet Min. Jonathan Denis, tour the Medicine Hat Remand Center.

This week

Spoke in the House on Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague's comments. Certainly, we did have an interesting committee session. We visited various communities across Canada and listened to ...

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, it is apparent that in the House our Conservative government stands alone in the fight against tax evasion. The New Democrats knowingly appointed a ...

Mentioned by Medicine Hat News LaVar Payne won't be following suit LaVar Payne MP will not be following his colleague Brent Rathgeber's example of resigning from the Tory caucus in order to better reflect constituents' views. Rathgeber was quoted in the media on Thursday as saying he felt he was not able to adequately ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Agricultural and Agri-Food Products Supply Chain and Subject-matter of the Supplementary Estimates ... Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Minister and officials, for coming. My question, through you, Chair, is for the minister. Minister, of course you realize that the ...

Spoke in the House on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act Mr. Speaker, like my colleague, I had the privilege of sitting on the aboriginal and northern affairs committee under your tutelage as the committee chair, and ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Food Safety Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to providing safe food for Canadians. In fact, since 2006, our government has invested over half a billion new dollars ...

Mentioned by Medicine Hat News Payne disappointed with former Senator colleagues Medicine Hat MP LaVar Payne says he is extremely disappointed with his former colleagues Patrick Brazeau, Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, who have been swept up in controversy about their expense claims in the Senate. “I'm very upset with anybody, ...

Spoke in the House on Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Liberal Party is in over his head. Time and time again he has proven to Canadians that he does not ...

Spoke in the House on Food Safety Mr. Speaker, earlier this month our government announced the safe foods for Canadians action plan. The plan lays out new rules for meat plants to deal ...

Spoke in the House on Safer Witnesses Act Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased today to add my voice to the discussion on the safer witnesses act. It is encouraging to see support for ...

Mentioned by Vauxhall Advance MP Payne finds timing of Hillyer decision puzzling LaVar Payne, the Conservative MP for the riding, will likely have to face a nomination battle with current Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer, who announced Friday he would be running in the redrawn Medicine Hat riding, which will encompass Raymond, the ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Agricultural and Agri-Food Products Supply Chain Thank you, Chair. Thank you, witnesses, for coming. It was interesting to note that you're working on those codes of practice, so you can all probably ...

Spoke in the House on Brooks Bandits Mr. Speaker, it is with great honour that I stand in this place to congratulate the Brooks Bandits, a team from a community that it has ...

Mentioned by globalnews.ca Hillyer stands behind decision to run in Medicine Hat Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer makes no apologies for not reaching out to his Conservative colleague sooner. ... The current Member of Parliament there, LaVar Payne, said Monday he was upset that he wasn't told about the move until after the announcement.

Mentioned by Medicine Hat News Payne would've liked a heads up LaVar Payne says he is “disappointed” with the way Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer announced his candidacy for the Medicine Hat riding in the 2015 election. “It's his decision to do what he wants but I am disappointed that he did not have the courtesy to call me or ...

Mentioned by Lethbridge Herald Battle for 'Hat riding LaVar Payne, the Conservative MP for Medicine Hat, will likely have to face a nomination battle with current Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer, who announced Friday he would be running in the redrawn riding, which will encompass Raymond, the community he calls ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Public Safety committee on Briefing on Security of Rail Transport Thank you, Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses for coming in. It's certainly important to talk about some of the issues we've heard already. Mr. ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Losses in honey bee colonies Thank you, Chair, and my thanks to the witnesses for coming today. We've had a number of individuals on this study, and it's important. As I ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Losses in honey bee colonies In terms of the pesticides and the polymer you're using to replace the talc, I understand there's a fair amount of acreage, but if there weren't ...

Spoke at the Public Safety committee on Economics of Policing Thank you, Chair, and my questions are through you to the witness. Thank you for coming today. It's important information that you're providing. I was interested ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Committee Business Thank you, Chair, and thanks to all the witnesses for coming here today. I want to make a comment that in terms of container sizes, the ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Thursday, April 25th Thank you. Mr. Mulligan, I guess I've been breaking the law for about 20 years or so because I used to go over to B.C. and ...

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