Yesterday

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 ...

A week ago

Spoke at the Transport committee on How Competition Can Make Infrastructure Dollars Go Further Yes. Very good. I have a general question for each of you. We keep coming back to the fact that the open tendering and the open ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Habitat Conservation in Canada The reason I ask that question is that we had witnesses from the Canadian Cattlemen's Association here about a week ago, and they talked about one ...

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 at the Transport committee on How Competition Can Make Infrastructure Dollars Go Further Do you believe the lowest price should be the only consideration going through these tendering processes? Should we be looking at lowest price only, or be ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Habitat Conservation in Canada Yes, so it's an ongoing thing that any business does and the bigger the business, the more savings you'll find going through those processes. The only ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Habitat Conservation in Canada I can actually attest to what you're saying; I watch it all the time on my own property. I have a bush behind me and I ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Youth of Elmwood—Transcona Mr. Speaker, one of the great privileges of being a member of Parliament is the opportunity to speak with the youth of Canada. In my riding ...

Spoke at the Transport committee on How Competition Can Make Infrastructure Dollars Go Further Even when you do an expansion, you want to see some continuity, so there shouldn't be interference to that level. I understand where you're coming from, ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Habitat Conservation in Canada Thank you, Mr. Lowe. That's great. Actually, it's exactly where I was going next with Mr. Farwell, to that comment, because I wanted him to speak ...

Mentioned by Canada NewsWire (press release) /REPEAT -- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - Notice/ OTTAWA, April 25, 2013 /CNW/ - Mr. Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood-Transcona, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, will announce Government of Canada support to Work and ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Habitat Conservation in Canada Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all our guests here today. Mr. Chorney, you touched briefly on the wetlands. Mr. Crabbe was talking about having ...

Spoke in the House on National Volunteer Week Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate National Volunteer Week, I want to take this opportunity to thank the many volunteers in my riding of Elmwood—Transcona. From literacy ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) 'Dirty, rotten, bastards' carpet bombing my riding: Pat Martin New Democratic Party MP Pat Martin is accusing Conservative MPs of dirty tricks, saying they are using their free mailing privileges to flood his riding of Winnipeg Centre with partisan letters to his constituents. ... Steven Fletcher (Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley) Candice Bergen (Portage-Lisgar), James Bezan (Selkirk-Interlake) Rod Bruinooge (Winnipeg South), Shelly Glover (Saint Boniface), Joy Smith (Kildonan-St. Paul), Lawrence Toet (Elmwood-Transcona) and Merv Tweed (Brandon-Souris).

Mentioned by ChrisD.ca South Transcona Community Hockey Rinks to See Repairs MP Lawrence Toet, and Linda Oakley, president of the South Transcona Community Centre, during a funding announcement on Saturday, March 16, 2013. (HANDOUT). The South Transcona Community Centre received federal funding over the weekend for ...

Mentioned by DigitalJournal.com (press release) Harper Government Helps Grow Markets for Canadian Soybeans Member of Parliament Lawrence Toet (Elmwood-Transcona), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment to help the Canadian International Grains Institute, in partnership with the Canadian Soybean Council, seize new opportunities in markets abroad. Today's announcement took ... "Our Government's top priority remains the economy, and we continue to work with farmers to create and expand export opportunities and grow their businesses," said MP Toet. "Canadian soybeans are ...

Three months ago

Mentioned by ChrisD.ca Elmwood Giants Get Funding to Upgrade Baseball Club ... events such as the Canadian Championships and be a part of Winnipeg's bid to host the Canada Summer Games in 2017.” The announcement was made Friday by Elmwood–Transcona MP Lawrence Toet and Elmwood city Councillor Thomas Steen.

Mentioned by CBC.ca Robocalls election challengers win bid to admit key evidence The voters are fighting 2011 election victories by Conservative MPs, clockwise from top-left, Kelly Block, John Duncan, Jay Aspin, Joyce Bateman, Joe Daniel, Lawrence Toet and Ryan Leef. .... PM Harper shuffles cabinet to fill aboriginal affairs gap: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shuffled his cabinet a week after accepting the resignation of John Duncan as aboriginal affairs minister, now putting New Brunswick MP Bernard Valcourt in that role. more » · Greg Weston: Anti-hacking agency slow to learn about ...

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise this afternoon to address the opposition motion. As many of my colleagues have previously noted, our government cannot support ...

Spoke in the House on The Penny Mr. Speaker, today we say goodbye to the penny. For years they collected in jars on our dressers, demanding too much time for too little return ...

Spoke in the House on Elmwood—Transcona Mr. Speaker, 2012 was a year of many great celebrations and accomplishments for the wonderful people of Elmwood—Transcona. From Happy Days on Henderson to Canada Day ...

Spoke in the House on The Economy Mr. Speaker, Canada is not immune to global economic challenges from beyond our borders. That is why in 2013 we will continue our commitment to grow ...

Spoke in the House on Jobs and Growth Act, 2012 Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat surprised and shocked that the member would be making statements in the House complaining about the time allotted for study in ...

Spoke in the House on First Nations Financial Transparency Act Mr. Speaker, I was listening to the member speak, and the one thing that really struck me is that we keep on talking about wanting to ...

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