Yesterday

Spoke in the House on Government Advertising Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have pushed the bar even lower by advertising a job program that does not even exist. Legislation is still months away, and ...

Spoke in the House on Public Works and Government Services Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have left the door open so that companies found guilty of collusion can bid on public contracts. Two companies received 500 contracts ...

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

Voted Yes 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 in the House on Agriculture Mr. Speaker, let us take a moment to talk about their spending. At Agriculture Canada, 665 have employees received job notices. These are just more cuts ...

Spoke in the House on Government Expenditures Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives cannot find $3.1 billion, but they can find $2.4 million to track their own MPs. Now that is Conservative priorities. If I ...

Spoke in the House on Government Expenditures Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives cannot even keep track of billions of dollars in contracts, but they are the champions of monitoring their own MPs. We now ...

Spoke in the House on Public Works and Government Services Mr. Speaker, yesterday, when I asked the President of the Treasury Board about the $2.4 billion in consultation contracts awarded in secret, often without details and ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform you that I will be sharing my time. I like to try to look at things with as much clarity ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Government Expenditures Mr. Speaker, we are talking about $2.4 billion in contracts with no expenditure reports. Is that sound management of taxpayers' money? Here is another disturbing example: ...

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 Government Operations committee on Energy Efficiency in Government Buildings, Structures and Public Works and Main Estimates ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the witnesses for being here today. My first question has to do with the fact that you ...

Spoke at the Government Operations committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 95, 100, 105 and 110 under CANADIAN HERITAGE, ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to follow up on some of my colleague's comments, I would argue that many public servants who have been put in ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-505 An Act to amend the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (powers of inquiry)

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Government Operations committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 95, 100, 105 and 110 under CANADIAN HERITAGE, ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to ask you some questions about one program in particular: the Integrated Relocation Program. Every year, 15,000 to 20,000 ...

Spoke at the Government Operations committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 95, 100, 105 and 110 under CANADIAN HERITAGE, ... Perfect. That's all I needed to know. That's a very clear answer. Thank you for that. I'll go on to my next question. Yesterday I was ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Government Operations committee on Main Estimates 2013-14: Votes 95, 100, 105 and 110 under CANADIAN HERITAGE, ... The first thing I'd like to say is that if the minister is serious about looking at program activity, my suggestion to you—and it's really just ...

Spoke at the Government Operations committee on Energy Efficiency in Government Buildings, Structures and Public Works Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have just come back from a parliamentary visit to Europe. Energy was among the issues we discussed. I was pretty impressed ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by GlobalNews.ca Ottawa punts request for cost of Super Bowl ads OTTAWA – The federal government has turfed a request for details about how much money it spent advertising its economic action plan during this year's Super Bowl. Last month, NDP MP Mathieu Ravignat asked the government to disclose the costs of the ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Tories mull hardware agency "It's not a bad idea in the sense that it can potentially be cost-effective," said NDP Treasury Board critic Mathieu Ravignat. "The problem is this was in the last budget and we've seen few steps forward. We don't want it to cost more than the savings it's going to ...

Mentioned by EMC West Carleton Family farms suffering under Conservatives: NDP, Farms growing but still family ... EMC news - Family farms are not getting the support they deserve from the Conservative government, according NDP MP Mathieu Ravignat. "There needs to be a clear dedication from the government to protect this industry and protect the community aspect ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Certificate of Nomination of Graham Fraser to the Position of Commissioner of ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for being here, Mr. Fraser. As a native Franco-Ontarian, I don't necessarily share the rosy outlook I am sensing you ...

Spoke at the Government Operations committee on Energy Efficiency in Government Buildings, Structures and Public Works I will share my time with Ms. Duncan. I have a quick question. I want to make sure that I understood correctly. Since the LEED project ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Politics & the pope: New pontiff could galvanize Canada's Catholic voters Former leadership candidate and foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar is a devout Roman Catholic, who claims Liberation Theology as one of his lodestones. Pontiac MP Mathieu Ravignat, the NDP's Treasury Board critic, contemplated becoming a Franciscan ...

Mentioned by Vancouver Sun Politics & the pope: New pontiff could galvanize Canada's Catholic voters Former leadership candidate and foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar is a devout Roman Catholic, who claims Liberation Theology as one of his lodestones. Pontiac MP Mathieu Ravignat, the NDP's Treasury Board critic, contemplated becoming a Franciscan ...

Mentioned by Montreal Gazette New pope could inspire Canada's Catholic voters Pontiac MP Mathieu Ravignat, the NDP's Treasury Board critic, contemplated becoming a Franciscan monk in his youth. Party Leader Tom Mulcair, though not a churchgoer, was raised in a staunchly Catholic household and attended Catholic schools.

More than three months ago

Posted on Twitter Je viens de m’exprimer sur le cheval de Troie qu’est le #budgetharper. Faites de même : http://t.co/xeHA9l86 #polcan #npd

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-306 An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (political affiliation)

Posted on Twitter Le cortège de Jack s'arrêtera à 14h demain en face du Musée des Civilisations et la Maison du Citoyen, venez lui souhaiter adieu!

Posted on Twitter Jack's motorcade will be passing by the Gatineau (QC) Museum of Civilization at 2pm, please come to bid him a last farewell.

Posted on Twitter Bravo Nicole Turmel pour ta nomination. An asset for Canadians.

Posted on Twitter Demain matin, 29, ouverture du bureau de Campbell's Bay. I am looking forward welcoming Pontiac county residents.

Posted on Twitter Thanks to the President and members of Chelsea Commerce for the great discussions and BBQ.Merci!

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