This week

Voted No on Vote #755 on Bill S-16 Amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco)

Spoke in the House on Women's Organization in Lachute Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize the work of Carrefour des femmes du Grand Lachute, an organization that is very important ...

Voted No on Vote #754 on Bill C-56 Amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other ...

Voted No on Vote #753 on Bill S-10 Implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Voted No on Vote #752 on Bill C-266 Establish Pope John Paul II Day

Voted Yes on Vote #751 on Bill C-476 Amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Budget Officer)

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act Mr. Speaker, I keep hearing members of the government saying that the NDP has not brought forward legislation on first nations issues. That is because what ...

Spoke in the House on International Trade Mr. Speaker, the trade agreement that Canada is about to sign with Europe is the most important such agreement in the last decade. However, the only ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Temporary Resident Visas for Visitors I have five minutes? Thank you very much, Chair. I'm very glad to take the time. I thought my time was withering away. I'm actually very ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women Okay. Still speaking about sensitizing, what role has Status of Women Canada generally—the agency—played in sensitizing the RCMP, police, and different levels of government in terms ...

Posted on Twitter Osez donner MAINTENANT! #pauvreté @EFOutaouais http://t.co/dsfics2Qx7

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Nuclear Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak on Bill S-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Nuclear Terrorism Act. This bill puts in ...

Spoke in the House on Papineau Region Mr. Speaker, with summer fast approaching, I want to invite all my colleagues and all Canadians to come and see, taste and hear all the wonderful ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives do not just have a terrible track record when it comes to education. They have also been dragging their feet when it ...

Spoke in the House on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act Mr. Speaker, it is very important for me to speak to Bill S-8, An Act respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands. We ...

Posted on Twitter Émue d'être élue présidente du caucus femmes #NPD! Gros MERCI à @DSellahNPD pour son travail inestimable à la tête de ce caucus depuis 2ans

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today, May 2, two years after the NDP was elected as the official opposition. It has bee two years, ...

Posted on Twitter Fantastic meet, thank you! @bouch137: Afternoon meeting with @MyleneFreeman! Thanks for your time #CHRA2013 http://t.co/6tS0e081x1

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Expenditure Plans for Citizenship and Immigration in 2012-13 and Main Estimates 2013-14: ... All right, Minister, I'm going to keep going, if you don't mind, so we can get more questions in. The report on plans and priorities for ...

Posted on Twitter Au congrès #NPD13 #mtlqc13 avec mes superbes délégués d'Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel! http://t.co/0sgy2NEymk

Posted on Twitter Le meilleur party du #NPD ce soir sera au @pubstpaul à 20h - joignez-vous aux jeunes de la relève pour un soirée pub! #mtlqc13 #NPD13

Posted on Twitter Help keep young MPs on the Hill in 2015! Join us, 8pm @pubstpaul #mtlqc13 #NDP13

Three months ago

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Thank you, Chair. I want to thank our witnesses for being here and speaking about the importance of our not creating stateless people. I think you ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Thank you, Chair. And thank you to our witnesses for being here today. To both of you, I'd like to start off by asking what role ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Supplementary Estimates (C) 2012-13: Votes 1c and 5c under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION ... I have a final question. So we are talking about 60 or so permanent residents who, if they are serving with our armed forces, we can ...

More than three months ago

Spoke at the Status of Women committee on Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr. McPhail, your report recommends that the RCMP implement a data collection system for workplace conflicts. The data would be compiled systematically ...

Spoke at the Status of Women committee on Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace I have to ask you a bit about ADR, alternative dispute resolution. Many employers encourage employees to go through the ADR process before filing a grievance ...

Mentioned by Macleans.ca Big Bird! Bev Oda! Binders of women! Some of the hottest political Halloween ... Outfits included Mitt Romney's “binders full of women,” Bev Oda sipping $16 OJ (albeit from a plastic container) and NDP MP Niki Ashton as Big Bird. (l-r) NDP MPs Laurin Liu as Anne Quach (a nod to when CPAC IDed them as each other), Charmaine Borg, Mylène Freeman, Matthew Dubé. Robin MacLachlan of Summa (right). IMG_1158. Anne Quach as Laurin Liu (a nod to when CPAC IDed them as each other). The NDP mullet is back! NDP MP Irene Mathyssen. Homage to Gerry Ritz. IMG_1172. NDP MP Jack ...

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) Rookie NDP MPs say it's been a steep learning curve When rookie NDP MP Rosane Doré Lefebvre first got to the Hill, two weeks after Canadians in Alfred-Pellan, Que., elected her to the House of Commons, she met with Parliamentary staff and senior MPs who told her, “You'll see, it's like being on the back of the moon.” Almost 18 months later, .... As the youngest Member of Parliament, Mr. Dusseault said he thinks it's important that he engage with young people to attract more youth to politics. ... and NDP Mylène Freeman (Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, Que.) who were ...

Mentioned by Peninsula News Review North Saanich council briefs In August, MP Mylène Freeman from Quebec (Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel riding) requested support from North Saanich Council (among others) on motion M-400 — an initiative to seek establishment of a federal financial support system for the management ...

Mentioned by rabble.ca (blog) Charmaine Borg versus James Moore: Irresistible force meets immovable object ... is Charmaine Borg, the Member of Parliament for Terrebonne-Blainville, Québec. Borg is one of the McGill Five (Charmaine Borg, Matthew Dubé, Laurin Liu, Mylène Freeman, and Jamie Nicholls), grassroots NDP activists and McGill University students, ...

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) NDP's silence on Quebec protests could cost supporters, says ... Rookie NDP MP Pierre Luc-Dusseault (Sherbrooke, Que.), who was elected while in his ... and Mylène Freeman (Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, Que.). NDP MPs ...

Mentioned by CJAD Two tornadoes north of Montreal Photo Credit: Canadian Press, Twitter user: @joebrooklynn_1, Mylène Freeman(NDP MP Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel). Share This. CJAD Local News ...

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