Today

Posted on Twitter When the unemployed receive the job alerts from employers looking for temp foreign workers, will the wages be 15% less than the going rate?

Yesterday

Posted on Twitter We were all at the Huffington Post party. I was imagining a Flaherty/Black/Chow debate on immigration, pension and crime. #HuffPostCaTurns1

Posted on Twitter Where would you find Jim Flaherty, Conrad Black and me in the same room? A forum on immigration, or on pension, or on the cost of crime?

Posted on Twitter RT Missed the June Callwood Lecture at the #AppelSalon with Stephen Lewis? Here's the video: http://t.co/bn9mvu8b via @torontolibrary #fb

Mentioned by Alberta Daily Herald Tribune Much ado about Mulcair: He doesn't know jack He was a guy that almost everybody said had no chance, then almost everybody turned out to be wrong. That's why I was personally disappointed to see Olivia Chow, Jack's widow and NDP MP, finish the aforementioned TV spots with her comment “Jack's ...

Two days ago

Posted on Twitter SPEAK OUT THIS WEEK: #NDP #harperbudget hearings in Toronto, Regina, Vancouver, Montreal. http://t.co/1M7JyWQa #cdnpoli #fb

Posted on Twitter YWCA Elm Centre tenant Analee speaking about how she found hope in her beautiful apt. http://t.co/FFZYiEAa

A week ago

Didn't vote on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Didn't vote on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Didn't vote on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Didn't vote on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Didn't vote on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen U of O gets hip to honour alumni NDP MP Olivia Chow spoke to the 600-person crowd about the impact nurses have on our lives, sharing her own family's experience from when her late husband, Jack Layton, battled cancer. The gala grossed $250000 for the CNF's $4-million campaign to fund ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Around Town: U of O gets hip to honour alumni NDP MP Olivia Chow spoke to the 600-person crowd about the impact nurses have on our lives, sharing her own family's experience from when her late husband, Jack Layton, battled cancer. The gala grossed $250000 for the CNF's $4-million campaign to fund ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Around Town NDP MP Olivia Chow spoke to the 600-person crowd about the impact nurses have on our lives, sharing her own family's experience from when her late husband, Jack Layton, battled cancer. The gala grossed $250000 for the CNF's $4-million campaign to fund ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Around Town: U of O gets hip to honour alumni NDP MP Olivia Chow spoke to the 600-person crowd about the impact nurses have on our lives, sharing her own family's experience from when her late husband, Jack Layton, battled cancer. The gala grossed $250000 for the CNF's $4-million campaign to fund ...

Mentioned by National Post How the Toronto plans to stop parts of Gardiner Expressway from falling onto ... The crumbling highway has left local politicians up in arms, with NDP MP Olivia Chow and councillor Adam Vaughan publicly urging Ottawa and Queen's Park to help the City of Toronto with funding the Gardiner's long-term repair. In the interim, however, ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to present hundreds of petitions from Canadians from coast to coast to coast who support a national transit strategy. They ...

Spoke in the House on Safer Railways Act Mr. Speaker, having a safe and reliable rail network is essential to Canada's mobility and economy. Seventy percent of all service goods are shipped by train. ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Railway Transportation Mr. Speaker, in the eighties, Conservatives deregulated the rail industry and rural communities suffered. In the nineties, Liberals sold CN and the service suffered again. With ...

Spoke in the House on Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act Mr. Speaker, hard-working store owners trying to protect their own property should never be punished as criminals and the Criminal Code should not provide opportunities for ...

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities is more interested in pork patronage than listening to Aveos workers. The latest is the appointment of ...

Spoke in the House on Canada Post Corporation Act Mr. Speaker, having been a former board member of the Toronto Public Library, libraries are one of the most important services for many Canadians. In fact, ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Aviation Safety Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General reported that one out of three airline safety inspections was not done. Why were they not done? There was not enough ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to present petitions on behalf of some of my constituents who are tired of waiting for buses, being stuck in ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-344 An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (side guards)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-305 An Act to establish a National Public Transit Strategy

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-639 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (universal child care benefit)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-615 An Act to establish a National Public Transit Strategy

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-604 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (appeal process for temporary resident visa applicants)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-566 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (sponsorship of relative)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-565 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (arrest without warrant by owner)

Statements in the House