Yesterday

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 ...

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 in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, the opposition plays a fundamental role in the parliamentary system. According to a paper I read from the Library of Parliament: Parliament, after all, ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Combating Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, I would like to present some figures. Budget 2012 announced cuts to public safety of $687.9 million by 2015, which is a considerable amount. ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Canada Post Mr. Speaker, people in my riding are writing to me to ask why the Conservative government is shutting down their post office. Since the beginning of ...

Spoke in the House on The Budget Mr. Speaker, before I came to Parliament, I was a school teacher. I believe in education. It is the best investment our country can make. Education ...

Spoke in the House on Transportation Mr. Speaker, yesterday I asked the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities whether he was in discussions with Quebec and Montreal about extending the Montreal metro's ...

Spoke in the House on Transportation Mr. Speaker, local elected officials, individuals and businesses in my riding all want to move forward with the Montreal metro blue line extension. It is an ...

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act Mr. Speaker, as a mother and a member of the public, I believe we have a right to transparent police investigations. That is fundamental. Could my ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I listened closely to what my esteemed colleague said and made the connection with what we often hear the government say about creating jobs ...

More than three months ago

Mentioned by CBC.ca NDP leadership candidates' caucus endorsements ... Boutin-Sweet Randall Garrison Anne Minh-Thu Quach Dany Morin Denise Savoie Mike Sullivan Laurin Liu Elaine Michaud Thomas Mulcair Robert Aubin Paulina Ayala Tarik Brahmi Sylvain Chicoine Ryan Cleary Don Davies Anne-Marie Day Matthew Dube Pierre-Luc ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Standing on Guard for Thee: Ensuring that Canada's Immigration System is Secure Good afternoon, everyone. I have a slight doubt. You say that the idea is to avoid refugee claims. That is why people must take the biometric ...

Mentioned by MetroNews Canada Mulcair picks up two MP endorsements in NDP bid Speaking to reporters today in Montreal, Eve Peclet and Paulina Ayala became the latest Quebec MPs to back Mulcair's campaign. Mulcair is one of eight candidates vying for the party leadership. Peclet says Mulcair will best defend the French language ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Supplementary Estimates (B) 2011-2012: Votes 1b and 7b under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION Several witnesses have said there are big differences in processing times between various Canadian embassies around the world. For example, Nigel Thomson, our colleague from the ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Committee Business and Briefing on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis ... Going back to the issue of corruption, you said that there are no public servants on the ground permanently but that there are some from time ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group and Briefing on the Situation ... Inter-religious violence in Egypt clearly is not a recent phenomenon. It is part of life. Dozens of Copts were killed in 1992. In the circumstances, what ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Briefing on the Policy Regarding Absentee and Extraterritorial Voting in Canada Thank you, Mr. Chair. If a constituent assembly is formed, it may mean that the citizens living here for whatever reason—be they political refugees or other—will ...

Spoke at the Foreign Affairs committee on Committee Business and Briefing on the Situation in Libya Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a few questions in mind. Since Libya is not a signatory to the Rome Convention, could Gadhafi's collaborators and Gadhafi ...

Mentioned by Toronto Star 'Great friend, great leader…a legend:' Tears as Layton arrives in Parliament MP Paulina Ayala (Honoré-Mercier) kissed the casket and cried. “That's when I knew he was dead,” she said in French afterward. “We've been working so hard, saying all week the work would go on. I'd been holding back my tears. ...

Mentioned by Toronto Star 'Great friend, great leader…a legend:' Tears as Layton arrives in Parliament MP Paulina Ayala (Honoré-Mercier) kissed the casket and cried. “That's when I knew he was dead,” she said in French afterward. “We've been working so hard, saying all week the work would go on. I'd been holding back my tears. ...

Mentioned by Toronto Star 'A great friend, a great leader...a legend:' Tears flow as Layton arrives on ... MP Paulina Ayala (Honoré-Mercier) lay a kiss on the casket and cried. “That's when I knew he was dead,” she said in French afterward. “We've been working so hard, saying all week the work would go on. I'd been holding back my tears. ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Guitars, scotch, and stolen sleep: Behind the scenes of the filibuster Angus said he learned Chilean songs from one of his new colleagues, Paulina Ayala, and Québécois songs from Pierre Dionne Labelle. Angus used to drive all-night shifts with his band before he was an MP, so he is used to doing a 12-hour all nighter, ...

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