A week ago

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, the phone in my riding office has been ringing off the hook for days. Many workers in eastern Montreal who now are unemployed because ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, our Conservative colleague talked about the responsible development of resource projects in the mining sector. In order to achieve that, thorough environmental assessments are ...

Voted Yes on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Voted No on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Spoke in the House on Iran Mr. Speaker, there is one thing that worries me enormously. I know that when a country is faced with a difficult situation, it is often the ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act Madam Speaker, the extremely tight schedule we have been given to work on Bill C-38, which does not facilitate debate at all, reminds me of my ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, we are talking about seniors, which is a good thing. However, the government is attacking future generations instead. Our youth are already paying more ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act Madam Speaker, I believe that negotiating free trade agreements country by country shows a lack of ambition because there is no broad, regional vision. I have ...

Spoke in the House on Reconstruction of Haiti Mr. Speaker, last week, I went to Haiti with some ParlAmericas colleagues. We were able to see first-hand Canada's commitment to the reconstruction of this devastated ...

Spoke in the House on Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague. What he said moves me deeply. My little brother is also gay. He had to leave Chile ...

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 ...

More than three months ago

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 ...

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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