Peter Stoffer
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NDP MP for Sackville—Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)
Won his last election, in 2011, with 54.10% of the vote.
Yesterday
Didn't vote on Vote #760 on Bill C-54 Amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder)
Didn't vote on Vote #759 That the debate be now adjourned.
Didn't vote on Vote #758 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...
Didn't vote on Vote #757 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...
Two days ago
Voted No on Vote #756 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...
A week ago
Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, Corporal Glen Kirkland is one of the heroes of Canada who served so valiantly in Afghanistan. He appeared before the House of Commons defence ...
Spoke at the Veterans Affairs committee on Comparative Analysis Study on the Services and Benefits Offered to Veterans by ... Thank you. Sir, one of the debates going on in Canada is the issue of mental health concerns, not just within the military and veteran community ...
Spoke in the House on Expansion and Conservation of Canada’s National Parks Act Mr. Speaker, I want to advise the previous speaker that the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, herself a proud Nova Scotian, did not malign any one ...
Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, the question would be, why would he? Corporal Glen Kirkland served his country in Afghanistan with great courage and great valour. Unfortunately, he came ...
Two weeks ago
Spoke at the Transport committee on How Competition Can Make Infrastructure Dollars Go Further Mr. Adler was kind enough to say that we should take an economics lesson, and I'd like to give him one right back. In 1998-99, the ...
Spoke at the Fisheries committee on Northern and Arctic Fisheries When we were up there back in 2002, we knew there was a lot of tension between the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and the Baffin Fisheries ...
Three weeks ago
Spoke in the House on Halifax Mooseheads Mr. Speaker, Sit a spell, for there is a story I have got to tell; About a hockey team from the great east coast that gave ...
A month ago
Mentioned by TheChronicleHerald.ca HOWE ROOM: MPs, mayors make some Moose wagers New Democrat MP Peter Stoffer expects his faith in the Mooseheads to translate into some Labatts. The Sackville-Eastern Shore MP has a friendly wager with Conservative Ed Holder, who represents London West, on whose local team — the Halifax ...
Mentioned by MetroNews Canada MP Peter Stoffer laying it on the line in Mooseheads' Memorial Cup bid Maybe Peter Stoffer will be the x-factor for the Halifax Mooseheads. The house is at stake for the Sackville-Eastern Shore MP, who's backing the Moose all the way as they prepare for the Portland Winterhawks in their Memorial Cup opener on Saturday in ...
Mentioned by MetroNews Canada MP Peter Stoffer laying it on the line in Mooseheads' Memorial Cup opener Maybe Peter Stoffer will be the x-factor for the Halifax Mooseheads. Well, the house is at stake for the Sackville-Eastern Shore MP who's backing the Moose all the way as they prepare for the Portland Winterhawks in their Memorial Cup opener on Saturday in ...
Spoke at the Veterans Affairs committee on Comparative Analysis Study on the Services and Benefits Offered to Veterans by ... When we were in Washington a few weeks ago, we heard from a woman who runs an organization called Give an Hour. She basically admitted very ...
Spoke in the House on House Commons Soccer Game I have to admit, Mr. Speaker, last night's level of violence by the youth of our country, meaning the pages of the House of Commons, to ...
Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, when the Conservatives quote something, they take only a little sample of the quote. The rest of the Auditor General's quote was: “It's important ...
Spoke at the Veterans Affairs committee on Comparative Analysis Study on the Services and Benefits Offered to Veterans by ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ms. Bastien and Mr. Cormier, thank you very much for coming today. In your first statement, you indicated that those who communicate ...
Two months ago
Spoke in the House on Last Post Fund Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague from the great province of Newfoundland and Labrador for bringing forward Motion No. 422. I greatly appreciate ...
Mentioned by Sun News Network NDP veterans affairs critic upset with fellow MP's anti-WWI blog post "I'm not sure what (Boulerice) was thinking when he wrote that, but I would be very honest with you that I would strongly disagree with those sentiments coming either from him or from anybody else," Nova Scotia MP Peter Stoffer told QMI Agency. Stoffer adds ...
Three months ago
Mentioned by Halifax News Net Sackville cemetery offering discounted plots to veterans Bill Mont sat next to NDP MP Peter Stoffer, the official opposition critic for veteran's affairs, at a press conference on March 22 to discuss a recent announcement from Ottawa regarding a funding boost to the burial program for Canada's former soldiers.
Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen (blog) Minister Blaney Responds About Concerns On Veterans Funeral and Burial ... Here is a statement from Veterans Minister Steven Blaney's office responding to Peter Stoffer's comments on the funeral and burial program for veterans: “Canada's funeral and ... Tory MP's former assistant guilty of criminal harassment. Judge acquits student ...
Spoke in the House on National Defence Mr. Speaker, I met with those same folks from the military family resource centre. When 158 Canadian heroes paid the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefields of ...
More than three months ago
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-472 An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (death benefit for parents)
Spoke at the Veterans Affairs committee on Supplementary Estimates (B) 2012-2013: Votes 1b and 5b under VETERANS AFFAIRS I thank everyone for their comments. First of all, I would just refer you to page 1009, chapter 20, of House of Commons Procedure and Practice, ...
Spoke at the Veterans Affairs committee on Review of Veterans Review and Appeal Board (VRAB) activities Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you all for coming. Mr. Larlee, I say this in fairness to you, I don't think it's probable that in two ...
Spoke at the Veterans Affairs committee on Committee Business and Briefing with the Co-Chairs of the DND/VAC Joint Steering ... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to all of you—to you, Admiral, and to the folks you brought as well, for your service to our country and ...
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-447 An Act respecting the repeal and replacement of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-416 An Act to proclaim Edison Arantes do Nascimento an honorary citizen of Canada
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-382 An Act respecting the appointment of a Minister of State (Education)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-272 An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (compassionate care benefits)
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-271 An Act to prevent the use of the Internet to distribute pornographic material involving children
Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-270 An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations (passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)
