Yesterday

Didn't vote on Vote #756 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

This week

Voted Yes on Vote #755 on Bill S-16 Amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco)

Spoke in the House on Supreme Court Mr. Speaker, as this government has stated before, we have no interest in reopening old constitutional debate. Our government continues to focus its efforts on the ...

Spoke in the House on University of Guelph Regional Campus Mr. Speaker, today I rise in the House to highlight the important work of Campus d'Alfred, a University of Guelph regional campus in my riding of ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, changes were made to employment insurance to help unemployed workers find suitable employment. They help them, their family and the local economy. Everyone wins. ...

Voted Yes on Vote #754 on Bill C-56 Amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other ...

Voted Yes on Vote #753 on Bill S-10 Implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Voted Yes on Vote #752 on Bill C-266 Establish Pope John Paul II Day

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Canadian Food Inspection Agency Mr. Speaker, given that the member was talking about resources, I would remind the House that under this government we have increased front-line inspectors for CFIA ...

Spoke in the House on Agriculture and Agri-Food Mr. Speaker, I would like to identify that the department is committed to research, and as programs sunset other priority areas, such as innovation, markets and ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Agricultural and Agri-Food Products Supply Chain and Subject-matter of the Supplementary Estimates ... Thank you for the offer, Mr. Chair. I have my own line of questioning, so I'll pursue that. Minister, I wanted to ask you a few ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Agricultural and Agri-Food Products Supply Chain Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you for your excellent statements. Those were really informative statements, and they aligned nicely with what we heard at our ...

Spoke in the House on Fair Rail Freight Service Act Mr. Speaker, Canada's agriculture and food industry creates jobs and promotes economic growth. That is why our government remains committed to working hard to help this ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Agricultural and Agri-Food Products Supply Chain First of all, thanks for being here. I'm very glad that there was some discussion about the vested interest farmers have in the care of their ...

Spoke in the House on Convex Affirmative Enterprises Mr. Speaker, today I am honoured to congratulate Groupe Convex, an organization in my riding that provides services to persons with disabilities. Caroline Arcand and her ...

Spoke in the House on Agriculture Mr. Speaker, the ministers of agriculture and international trade have been clear that our government is extremely disappointment with the regulatory changes put forward by the ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Losses in honey bee colonies Anyway, let me just move on to one other thing. We had some discussion here about what it is that is causing the loss of bees. ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Losses in honey bee colonies Thanks very much, Chair. And thank you to our witnesses for their presence here today. This is indeed an important topic, which is why we're studying ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Thursday, May 2nd Thanks very much, Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for being here today. I would like to discuss some of the issues in regard to the ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Thursday, April 25th My question has a provincial flavour to it because we're talking about the LCBO, but on the supply chain I guess I'm looking at it more ...

Spoke at the Agriculture committee on Committee Business Thank you, Chair. Actually, I'd just like to pick up on that last train of conversation, because I think it's important to have that conversation about ...

Mentioned by Waterloo Record Wellington MP joins backbench revolt against stifling party discipline Two more Tories — Wellington-Halton Hills MPs Michael Chong and Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MP Pierre Lemieux — joined the chorus of complaints Monday as Parliament resumed business after the Easter break. They threw their support ... “It would indeed be an infringement on the rights and privileges of a member of Parliament if members were not able to rise to clarify their positions on such important matters or to give voice to the concerns of their constituents,” Lemieux told the Commons. The Canadian Press ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail Two more Tory MPs agitate for freedom of speech in House ... challenge the Prime Minister's Office's iron grip over what caucus members can say in the chamber. One is Pierre Lemieux, an Eastern Ontario MP who is also an assistant to a cabinet minister. He's parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Agriculture.

Three months ago

Mentioned by EMC West Carleton Family farms suffering under Conservatives: NDP, Farms growing but still family ... Pierre Lemieux, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Conservative MP for the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, disagrees. "What's happening is that agriculture is doing very well right now and farmers want to expand their ...

Mentioned by Toronto Sun About the author A new book by Canadian economist Pierre Lemieux, The Public Debt Problem, sheds light on how the U.S. went bankrupt. Lemieux argues that steady increases in the growth of the .... Conservative caucus mutiny. Conservative MP Mark Warawa. 0 · News ...

Mentioned by Sun News Network MICHEL KELLY-GAGNON A new book by Canadian economist Pierre Lemieux, The Public Debt Problem, sheds light on how the U.S. went bankrupt. Lemieux argues that steady increases in the growth of the American welfare state is the primary culprit. Contrary to what most people ...

More than three months ago

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Enchanted by eBay, Ottawa celebrates e-commerce success stories “I'm delighted and touched by the MP turnout,” notes Zatylny. Joining the ACPA reception was Steven ... Peter Stoffer, Ed Holder, Frank Valeriote, Pierre Lemieux and Anne Minh-Thu Quach dropped by to mingle. The CFA is a policy-based organization.

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