Yesterday

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to section (a) and section (b), a comprehensive response would require an arduous and time-consuming manual search of all of CIC’s reports ...

Voted Yes 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 No on Vote #683 That, in light of $3.1 billion of missing funds outlined in Chapter Eight of the 2013 Spring Report ...

Voted No on Vote #682 That the motion be amended by adding the following: “and that in order to avoid losing funds in ...

This week

Posted on Twitter Best guy to rep@MatSiscoe: Honour & pleasure to rep @RickDykstra the opening of #Niagara #FolkArts in dtown #StCath http://t.co/H0LJRyGfwW

A week ago

Mentioned by St. Catharines Standard Dykstra won't send Trudeau attack flyers Don't expect to see St. Catharines MP Rick Dykstra taking swings at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in your mailbox - even if he agrees with the message. The Conservative MP says he won't be sending out a series of taxpayer-funded mailers attacking ...

Mentioned by Thorold News Dykstra won't send Trudeau attack flyers Don't expect to see St. Catharines MP Rick Dykstra taking swings at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in your mailbox - even if he agrees with the message. The Conservative MP says he won't be sending out a series of taxpayer-funded mailers attacking ...

Mentioned by Niagara Falls Review Dykstra won't send Trudeau attack flyers Don't expect to see St. Catharines MP Rick Dykstra taking swings at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in your mailbox - even if he agrees with the message. The Conservative MP says he won't be sending out a series of taxpayer-funded mailers attacking ...

Mentioned by Niagara Advance Dykstra won't send Trudeau attack flyers Don't expect to see St. Catharines MP Rick Dykstra taking swings at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in your mailbox - even if he agrees with the message. The Conservative MP says he won't be sending out a series of taxpayer-funded mailers attacking ...

Mentioned by Welland Tribune Dykstra won't send Trudeau attack flyers Don't expect to see St. Catharines MP Rick Dykstra taking swings at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in your mailbox - even if he agrees with the message. The Conservative MP says he won't be sending out a series of taxpayer-funded mailers attacking ...

Mentioned by Niagarathisweek.com Dropping the gloves on Parkinson's St. Catharines riding MP Rick Dykstra, Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre executive director Jane Rufrano and former NHL player and coach Steve Ludzik unveil the nameplate for the new Steve Ludzik Centre for Parkinson's Rehab at the ...

Posted on Twitter My buddy Steve Ludzik, Talking to @CHCHTV, Parkinson's treatment clinic we opened at the Hotel Dieu Shaver Hospital. http://t.co/unW0TJYig3

Posted on Twitter Amazing "@aradwanski: At precise moment Chris Hadfield emerges, CBC cuts to a clip of the Bruins scoring the winning goal. Go to hell."

Posted on Twitter This young lady inspires. Sam Gates from @momentumchoir sings Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Gives him & KD Lang a run http://t.co/rnBA2RSJ7Y

Posted on Twitter @pmharper just got a huge ovation for supporting @momentumchoir This picture just went up during the concert. http://t.co/3fxaqKLAtL

Posted on Twitter Gore's contribution to climate change....Toronto SUN http://t.co/IRC9Led5pp

Spoke in the House on Passport Canada Mr. Speaker, this is all about improving services for Canadians and making them more convenient and more accessible. In fact, the ministry already determines and issues ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), the delegation that accompanied the Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism throughout his visit to Iraq included ...

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 Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with the changes to the interim federal health program, the government expects to save approximately $100 million over the next five years. If the ...

Spoke in the House on Citizenship and Immigration Mr. Speaker, as part of our government's transformational changes to the immigration system and a new improved federal skilled worker program, tomorrow we will begin accepting ...

Spoke in the House on Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands Mr. Speaker, as a Canadian of Dutch descent whose parents felt the oppression of Nazi Germany invading their country, I am pleased to rise today to ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Report ... Sure, why not? Thank you very much, Chairman. I am presenting to you a survey we did in my riding. We've already forwarded this to the ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Chernobyl Mr. Speaker, April 26 marks the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress will be holding a Chernobyl memorial service this evening ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Expenditure Plans for Citizenship and Immigration in 2012-13 and Main Estimates 2013-14: ... I know my good friend, Mr. Lamoureux, usually has a lot to say before he gets to his question, but I do think it's important. There ...

Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, the fact is I am the mover of this motion at committee and what the discussion revolved around was acts of terrorism committed by ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Thank you. I will not take long. I just want an opportunity to respond to three objectives that I think Mr. Lamoureux is trying to come ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Thank you, Chair. Following up on Mr. Menegakis's questions leads me to one of my own. You referred to some witnesses who have appeared and made ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... I'm not going to take up too much time, but I do feel it's important to point out a couple of things. One is that the ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Thanks, Chair. Taking the point of Mr. Opitz, maybe Salma and Asif could comment on the whole idea of the radicalization of youth and what happens ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian ... Yes, thank you, Chair. I understand that members of the opposition like to question the minister while he's here on issues that are unrelated to the ...

Spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration committee on Supplementary Estimates (C) 2012-13: Votes 1c and 5c under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION ... Chair, I think there is some relevance to your suggestion. However, you went on a bit about defining a number of different terms. If we're going ...

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