Today

Posted on Twitter My speech on Conservative attempts to politicize history; could the same be happening to The Rooms? http://t.co/Y5lcbqKDpO

Posted on Twitter Behold ... a painting by the great Grant Boland ... http://t.co/9dZiZHRLOg

Posted on Twitter Good morning Newfoundland and Labrador, all the ships at sea, and MPs of all political strip who agreed to support... http://t.co/FoBOu7FsB6

Yesterday

Spoke in the House on Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation Mr. Speaker, hiding behind the integrity commissioner's investigation is not a response to blatant Conservative patronage. The Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation is just the tip of ...

Voted No on Vote #760 on Bill C-54 Amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (mental disorder)

Voted No on Vote #759 That the debate be now adjourned.

Voted No on Vote #758 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

Voted Yes on Vote #757 on Bill C-49 Amend the Museums Act in order to establish the Canadian Museum of History and to ...

Posted on Twitter Interesting read on Iceland's economic fall and rise from the ashes ... http://t.co/BmmS9jY3EZ

Posted on Twitter Wow is right ... great shot of the Narrows and downtown YYT ... http://t.co/GwMpbiwCHW

Posted on Twitter When are the Cons going to stop treating Atlantic Canadians like fools?: I posed the following question today ... http://t.co/cPk6hMLo1w

Two days ago

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 ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question for Mr. Roberts, but before I get there, I have a question for the lovely ladies from Calgary. ...

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, let us see. Aside from illegitimate hirings, subsequent dismissals and cover-up at ACOA, we now see scandal at Enterprise Cape Breton. The CEO, described ...

Spoke in the House on Canadian Federation of Students Mr. Speaker, the average student debt in this country, in terms of federal and provincial loans, stands at $28,000. That is how Canadian students are expected ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, Atlantic Canadians want economic development. Instead, ACOA is becoming a home for Conservative mismanagement and ethical breaches. Yesterday, Conservatives had the audacity to claim ...

Spoke in the House on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to foreign fishing vessels: (a) how many foreign fishing vessels have had permission to fish inside Canada's 200-mile limit off the east coast of ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. Ms. Gillis, in your opening remarks you talk about how recent stats—which Mr. Butt also just referred ...

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Defence is trying to keep up with his boss with his very own patronage scandal and cover-up. ACOA's rules were ...

Spoke in the House on The Canadian Museum of History Act I would not want them to leave, though, Mr. Speaker. I want them to hear the end of my speech. I have been to The Rooms ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans: (a) how many commercial salmon licence holders remain in Newfoundland and Labrador; (b) when was the last ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce and Main Estimates ... You talk about the federal government taking a leadership role in helping older workers get back into or stay in the workforce. What specifically can the ...

Mentioned by VOCM Qalipu Applicants Treated Unfairly: MP The MP for St. John's South-Mount Pearl says that Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation applicants have been treated unfairly. Ryan Cleary spoke in the House of Commons yesterday to a motion concerning the Qalibu First Nation recognition and registration process.

A month ago

Mentioned by VOCM MP wants Intervention in Airport Strike MP Ryan Cleary is requesting an independent mediator to help resolve the ongoing labour dispute at the St. John's International Airport. Cleary fears the upcoming tourism season will be affected by the strike, as well as the economy of the northeast Avalon.

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Subject Matter of Clauses 161 to 166 (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. I'm a member of Parliament from Newfoundland and Labrador, and I've had a number of cases of ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Linda, for your presentation. I found it fascinating. I have a few quick questions and only five minutes, so the ...

Two months ago

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Economic Opportunities for Young Apprentices and Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a fascinating presentation. On the one hand you have the chamber talking about the challenges of tapping into the older ...

Mentioned by VOCM MPs React to SAR Review Ryan Cleary calls a federal Auditor General review of search and rescue policies damning. The NDP MP says the Conservative government is not doing its job, and it's time it took a better look at search and rescue. The report, released yesterday, outlined a ...

Spoke at the Human Resources committee on Engaging Experience: Opportunities for Older Persons in the Workforce Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're studying the opportunities for older persons in the workforce, obviously. My first question has to do with the percentage of the ...

Mentioned by VOCM Cleary Accuses Penashue of Dividing Province The MP for St. John's South-Mount Pearl is accusing former MP Peter Penashue of pitting one area of the province against the other. In the House of Commons yesterday, Ryan Cleary said Penashue is dividing the province by claiming he held up projects to ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-500 An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (ocean watersheds)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-494 An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Main River and Bay du Nord River)

Mentioned by VOCM Mayor Vs. MP The Mayor of the city of St. John's has issued a challenge to NDP MP Ryan Cleary. Dennis O'Keefe is firing back after the St. John's-South MP said that the Battery and Fort Amherst area has been in need of protection for some time but nothing has been done.

Three months ago

Mentioned by VOCM Penashue still being Debated in House ... jumped to the defence of the spending and former MP Penashue, who resigned after breaking the rules on election spending. NDP MP Ryan Cleary says Peter Penashue should bow out of the federal by-election. Cleary made the comments in the House of ...

Spoke at the Natural Resources committee on Innovation in the Energy Sector Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. I just have one question. I was in Israel last summer, and I went for a tour ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-308 An Act respecting a Commission of Inquiry into the development and implementation of a national fishery rebuilding strategy for fish stocks off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador

Statements in the House