Yesterday

Didn't vote on Vote #692 That this House do now adjourn.

Voted Yes on Vote #691 That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, commencing upon the adoption of ...

Voted No on Vote #690 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “Fridays” and substituting the following: ...

Voted No on Vote #689 on Bill C-463 Amend the Income Tax Act (travel expenses)

Voted Yes on Vote #688 That, in the opinion of the House, anaphylaxis is a serious concern for an increasing number of Canadians ...

Two days ago

Spoke in the House on Doug Finley Mr. Speaker, a great Canadian has passed. Doug Finley was born overseas and never lost his magnificent Scottish accent, but he loved this country from the ...

Posted on Twitter "The present universality of [a] belief proves no more the reality of its object than did the universal (cont) http://t.co/eqJ8OaudJm

Posted on Twitter Today I had the honour of delivering a statement in the Commons on the passing of my good friend, Senator Doug Finley. I already miss him!

A week ago

Posted on Twitter Early in the month, I rashly promised to climb 65 flights of stairs each day to raise money for CF. This (cont) http://t.co/MQXuXBygB7

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario 2012 All right. I have limited time, which is why I keep hustling along all the people who are answering. Just to be clear about this, northern ...

Posted on Twitter Am reading a 1937 economics article by Ronald Coase. That it's still relevant is remarkable. Even more remarkable: Coase is still writing!

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Report ... Five minutes? Okay. I copied Mr. Hsu after our joint presentation. He had a little timer that he used, and I went and got his software, ...

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, I am also presenting a petition, in fact I suspect it is the exact same petition regarding genetically modified alfalfa that was presented by ...

Posted on Twitter May is Cystic Fibrosis month, and many, many people are getting friends and family to sponsor them to raise (cont) http://t.co/GnI1gTRatM

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario 2012 Okay. Now I get all of that. There's a last thing I want to ask you. When I take a look at the boundary between you ...

A month ago

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Report ... Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Colleagues, I asked the clerk to distribute a presentation, which you have in front of you. There are two copies, ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012 and ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question concerns only the names under consideration. I find the three proposals that were presented very reasonable. I believe that a ...

Spoke in the House on Religious Freedom I am speaking in support of this excellent motion. I generally agree with much of what my colleague has said on this and many other issues. ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012 and ... Thank you. I'm going to start by asking Mr. Trost some questions. I think members of the committee know that I have started carrying along my ...

Mentioned by EMC Perth Open letter replies to local MP's mailer (This is an open letter to Lanark-Frontenac, Lennox and Addington MP Scott Reid. A copy was made available to The Perth Courier for publication.) To the Editor, Recently, Scott Reid addressed a letter to me (a constituency mailer) outlining three issues ...

Mentioned by EMC Perth Despite his claims, Reid is raising your taxes Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington MP Scott Reid likes to boast that the Conservatives "will not raise taxes." There's only one problem: that claim is not true. The Conservatives' federal budget increases tariffs on everyday items imported from dozens of ...

Two months ago

Posted on Twitter Had my second annual "Apple Spirits" cider-tasting on Parliament Hill yesterday, with producers from four (cont) http://t.co/xhEsC9ScBp

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan 2012 Can I ask the Elections Canada people to put up the maps so that we get the entire southern boundary of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River? I have some ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen How Jim Flaherty resignation could save the Conservatives By Scott Reid, Ottawa Citizen March 22, 2013. Tweet. Comment. 0. Story; Photos ( 4 ). How Jim Flaherty resignation could save the .... Scott Reid is a principal at Feschuk.Reid and a CTV News political analyst. He is the former Director of Communications to ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012 Thank you. Just so I can be clear, Ms. Sims represents right now Newton—North Delta. The majority of that riding, not all of it but the ...

Mentioned by EMC Almonte/Carleton Place Federal government needs to be accountable for First Nations issues Like most of us in Lanark County, I received the latest of MP Scott Reid's controversial Householders on Friday. This one, like other issues before it, is an assault on the credibility of First Nations leaders and, like other issues before it, includes a completely ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen All in the family Her husband, Scott Reid, played hockey for 12 years, including stints with American League teams in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Wisconsin and Alaska, as well as a year in Scotland. The pair, who met at a hockey school in Edmonton, now live in Calgary, ...

Mentioned by EMC Smiths Falls Federal government needs to be accountable for First Nations issues Like most of us in Lanark County, I received the latest of MP Scott Reid's controversial Householders on Friday. This one, like other issues before it, is an assault on the credibility of First Nations leaders and, like other issues before it, includes a completely ...

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am picking up where I left off before question period. I got about 10 minutes into a 20-minute talk, and as I have ...

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Petitions Mr. Speaker, the second petition deals with a subject near and dear to my heart, which is the enshrining of property rights for Ontario residents in ...

Spoke in the House on Lucy Mieske Mr. Speaker, today I am honoured to pay tribute to the life of Lucy Mieske, who passed away Monday at the age of 98. A life ...

Spoke in the House on Charter of Rights and Freedom Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court interprets statutes by referring first to the text of the law and when the statutory text is unclear, to Parliament's publicly ...

Spoke in the House on PETITIONS Mr. Speaker, I have a petition to table today on the grave subject of the sexual exploitation of children, and in particular, on child pornography.

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