Today

Mentioned by EMC Perth People First of Lanark County walk-a-thon and barbecue June 16 Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Member of Parliament (MP) Scott Reid and Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Randy Hillier, as well as Carleton-Mississippi Mills MP Gordon O'Connor and MPP Jack MacLaren have been invited to participate in the ...

Mentioned by EMC Perth MP's parties promote local products I am writing in response to Mr. Danny Sullivan's letter about Scott Reid's party rating. What Mr. Sullivan and others may not know is that Scott Reid hosts a couple of parties on an annual basis. One promotes the craft beer industry and is held to give ...

This week

Posted on Twitter Sir Arthur Conan Doyle apparently said, "I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." He was right!

A week ago

Mentioned by EMC Perth Reader addresses MP's party rating Congratulations are due our local MP, Scott Reid, for being voted one of the top three members of parliament who give the "Best Parties on the Hill" in a recent poll conducted by Angus Reid for The Hill Times. It's good to know our representative is ...

Voted No on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Voted Yes on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Federal minister to announce this week length of Rideau Canal boating season The municipal politicians also are seeking a meeting with the three Conservative MPs who represent ridings through which the canal passes — Brown, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre and Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington — to ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Federal minister to announce this week length of Rideau Canal boating season The municipal politicians also are seeking a meeting with the three Conservative MPs who represent ridings through which the canal passes — Brown, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre and Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington — to ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Federal minister to announce this week length of Rideau Canal boating season The municipal politicians also are seeking a meeting with the three Conservative MPs who represent ridings through which the canal passes — Brown, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre and Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington — to ...

Spoke in the House on Iran Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to address this issue and to discuss some of the light that was shed on the issue of human rights ...

Posted on Twitter "The worst mistakes come ... from not doing the right thing that had never occurred to anybody to do." ---Stewart Brand, 1994

Posted on Twitter This week, years of wearing my bike helmet paid off. I wiped out & my head smacked the pavement. Without a helmet, I'd be a mess.

A month ago

Posted on Twitter I like to try new routes when driving back from events. Yesterday I returned from Napanee via Colebrook, Petworth, Holleford & Desert Lake.

Posted on Twitter As the world holds its breath for the Titanic's 100th, nobody seems to have noticed the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott's heroic end. Odd.

Posted on Twitter Watching the Alberta leadership debate. So far, Danielle is lookin' good. Very focussed, with a very clearly-communicated vision.

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on Living Tree Metaphor Mr. Speaker, in two days' time, I will be publishing a paper on the living tree metaphor, which originated in Lord Sankey's 1929 ruling in the ...

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Standing Orders and Procedure Madam Speaker, we are looking today at the Standing Orders, which are the formal and structured rules that guide us here. In Commonwealth countries, formal institutions ...

Spoke in the House on Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, last spring, we became aware of the situation of Naser Al-Raas, a Canadian living abroad, who was detained in Bahrain for participating in a ...

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Petitions Madam Speaker, the second petition deals with the firearms registry. The page I have provided is only one of a large number. The petitioners urge Parliament ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the National Arts Centre (NAC): (a) for each of the fiscal years from 2001-2002 to 2010-2011, how many complimentary tickets to NAC performances, ...

Spoke in the House on Fair Representation Act Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in favour of this legislation. It is an excellent bill that goes a long way toward returning Canada to one ...

Spoke in the House on Fair Representation Act Madam Speaker, I am rising to continue to offer some thoughts additional to those that I offered at second reading of the bill and to endorse ...

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