A week ago

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario 2012 I do, on this one. Mr. Chair, I agree with you that we should do nothing to prevent Mr. Oliver having the same ability as other ...

Spoke in the House on Democratic Reform Mr. Speaker, the democratic reform file is a mess. It took the Conservatives five years to seek the Supreme Court's opinion on Senate reform. The political ...

Voted Yes on Vote #681 on Bill S-213 Respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian veterans of the Korean War

Voted Yes on Vote #680 on Bill C-460 Respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada

Voted No on Vote #679 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted No on Vote #678 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Voted No on Vote #677 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Study on Second Official Language Immersion Programs in Canada Ms. Kenny, according to the roadmap, the government intends to spend more than $100 million on economic immigrants. From the way it is written, one might ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Report ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Madam Chow, what consultations did you have? Madam Bennett had consultations. In her letter written to us, she said that there was ...

Spoke in the House on Situation in Syria Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. Her statistics on the growing number of refugees are quite disturbing. Three neighbouring countries are dealing with ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Study on Second Official Language Immersion Programs in Canada Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have four questions to ask. I will ask them all at once. That way, we will be able to proceed quickly. ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia 2012, Report ... Thank you kindly, Mr. Chair. Mr. Allen, I have no questions for you. I think you made your point very clear. I have more questions for ...

Spoke at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee on Human Rights Situation in Honduras The end of the motion said that the subcommittee is to study the deteriorating human rights situation in Honduras. I have a report here by the ...

Spoke at the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario 2012 Thank you, Mr. Chair. Since he came a bit late for valid reasons, maybe I will ask Mr. McKay to comment more about the rationale of ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, did the parliamentary secretary listen to the 50,000 protesters in Montreal on Saturday? Did she hear their cries? Did she hear the concerns of ...

Spoke in the House on Parliamentary Budget Officer Act Mr. Speaker, the leader of the official opposition has introduced a bill that the Liberal caucus will have no trouble supporting, because it is something we ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, we cannot support the budget because it offers less, not more, than in 2006 to support youth summer jobs. The minister did not answer ...

Spoke in the House on National Volunteer Week Mr. Speaker, this being National Volunteer Week, I rise today in the House to salute the tremendous contribution that volunteers make in Canada. I cannot imagine ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Stéphane Dion says Tories will 'spend millions' to 'destroy a man' Stéphane Dion, Liberal MP for Saint-Laurent-Cartierville, says his party wants to fight the Conservative's recent attack ads with hope. “These attack ads are very effective,” Dion told CBC's Daybreak on Friday. "They will spend millions of dollars to destroy a ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Study on Second Official Language Immersion Programs in Canada Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks very much to the witnesses. At the risk of asking you to repeat yourself, I would simply like you to give ...

Spoke in the House on Election of Committee Chairs Mr. Speaker, our colleague, the hon. member for Saskatoon—Humboldt, moved the following motion: That the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to: (a) ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply moved: That Standing Order 31 be amended by adding the following: “(1) The Speaker shall recognize Members in alphabetical order by Party. For the purposes of ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by Prince Albert Daily Herald Hoback and Clarke speak against boundary changes Although both Clarke and Hoback presented suggestions, a line in Clarke's letter to the commission drew fire from Liberal MP Stéphane Dion. The line, which Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson expressed offence with in a separate letter ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) NDP speaks to Warawa privilege question, but where are the Liberals? Reached for comment on Thursday, Liberal MP Stéphane Dion, who sat on the subcommittee that initially deemed Warawa's motion on sex-selective abortion was un-votable, said that in his time on the Hill he had never witnessed a members' statement from ...

Mentioned by Liberal.ca Reality Check: Budget 2013 and the Conservative Record on Skilled Workers ... Select an MP, Scott Andrews, Mauril Belanger, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, Gerry Byrne, Sean Casey, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Rodger Cuzner, Stéphane Dion, Kirsty Duncan, Wayne Easter, Mark Eyking, Judy Foote, Hedy Fry, Marc Garneau, Ralph ...

Mentioned by iPolitics.ca (subscription) Conservatives attack credibility of investment law expert The well-respected investment-law expert was virtually the only academic cited by critical MPs such as Elizabeth May and Stéphane Dion, and got plenty of attention for writing an open letter to the prime minister about the numerous downsides to the investment deal with China. Along the way ... What he didn't disclose, though — and what Conservative MP Ron Cannan was all too eager to point out in trade committee on Wednesday — was that Van Harten has made a number of donations to the NDP. After a long ...

Mentioned by Liberal.ca (blog) Reality Check: Conservative Spending Fictions in Budget 2013 Select an MP, Scott Andrews, Mauril Belanger, Carolyn Bennett, Scott Brison, Gerry Byrne, Sean Casey, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Rodger Cuzner, Stéphane Dion, Kirsty Duncan, Wayne Easter, Mark Eyking, Judy Foote, Hedy Fry, Marc Garneau, Ralph ...

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