Today

Mentioned by Carman Valley Leader Gun-registry confusion from RCMP The experience of VanDaele's Jo-Brook Firearms echoes controversies in some other provinces, where concerns about “back-door” long-gun registries have raged for weeks — despite federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews declaring that he plans to use ...

Mentioned by Winnipeg Sun Gun-registry confusion from RCMP The experience of VanDaele's Jo-Brook Firearms echoes controversies in some other provinces, where concerns about “back-door” long-gun registries have raged for weeks — despite federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews declaring that he plans to use ...

Yesterday

Mentioned by Cloverdale Reporter LETTER: Mr. Hiebert, I'm going to ask the question again In the immortal words of Conservative MP Vic Toews, you can either stand with us – the voters, Mr. Hiebert, or you can stand with the cheaters. So again I ask: will you publicly request Mr. Harper call by-elections to guarantee our collective rights as ...

Two days ago

Mentioned by Yahoo! News Canada (blog) EI changes to be announced this week If I were a MP, and I received a letter that contained any one of the epithets above, I would relegate it straight to the garbage can. I wrote Vic Toews via e-mail, and received a response within 10 days. He recognized my concerns and expressed that ...

Mentioned by Macleans.ca What of the G20 and the largest mass arrest in Canadian history? Public Safety Minister Vic Toews dismissed questions about the summit during QP last week. In doing so, he claimed to quote a New Democrat. The NDP has made wild allegations about the actions of our national police force, such as, “Canada is becoming a ...

Mentioned by Globe and Mail Time for Harper to bring out the broom? Public Safety Minister Vic Toews brought forward a bill on online surveillance that provoked such a public outcry that the government had to scuttle the plan. It was Mr. Toews who, to an opposition critic, issued the disgraceful directive: “He can ...

A week ago

Spoke in the House on G20 Summit Mr. Speaker, the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP found that the RCMP acted appropriately and reasonably. The NDP has made wild allegations about the ...

Spoke in the House on Telecommunications Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of Industry has indicated, our government has taken strong steps to benefit consumers and open up the market to competition, but ...

Spoke in the House on National Security Mr. Speaker, what I can tell the member is that all carriers will continue to be subject to Canadian law. We will continue to ensure that ...

Spoke in the House on Citizenship and Immigration Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his hard work on this important file. I am advised by the RCMP that two new ...

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 ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Public Safety Mr. Speaker, I would recommend the reading of the relevant legislation as to the jurisdiction of the Minister of Public Safety in respect to his responsibilities ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Public Safety Mr. Speaker, most emergencies in Canada are local in nature and are managed by municipalities at the provincial or territorial level. Public Safety Canada works with ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, our Government is committed to making the protection of society the guiding principle in decisions affecting the corrections system. The Safe Streets and Communities ...

A month ago

Spoke in the House on Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the support from the opposition for this particular bill. I did note a comment made by the member and I will make ...

Three months ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-30 An Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-19 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-4 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Marine Transportation Security Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-59 An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accelerated parole review) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Introduced legislation Government bill C-52 An Act regulating telecommunications facilities to support investigations

Introduced legislation Government bill C-49 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Marine Transportation Security Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-23B An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Statements in the House