A week ago

Didn't vote on Vote #681 on Bill S-213 Respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian veterans of the Korean War

Didn't vote on Vote #680 on Bill C-460 Respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #679 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Didn't vote on Vote #678 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Didn't vote 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 The answer was not right. The answer seemed to suggest that it was your fault, Mr. Leclair or Ms. Kenny, that the system was not working ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, approximately two months ago, I went to see the immigration minister. I told him that people from the Acadian peninsula wanted to go work ...

Spoke in the House on Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be speaking to Bill C-60 today. I listened to my colleagues across the way and was intrigued to hear them ...

Spoke in the House on Aurèle Thériault Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to recognize the accomplishment of Aurèle Thériault from Shippagan. On March 13, Mr. Thériault made his 117th blood ...

Three weeks ago

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Study on Second Official Language Immersion Programs in Canada What can the federal government do? You have the road map. You have all kinds of money. It would be the same thing with Winnipeg or ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Insurance Mr. Speaker, it would be nice if we could connect the federal Conservatives with the provincial Conservatives in New Brunswick. The minister's terrible reform is not ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I thank our hon. colleague for her speech. The Liberals are suggesting that they did a great deal for the environment. However, as our ...

Spoke at the Information & Ethics committee on Annual Report of the Information Commissioner 2010-11 and Annual Report of the ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ms. Legault, welcome to the committee. Earlier, you said something that bothered me a bit. It had to do with your responsibilities ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Study on Second Official Language Immersion Programs in Canada Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to welcome you, Ms. Adams, Mr. Morrow and Ms. Ellwand. The committee has decided to do a study on ...

Spoke in the House on Navigable Waters Protection Act moved for leave to introduce Bill C-497, Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (St. Croix River, Restigouche River and Saint John River). Mr. Speaker, ...

Spoke in the House on Combating Terrorism Act Mr. Speaker, all day, I have been listening to the Liberals whine about how their opposition day was cancelled. The NDP never stopped them to raise ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-497 Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (St. Croix River, Restigouche River and Saint John River)

A month ago

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Bill C-419, An Act respecting language skills Thank you, Mr. Chair. I see the direction the government is taking once again. You know, this is not the first bill to have a preamble. ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Bill C-419, An Act respecting language skills Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank Mr. Fraser for attending our meeting, along with Ms. Tremblay, Ms. Charlebois and Mr. Giguère, all from the ...

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague and I am ready to give him the document. Here is a Service Canada job advertisement, job ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by CBC.ca (blog) Warawa to ask committee to overturn all-party ruling on sex-selective abortion vote After spending the last few days making his case before the cameras, Conservative MP Mark Warawa will finally get his first chance to formally appeal the all-party decision to moot his non-binding motion to condemn sex-selective abortion when he goes before ... Meanwhile, New Democrat MPs Yvon Godin and Annick Papillon hit the Centre Block press theatre to pressure the government to reconsider its decision to move Quebec's maritime search and rescue services to Halifax, a move that, according to the NDP, ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Bill C-419, An Act respecting language skills Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank Marie-France Kenny and Diane Côté of the FCFA, and Stephen D. Thompson and James Shea of the ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Certificate of Nomination of Graham Fraser to the Position of Commissioner of ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just in case Mr. Galipeau is worried, I want to let him know that we support Mr. Fraser's appointment. That being said, ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca (blog) Wireless sector! Shipbuilding! 'Important' ministerial announcements abound! Over at Human Resources, Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner will endeavor to convince his colleagues to support a motion to call HRSDC Minister Diane Finley and various senior officials to appear before committee to explain her "heavy-handed decision" to ... Later this morning, Procedure and House Affairs will begin picking its way through the riding redistribution recommendations for New Brunswick, on which Conservative MPs Mike Allen, John Williamson and Robert Goguen, as well as New Democrat Yvon Godin, ...

Three months ago

Mentioned by CBC.ca Via cuts 'step backward' for Maritimes, says NDP MP Acadie-Bathurst NDP MP Yvon Godin said he worries what a 60 per cent reduction in funds — forecasted by Treasury Board President Tony Clement last week — would do to service from Montreal to Halifax. Godin said it is already too restricted in the region.

Mentioned by TheChronicleHerald.ca Conservatives destroying safety nets ... misguided agenda. Submitted by Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth-Cole Harbour), Ryan Cleary (St. John's South-Mount Pearl), Yvon Godin (Acadie-Bathurst), Jack Harris (St. John's East), Megan Leslie (Halifax) and Peter Stoffer (Sackville-Eastern Shore).

Mentioned by Journal Pioneer Egmont NDP tackling EI changes WOODSTOCK -- A New Democrat Member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, Yvon Godin, will be special guest for an Egmont NDP Riding Association information session on changes to Employment Insurance. The session will be held this Friday, March 1, ...

Mentioned by CTV News Union halts home visits to EI recipients The union that represents Service Canada integrity workers says they shouldn't be going door-to-door to check up on EI recipients. NDP MP Yvon Godin on the pogey police. New Brunswick NDP MP Yvon Godin says home visits to check up on EI recipients ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-208 An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-522 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and respecting the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (student transport)

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