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Special Assistant to Member of Parliament Mr. Speaker, in the spring of 2015, after my personal assistant, Nate Veltkamp, left my office to work at St. Clair College in the foreign student program, Adam Roffel joined our team to take his place. Adam was a recent graduate of the University of Windsor, with a masters degr
April 4th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I too have a petition to present today. There seems to be quite a theme across the country from those who are concerned about organs being taken without permission and in some cases under force, and those individuals that go abroad to receive those organs. There are
March 18th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, she is a very lucky woman to be able to lay claim to that birthplace. Please convey my best wishes on her birthday. She is a very young woman. I have a number of petitions, quite a stack actually. Back in the 41st Parliament, the House of Commons unanimously passe
February 4th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I am tabling a petition in support of Bill S-240, which deals with organ harvesting and trafficking. It has been passed by the Senate and supported unanimously here at second reading. It is now about to be studied at the foreign affairs committee.
January 28th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Dutch Heritage Day Mr. Speaker, I did not intend in any way to not include the first nations. I think I did say that all of us are immigrants, and of course the first nations have a unique place here. We are thankful for their contributions and their presence. I believe all of us in the House are m
January 28th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Dutch Heritage Day Mr. Speaker, I am going to quote my mother again. My mother used to say, “Bring the good and leave the bad”. That is what we have done in this nation. We all have unique characteristics that we bring to the table. We have been able to integrate those into Canadian society, as hav
January 28th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Dutch Heritage Day moved: That, in the opinion of the House, in recognition of the sacrifices made by Canadians in the liberation of the Netherlands, as well as the contributions made to Canada by those of Dutch heritage, the government should recognize every May 5 as Dutch Heritage Day to honou
January 28th, 2019House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Kent County Agricultural Hall of Fame Mr. Speaker, last week, along with the member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, I attended the Kent County Agricultural Hall of Fame. Robert Kerr and Art Schaafsma were honoured this year as inductees, and George and Ruth Bieber were honoured posthumously. The list of their achievement
November 28th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Justice Mr. Speaker, I want to take my colleague back to his concerns about the government's efforts to protect the child. In a former committee, we had testimony for youth unemployment. It was actually called youth employment. In the testimony of one group, it said that it had found t
October 4th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
2018 International Plowing Match Mr. Speaker, last week, along with the member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, I was able to attend the amazing International Plowing Match, held in Chatham-Kent this year. From the fantastic array of exhibits to the great farm displays and incredible entertainment, including Chatham'
September 27th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have a petition to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to prohibit Canadians from travelling abroad to acquire human organs that are removed without consent or as a result of financial transactions, and to render inadmissible to C
September 20th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to financial coding systems used by the government and broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: (a) what is the complete list of specific line object codes, ledger numbers, or similar financial tracking codes utilized by the government; (b) for e
June 18th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities Act Mr. Speaker, the burden of the office, the long hours, and my age, I guess, caused a momentary lapse of judgment. My vote should read in support of the motion.
June 6th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I recall a time, not too long ago, when we were doing some battle with the Liberals on Bill C-51. I would just remind the House what that was in regard to. There was an attempt by the Liberals to take away the protection of places of worship. There was a long list
May 24th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative
Spring Floods Mr. Speaker, my riding of Chatham-Kent—Leamington has over 150 kilometres of shoreline. This April, that shoreline was struck by a severe spring storm. The heavy rain and high winds caused widespread flooding and accelerated the pre-existing erosion, putting many of my constituen
May 10th, 2018House debate
Dave Van KesterenConservative