Members not seeking re-election to the 42nd Parliament  Mr. Chair, for the last seven years it has been a great honour for me and, indeed, a privilege to serve as a member of Parliament for the Medicine Hat constituency. All good things come to an end, and these are the last few weeks of Parliament. I want to take a short time

The Budget   of delivering on economic promises and our low-tax plan. Our economic action plan contains a number of initiatives that will be particularly beneficial to the people of the Medicine Hat constituency, whom I have had the tremendous honour and privilege of representing here in the House

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure, that's fine. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Committee members, I want to start by thanking you for the opportunity to be here to express the various concerns with the proposed boundary changes to the Medicine Hat constituency. I'll get right to the point. I had

Medicine Hat Volunteer  Mr. Speaker, it is my great privilege to stand here today to talk about one of my constituents, Evelyn Stall. Evelyn has been a very active volunteer in Medicine Hat and elsewhere for over 80 years. At 95 years young, Evelyn is as active as ever in voluntary activities. Here

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair. Just to talk to the smaller airports, I live in Medicine Hat, where there's a smaller airport with four and maybe five flights a day, and certainly there aren't police officers there at all times. You've talked about the schedule, but I can tell you

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   to thank all those constituents who had confidence in me and voted for me to return to Ottawa as their representative to our federal government. It is an honour and a privilege to be returned to Ottawa as the member of Parliament for the great riding of Medicine Hat, and I am humbled

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for coming. My riding is Medicine Hat. Many of you may have actually heard about Rudyard Kipling and what he said about Medicine Hat, that it has “all hell for a basement”, meaning plenty of natural gas, a lot of shallow gas

The Budget   back on track and in the black, as promised. Canada will be deficit-free at the federal level by next year, which is the icing on the cake. This budget is great for the people of my home province of Alberta, as well as the people in my riding of Medicine Hat, which I am so very

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012   running smoothly, and this bill supports jobs and growth to do just that. This is good legislation for all Canadians. It is also good for my home province of Alberta and my riding of Medicine Hat. It contains support for farmers. There are many in my region who I am proud to represent

South Alberta Light Horse  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to speak about the South Alberta Light Horse, Alberta's regiment, which is based in my riding of Medicine Hat. I was fortunate to be able to attend the change of command ceremony, which took place September 14, at the Court of Queen's Bench

Agriculture committee   veggies. Thanks very much for the tour. It was a great tour to see exactly what the process is and how it's done. On that note, there was an article in today's paper, I think in Medicine Hat News. I don't know if you've seen it or not, but you folks have sent an amazing amount of food

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Ministers, for coming today. It's obviously a really important issue that we're working on here. I'm from Medicine Hat, and we're captive to the CPR, and have been captive for as long as I can recall. I worked for an international petrochemical company, and I can

Canadian Electricity Association Lifesaver Award  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to talk about one of my constituents, who saved the life of a young boy. Kirby Shafer, operations superintendent with the electrical department of the City of Medicine Hat, ran over to a young boy who had been playing with friends at an ice

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 2   riding of Medicine Hat. That is a good thing. Economic action plan 2013 continues to build on what we have already worked on for some time with continuing investments in world-class research and innovation. One of the most important items contained in the plan is that we would

Prairie Gleaners Society  . Having tasted the delicious soups from the packages that I made myself as a volunteer, I am pleased that such an efficient and helpful volunteer operation is run out of Medicine Hat. I wish all of the volunteers, the caring folks who give so much of their time to make the Prairie