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Canadian Environmental Assessment -- going, going, gone
Blog | Tuesday, 13 Mar 2012Confession: I am a pack rat who rarely throws out files. Last night I found the environmental assessment from the first EA process in which I participated. The Wreck Cove Hydroelectric Project EA...
Time to have open discussion on fiscal, health, social implications of aging population Canada
Blog | Monday, 12 Mar 2012The Prime Minister surprised Canadians, including his own caucus, when he proclaimed from the high perch of Davos that Canadians' pension system was about to change. After first denying what he had...
More on the Robocalls
Blog | Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012As you can see from Monday's press release, my letter to Elections Canada of May 19, 2011, and from my motion for an emergency debate in the House, I take the threat to the right of Canadians to...
The Robocalls
Blog | Monday, 27 Feb 2012With regards to the allegations of illegal “robocalls” during last federal election, these egregious actions deeply worry me, and I first raised them with Elections Canada last May 19th. Since this...
Larry Miller, the gun registry and Adolf Hitler: the apology that wasn’t
Blog | Sunday, 12 Feb 2012I have watched in disbelief as the Member for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, Conservative Larry Miller, has emerged unscathed from not once, but twice, in debate comparing the previous Liberal government and...
On Old Age Security
Blog | Friday, 10 Feb 2012There are few issues as close to our core values as pensions. We have universal health care and its place as a core Canadian value is indisputable. Our shared commitment to ensuring that Canadians...
Town Hall Meetings
Blog | Thursday, 09 Feb 2012I am so grateful to all of the citizen of Saanich-Gulf Islands who came out (in some nasty weather to boot) for my first MP availability sessions throughout the riding. I held office-hour...
Statement for Václav Havel
Blog | Monday, 06 Feb 2012Today in the House I was prevented from paying tribute to Václav Havel by several unnamed Conservative MPs. This is what I was planning on saying: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, And thank you to those who...
Fact Check on Kyoto Distortions 2
Blog | Sunday, 22 Jan 2012When I wrote “Fact Check on Kyoto Distortions” on November 28, 2011 for my blog, I covered the most frequently cited, misleading/dishonest bits of spin on the subject. That blog covered the top 5,...
Durban and the road ahead
Blog | Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012Originally published in Island Tides,Vol 24, Number 1, Jan 12, 2012. I have been home on Canadian soil for the last few weeks, happy to enjoy Christmas in Sidney, but having trouble shaking the...