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Speech: National Suicide Prevention Strategy

Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Malpeque. I want to commend the hon. member for Toronto Centre and the leader of my party for showing such vision, wisdom, compassion and humanity by making the urgent need for our government to establish a national suicide prevention strategy the topic [...]

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Statement: Joan Farley

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the late Joan Farley, a remarkable woman whose vision and actions transformed Montreal’s West Island community in profound and lasting ways for the benefit of thousands of children and adults with special needs and their families. Joan was a pioneer. She sought respect and recognition for [...]

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Statement: The City of Pointe-Claire’s Centennial

Mr. Speaker, this year the city of Pointe-Claire celebrates its 100th anniversary. Pointe-Claire was originally an agricultural parish built around a windmill on the St. Lawrence River, and it helped spawn a handful of neighbouring municipalities that now form a large part of what is known as the West Island. Good public administration under the [...]

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Speech: Human Smuggling (Part 2)

Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to pick up where things left off in June. Right before the long debate on back-to-work legislation I had the opportunity to speak to this bill for eight minutes. At that point I was making three general observations. The first is that refugees are not queue jumpers. There is [...]

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Newsletter to Constituents

Fall 2011

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