Francis Scarpaleggia | Lac-Saint-Louis

Part of my job as your Member of Parliament is to stay in touch, permitting me to better serve you. One way is through this web site.

My latest newsletters, speeches, statements and publications will keep you informed of my positions on key issues for our country and the West Island community.

I am proud to represent the West Island community. We have an enviable quality of life here. Let’s keep it that way by staying in touch!

Speech: Budget 2011

Posted on 13. Jun, 2011 in Speeches

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to stand in the House to deliver my first complete speech following the recent election. Like other members with their ridings, I would like to take one moment to thank the voters of Lac-Saint-Louis for showing their confidence in me once again by re-electing me to represent them in [...]

Question Period: federal cabinet doesn’t practice fiscal restraint

Posted on 13. Jun, 2011 in Questions

Mr. Speaker, we cannot say that the government leads by example. The President of the Treasury Board is demanding cuts, but cabinet offices have been going in the other direction. Since 2008, there has been a 14% increase in the budgets of ministers’ offices. What does one say to aboriginal chiefs who come to Ottawa [...]

Statement: Zero Force Cycling Team

Posted on 07. Jun, 2011 in Statements

Mr. Speaker, last Sunday three extraordinary young men set off on a 7,200 kilometre bike ride across Canada. Drew Steeves, Mitch Torrens and Laurent Gazaille, the riders of the Zero Force Cycling Team, are graduates of John Abbott College in my riding of Lac-Saint-Louis. They will spend the summer biking from Vancouver to Halifax to [...]