Francis Scarpaleggia | Lac-Saint-Louis

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Question Period: Conservative obstruction on access-to-information requests

Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 in Questions

Mr. Speaker, in October, the Minister of Natural Resources avoided having to resign by passing the buck to Sébastien Togneri. We now know that his office had a system for obstructing access to information requests. There are two possibilities: either he was aware of it and he should resign immediately, or it was done behind [...]

Scarpaleggia to hold roundtables on palliative and compassionate care

Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 in Releases

Ottawa, December 16, 2010 – Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, will hold a series of roundtables on Friday, December 17, at the Wyndham Hotel (formerly the Dorval Hilton) on the subject of palliative and compassionate care. The Montreal West Island M.P. is a member of the all-party Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate [...]

Question Period: seniors housing

Posted on 15. Dec, 2010 in Questions

Mr. Speaker, there is an urgent need in communities across this country for quality seniors’ housing, yet Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is an obstacle to this necessary real estate market adjustment because it refuses mortgage guarantees to seniors’ housing that has fewer than 50 units. Why 50? What is so magical about that number? [...]

Conservatives blocking expansion of seniors housing

Posted on 15. Dec, 2010 in Releases

Ottawa, December 15, 2010 – Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, in Question Period today accused the Harper government of standing in the way of expanding Canada’s stock of housing for seniors. The need for quality seniors housing is growing rapidly in communities across the country. But Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is [...]

Speech: Canada-Europe free trade negotiations and the municipal water services sector

Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 in Speeches

Mr. Chair, the hon. minister is creating straw men when he seems to suggest that there are still those who are deeply critical of free trade. I think there is no doubt that as a society we recognize the benefits of free trade. We know that it leads to economic advancement, and so on and [...]