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ndpHeading to Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation to take part in a great youth initative there this week, and experience life in a remote reserve!12 hours ago | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North - MPndpLake levels falling, invasive species and pollution. It's a rough time for the Great Lakes.Sun 7:48 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpPleased to hold a press conference with Elizabeth May on the state of passenger rail service in Canada, and what we can do to fix it.Wed 9:01 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpCanada has the longest coastline in the world to patrol, but the submarine program has been mismanaged from the start. What to do now?Jun 11, 2013 9:48 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpPleased to attend a little celebration with EnvironmentNorth on saving the Experimental Lakes Area recently!Jun 11, 2013 8:32 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpTired of the mindless bickering and tribalism in politics? Please consider signing the petition in support of my Cross-Party Cooperation motion, changing the rules of Parliament to make it easier for parties to work together to get things done.Jun 09, 2013 1:43 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpA long-overdue step forward for Canadian cell phone users. Too bad the Harper Gov didn't take action - it was up to the CRTC after years of delay. Here are your (upcoming) rights.Jun 05, 2013 6:19 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
May
- MPndpSenate reform or abolition: now is the time to strike. With mushrooming scandals tipping the scales for change, which Premiers are holding up improvement by insisting on the status quo? How can they defend the current Senate?May 31, 2013 1:32 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpIntroduced my bill C-512 to reform the convention of confidence in the House of Commons today. I hope this will less omnibus budget bills, empowered MPs, and a more conciliatory style of governance.May 28, 2013 12:04 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpI'm very pleased to support award-winning climate scientist Andrew Weaver for election in BC. Andrew brings the expertise, integrity and respect that will serve his constituents - and all British Columbians and Canadians - with the voice of reason today's politics desperately need.May 13, 2013 6:15 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpStaggering fiscal mismanagement ...for $288 million, I would expect that we develop the capacity to design our own ships here in Canada, instead of outsourcing to the US or Denmark.May 02, 2013 7:26 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
April
- MPndpWe're facing a disastrous concentration of wireless market share in just 3 big telecom companies if the small players are gobbled up (Wind, Public Mobile, and Mobilicity are apparently up for sale). In Question Period I asked what the Minister will do to protect competition and consumer choice in the marketplace.Apr 19, 2013 7:33 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpVery pleased to have attended an insightful Canada2020 talk on pricing carbon today ...an area where Canada lags far behind other nations.Apr 17, 2013 5:14 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpA bit rich for the Harper Government to be 'shocked and appalled' at companies hiring foreigners to replace Canadian workers when their policy created the situation in the first place.Apr 09, 2013 8:49 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpMore reasons for the government to reverse course and keep the Experimental Lakes Area open.Apr 05, 2013 7:09 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
March
- MPndpApparently, this is going around...Spanish Government Bows Down To US Pressures Again, Pushes SOPA-Like Law To Appease Hollywood | Tech
Mar 27, 2013 4:41 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North - MPndpMore than 300,000 Canadians live with epilepsy every day. I'm pleased to wear purple today for Purple Day, to raise awarenessMar 26, 2013 1:24 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThe government needs to re-think its 60% budget cut to VIA Rail.Mar 21, 2013 5:50 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpFeeling fleeced by your cell phone company? There's a reason for that: Stats show Canadians more gouged than any other country when it comes to wireless phone service.Mar 19, 2013 1:34 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpDownload that government report or webpage you need ...it may soon be "disappeared" by the Harper Communications machine as all federal info is culled and centralized.Mar 18, 2013 6:27 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThis St Urho's Day, if you're in Thunder Bay come on down to the Hoito and Finlandia to take part in the Finnish festivities.Mar 15, 2013 10:19 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpUnder Harper Canada falls farther behind as other nations show leadership. An example in contrasts: China builds the world's largest high-speed rail network while Canadian governments bicker over decades-old plans for high-speed rail here.Mar 15, 2013 8:33 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThe Economist joins a long line of international publications blasting the Harper Government for brainless, ideological policies.Mar 12, 2013 11:04 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThe party that campaigned on "accountability" to get into office is now the same one that has done more to undermine federal accountability than any government in modern Canadian history.Mar 11, 2013 6:01 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpMy condolences to the family, friends and fans of Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors. Tom passed away peacefully at his home yesterday of natural causes.Mar 07, 2013 8:07 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpIn Kenora today to speak at a special Experimental Lakes Area dinner and public meeting. Will Greg Rickford, MP for Kenora be a no-show again?Mar 05, 2013 9:23 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpCan different government attitudes play a role? US passenger rail ridership surges up 55%... meanwhile, Harper Government is slashing VIA Rail's budget by over 60%Mar 04, 2013 10:01 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpPleased to speak up in Parliament this week in support of co-operation between parties to acheive real democratic reform, and in support of Joyce Murray's campaign to do just that.Mar 01, 2013 10:49 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
February
- MPndpNot sure whether to laugh or cry at Rick's Rant this week on Canadian scientists getting muzzled more & more.Feb 27, 2013 4:27 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThe reasons to get rid of the Senate are mounting. Is it time to finally start looking seriously at doing away with the Red Chamber? If not abolished, how could it be overhauled to make it useful?Feb 25, 2013 8:55 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThe Harper Government's policy has always been 'ideology over evidence' - but muzzling federal scientists could be illegal.Feb 21, 2013 8:25 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpFeb 18, 2013 10:04 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThe Senate hires a private firm to do its audits in order to keep results private ...instead of brining in the Auditor General for a public audit of Senator spending. What is being hidden?Feb 15, 2013 7:53 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndp"A nation that can abide being governed by a patronage house will learn to abide much else."Feb 14, 2013 9:44 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpIn Question Period, I asked about the government's temporary foreign worker policy (they now allow foreign workers to be paid less) and how that may impact local jobs in the Ring of Fire.Feb 13, 2013 3:37 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpAre you a bilingual student looking for a summer job? The Parliament of Canada is currently hiring for up to 40 summer student positions.Feb 12, 2013 12:18 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpWith the Northwest's own Sgt. Randall McOrmond at Rideau Hall, who received the Star of Courage from the Governor-General for an act of selfless arctic search & rescue bravery.Feb 12, 2013 7:27 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpWhy must Canadians pay so much more for the same products than Americans, even with the dollar at par? A trend towards "country pricing" means Canadians are charged more, simply because they will pay. What should we do about it?Feb 08, 2013 8:50 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpFull circle: its now up to progressives to school Conservatives on prudent fiscal management. Finally the realization that the mismanagement can't continue ...we must save a third or more revenues from non-renewable resources for hard times and the future. Leaving only dry holes in the ground for future generations isn't a plan, it's theft.Feb 05, 2013 4:16 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpShort-sighted cuts to passenger rail service hurts rural communities.Feb 04, 2013 12:03 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpGoodbye, penny! Tomorrow (Feb 4) the penny is phased out. Businesses will start rounding to the nearest nickel.Feb 03, 2013 10:44 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
January
- MPndpLet's support these 3 Thunder Bay students in their quest to raise support for food banks.Jan 29, 2013 8:40 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpBeing a scientist under a Harper Government isn't always easy these days ...is there a moral responsibility to defend evidence-based policy over today's policy-based evidence?Jan 28, 2013 7:12 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpMore Tory Senate appointments from the PR who promised he'd never make Senate appointments.Jan 26, 2013 5:11 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpHarper's tragi-comedic mishandling of the Experimental Lakes Area shows the joke's on us.Jan 21, 2013 9:41 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpI'm out of the hospital but not supposed to talk much for a while (cue jokes). Surgery went well and prognosis is "cautiously optimistic". I'd like to thank so many of you for all your support and well wishes the past week or more.Jan 16, 2013 9:27 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpToday, more than one out of three of us will be touched by cancer in their lifetimes. Going into surgery early on Wednesday to have a tumor removed... wish me luck!Jan 07, 2013 12:15 pm | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
December
- MPndpAfter the breastfeeding brouhaha in the House of Commons, more attention has been paid to the act in the workplace. Is breastfeeding at work acceptable? Are Canadians too puritanical?Dec 23, 2012 8:52 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpWhat do you think: would you be willing to give up civil liberties to combat terrorism?Dec 21, 2012 11:47 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
- MPndpThis Parliamentary session, the Haper Government tried again to block opposition MPs from holding the government to account.Dec 17, 2012 6:59 am | Ontario, Thunder Bay—Superior North
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