On the sudden passing of my colleague, Gord Brown
May 3, 2018Here is my statement in the House of Commons on the sad and sudden passing of my colleague, Gord Brown, whose riding adjoins my own:
Scott Reid is the Member of Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston. He was first elected in November 2000.
He has previously served as the Shadow Minister (or opposition critic) for Democratic Institutions (2015-2018), Deputy Opposition House Leader (2015-2016), and Deputy Government House Leader (2006-2015).
He also served as the chairman of the subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (2008-2015).
On my vote against calling for a Papal apology for Residential Schools
May 1, 2018Today, the House of Commons voted on the following motion, proposed by the NDP’s Charlie Angus: “That, in responding to the call of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to move our nation on a path of true healing for the crimes of the residential school era, the House: (a) invite Pope Francis to participate in this journey with Canadians…
On my roles as MP and with Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.
April 23, 2018Over the weekend, the Toronto Star published an article by Alex Ballingall entitled “Moonlighting MPs — Does your representative in the House of Commons have a second job?”. You can read the article HERE. Since I haven’t dealt with this subject in detail and in one place before, I thought it would be helpful for the people I represent to see my…
My lecture at the “Law and Freedom” Conference (on the Senate Reference opinion)
March 5, 2018Here is my lecture on the Supreme Court’s Senate Reference opinion at the recent Canadian Constitution Foundation’s “Law and Freedom” Conference in Toronto.
Jewish & Christian M-103 witnesses warn: condemning ‘Islamophobia’ rather than anti-Muslim bigotry endangers their communities
November 17, 2017Two days ago I quoted the concerns felt by seven passionate Muslim reformers, regarding the dangers that they would face, if Parliament were to explicitly condemn ‘Islamophobia’—rather than ‘anti-Muslim bigotry’, which of course they all abhor. Today I want to list some of the concerns that Jewish and Christian witnesses expressed, as to how an all-of-government approach to quelling…