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).
Today, Canopy Growth announced that it is laying off 46% of its workforce in Smiths Falls, ON. This announcement comes as a shock to the many workers and their families, so it is appropriate for everyone’s thoughts and prayers to be with them today. While there are many reasons that this industry is retrenching, the overwhelming factors are the…
This is an update on my message, following a Toronto Star interview, in 2018. The original response is posted on my website, HERE. Back in May 2018, the Toronto Star searched through the public postings on the webpage of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, and was thereby able to establish that about a dozen of Canada’s 338…
In a 1996 essay, “Penumbras for the People”, I advocated the adoption of a law that would permit Parliament to invoke Section 33 of the Charter of Rights (the so-called “Notwithstanding Clause“, which permits Parliament and the provincial legislatures to re-enact laws that have been struck down by the courts as being in violation of the Charter), only if its…
In December 2020 I voted in favour of the bill at Third Reading, because that is how constituents in our riding instructed me to vote, when I asked them. A constituency referendum conducted in late 2020 yielded a majority for the question, Should I vote Yes or No on Bill C-7. Then the Bill was sent to the Senate,…
Why I am voting against concurrence in the Ethics Commissioner’s Maloney Report Today (February 19, 2021), the House of Commons voted on a motion (which had been introduced in the House on December 11), that a report of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, released in November and titled The Maloney Report, be concurred in. The report, which is…
Dear Tay Valley Township Councillors, Today’s press release contains a few errors that ought to be corrected. Do you mind if I draw these points to your attention? —–o0o—– Incorrect statement #1: “In Mr. Reid’s recent blog post on his federal government website, he makes a number of allegations ….” Correction: Actually, the website (www.scottreid.ca) was purchased by me independently,…
Dear TVT Councillors, I was disturbed to learn, yesterday evening, that $16,000 of taxypayers’ money was spent on the recently-completed Integrity Commissioner hearing into Councillor Darling’s alleged violation of the Code of Conduct for TVT Councillors. I suspect that you, in turn, will be disturbed to learn just how much these Integrity Commissioner hearings are costing the taxpayers. A…
UPDATE AT 1:24pm, March 24, 2020: If you read my essay below, I make it clear that my objections are completely procedural. I have no objection to the relief measures bill passing today as long as the government provides it to MPs with enough time to read and understand it. The reason the House of Commons is suspended right…
Yesterday, Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez announced that the House of Commons will be recalled to authorize the largest spending package in Canadian history, and that he’d like Parliament to do so by means of an expedited process, in which all of the normal procedural protections are stripped away. Normally any draft legislation can expect to go through the following…
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).
