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Scott Reid is the Member of Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac. He was first elected in November 2000.

Scott was elected chairman of the Conservative parliamentary caucus in November, 2021. He 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).

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My letter to Minister Monsef

December 12, 2016

Here is the letter I sent this afternoon to Minister Monsef respecting her appearance at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) on Tuesday December 13, 2016, and her lack of specific answers to questions in Question Period. — Scott Reid

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AED Statements in the House of Commons by Scott Reid

November 21, 2016

Scott Reid’s Statements in the House of Common Regarding AEDs   June 11, 2019: Video is here. Statement is also available on the Parliamentary Hansard here. Mr. Speaker, by an unhappy coincidence, it was four years ago today that I first urged the House to place automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, into all 5,600 RCMP cruisers. Based on the…

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Correspondence to ERRE Members

November 1, 2016

On Thursday, October 27, 2016, I distributed this letter to each MP on the Special Committee on Electoral Reform (ERRE). In response to comments made by Elizabeth May, M.P., on Friday, October 28, 2016, I sent this letter (French version here) to Ms. May, with a copy sent to each MP on ERRE.

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Giant Tiger Warehouse Grand Opening

March 28, 2016

I’m an MP, but that’s not the hat I’m wearing today. I am here today to represent my father, Gordon Reid, who founded Giant Tiger 55 years ago, and who remains active in the company as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and who still works at the office, attached to our current warehouse on Walkley Rd in…

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Scott Reid supports e-petition calling for a referendum on electoral reform

December 10, 2015

For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) sponsored an e-Petition to the Minister of Democratic Institutions (e-48), which states the following: Whereas: Since the 1950s Canadian governments have consulted their people in a referendum when trying to alter their electoral system; In peer countries New Zealand (1992, 1993, and 2011) and the United Kingdom (2011),…

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Changing Canada’s electoral system

December 9, 2015

Statement from Scott Reid and Blake Richards responding to comments made by the Minister of Democratic Institutions on the Liberal plan for changing Canada’s electoral system For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critics Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) and Blake Richards (Banff-Airdrie) released the following statement responding to comments made in Question Period on December 8, 2015 by the Hon.…

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Thank you!

October 28, 2015

I want to thank the voters in the new electoral district of Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston for giving me a sixth mandate to serve as their representative in the House of Commons. The election campaign is over and, for the 338 MPs elected to the 42nd Parliament, the business of governing the nation now begins. With each new election, all MPs—both new…

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Let’s put AEDs in Police Cars

June 11, 2015

Today, in the House of Commons, I explained how we could save hundreds of lives, simply by putting defibrillators into police cars. I was making a one-minute statement known as an “SO 31” (because such statements are authorized by Standing Order 31).   Mr. Speaker,   For over a decade, there has been an Automated External Defibrillator (an AED) in…

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Welcome to my brand-new blog!

May 10, 2015

I’ve been blogging—on and off—on Twitter for a few years now. Twitter itself has the obvious disadvantage of drastic restrictions on the number of characters that you’re allowed to use, and I don’t very often have a thought that is simultaneously short enough to meet with Twitter’s restrictions, and profound enough to bother sharing. But a friend showed me…

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Scott Reid is the Member of Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac. He was first elected in November 2000.

Scott was elected chairman of the Conservative parliamentary caucus in November, 2021. He 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).

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