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).
Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Carleton, joins his colleague Howard Hilstrom today in denouncing the Prime Minister for going to London, England for the weekend while a delegation of Canadian Alliance MPs went to Washington to try to lift the US beef ban. “Prime Minister Jean Chretien is drinking champagne cocktails in London, while the Canadian Alliance tackles the US…
Ottawa – Scott Reid MP (CA, Lanark-Carleton) is amazed at the Liberal Government’s unwillingness to provide reasonable and substantive assistance to the Province of Ontario to help with the costs of the SARS crisis. Reid said, “It is astonishing that during his recent Economic Statement, Deputy Prime Minister Manley felt the impact of the SARS crisis was such that…
Ottawa – In the House of Commons, Scott Reid MP (CA, Lanark-Carleton) condemned the Liberal Government’s inaction on the economic crisis facing Canadian beef farmers. He said: “the trade restrictions imposed on May 20 on all ruminants as a result of BSE are affecting farms and farm support workers across Canada. The beef and cattle industries continue to lose…
Ottawa – Scott Reid MP (CA, Lanark-Carleton) yesterday against the Liberal government’s retroactive imposition of GST on school bus transportation. Speaking in the House of Commons, he objected strongly to the federal government’s budget decision to retroactively amend the Excise Tax Act in order to charge GST on school bus transportation. This takes place after the federal government lost…
Ottawa – Scott Reid MP (CA, Lanark-Carleton) spoke out in the House of Commons today against the recent arrest Zimbabwe MP David Mpala. Scott Reid stated: As part of its continuing crackdown on dissenting voices in Zimbabwe, the regime of Robert Mugabe has trampled unconstitutionally on the rights of Zimbabweans to freedom of assembly, free property ownership, and freedom…
CARLETON PLACE – Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Carleton, in response to the Electoral Boundaries Commission’s proposal to divide Lanark County between two electoral districts, has mailed a survey card to all households in Lanark County. The card asks respondents, who feel that all of Lanark County should be part of the same electoral district, to mail the pre-addressed card…
Ottawa – Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Carleton, asked the following question in the House of Commons regarding the approval of less expensive, more environmentally friendly farm chemicals. Mr. Scott Reid (Lanark-Carleton, Canadian Alliance): Mr. Speaker, I realize that the concerns of Canadian farmers are rarely top of mind for the Liberals but given that there is a byelection underway…
Kanata-Scott Reid, MP for Lanark-Carleton, is proud to have received an overwhelming vote of confidence from local Canadian Alliance party members at a nomination meeting last night. The C.A. party constitution requires a vote be held even though Reid ran unopposed. Voting stations were located at the Perth Library and the Kanata Legion. He received the unanimous support of…
Ottawa – Scott Reid, Member of Parliament for Lanark-Carleton, stands by Canada’s traditional allies. “Throughout its history, Canada has stood against tyranny and totalitarianism.” Reid said. “It is part of our values to come forward when called upon to help others in their time of need. As a country we are fortunate to have friends and allies who have…
March 17, 2003 OTTAWA – In the House of Commons today, Scott Reid, Member of Parliament for Lanark-Carleton, made the following statement regarding the recent announcement of Treasury Board’s tough new bilingualism requirements for the Public Service: “If someone sat down and tried to design, as an experiment, the most exclusionary system of Public Service hiring and promotion imaginable,…
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).
