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).
For immediate release Last week, local MP Scott Reid, along with all other Members of Parliament, voted on Bill C-14, a controversial bill that, if passed by the Senate, will allow for medically-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. Bill C-14 is the government’s proposed legislative response to the 2015 Carter decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, in which…
For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) tabled in the House of Commons an electronic petition (e-petition) signed by 14,237 Canadians in support of holding a referendum on changing the voting system. Reid made the following comments: “Today in the House of Commons, I tabled petition e-48. It bears the signatures of 14,237 Canadians who…
Published in the Ottawa Citizen. Last December, when he was asked about how he’d fulfil his election promise that “2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system,” Justin Trudeau responded that his government would engage in what he characterized as “strong consultations.” So far, this has turned out to mean seven months of delay,…
UPDATED — Mr. Reid has received the response from the ministry on Q-85. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RESPONSE TO Q-85. ———-o0o———- March 22, 2016 Today, local MP Scott Reid submitted a written question in Parliament to the National Research Council (NRC) seeking answers on groundwater testing on and around the NRC’s National Fire Laboratory (NFL)…
Resources from the Office of Scott Reid, M.P.: Announcement of Constituency Referendum #7 (News release) PDF version of Scott Reid’s mail-out — Constituency Referendum #7 Results of Constituency Referendum #7 (News Release) Supreme Court of Canada ruling: Carter v. Canada — February 6, 2015 Parliamentary resources: Bill C-14 (as introduced by the government at 1st Reading) Report of the Special…
For immediate release This week, local MP Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) sent a riding referendum – his seventh – to give every eligible voter in his riding the opportunity to cast their vote on whether Mr. Reid should vote in favour of, or against, Bill C-14 when it comes to its final vote in the House of Commons. Bill C-14…
For immediate release Today, Conservative democratic institutions critic Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) made the following statement: “Today at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, the Liberal majority defeated, for a second time, an opposition attempt to lift the veil of secrecy on the government’s new senate appointments process. “The Prime Minister’s appointment of seven new senators from secret…
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I spoke on the Liberal government’s plan to change the voting system as part of a panel discussion at the Manning Centre Conference in Ottawa on February 27, 2016. Here’s the video (55 minutes).
Today, Conservative democratic institutions critics Scott Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) and Blake Richards (Banff-Airdrie) made the following comments in response to the Prime Minister’s appointment of seven new senators: “The Prime Minister has demonstrated yet again, on the senate just as on a growing list, that he says one thing but does another. Five appointments were promised, but seven were delivered.…
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).
