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).
Ottawa – According to documents on the Liberal Party website, the Liberals will consider officially opposing Canada’s monarchy next week at a party convention in Ottawa. The proposal, which was put forward by the Young Liberals of Canada, calls for the Liberal Party to change their official ideology to promote the idea of Parliament abolishing the Queen as our…
Ottawa – The legal requirement that Prairie wheat farmers sell their grain to the monopolistic wheat board has been repealed. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Bill C-18 yesterday received Royal Assent. This bill decriminalizes the sale of prairie-grown wheat to buyers other than the Wheat Board. Before this new legislation, it was a criminal offense for a farmer in Manitoba,…
Ottawa –Local MP Scott Reid calls on Tri-Board Student Transportation Services to lift their ban on Christmas cheer in area school busses. Two school bus drivers from Kingston were recently told they cannot decorate their school busses for Christmas or dress-up in festive costumes because, as they were told, they “transport students from a variety of ethnic and religious…
Ottawa –The Senate Wednesday unanimously called for a moratorium on any new wind turbines on Amherst Island until the threat to congregating, migrating or breeding birds and migrating bats is investigated. The motion was put forward by Conservative Senator Bob Runciman who is the former Member of Provincial Parliament for Leeds-Grenville and passed unanimously on November 30th in the…
Ottawa – This week, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unveiled a new bill that will require First Nations chiefs and councillors to disclose their salaries. Local MP Scott Reid was quick to support this measure, which was one of the planks in the Conservatives’ election platform last May. This bill will also require First Nations band councils to publish annual…
Ottawa – Local MP Scott Reid’s office expenses were among the overall lowest in Canada last year, recently released documents reveal. Mr. Reid spent $0 in each of two categories – advertising and hospitality – and his $2,439.96 travel budget was the lowest among Canada’s 308 MPs. According to Mr. Reid, there are several reasons that helped him to…
Ottawa – Today, Conservative Minister Vic Toews introduced the Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act, which will do just that – end the long-gun registry. This bill has now received ‘first reading’, which is the first step a bill needs to take before it becomes law. Local MP Scott Reid welcomed this new bill, which he says will finally end…
Ottawa – Thursday night, local MP Scott Reid stood in the House of Commons to call on Parliamentarians to support a bill that will put an end to provincial restrictions which stymie the buying of wine in different parts of Canada. The law which bans the transport of wine for personal consumption across provincial boundaries dates back to the…
Local MP Scott Reid today stood in the House of Commons to call on Parliamentarians to support adding a property rights guarantee to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for Ontario’s landowners. The text of Mr. Reid’s speech follows: Under Ontario’s Expropriations Act, if the province takes away your land, it must provide full, just and timely compensation. The…
Ottawa –The House of Commons yesterday unanimously passed a motion calling on the Pakistan government to take immediate action against those who would harm and threaten defenders of religious freedom and human rights. MPs also gave unanimous support to condemn the recent assassination of Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities, Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, who was the only Christian member of Pakistan’s…
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).
