Geoff on the Hill
Please check back here for regular updates on Geoff's statements, questions and speeches on behalf of the people of Halifax West and Nova Scotia.
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The House of Commons is adjourned until Monday, January 30, 2012..
Tabling Petitions: Fate of Mr. Philip Halliday-Nov. 3rd
Debate on Opposition Motion—Asbestos- Oct. 31st
Remarks in the House on the passing of Harold Huskilson-Oct. 28th
Question Period-Geoff raises the case of Philip Halliday-Oct. 6th
Tabling Petitioms: Stocking of the Sackville River-Oct. 4th
Remarks during adjourment of the House (G8 Summit)-Oct. 3rd
Question Period- Minister Baird on the costs of his bussiness cards- Oct. 3rd
September
Debate on Bill C-10, the crime bill-September 28th
Question Period- Geoff raises IRS taxation of duel citizens-September 23rd
Geoff tables Bill C-278, the Purple Day Act-Sepember 21st
Remarks on the Safe Streets and Communities Act-September 21st
March
Question Period- Geoff questions the severance of Integrity Commissioner-March 7th
February
Question Period-Integrity of the Judiciary-Feb. 15th
Question Period-Geoff questions a recent appointment of a Judge-Feb.10th
Debate on the Canada-Panama Free Trade Act-Feb. 7th
Statement in the House on corporate tax cuts-Feb. 2nd
December 2010
Statement regarding the Terence Bay Lighthouse-Dec. 13th
Debate on Bill C-41 -Strengthening Military Justice - Dec. 6th
November
Statement regarding the future of the Community Access Program - Nov. 29th
Debate on Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act - Nov. 29th
Question period-OPP spending during the G8 and G20 summits- Nov. 23rd
Debate on Opposition Motion— National Defence- Nov. 18th
Question Period-follow up questions on G8 and G20 spending-Nov. 17th
Question Period- G8 and G20 Spending-Nov. 15th
Debate on Bil C-47 "Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act" -Nov. 3rd
October
Question Period- Follow up questions on RCMP investigation of PWGSG-Oct. 26th
Question Period- Political interference in awarding contracts- Oct. 25th
Question Period- open, competitive, transparent process for the F-35s Oct.21st
Statement in the House on Logan MacGillivray-Oct. 21st
Question Period-Sole Sourcing of the $16 billion stealth fighter contract- Oct. 18th
Question Period-Follow up questions on RCMP investigating Public Works-Oct. 7th
Question Period- RCMP investigating Public Works contracts-Oct. 6th
Question Period-Government waste and incompetence- Oct. 1st
September
Question Period-Government spending on F-35 stealth fighters-Sept. 23th
June
Question Period-Follow up questions on corporate Liability-June 14th
Question Period-corporate liability for oil spills-June 10
Question Period-liability in the event of a major oil spill-June 9th
Question Period- should oil companies assume 100% of the cleanup costs and damages?-June 8th
Question Period-lessons learned from the BP Oil Spill-June 7th
Question Period-follow up questions on offstore drilling-June 2nd
Question Period-Offshore drilling in the artic- June 1st
Tabling Petitions: The future of the postal Service-May 31st
Question Period-supply of medical isotopes from Israel-May 31st
Statement in the House in support of nuclear industry workers-May 26th
Speech on the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act-May 13th
Lead off question for Question Period on offshore drilling-May 12
Question Period-Government ethics-May 5th
Question Period-Future of the nuclear energy Industry-May 4th
April
Geoff questions the future of Atomic Energy of Canada-April 30th
Statement in the House on global education-April 30th
Geoff's remarks on Bill C-288, (Income Tax Act) -April 30th
Geoff celebrates student success at Grosvenor Wentworth Park School- April 20th
Geoff questions the DFO Minister of the awarding of Government Grants- April 12th
March
Geoff questions the supply of medical isotopes-March 31st
Geoff questions the future of Atomic Energy of Canada-March 30th
Statement in the House on Purple Day 2010-March 25th
Remarks on Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act- March 19th
Geoff questions the security of the isotope supply- March 19th
Geoff questions the ACOA Minister on the Yartmouth Ferry-March 9th
December 2009
Geoff tables a petition in the House on Animal Welfare-December 10th
November 2009
Geoff questions Natural Resources Minister Raitt's Accountability-November 27th
Geoff calls on the Government to restore the Peggy's Cove Post Office-November 18th
Geoff questions the government's handling of the medical isotopes issue-November 16th
Geoff pays tribute to local emergency workers- November 3rd
October
Geoff questions the government's handling of the H1N1 vaccination plan- October 30th
September 2009
Remarks on Willard S. Boyle winning the Nobel prize in physics-October 6th
Remarks on Beechville Baptist Church's 165th anniversary-September 28th
Question Period-Nortel`s Wireless Assets-September 17th
June 2009
Remarks of Geoff's Private Members Bill-Purple Day Act-June 19th
Question Period-Forestry Industry-June 18th
Question Period-Medical Istopes-June 17th
Remarks on Bill C-424, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Question Period-Medical Istopes-June 15th
Question Period-Medical Istopes-June 12th
Question Period-Medical Istopes-June 11th
Question Period- Medical Isotopes-June 10th
Question Period- Minister of Natural Resouces Accountability-June 4th
Question Period- Minsiter of Natural Resources-June 3, 2009
Question Period-Medical Isotopes-June 1, 2009
May 2009
Debate on Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act-May, 26-27
Remarks congratulating Dianne Swinemar-May 26, 2009
Question Period-Medical Isotopes-May, 25, 2009
Question Period-Forestry-May 7, 2009
Remarks on Energy Efficiency Act-May 7, 2009
Remarks on the recent Halifax Forest fire-May 2, 2009
April 2009
Remarks on Brookes and Fiona Diamond, Halifax Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year-April 30, 2009
Remarks on the resignation of Bill Casey, MP- April 30, 2009
Remarks on M-283 -Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries -April 29, 2009
Question Period Chalk River- April 27. 2009
Statement in the House on Healthy Schools Day in Canada-April 21, 2009
Question Period-Forestry Industry-April 3rd
Remarks of the Energy Efficiency Act- April 1st
March 2009
Statement in the House on the occasion of Purple Day-March 26th
Question Period-Forestry Industry- March 25th
Remarks on Opposition Motion—Forestry Industry-March 10th
Statement in the house on the passing of Prof. Innis Christie- March 3rd
February
Question Period-Atomic Energy of Canada Limited-February 26th
Question Period-Chalk River-February 24th
Question Period-Chalk River-February 5th
Remarks regarding the RCMP wage rollback-February 3rd
Remarks in support of Bill Casey, MP-February 3rd
January 2009
Question period-Nuclear Energy-January 27th
Question Period-Chalk River-January 29th
November 2008
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne - November 20th, 2008
Statement on fighting poverty-November 26th
