Garth Turner
Member of Parliament for Halton, Ontario, from 2006 to 2008. Liberal. Cast 306 ballots in recorded divisions and voted against the party line 81 times.
ballots cast306188 yea · 118 nay
against party line8126.47% of cast
hansard statements1,0062006–2008
elections31 won
Service
| Riding | Province | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halton | ON | Conservative | 2006-04-03 | 2007-10-15 |
| Halton | ON | Liberal | 2007-10-16 | 2008-09-07 |
Ballots cast by year
One bar per calendar year: recorded divisions where Garth Turner voted yea or nay. Absences and pairings are not ballots and are not drawn. Votes against the party line, if any, are the lit slice at the base of the bar.
Against the party line
Every recorded division where Garth Turner voted against the majority of their own caucus — all 81 of them, in full, because a count without its list is a claim and not a record.
| Date | Vote | Party | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-10-25 | Nay | Conservative | C-300 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. |
| 2006-11-01 | Yea | Conservative | That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Thursday, June 22, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2006-11-07 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately take the following steps to assist members and veterans of the Canadian Forces and their families: 1. amend Section 31 (1) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act so that second spouses of CF members and veterans have access to pension rights upon the death of the Canadian Forces member or veteran; 2. extend the Veterans Independence Program (VIP) to all widows of all veterans, regardless of the time of death of the veteran and regardless of whether the veteran was in receipt of VIP services prior to his or her death; 3. increase the Survivor’s Pension Amount upon death of Canadian Forces retiree to 66% from the current amount of 50%; 4. eliminate the unfair reduction of Service Income Security Insurance Plan (SISIP) long term disability benefits from medically released members of the Canadian Forces; and 5. eliminate the deduction from annuity for retired and disabled CF members. |
| 2006-11-08 | Yea | Conservative | C-253 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. |
| 2006-11-22 | Yea | Conservative | C-284 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. |
| 2006-11-27 | Nay | Conservative | That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada. |
| 2006-12-05 | Yea | Conservative | C-278 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. |
| 2006-12-07 | Nay | Conservative | That this House call on the government to introduce legislation to restore the traditional definition of marriage without affecting civil unions and while respecting existing same-sex marriages. |
| 2006-12-12 | Yea | Conservative | That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2006-12-12 | Yea | Conservative | That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Monday, October 2, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2007-02-05 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of this House: ( a) there is overwhelming scientific evidence that the world's climate is changing as a result of human activity and this poses the most serious ecological threat of our time;( b) the government must reconfirm Canada’s commitment to honour the principles and targets of the Kyoto Protocol in their entirety;( c) the government must create and publish a credible plan to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions to meet Canada's Kyoto commitments;( d) the government must establish a 'cap and trade' emission reductions system and regulations for industry; and( e) the Canadian Environmental Protection Act is available immediately to launch the necessary action. |
| 2007-02-13 | Yea | Conservative | That the motion be amended by replacing the words “the sum of” with the words “a sum of not less than” and by adding after the words “Kyoto Protocol targets” the following: “and that the Government of Canada provide appropriate funding to every other Canadian province and territory for the transition to Kyoto, following negotiations”. |
| 2007-02-13 | Yea | Conservative | That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Friday, May 19, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2007-02-13 | Yea | Conservative | That the Tenth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, February 8, 2007, be concurred in. |
| 2007-02-13 | Yea | Conservative | That, having recognized the principle of complying with the Kyoto targets, it is the opinion of this House that the government should provide the Government of Quebec with the sum of $328 million to enable it to implement its plan to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets. |
| 2007-02-14 | Yea | Conservative | C-288 · That Bill C-288, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 11 on page 4 with the following: “(iii.1) a just” |
| 2007-02-14 | Yea | Conservative | C-288 · That Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments. |
| 2007-02-14 | Yea | Conservative | C-288 · That Bill C-288, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 4 and 5 on page 9 with the following: “de la Chambre des communes, lesquels les déposent devant leur chambre respective” |
| 2007-02-14 | Yea | Conservative | C-288 · That Bill C-288, in Clause 10, be amended: (a) by replacing, in the French version, line 30 on page 8 with the following: “(i) sur la probabilité que chacun des règle-” (b) by replacing, in the French version, line 34 on page 8 with the following: “(ii) sur la probabilité que l'ensemble des” (c) by replacing, in the French version, line 39 on page 8 with the following: “(iii) sur toute autre question qu'elle estime” |
| 2007-02-14 | Yea | Conservative | C-288 · That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. |
| 2007-02-20 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, there is a growing prosperity gap in Canada that is making it harder for working and middle-class families to make ends meet and sees more and more Canadians, including women, children, seniors, aboriginal people and people with disabilities, slipping into poverty and therefore calls on the government, in cooperation with the provinces and territories, to implement a national anti-poverty strategy beginning with the reinstatement of the federal minimum wage to be initially set at $10 per hour. |
| 2007-02-20 | Yea | Conservative | That the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2007-02-20 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of this House, the government is failing to act in accordance with the democratic and open values expected of its office by imposing a narrow minded, socially conservative ideology as reflected in its approach to the judicial appointment process to dramatically increase the influence of right-wing ideology in the judiciary, its refusal to honour Canada's international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol including a refusal to act immediately to introduce regulations under the Canada Environmental Protection Act, its misconception that Canadians don’t want or need a dramatic increase in child care spaces on a national basis, its budget spending cuts directed at aboriginal people and silencing advocacy work done on behalf of women and the most vulnerable Canadians even in the face of budget surpluses, its failure to protect and promote linguistic and cultural diversity, and its undemocratic assault on farmers who support the Canadian Wheat Board. |
| 2007-02-21 | Nay | Conservative | That, given the importance of the fisheries in Ontario and the introduction of Bill C-45, An Act respecting the sustainable development of Canada's seacoast and inland fisheries, by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans which addresses the concerns of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations, and pursuant to Standing Order 124 and subsection 19.1(5) of the Statutory Instruments Act, the resolution of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations providing that subsection 36(2) of the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 1989, be revoked, presented to the House on February 7, 2007, in its Fourth Report (Report No. 78 — Disallowance), not be adopted and that the matter be referred back to the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations for further review. |
| 2007-02-21 | Yea | Conservative | C-292 · That Bill C-292, An Act to implement the Kelowna Accord, be concurred in at report stage. |
| 2007-02-21 | Yea | Conservative | C-304 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health. |
| 2007-02-27 | Nay | Conservative | Consideration of a motion made pursuant to the Anti-terrorism Act, S.C. 2001, c. 41, s. 4: 1. That pursuant to subsection 83.32(1) of the Criminal Code, the application of sections 83.28, 83.29 and 83.3 of that Act be extended for a period of three years from the first day on which this resolution is passed by both Houses of Parliament. 2. That this Resolution come into force on the day on which it has been passed by both Houses of Parliament.. |
| 2007-02-27 | Yea | Conservative | That the 13th Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Wednesday, February 7, 2007, be concurred in. |
| 2007-02-27 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, immigrants to Canada and persons seeking Canadian citizenship are poorly served by this government. |
| 2007-03-21 | Yea | Conservative | C-292 · That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. |
| 2007-03-21 | Yea | Conservative | C-280 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. |
| 2007-03-22 | Yea | Conservative | That this House regret that the party now forming the government has abandoned the principles respecting the Atlantic Accords, equalization and non-renewable resource revenues as articulated in the motion it put before the House on Tuesday, March 22, 2005. |
| 2007-03-26 | Yea | Conservative | That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “this House condemn the government for a budget that does so little with so much, failing to look beyond the next election to the next generation and failing to tackle Canada’s 21st century social, economic and environmental challenges by ignoring the difficult circumstances of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens; by paying only lip-service to Aboriginal peoples; by providing no broad-based income tax relief for ordinary middle-income Canadians, and particularly by not reversing the personal income tax increases imposed in last year’s budget; by not pursuing greater Canadian economic competitiveness and innovation; by offering no direct support to post-secondary undergraduate students and only a pitiful amount for early learning and child care; by ignoring the imperatives of a clean and sustainable environment, including the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, advancing no significant new measures to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental priorities in a coherent manner; and by resorting to misleading presentations of budget figures, including gross exaggerations of increased federal transfers to provinces and other orders of government”. |
| 2007-03-27 | Nay | Conservative | That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government. |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing lines 30 to 35 on page 4 with the following: “to preparing the report required under section 13 of the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act, contribute the following to the report submitted to Parliament under subsection (1): ( a) the position taken by Canada on any resolution that is adopted by the Board of” |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 6 on page 3 with the following: “les organisations de défense des droits de la” |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of development assistance abroad, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments. |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 16 on page 3 the following: “(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), official development assistance may be provided for the purposes of alleviating the effects of a natural or artificial disaster or other emergency occurring outside Canada.” |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 26 and 27 on page 3 with the following: “that meets the criteria in subsections (1) and (1.1).” |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 4 on page 3 with the following: “or” |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-265 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 22 on page 3 with the following: “et des organismes de la société civile” |
| 2007-03-28 | Yea | Conservative | C-293 · That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 3 with the following: “official development assistance as defined by this Act” |
| 2007-04-18 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, the government should act on the motion proposing to help the textile and clothing industries adopted in the House on October 5, 2005, and worded as follows: “That, in the opinion of the House, the government should establish, in compliance with international agreements, a policy of assistance to the textile and clothing industries in order to enable the industries to compete throughout the world, particularly by allowing clothing made with Canadian textiles but manufactured abroad to be imported without customs duties and by creating an income support program for older workers.”. |
| 2007-04-18 | Yea | Conservative | That the 11th Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, be concurred in. |
| 2007-04-18 | Yea | Conservative | That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Health, presented on Monday, September 18, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2007-04-24 | Yea | Conservative | That, (1) whereas all Members of this House, whatever their disagreements may be about the mission in Afghanistan, support the courageous men and women of the Canadian Forces; (2) whereas in May 2006, the government extended Canada's military commitment in Southern Afghanistan to February 2009; (3) whereas it is incumbent upon Canada to provide adequate notice to the other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of our intentions beyond that date; (4) whereas by February 2009, Canada's military mission in Southern Afghanistan will represent one of the largest and longest military commitments in Canadian history; and (5) whereas Canada's commitment to the reconstruction and security of Afghanistan is not limited to our combat operations in Southern Afghanistan; this House call upon the government to confirm that Canada’s existing military deployment in Afghanistan will continue until February 2009, at which time Canadian combat operations in Southern Afghanistan will conclude; and call upon the government to notify NATO of this decision immediately. |
| 2007-04-24 | Nay | Conservative | C-16 · That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House disagrees with the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act. |
| 2007-04-25 | Yea | Conservative | C-377 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. |
| 2007-04-25 | Yea | Conservative | C-278 · That Bill C-278, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefits for illness, injury or quarantine), be concurred in at report stage. |
| 2007-05-02 | Yea | Conservative | That a special committee of the House be created to continue the work on electoral reform as outlined in the 43rd Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs from the 38th Parliament and to make further recommendations on strengthening and modernizing the democratic and electoral systems; that the membership of the special committee be established by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and the membership report of the special committee be presented to the House within five sitting days after the adoption of this motion; that substitutions to the membership of the special committee be allowed, if required, in the manner provided by Standing Order 114(2); that the special committee have all of the powers granted to standing committees by Standing Order 108; that there be a maximum length for speeches by members of the special committee of 10 minutes on any single item; that the special committee be authorized to hold hearings across Canada; that the special committee be allowed to look into creating a citizens’ consultation group and issue an interim report to the House on this matter within six weeks of the special committee being struck; and that the special committee table its final report in the House of Commons no later than March 1, 2008. |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 17 as follows: “17. Section 239 of the Act is replaced by the following: 239. (1) Every person who attempts by any means to commit murder is guilty of an indictable offence and liable (a) if a restricted firearm or prohibited firearm is used in the commission of the offence or if any firearm is used in the commission of the offence and the offence is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, a criminal organization, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of (i) in the case of a first offence, five years, (ii) in the case of a second offence, seven years, and (iii) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, ten years; (a.1) in any other case where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and (b) in any other case, to imprisonment for life. (2) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second, third or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence: (a) an offence under this section; (b) an offence under subsection 85(1) or (2) or section 244; or (c) an offence under section 220, 236, 272 or 273, subsection 279(1) or section 279.1, 344 or 346 if a firearm was used in the commission of the offence. However, an earlier offence shall not be taken into account if ten years have elapsed between the day on which the person was convicted of the earlier offence and the day on which the person was convicted of the offence for which sentence is being imposed, not taking into account any time in custody. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the only question to be considered is the sequence of convictions and no consideration shall be given to the sequence of commission of offences or whether any offence occurred before or after any conviction.” |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That the Motion proposing to restore Clause 17 of Bill C-10 be amended: (a) by substituting the following for subparagraphs 239(1)(a)(ii) and (iii) contained in that Motion: “(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, seven years;” (b) by substituting, in the English version, the following for the portion of subsection 239(2) before paragraph (a) contained in that Motion: “(2) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence:”. |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 1 as follows: “1. Section 84 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (4): (5) In determining, for the purposes of any of subsections 85(3), 95(2), 96(2) and 98(4), section 98.1 and subsections 99(2), 100(2), 102(2), 103(2) and 117.01(3), whether a convicted person has committed a second, third or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence: (a) an offence under section 85, 95, 96, 98, 98.1, 99, 100, 102 or 103 or subsection 117.01(1); (b) an offence under section 244; or (c) an offence under section 220, 236, 239, 272 or 273, subsection 279(1) or section 279.1, 344 or 346 if a firearm was used in the commission of the offence. However, an earlier offence shall not be taken into account if ten years have elapsed between the day on which the person was convicted of the earlier offence and the day on which the person was convicted of the offence for which sentence is being imposed, not taking into account any time in custody. (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the only question to be considered is the sequence of convictions and no consideration shall be given to the sequence of commission of offences or whether any offence occurred before or after any conviction.” |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That the Motion proposing to restore Clause 2 of Bill C-10 be amended by substituting the following for paragraphs 85(3)(b) and (c) contained in that Motion: “(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of three years.”. |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring the long title as follows: “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum penalties for offences involving firearms) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act” |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum penalties for offences involving firearms) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments. |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 2 as follows: “2. (1) Paragraph 85(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following: (a) while committing an indictable offence, other than an offence under section 220 (criminal negligence causing death), 236 (manslaughter), 239 (attempted murder), 244 (discharging firearm with intent), 272 (sexual assault with a weapon) or 273 (aggravated sexual assault), subsection 279(1) (kidnapping) or section 279.1 (hostage-taking), 344 (robbery) or 346 (extortion), (2) Paragraphs 85(3)(b) and (c) of the Act are replaced by the following: (b) in the case of a second offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of three years; and (c) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years.” |
| 2007-05-07 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That the Motion proposing to restore Clause 1 of Bill C-10 be amended by substituting the following for the portion of subsection 84(5) before paragraph (a) contained in that Motion: “(5) In determining, for the purposes of any of subsections 85(3), 95(2), 99(2), 100(2) and 103(2), whether a convicted person has committed a second or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence:”. |
| 2007-05-08 | Yea | Conservative | That the motion be amended by adding after the words “said prices” the following: “and that the government also move to amend the Act to decriminalize the anti-competitive pricing practices and treat them as reviewable under the abuse of dominance provision and furthermore, the government should create a petroleum monitoring agency such as the one proposed by the Bloc Quebecois and recommended in the Fifth report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology presented in this House on November 7, 2003”. |
| 2007-05-08 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move an amendment to the Competition Act so that the Commissioner of Competition have the power to initiate investigations of the price of gas and the role of refining margins in the determination of the said price. |
| 2007-05-09 | Yea | Conservative | C-269 · That Bill C-269, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (improvement of the employment insurance system), as amended, be concurred in at report stage. |
| 2007-05-09 | Yea | Conservative | C-207 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. |
| 2007-05-09 | Yea | Conservative | C-280 · That Bill C-280, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171), be concurred in at report stage. |
| 2007-05-15 | Nay | Conservative | C-52 · That the question be now put. |
| 2007-05-15 | Yea | Conservative | That the 13th Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, be concurred in. |
| 2007-05-15 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, the government's mistaken policies with respect to interest non-deductibility and income trusts are making it increasingly difficult for Canadian businesses to succeed internationally, while making Canadian businesses increasingly vulnerable to foreign takeovers, thus putting Canadian jobs, head offices and investment at risk and contributing to a hollowing out of Canadian enterprise; and this House calls upon the Prime Minister to instruct his Minister of Finance to resolve these dangers by withdrawing his interest non-deductibility proposal and entering into meaningful public consultations on appropriate measures to combat tax abuses, and by withdrawing his proposal to tax income trusts and replacing it with the Liberal alternative as summarized in the 14th Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on February 28, 2007. |
| 2007-05-15 | Nay | Conservative | C-52 · That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. |
| 2007-05-29 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, given the desire of Canadians that this Parliament meaningfully address concerns about air quality and climate change, the government should call Bill C-30, Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act, for debate and decision at Report stage and Second reading as soon as possible. |
| 2007-05-29 | Nay | Conservative | C-10 · That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. |
| 2007-06-04 | Yea | Conservative | That the Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Friday, May 18, 2007, be concurred in. |
| 2007-06-05 | Nay | Conservative | C-52 · That Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments. |
| 2007-06-06 | Yea | Conservative | That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, June 22, 2006, be concurred in. |
| 2007-06-12 | Nay | Conservative | C-52 · That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. |
| 2007-06-12 | Nay | Conservative | C-52 · That this question be now put. |
| 2007-06-12 | Nay | Conservative | C-52 · That, in relation to Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the Bill; and That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Business on the day allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment. |
| 2007-06-13 | Yea | Conservative | That, in the opinion of the House, in relation to the proposed tax on distributions from publicly traded income trusts or publicly traded partnerships, other than those that only hold passive real estate investments, the government should repeal its planned 31.5 per cent tax regime and replace it with an immediate 10 per cent tax to be paid by such entities with the revenue to be shared equitably with provincial governments provided that the tax would be refundable to investors who are Canadian residents in order to: ( a) minimize the loss of savings to Canadians who invested in income trusts; (b) preserve the strengths of the income trust sector; (c) create tax fairness by eliminating any tax leakage caused by the income trust sector; and (d) create neutrality by eliminating any incentive to convert from a corporation to an income trust purely for tax purposes. |
| 2007-06-19 | Yea | Conservative | That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented on Monday, February 12, 2007, be concurred in. |
| 2007-06-20 | Yea | Conservative | That the motion be amended by adding after the word “instruments” the following: “and should appoint a Minister of State for Water, under the authority of the Minister of the Environment, to oversee and administer the water resources management strategy”. |
| 2008-06-12 | Nay | Liberal | C-207 · That Bill C-207 be amended by restoring the title as follows: “An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit for new graduates working in designated regions)” |
Elections
| Date | Riding | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-10-25 | Halton—Peel (ON) | Progressive Conservative | 18,321 | 30.43% | not elected |
| 2006-01-23 | Halton (ON) | Conservative | 30,577 | 44.18% | elected |
| 2008-10-14 | Halton (ON) | Liberal | 25,136 | 36.19% | not elected |
Method
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