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In the House

IN THE HOUSE – Closure of Canfor sawmill part of an industry in crisis

June 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the House of Commons on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC (Conservative) Mr. Speaker, the [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Tina Fontaine case represents what went wrong

June 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

Excerpts from comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on the evening of Monday, June 3, 2019: WHEN WE THINK ABOUT the murdered and missing [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Whole story needs to be told about B.C.’s carbon tax

May 8, 2019 // 4 Comments

Excerpt from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. WE OFTEN HEAR members in the House hold up British [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – When will construction begin on Trans Mountain pipeline?

April 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from debate in the House of Commons on Monday, April 29, 2019: Jamie Schmale (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, ON – Conservative): Mr. Speaker, three years of [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘Will finance minister come and explain special deal?’

April 2, 2019 // 2 Comments

Excerpt from debate in Parliament on Monday, April 1, 2019 on the SNC-Lavalin affair. Rosemarie Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK – Conservative) Mr. Speaker, it [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Government threw Jody Wilson-Raybould under the bus

February 8, 2019 // 1 Comment

An excerpt from debate in Parliament on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 on the Indigenous Language Act, including comments from Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod on the [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Blame for Trans Mountain delay squarely on Liberals

December 4, 2018 // 7 Comments

Excerpts from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018: WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER took office, there were three [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Government’s back-to-work legislation is Draconian

November 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

Debate in the House of Commons on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 between Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod and others on Resumption and [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘We just cannot apply a policy to only one woman’

October 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Excerpts from debate in Parliament on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018) as Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod spars with the Liberals over the transfer of convicted murderer [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Transfer of killer to healing lodge ‘is absolutely absurd’

September 30, 2018 // 5 Comments

Debate during Question Period on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on the transfer of conviced killer Terri-Lynne McClintic from a medium-security prison to an indigenous healing lodge [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Pipeline process wasn’t flawed; Liberals mishandled it

September 22, 2018 // 5 Comments

Excerpt from comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod during debate in the House on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 on Private Member’s Bill S-245, “an Act to [Continue]

McLEOD – Government MPs must want to go into hiding for the summer

June 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

PARLIAMENT HAS CONCLUDED another session and as I reflect back there were a number of issues in which all parties found common ground. From standing up for Canada when it [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Who goes out and buys a 65-year-old, leaky pipeline?

June 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from Question Period in the House of Commons on Monday, June 11, 2018 Mr. Nathan Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP): Mr. Speaker, two days before the Liberals [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘When will finance minister answer questions on wildfires?

June 9, 2018 // 1 Comment

House of Commons debate in Question Period on Friday, June 8, 2018. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, a year ago, B.C. suffered the worst wildfires [Continue]