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Science Rendezvous Contest Winner!

Science Rendezvous On Saturday, May 11th Kingston joined thirty other Canadian cities by holding a Science Rendezvous event at the K-Rock Centre. Science Rendezvous is an event to connect the public with science in the laboratory and everywhere else. The showcase is aimed … Continue reading

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Sustainable Transportation – Queens

I had the opporunitity to speak to Urban Planning students at Queen’s University and interested community stakeholders, responding to student presentations on how to improve Via Rail. Students talked about high speed rail, improving the local Via station, and marketing Via Rail to students amongst … Continue reading

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Council on Aging

Thanks to the Frontenac-Kingston Council on Aging for inviting me to their Open House. the Council on Aging office is located at 230 Brock Street. One important issue for the Council, which has come up in the House of Commons, … Continue reading

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Electing House of Commons committee chairs instead of letting Party leaders have the power to appoint and dismiss them

I am pleased to have been the first MP to become a seconder of motion M-431 (see below). This motion proposes to have chairs of House of Commons committees be elected by a preferential ballot in the whole House, instead … Continue reading

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Prison Overcrowding Town Hall and Petition

On March 16th I attended a town hall on Prison Overcrowding hosted by the Kingston and the Islands Federal Liberal Association. The discussion was very constructive and the 150 people in attendance drafted a petition, copies of which I will present in the House of Commons … Continue reading

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Skating at Market Square

My family and I took advantage of a sunny afternoon in Kingston to join skaters at Market Square. Photo Credit: Guillaume Nolet

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Translation on Parliament Hill

This week I have been sitting on the Industry, Science and Technology committee as it edits a report on Canada’s Intellectual Property regime. One thing I noticed is that most of the testimony and the original draft of the report … Continue reading

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Let’s move on processing Record Suspension applications and reap the social and economic benefits

(see update with link to article in the Kingston Whig Standard at the bottom of this page) Canadians wait their turn in line. That’s what M., my constituent did, after applying for a record suspension for a 13 year old … Continue reading

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Support for Private Members’ Bill C-427 (Artist Income Tax Amendment)

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release MP Ted Hsu announces his support for Private Members’ Bill C-427 October 4, 2012 – MP Ted Hsu (Kingston and the Islands) is pleased to announce his support for Private Members’ Bill C-427, An Act … Continue reading

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Two more strong statements I’ll stand by

This past week I made two strong statements that I’ll stand by. You can watch them here: http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=763942&playlistId=1.961599&binId=1.811563 One was in response to the war of words on parliament hill this week which started as soon as we got back … Continue reading

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