ORAL QUESTIONS asked in the House of Commons
 

A part of the job as a Member of Parliament is to ask questions of the government, its ministers and officials. In this section you will find questions asked by Garry, and the response given by the government. Each excerpt is taken form the Hansard of the House of Commons.

  • April 23, 2013 - Oral Question by Garry Breitkreuz, MP: Mr. Speaker, yesterday the RCMP announced the arrest of two individuals for a series of terrorism-related charges. RCMP Superintendent Doug Best said, “This is the first known al Qaeda-planned attack that we have experienced in Canada.” . . . click here for more
  • Feb. 13, 2012 - Oral Question by Garry Breitkreuz, MP: Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our government a strong mandate to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry once and for all, and that is exactly what we are doing . . . click here for more
  • Dec. 13, 2010 - Oral Question by Garry Breitkreuz, MP: Mr. Speaker, currently criminals who commit sexual offences against children are eligible for a pardon. Victims and law-abiding citizens think this is unacceptable, and our Conservative government agrees . . . click here for more
  • June 10, 2010 - Oral Question by Garry Breitkreuz, MP: Mr. Speaker, former Liberal MP, Hec Clouthier, gave a scathing rebuke of the Liberal leader's decision to whip his party's vote on the long gun registry and said that the Liberal leader was forgetting about rural Canada. That is very divisive politics . . . click here for more
  • March 4, 2010 - Oral Question by Garry Breitkreuz, MP: Mr. Speaker, in the last session of Parliament, the Liberal leader's senators delayed and gutted our tough on crime legislation at every turn. Now we hear that the Liberals are again preparing to block important justice legislation, this time in the House of Commons and the Senate. . . . click here for more