Spotlight on opposition Manitoba MPs’ time in Ottawa

By: Kristin Annable and Inayat Singh Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Friday, Sep. 11, 2015

With the 2015 campaign in full swing, the Free Press is summarizing legislative work by Manitoba's members of Parliament since the 2011 election.

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With the 2015 campaign in full swing, the Free Press is summarizing legislative work by Manitoba's members of Parliament since the 2011 election.

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With the 2015 campaign in full swing, the Free Press is summarizing legislative work by Manitoba’s members of Parliament since the 2011 election.

The first instalment, published Wednesday, looked at Conservative MPs in Manitoba who are seeking re-election. This instalment features opposition MPs who are seeking re-election.

Attendance records of MPs are not publicly available on the Parliament website, but voting records are. The information also includes legislative-like interventions at committee, speeches in the House, sponsored bills and motions and voting-attendance records.

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NDP MP Niki Ashton: chairwoman of the status of women committee. — Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS files NDP MP Niki Ashton: chairwoman of the status of women committee.

Niki Ashton, NDP, MP for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski

Voting attendance: 940 out of 1,227 (76.6 per cent).
Roles in the House: Ashton is chairwoman of the status of women committee. She also serves as the NDP critic charged with taking on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt in the House. Ashton ran for the leadership of the NDP in 2012, placing seventh on the first ballot.
Interventions: Ashton has been most active on speaking on sexual harassment, in connection with her role on the status of women committee.

Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal, MP for Winnipeg North

Voting attendance: 1,165 out of 1,227 (94.9 per cent).
Roles in the House: Most recently, he was a procedure and House affairs committee vice-chairman. Lamoureux was vice-chairman of citizenship and immigration from 2011-13.
Interventions: He represents a immigrant-heavy riding in Winnipeg and advocates on those issues in the House.

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Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux: advocates for immigrants in the House. — Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS files Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux: advocates for immigrants in the House.

Pat Martin, NDP, MP for Winnipeg Centre

Voting attendance: 982 out of 1,227 (80.0 per cent).
Roles in the House: Martin was most recently the public works critic and chairman of the government operations and estimates committee.
Interventions: Martin was at the forefront of efforts to block a major reorganization of the Canadian Wheat Board, appearing at committee and speaking in the House to oppose the Conservative government’s decision to privatize it.

kristin.annable@freepress.mb.ca inayat.singh@freepress.mb.ca