John Brassard
- Born
- May 11, 1964
- Career
- Former firefighter
- Political Experience
- City councillor for the Barrie City Council; Elected to House of Commons in 2015; Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition in the 42nd and 43rd Commons; Opposition House Leader (2022); Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 45th Canadian Parliament
Where John falls on key policy spectrums
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Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations Mr. Speaker, just a few minutes ago, the hon. member for, the shadow minister for justice, proposed that the bill, in an amendment, be sent back to committee. The reason is a simple one. There are at least 15 faith-based organizations in the country who have asked that the bill be reconsidered in its current form. These faith-based organizations represent, [more]
Mr. Speaker, what we also need are politicians with a backbone who stand behind law enforcement to enforce hate crimes in this country, but that is another subject. Nunavut I want to go back to what the hon. member said about the member for. She cited several examples from that member in her opposition to this bill. The member for Nunavut crossed the floor. In about 30 minutes, I suspect that [more]
Mr. Speaker, here at home, our people want to work. They want to produce and they want to provide for their families. Young people want a family and a home for their kids to grow up in. Because of the last 11 years of Liberal failures, a generation has lost hope that this will ever happen. Today's job numbers are a national crisis. Prime Minister Maybe thecan focus, for once, not on his [more]
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, while thetravels the world promoting Brookfield's interests like he is their PM, portfolio manager, here at home, “shocking” is the only way to describe this morning's job numbers: 84,000 Canadians lost their jobs in February and 108,000 jobs were lost in full-time work, while private sector employment fell by 73,000. Employment mostly fell among men aged 25 to 54, the [more]
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, what I am talking about is our businesses and our people dealing with self-inflicted wounds, because they are. From failing to eliminate these ideological taxes, causing cascading affordability impacts, to the ideological, almost hate-driven attacks on our wealth-creating natural resource sector, every problem we have started here at home in 2015 and continues today [more]
Mr. Speaker, meanwhile, here at home, Canadian families, seniors and businesses are still dealing with ideologically flawed economic policies, regulation and legislation that have seen the cost of everything, including food prices in Canada, rise 7.3% in January alone. Prime Minister Taxes imposed on our farmers, fishers and those who transport our food, as well as the industrial carbon tax, [more]