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Blaine Calkins

Member of Parliament
Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
Conservative

Red Deer—Lacombe
Alberta
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $146,499.79

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Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

May/16/22 3:36:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if you seek it at this time, I think you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mr. Kelly McCauley for Edmonton West for Mr. Steinley for Regina—Lewvan. The Deputy Speaker: All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. Hearing none, it is agreed. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay.

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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22

Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

May/11/22 4:24:36 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11 Bill C-10

Madam Speaker, here we go again. The House just went through the process of debating one of the most egregious power grabs I have ever seen in my time here as a member of Parliament with government Motion No. 11, which basically seizes control of the House. We know that the government used the argument that we need more time for members of Parliament to debate legislation, yet here we find ourselves in an arrangement between the NDP and the Liberals to grab that power. They are still moving time allocation. This House is going to sit until midnight tonight. That is fine. Conservatives are happy to show up to work. We have just received notice that the House is going to sit until midnight again tomorrow night. That is fine. Normally, this House reserves the last two weeks of the spring session to have extended hours, but we are willing to do the work. We are willing to allow Conservatives and all members of this House to speak on behalf of their constituents, the millions of constituents who have trouble with the legislation that is before the House. Canadians have a lot of trouble with this piece of legislation. This was formerly Bill C-10. The government is now censoring the House with Motion No. 11 and censoring the House with time allocation on a bill that will censor Canadians online. Why?

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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22

Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

Feb/28/22 3:19:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if you seek it at this time, I think you will find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move: That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Mrs. Block (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek) for Mr. Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry), Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu'Appelle) for Mr. Barrett (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) and Mr. Steinley (Regina—Lewvan) for Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe).

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Context: House Hansard - 28 - Feb/10/22

Mr. Blaine Calkins

Feb/10/22 3:15:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There have been discussions among the parties, and I think that, if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent for the following motion that, in the opinion of the House, those who question existing government policies should not be demonized by their Prime Minister and used to wedge, to divide and stigmatize Canadians; and, that the Prime Minister should listen to the member for Louis-Hébert, who said it was time we stopped dividing people and pitting people against each other.

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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21

Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

Dec/8/21 5:45:16 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-3

Madam Speaker, I have heard the hon. minister speak about this, and the only argument he has actually made to justify the 10 days of paid sick leave is that of COVID, so my question for him is this: Why is there no sunset clause in the bill, so that once COVID is over, the 10 days are reversed and we let the private sector take care of it, as it has done all along?

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