SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

Member of Parliament

Randall Garrison

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $148,586.11

  • Government Page
Context: House Hansard - 268 - Dec/14/23
Mr. Randall Garrison
  • Dec/14/23 12:25:52 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, if we are going to talk about the topic of this bill and use the term “replacement workers”, I would just like to point out that they are temporary foreign workers, however people feel about them. I happen to think that temporary foreign workers are a good addition to our economy. However we feel about them, they are not replacement workers under this legislation. Either the members are confused or they are deliberately—
78 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)
  • May/4/23 12:44:06 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, once again, I am going to express my concern that the level that this debate has descended to in the House actually does much of the work of foreign powers that would like to disrupt our democracy. Instead of focusing on the very good proposals put forward by the Conservatives in their motion today, which I do support, the debate has been of such a calibre that we lose sight of those things and how adopting those measures would help us counter foreign influence from China and other powers. I would like to give the member a chance to talk about the content of the Conservative motion today, which I fully support.
114 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)
  • May/4/23 10:37:34 a.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, as a New Democrat, I am concerned about foreign election interference. We were the first party to suggest a public inquiry. However, I have two concerns, and the member's speech raises both of them for me. One is that if we turn this into a bitter partisan issue, we actually will be doing the work of the foreign agents who seek to disrupt our democracy instead of working to solve the problem. The second one is that if we exclusively focus on China, we will miss other attempts to interfere in our democracy, including things like the convoy that the member supported, where a million dollars flowed from the U.S. to try to overthrow the government here. Mr. Kelly McCauley: What a clown.
127 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, NDP)
  • Feb/19/22 6:23:37 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, my question to the hon. member is this: Does she not see a problem when millions and millions of dollars of foreign funds are flowing in to support organizers who openly call for the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Canada? Does she not see this foreign inflow of dollars to those who do not respect our democratic processes as a problem that actually is a national crisis?
71 words
All Topics
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border