News from the Honourable John McKay M.P. Scarborough - Guildwood Member of Parliament Canadian Government Liberal Party

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A Time to Act

Thursday, June 03, 2010

Click above to read the Canadian Council for International Cooperation's report on the Conservative government's failure to implement John McKay's "Better Aid Bill" (unanimously passed by Parliament in May, 2008) which would bring greater transparency to Canadian foreign aid.

"Balancing the Budget on the Backs of the Poor"

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Hon. John McKay MP responds to Budget 2010 in the House of Commons, March 12, 2010.

Invitation to a Roundtable on Canada’s Role in International Development Hosted by Liberal Party International Cooperation Critic Glen Pearson MP and John McKay MP

Friday, January 29, 2010

The Roundtable will feature panel discussions from foreign policy and development experts on the future role of Canada in International Development

Hon. John McKay P.C., M.P. on Ian Smillie’s “It’s High Time for a Minister Who Understands the Role of Aid” (Globe & Mail, January 8, 2010)

Friday, January 29, 2010

"As we approach the Liberal Party’s International Development Roundtable on the Hill (February 2nd, 2010) it seems appropriate to comment on Ian Smillie’s recent article It’s High Time for a Minister Who Understands the Role of Aid (Globe & Mail, January 8, 2010) which was bang on. Unfortunately, the situation is actually much worse and ultimately a disgrace to our nation..." (click above to read more)

Speech on C-293 at the Queen's U. Foreign Policy Conference

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hon. John McKay P.C., M.P. speech at the Queen's University Foreign Policy Conference on the government's failure to implement C-293, Saturday, November 7, 2009

First-ever aid report a 'slap in the face'

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Hon. John McKay PC, MP featured in Embassy Newspaper on the Minister of International Cooperation's report on the implementation of Bill C-293.

John McKay Questions Minister on ODA Report

Friday, October 09, 2009

Hon. John McKay PC, MP questions International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda in the House of Commons on the failure of the government to implement the provisions of C-293.

Hon. John McKay PC, MP Speech to the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation on Bill C-293 - Canmore, Alberta, Sept. 19, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2009

Hon. John McKay PC, MP speech at the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation AGM on the government's delayed implementation of his Private Members' Bill C-293, now The Development Assistance Accountability Act.

Order Paper Question to the Government on the Implementation of C-293

Monday, September 14, 2009

Hon. John McKay MP question to the International Cooperation Minister on what actions the Ministry and CIDA have taken to implement C-293

Off the Agenda: Rock Stars and Poverty Reduction

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Christianity.ca article advocates Bill C-293 over the government's approach to foreign aid.

Hon. John McKay PC, MP Speech at the Queen's University Gow Lecture Series, April 24, 2009

Friday, April 24, 2009

I might call this lecture the tale of three Private Members’ Bills and the real opposition to Parliament. I have had the good fortune to present three Private Members' Bills to Parliament – two of which have received Royal Assent and the third is now before the Foreign Affairs Committee having passed its vote in principle last Wednesday by the narrowest of margins. The chances of getting Royal Assent vary between slim and none so I have been very, very fortunate. While I propose to focus on C-293, each in its own way is instructive on how a bureaucracy deals with ideas not initiated by them...