Bill Blaikie, MP - Elmwood-Transcona

Charles Caccia

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:19:02 -0400

Thursday May 8, 2008

Hon. Bill Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP):

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to the life of the Hon. Charles Caccia, a distinguished former colleague and my predecessor as Dean of the House of Commons.

Charles was the member for Toronto--Davenport for 36 years and, while he was here, he established a reputation as one who practised politics with dignity, with principle, with civility, with independence of mind and with a deep, abiding and well-informed concern for the environment.

Bill Dance

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:49:44 -0400

Wednesday April 16, 2008

Hon. Bill Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP): Mr. Speaker, last week was a sad week for Transcona and the larger community of railroaders in Winnipeg and across Canada. Hundreds of people gathered last Friday to mourn the sudden passing and to celebrate the life of Bill Dance, who died one day after his 55th birthday and only a short time before he was to receive his first pension cheque, after 39 years of service as a conductor.

The Hon. Mark Rose

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:06:30 -0400

Thursday April 3, 2008

Hon. Bill Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise today to have the House take note of the death of a friend and distinguished former colleague, the hon. Mark Rose, who died on March 8 at the age of 84.

Mark Rose sat in this House from 1968-74 and again from 1979-83, after which he served in the B.C. legislature until 1991. My first memory of him was as chairman of the NDP caucus from 1979-83, during a time when very important decisions to be made, combined with many rookies like myself and the member for Toronto Centre, made for impassioned internal debate.

Donald Cameron MacDonald

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:09:34 -0400

Hon. Bill Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of Donald Cameron MacDonald, former leader of the Ontario CCF and Ontario NDP, who died on Saturday, March 8, at the age of 94.

Donald was often called the best premier Ontario never had. During his 27 years in the legislature, he established a reputation for a principled pragmatic opposition from the political left that New Democrats remember with gratitude and admiration, and which Canada as a country acknowledged when he received the Order of Canada in 2003.

Bill Blaikie wins Parliamentarian of the Year

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:32:35 -0500

In a Macleans poll of his peers in the House of Commons Bill Blaikie has been selected parliamentarian of the year. He received the award in a ceremony that took place on November 21st. An article appears in this weeks edition of Macleans magazine with the title,"Canada's Best MP". Bill was among 4 NDP MPs who won the lion share of the awards. The other NDP recipients are: Joe Comartin, most knowledgeable , Charlie Angus, best constituent representative MP, and Peter Stoffer, most collegial MP

United Church Interview

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:57:16 -0500

An Inteview with Bill from the United Church Observer magazine in PDF format. Click on the link to open.

Welcome to my website

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:42:44 -0500

Welcome to my website. I hope you are able to find useful information in here about my work in Parliament, over the last 28 years. In my current role as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons I do not have the opportunity to put questions to the government, or participate in debate, so there isn’t the constant source of new material for the site that my activity in the House used to provide. However, I do make speeches outside Parliament, write articles from time to time, and have articles written about me, or which refer to me. We will try to post these as they arise.