MP Meetings

If you are interested in meeting the MP in your area, please add your name to a list underneath.

Michael Geist has some advice for meeting MPs. The best way to schedule a meeting is to call the local riding office and find out what the procedure is for that particular MP.

If you get a meeting with an MP, after they understand your concerns about the bill, they will probably want to know how you want to fix the bill. It would be good if you go into the meeting with concrete suggestions on what to do with the bill. Being prepared in general is a good idea. It will probably be a short meeting so if you are prepared you can use your time more effectively.

From time to time when Parliament is not in session MPs attend community events. Some upcoming events are listed here and in the calendar. Click on the MPs name to visit his or her homepage, which may list future events (if you find one, add it here).

Abbotsford: Ed Fast (C)

• Kevin Schut

Burnaby-Douglas: Bill Siksay (NDP)

Mr Siksay has a meet & greet from 7:00-9:00pm on August 7 at the Cornerstone on Burnaby Mountain.

• Geof Glass
• Dave Klassen
• Chen Shen (depending on time)

Burnaby-New Westminster: Peter Julian (NDP)

Peter's the NDP's International Trade critic. He's well informed on the copyright issue and is very concerned about ACTA.

• Chris Brand

Delta-Richmond East: John Cummins (C)

Fleetwood-Port Kells: Nina Grewal (C)

Langley: Mark Warawa (C)

New Westminster-Coquitlam: Dawn Black (NDP)

• Eric Hedekar
• Robert Fajber
• Kristine Best

Newton-North Delta: Sukh Dhaliwal (L)

Mr Dhaliwal has arranged roundtable meeting is being planned for July 30 (it's mentioned on his web site if you follow the link above). We need concerned residents from his riding to come out.

• Geof Glass (non-resident)

North Vancouver: Don Bell (L)

• Kristine Best has context with Don Bell. If you wish to meet with him, it is worth talking to her first.

Port Moody - Westwood - Port Coquitlam: James Moore (C)

• Alex Harford (discussed issue in his office today, July 23, for approx 1/2 hour)

Pitt Meadows - Maple Ridge - Mission: Randy Kamp (C)

Richmond: Raymond Chan (L)

• Dan Moutal

South Surrey - White Rock - Cloverdale: Russ Hiebert (C)

Surrey North: Penny Priddy (NDP)

Vancouver Centre: Hedy Fry (L)

Nels, Charlotte and Jeff met with Ms. Fry on Wednesday, July 30th. She is meeting with representatives in Alberta the week of Aug. 4th; the local chapters there have been notified.

• Nels Anderson
• Charlotte Bourne
• Jeff Davis
• Bruno Godin

Vancouver East: Libby Davies (NDP)

Libby will be at the Trout Lake Farmers' Market on Saturday, July 26, from 9am-2pm. More details available on the event invitation.
Planning to attend:

• Greg McMullen (I'm aiming for 11am)

Fair Copyright for Canada: Vancouver Chapter group meeting with Libby Davies
Friday, August 1, 4:00pm
Libby Davies' riding office - 2412 Main Street, Vancouver
Libby will also try to get in touch with other NDP MPs and have them come along. She mentioned Bill Siksay and Peter Julian as potential attendees. This will be a great chance to sit down with Libby and potentially other MPs to go over the specifics of our concerns with Bill C-61.

• Greg McMullen

Vancouver Kingsway: David Emerson (C)

• Raphael Wong (out of town early- to mid- August) **Called his office on Jul 29; waiting for call back.| As of Sep 3, news emerged that he won't run in the upcoming election. That might explain the lack of communication...**
• Kalin Harvey (not technically in riding, but eager)
• Jovian Francey
• Geof Glass (not my riding, but Emerson is very important so if you can set up a meeting I will try to attend)
• Greg McMullen (not my riding either, but will come along for backup and moral support)
• John Trenouth (I'm just a couple blocks from Emmerson's office — I'll check his schedule to see what's available)
• Bruno Godin (not my riding either)

Vancouver Quadra: Joyce Murray (L)

Town Hall re: Green Shift--July 19, 11-12:30pm Dunbar Community Centre 4747 Dunbar St.
Jul 21 meeting with Joyce Murray

• Bill McGrath
• Stephen Rasku
• Dan Fornika
• Shawn Price
• Walter Brokx
• Audrey Foo

Vancouver South: Ujjal Dosanjh (L)

West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast: Blair Wilson (Green)

On Thursday, July 24, Vancouver West-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Blair Wilson will at the Powell River Community Resource Centre at 4752 Joyce Avenue between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.