Arnold Viersen
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Arnold Viersen worked as a journeyman auto mechanic. He later owned and operated a small business in this field. His public disclosures with the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner have reportedly listed this private corporation as an asset.
Key Relationships & Connections
Arnold Viersen is known as a prominent social conservative within the Conservative Party caucus. He has been linked to and has spoken at events for anti-abortion organizations. He has also worked with members of other parties on specific issues, such as his work on the all-party parliamentary group to end modern slavery and human trafficking. He has also been a vocal advocate for measures to combat online pornography, an issue he has worked on with various advocacy groups.
Public Controversies
Arnold Viersen has generated public controversy primarily due to his strong social conservative views. He has consistently voted against abortion access and has faced criticism for his stance on LGBTQ+ issues, including his vote against the bill to ban conversion therapy. In 2021, he reportedly drew criticism for a question he posed to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the House of Commons regarding abortion. Viersen was also among a group of Conservative MPs who met with participants of the 'Freedom Convoy' protest in Ottawa in 2022, which was a point of public debate.
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Arnold Viersen won with 41,130 votes (77.1%)
Total votes cast: 53,369
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Mr. Speaker, the reality is that, with the Canadian system, it is a choice to some degree, but somebody else is administering it. This is government-assisted. That is the reality of the system. Whether the member wants to acknowledge that or not does not change that reality. The world is watching. The United Nations has issued a directive to Canada saying that our MAID regime is not working
Mr. Speaker, to the point on advance directives, I am not opposed to advance directives. I would just point out to the member that, in most cases, an advance directive is a refusal of treatment or not compelling somebody to treat a person. This is a completely new world of compelling a doctor to murder someone. That is what an advance directive is. When a given set of circumstances exists, laid
Mr. Speaker, I am not sure if there was a question. I think it was more of a statement. I agree wholeheartedly with that sentiment. That is the fundamental issue with this. This is an advance directive on MAID. Someone does not come back from that. It is the end of their life, and that decision will be made by somebody other than them.
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to speak to the issue of medical assistance in dying, or as we call it more often in this country, government-assisted dying. Canada is a pariah on the international stage when it comes to the way we have implemented this. Here is an interesting story. California and Canada legalized assisted dying, or assisted suicide in the case of California, in the same
I wanted to add as well that this ends before the harvest is complete. Farmers generally have a discount on fuel, but this would limit farmers' ability to get cheaper fuel as they go into harvest. In my neck of the woods, harvest begins in September, but it's generally not done until the end of November, and this would allow farmers to take full advantage of this tax exemption.
I'd like to add my voice to this as well. To Mr. Turnbull about the $2.4 billion, that's a projected number. There's a whole bunch of variables that are at play, and I would like to see the government have to own that number for themselves. Coming in the fall, they should say, “Okay, here's what we did, and here's the result that it had.” Perhaps people travel less than anticipated. That would
Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the member's speech, and I listened to the Liberals' questions about this, and the Liberals keep touting the fact that they are spending more money than we did when we were in power. A couple of things are the case. First is the Liberals' fancy accounting when it comes to what they are spending money on in the military. I would point out that they moved the
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have been talking about reform to the acquisition method in Canada. I am wondering if the member could give us a history of the acquisition of the F-35s and whether she thinks the Liberals have done a good job of that or not.