August 27, 2010
Nations Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Burma
OTTAWA – The Liberal Party is calling on the Conservative government to support an international call for a special United Nations Commission of Inquiry into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Burmese junta.
“Today, we are calling on Prime Minister [...]
August 26, 2010
OTTAWA – The Liberal Party is demanding that the Harper government stop trying to cover up key facts in the gun registry debate and release an RCMP report that tells Canadians about its importance to public safety.
“It’s blatantly arrogant for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to thumb his nose at Canadians and tell [...]
August 26, 2010
OTTAWA – In a move to bring ‘sense back to the census,’ Liberals today introduced legislation to amend the Statistics Act to bring back the mandatory long-form census questionnaire.
“Liberals believe that sound information helps make sound decisions,” said Liberal Finance Critic John McCallum. “That’s why we will fix the mess Stephen Harper created [...]
August 25, 2010
OTTAWA – With the wrap-up of the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association this week, the Liberal Party echoed CMA concerns about Canada’s strained healthcare system and reiterated its commitment to a plan that addresses healthcare deficits.
“Along with the CMA, we recognize that healthcare costs are rising as our population gets older [...]
August 25, 2010
OTTAWA – With the Harper government releasing yet another new “Arctic strategy” while at the same time still not fulfilling any of its past promises for the North, the Conservatives continue to insult the people of the North with more empty promises and rhetoric, Liberal MP Larry Bagnell said today.
“This time their so-called [...]
August 24, 2010
OTTAWA – Stephen Harper and senior Conservative Ministers cleaned up this morning at the 2010 Conservative Patronage Awards, presented for outstanding achievement in political cronyism.
Awarded by Liberal MPs Wayne Easter and Alexandra Mendès, Stephen Harper retained his title as Patronage King for overseeing the appointments of 386 Conservative insiders to the Senate, courts, [...]
August 12, 2010
“It is with great sadness that we learned this morning that our Director of Communications, Mario Laguë, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in Ottawa.
“A man of many talents and accomplishments, Mario was a beloved member of our staff, and a valued personal advisor to me and the entire Liberal team. A [...]
August 11, 2010
OTTAWA – The Liberal Party of Canada welcomes the Federal Court’s decision to expedite the hearing for the application of an injunction from the Canadian Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities to block the decision by the Conservative government to make the 2011 long-form census voluntary, said Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.
“Cutting the mandatory [...]
August 11, 2010
OTTAWA – The Harper government is the only political party that wants to impose jail times on Canadians who do not complete census forms, Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae said today.
“The Liberal Party has been clear that we can keep the mandatory long-form census but remove jail sentences for all census surveys, [...]
August 5, 2010
OTTAWA – Liberal MPs condemned the Conservative government today for stalling a request by the Industry Committee to provide transparency on their decision to gut the census, and vowed to bring the committee back to keep up the pressure in the fight to keep the census.
“The Conservatives don’t want to show the public [...]
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