January 29, 2010
OTTAWA - Liberals are at work today participating in a unique web conference that examines ways of closing the gap in health status to ensure all Canadians are as healthy as they can be by 2017 when Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary.
“Our cherished health care system will only be sustainable if we redouble [...]
January 29, 2010
265 Conservative insiders appointed since 2008 election
OTTAWA - Conservative patronage continues to plumb new depths of cynicism, as five new Conservative Senators and 32 more Conservative Party bank-rollers have been appointed to taxpayer-funded jobs - a total of 265 since the last election.
“Canadians do not accept for one minute Stephen Harper’s excuses for [...]
January 29, 2010
When he was Ontario’s Public Safety Minister, Bob Runciman sparked outrage for making comments directed towards the black community in Toronto:
“Runciman also described members of the black community as ‘people who don’t accept any degree of responsibility for trying to solve problems and challenges and misunderstandings.’” (Global National, August 6, 2003)
“Runciman incensed the [...]
January 28, 2010
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Historically, PTSD has been associated with military personnel and their reactions to traumatic experiences involving combat and warfare situations. More recently, PTSD has been linked to traumatic situations that don’t just affect soldiers. Paramedics, police officers, front-line nurses and victims of abuse, violent crimes or accidents have [...]
January 28, 2010
OTTAWA - The Harper government’s failing grade from federal meat inspectors on improving food safety is proof that the Conservatives have learned nothing from the 2008 deadly listeriosis outbreak, Liberal MPs said today.
“Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz promised Canadians he would implement Sheila Weatherill’s recommendations, and yet here we are six months later and [...]
January 28, 2010
OTTAWA - Liberals are working today on Parliament Hill by hosting a forum that focuses on how government can better aid and support Canadian veterans and their families.
“Veterans are the heroes of our nation,” said Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. “They put their mind, body and heart on the line for the freedom and [...]
January 27, 2010
OTTAWA - As the international conference on Afghanistan opens in London tomorrow, Liberals are calling on the Harper government to appoint a special envoy to lead Canadian efforts to work on governance, on a reconciliation process and a post-2011 future in Afghanistan.
“Other NATO countries have already appointed special envoys, and only Canada remains [...]
January 27, 2010
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today:
“Today, we stand with the international community to observe the 5th Annual International Day of Commemoration for Victims of the Holocaust, which claimed the lives of six million Jews and other victims of state-sponsored genocide.
In accordance with the United Nations General Assembly resolution, [...]
January 27, 2010
OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff presented three proposals today that would help to create new, high-paying jobs in many sectors of the economy and alleviate the worst level of youth unemployment in a generation.
“We’re in a jobless recovery, but the Conservatives have no plan for creating long-term, high-quality jobs,” said Mr. Ignatieff. [...]
January 27, 2010
OTTAWA - In the wake of Stephen Harper’s sudden interest in maternal and child health in the developing world, Liberal MPs are urging the Prime Minister to reverse his past decisions to cut funding for gender equality and gender-based violence as foreign aid priorities.
In an online forum last week, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff [...]
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