March 31, 2010
OTTAWA – The Liberal Party is claiming victory against cynical politics and taxpayer waste following the decision by the Board of Internal Economy to ban out-of-riding ten-percenters, in keeping with the Liberal motion passed by the House of Commons.
“The Conservatives abused this privilege – both in quantity and content – by sending excessive [...]
March 31, 2010
OTTAWA - In the absence of funding, the Canadian Screen Training Centre (CSTC) will close its doors tomorrow, because the Conservative government has refused to allocate the $205,000 needed to maintain the organizations’ activities.
Pablo Rodriguez, MP for Honoré-Mercier and Liberal Critic for Canadian Heritage, decried the loss of this partner in the cultural [...]
March 31, 2010
OTTAWA – Liberals today called for Minister of State for Status of Women Helena Guergis to step down from Cabinet following a series of letters that appear to come from average citizens when in fact they were written by her staffers and Conservative friends.
“It is simply not credible that this minister did not [...]
March 31, 2010
OTTAWA – The Conservative government clearly signaled today they have absolutely no intention of ensuring Canada has a secure long-term supply of medical isotopes, Natural Resources Critic Geoff Regan said Wednesday.
“The Harper government’s decision to ignore its own expert review panel on medical isotopes is a slap in the face to thousands of [...]
March 30, 2010
OTTAWA – The Harper Conservatives were openly criticized by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for excluding Nordic nations and indigenous peoples from its Arctic summit, causing embarrassment for Canada and adding to their failed Arctic policies, Liberal MPs said today.
“Canada should be using our claim to the Arctic to bring all peoples [...]
March 30, 2010
ISSUE
Under questioning at a Parliamentary committee today, the President and CEO of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) did not deny that the Conservatives’ Budget Bill gives cabinet the authority to sell all of AECL without being subject to the Investment Canada Act, which contains foreign ownership restrictions and the national security test.
FACTS
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March 30, 2010
OTTAWA – After more than four years of neglect and politicizing refugee issues, Liberal Immigration Critic Maurizio Bevilacqua today called for assurances that the Harper government’s new refugee reform measures will reduce the refugee backlog and ensure we have tough refugee regulations that still welcome genuine refugees.
“Refugee system reform is direly needed, but [...]
March 30, 2010
OTTAWA – The Harper government must stop stone-walling Canadians and conclusively spell out Canada’s role in Afghanistan post-2011, Liberal MPs said today.
“Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says he has made it ‘perfectly clear’ to the Americans what their plans are, but refuses to share his position with Canadians,” said Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic [...]
March 29, 2010
Conservatives make up numbers, add new taxes
CONSERVATIVE SPIN:
Treasury Board President Stockwell Day told the Economic Club of Canada today that spending freezes, cuts to the public sector, and the end of stimulus spending will slash about $38.2-billion off his government’s record $56-billion deficit over the next three years, and that “these three approaches [...]
March 29, 2010
OTTAWA – A mere two weeks after the Prime Minister’s Office pledged to no longer interfere in the release of information to the media, Minister Diane Finley’s office forced public affairs officials to provide media with false information concerning Conservative advertising waste, Liberal Treasury Board Critic Siobhan Coady said today.
An aide to Minister [...]
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