June 30, 2010
OTTAWA – Evidence-based policy making is the latest victim to the Harper Conservatives’ ideological-based cuts, following their decision to scrap the Statistics Canada long-form census survey, Liberal MP for Hull-Alymer Marcel Proulx said today.
“Doesn’t the government know that the information collected about Canadians by the federal census is vital for making informed policy [...]
June 30, 2010
OTTAWA – With the quiet tabling of C-42 to amend Canada’s Aeronautics Act on the last day of the Parliamentary session, the Harper Conservatives have abandoned Canadian sovereignty by introducing legislation that will force Canadian airlines to divulge personal information about passengers to “any foreign state” a flight passes over.
“The Conservatives have decided [...]
July 1, 2010
OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on the celebration of Canada Day:
“On Canada Day, Canadians will be firing up their barbecues, taking the family to the beach or the park, and meeting friends in backyards. There is a spirit of good neighbourliness on Canada Day that shows us at [...]
June 30, 2010
OTTAWA – With the G8 and G20 summits over, Liberals are calling on the Harper Conservatives to explain why G8 Legacy Funding is still pouring into Tony Clement’s riding with many projects still incomplete.
“How are Canadians supposed to believe that roads and toilets, miles away from the summit site and still yet to [...]
June 29, 2010
The Honourable Vic Toews, P.C, M.P.
Minister of Public Safety
269 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0P8
Dear Minister Toews,
In the wake of the extraordinary costs and numerous violent incidents surrounding the G8 and G20 summits over the weekend, Canadians are left shaking their heads and wondering just who is responsible for this mess.
As Canadians now know, [...]
June 24, 2010
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff met today with Chinese President Hu Jintao in advance of the President`s participation in the G20 summit in Toronto. “I spoke about building on the longstanding tradition of sustained, responsible engagement with China established by my Liberal predecessors, Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chretien and Paul Martin. [...]
June 24, 2010
OTTAWA – Liberal MPs will request the recall of Parliament’s Public Safety and National Security committee to get answers about the Prime Ministers’ Office role in the highly unusual timing of troubling public accusations made by the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
“It is inconceivable that, on the eve of state [...]
June 24, 2010
OTTAWA – As the world descends on Canada for the G8/G20 summits, the Conservative government is scrambling to bolster its dismal environmental record in an attempt to stave off international criticism, Liberal Environment Critic David McGuinty said.
“Minister Prentice knows Canada’s environmental record will be heavily scrutinized by the international community at the G8/G20 [...]
June 23, 2010
TORONTO – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today on the 25th anniversary of the Air India tragedy:
“Today, here in Toronto at the Air India memorial and in communities across this country, Canadians will come together to mark 25 years since Air India flight 182 exploded over the coast of Ireland [...]
June 21, 2010
VICTORIA – A future Liberal government will formalize the existing B.C. crude oil tanker moratorium as part of a comprehensive plan to protect Canada’s oceans and coastal communities, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced today.
“The Harper Conservatives refuse to recognize the tanker moratorium off the B.C. coast, and have taken no steps to protect [...]
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