On March 21, 2016, a motion calling on the government to renew the mandate of the Office of Religious Freedom will be debated and voted on in the House of Commons. The motion was put forward by Deputy Critic for Human Rights and Religious Freedom Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.). The office’s current mandate … Read more
Conservative MP Bob Zimmer (Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies, B.C.) stood with hundreds of supporters of the LNG industry in Fort St. John on March 16 calling on the federal Liberal government to support B.C. LNG and approve the Pacific Northwest LNG project. “Today I once again call on the Prime Minister and the Liberal Cabinet to do … Read more
Conservative Foreign Affairs critic Tony Clement (Parry Sound–Muskoka, Ont.) wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) regarding anti-Israeli candidates for UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine. The full letter is available online. Conservative Foreign Affairs critic Tony Clement (Parry Sound–Muskoka, Ont.) issued a statement to make the two-year anniversary of the so-called ‘referendum’ held in Crimea … Read more
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose (Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alta.) issued the following statement in response to the stabbing of two Canadian Forces members: “On behalf of the Official Opposition and the Conservative Party of Canada, I extend my sympathies and prayers to the two Canadian Forces members who, according to reports, were wounded in an unprovoked attack at … Read more
Conservative health critic Dr. Kellie Leitch (Simcoe-Grey, Ont.) released the following statement in response to the City of Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health’s report recommending multiple Supervised Injection Sites in Toronto: “As the Official Opposition we are very concerned about what this report might mean for the law-abiding residents of Toronto. The drugs that are used at these … Read more
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose (Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alta.) along with Conservative Party critics Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) and James Bezan (Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman, Man.), issued a statement: “1st Lt. Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian Air Force Pilot and member of the Ukrainian Parliament, is being held illegally in a Russian prison. Today, thousands of people in Ukraine and around … Read more
The Conservative Party of Canada released its leadership election rules for the selection of the next party leader. The rules were formed by the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC), and established to meet the goal of making the race as fair, balanced, and transparent as possible for all potential candidates. With the rules now in … Read more
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose (Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alta.) issued the following statement on International Women’s Day: “On behalf of the Conservative Party of Canada, I am pleased to join all Canadians in marking International Women’s Day 2016. Women have made tremendous progress towards true equality, but much work remains to achieve our goals. As Canadian women, we are … Read more
Conservative MP Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) and Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) called on the government to go ahead with the planned Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. “We are concerned with the prospect that the Liberal government is wavering on the National Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan,” O’Toole said. “The erection of this monument should be … Read more
Conservative Ethics and Accountability critic Blaine Calkins (Red Deer-Lacombe, Alta.) expressed concern with the Ethics Commissioner’s determination that Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) has a large interest in her husband’s lobbying firm, the KaLoNa Group. “I am very concerned that to date, multiple members of Prime Minister Trudeau’s cabinet appear to have conflicts of interest,” … Read more
