The Liberal Party issued a statement saying the government must immediately address the dismal processing times for citizenship applications that have become endemic on Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Atla.) watch. The full statement is available online. Call 613-947-5100. Liberal Ontario Senator Jim Munson rejected the federal government's plan to impose higher … Read more
Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) said that the government must take meaningful steps to repair the nation-to-nation relationship between the government and First Nations and work in partnership on an urgent basis to close the unacceptable gap in living standards experienced by Aboriginal Peoples across Canada. More information is available online. Call … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) issued a statement on the Sri Lankan government’s impeachment proceedings against the country’s Supreme Court Chief Justice. Rae said Liberals are gravely concerned by the Sri Lankan government’s highly controversial and unconstitutional impeachment proceedings against the country’s Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake. The full statement is available … Read more
Liberal veterans affairs critic Sean Casey (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) issued a statement on the tentative agreement reached between the government and veterans on military pensions. Casey said the Liberals are pleased that the government has concluded a settlement agreement with veterans that will end a class action lawsuit on the clawback of military pensions. The full statement … Read more
The Liberal Party of Canada said that International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino's (Vaughan, Ont.) recent announcement that Canadian aid to new projects in Haiti will be frozen, and blaming this on the Haitian people, is simply deplorable. The full release is available online. Call 613-947-5100.
Co-Chair of the Inter-parliamentary Group for Human Rights in Iran and Liberal justice and human rights critic Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Que.) issued a statement on the government’s decision to add Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force to Canada’s list of terrorist entities. The full statement is available online. Call 613-995-0121. Liberal Leader … Read more
Liberal MP Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Que.), former Minister of Justice of Canada, in delivering the concluding address on "Raoul Wallenberg and His Humanitarian Legacy : Universal Lessons for Our Time," called on the international community to hold Iran to account for its state-sanctioned incitement to genocide and its massive violations of the human rights … Read more
Liberal Aboriginal affairs and northern development critic Dr. Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul's Ont.) sent a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) on the relationship between the Crown and First Nations. A copy of the letter is available online. Call 613-947-5100.
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) issued a statement on the death of former Liberal Senator and journalist Laurier LaPierre. The statement is available online. Call 613-947-5100.
Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) made a statement on the situation in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Rae said that Sri Lanka's civil peace is still under threat from its own government, and that the United States government has issued a call for a respect for civil liberties and pluralism. He added that Canadians … Read more
