Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) issued a statement on the death of Jim Sinclair. Rae said Sinclair was a leader who devoted his entire life to the advancement of treaty and aboriginal rights. The full statement is available online. Call 613-947-5100.
Liberal MP Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Que.), co-chair of the Global Iranian Political Prisoner Advocacy Program, rose in the House of Commons to highlight the plight of Iranian political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh – recent recipient of the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – and currently in her 22nd day of a hunger strike … Read more
Liberal Quebec Senator Hervieux-Payette reintroduced a bill to modify the Criminal Code and protect children. Hervieux-Payette said she was confident that bill proposing to recognize a child as a legal person who has the right to his or her own physical integrity would be successful. On July 31, 2012, 33 countries completely banned corporal punishment with … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) issued a statement on the death of the Robert Kaplan. Rae said Kaplan served his constituents in the House of Commons with boundless devotion. Rae added that as solicitor general in Trudeau’s government, he skillfully shepherded in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The full release is available … Read more
Liberal Prince Edward Island Senator Percy Downe has written Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) urging him to appoint an experienced public servant with outstanding leadership skills who will use their expertise to clean up the obvious problems at the Canada Revenue Agency with regard to its handling of overseas tax evasion. Call 613-943-8107.
Liberals call on Parliament to study Cohen Commission Report. The Cohen Commission report has serious implications for the future of the sockeye salmon fishery and Canada’s aquaculture industry, and must be studied by Parliament, said Liberal fisheries and oceans critic Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, P.E.I.). MacAulay gave notice of motion to the House fisheries committee requesting … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) sent a letter to the commissioner of Canada Elections regarding campaign spending of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue (Labrador, N.L.). The letter is available online. Call 613-947-5100. Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) issued a statement on the swearing-in of general Tom Lawson as chief … Read more
Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) issued a statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the 2011 federal election results in Etobicoke Centre, Ont. Rae said that while the Liberals are disappointed in the split decision to overturn the Ontario Superior Court ruling, they accept it as the judgement of the majority of … Read more
The Liberal Party of Canada said the Liberal Senate members of the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans almost unanimously supports the recommendations of the committee on the management of the grey seal population to assist in the recovery of groundfish stocks – Atlantic cod, American plaice, winter skate, white hake – provided, however, … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, Ont.) kicked off debate in the House of Commons on his private member’s motion, M-386, which calls on the federal government to work with First Nations on a nation-to-nation basis to replace the Indian Act. The motion, which receives its first hour of debate calls on the government … Read more
