Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) issued a statement on the election results for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Rae said the Liberals Party looks forward to continuing work with the assembly to improve the lives of First Nations people through collaboration, respect for legal, historical and Treaty rights, and … Read more
Deputy Liberal Leader Ralph Goodale (Wascana, SK) said a string of negative economic reports should jolt Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) out of his complacent approach to managing the economy. Goodale added that with the the IMF downgrading growth forecasts in emerging economies like China and India, and the Bank of Canada reducing … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) issued a statement regarding the fatal shooting in East Toronto. Rae said he was shocked to hear of the violent acts at the community event in East Toronto and deeply saddened to learn it claimed the lives of two young people. Rae said he echos the sentiments … Read more
Deputy Liberal Leader Ralph Goodale (Wascana, SK) said the federal rubber stamp given for Swiss-based Glencore's $7 billion bid to takeover Regina-based Viterra shines a spotlight again on the serious weaknesses that plague Canada's foreign investment rules and procedures. Goodale said the government promised to fix these problems nearly two years ago, right after the … Read more
Liberal Finance critic Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, NS) said the government must recognize Canada’s summer student jobs crisis and take swift action to avert long-term harm to the current generation of youth. Brison said when university and college students cannot find summer work they not only miss out on income they require to pay tuition, but … Read more
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) said the party is bringing a new approach to oil sands development by engaging all sides of the issue. Rae said the Liberal Party believes in development and job creation, but Liberals also understand that unless it is environmentally responsible, development will not be sustainable and the … Read more
Privacy and Ethics critic Scott Andrews (Avalon, NL) said the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics must reconvene in the coming days to discuss the growing number of allegations against Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dean Del Mastro (Peterborough, ON). Liberal … Read more
Liberal Charlottetown Senator Percy Downe questioned the haste with which the government was rushing the Canada Jordan Free Trade Agreement through the Senate, Bill C-23. Downe said the rush is no way to conduct a serious review of the bill. Although the agreement between the two countries was signed in 2009, the bill to implement … Read more
While Conservative senators voted late June 29 to pass Bill C-38, Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, Liberals in the Senate Chamber strongly denounced both the content of the bill as well as the process by which it was adopted. Despite the fact that the Liberal opposition joined their Conservative colleagues to conduct an important … Read more
Liberal Prince Edward Island Senator Percy Downe supports Bill C-313, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses), legislation that would make non-corrective contact lenses, often called cosmetic contacts, subject to the requirements of the Foods and Drugs Act in the same way as corrective contact lenses. In his speech … Read more
