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Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the deaths of four Canadian soldiers and Canadian journalist Michelle Lang in A

December 31st, 2009

For Immediate ReleaseDecember 31, 2009


Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the deaths of four Canadian soldiers and Canadian journalist Michelle Lang in Afghanistan


OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today regarding the deaths of four Canadian soldiers and Canadian journalist Michelle Lang in Afghanistan:

"It is with profound sad ...

Liberals call on government to get CN talks back on track

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate Release
November 29, 2009

Liberals call on government to get CN talks back on track

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs are urging the Conservative government to play a more active role in encouraging the resumption of negotiations after 1,700 Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers walked off the job when mediated talks collapsed.

"Canadians need a fully functioning transp ...

Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on comments by Prime Minister Harper

December 30th, 2009
For Immediate Release
November 29, 2009

Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on comments by Prime Minister Harper

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement in response to comments made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper aboard the HMCS Quebec, in Trinidad and Tobago, earlier today:

"Stephen Harper's comments are beneath th ...

Afghan detainee timeline

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate Release
November 30, 2009

Just the Facts:
Afghan detainee timeline

The Harper government has now admitted that it knew about concerns of torture to Afghans handed over by Canadian soldiers early in 2006, but didn't act to change the transfer agreement until media reports emerged a year later. Still, transfers weren't stopped until a fulltime monitor looked into the a ...

Excerpts from the Afghanistan memos, 2006-2007

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate ReleaseNovember 30, 2009

Just the Facts:
Excerpts from the Afghanistan memos, 2006-2007

"What we're talking about here is not only hearsay, we're talking about basing much of his evidence on what the Taliban have been specifically instructed to lie about if captured." Defence Minister Peter MacKay, concerning Richard Colvin's testimony, Nov. 19, 2009.

The follow ...

Liberal MPs pass motion to mark August 23rd as Black Ribbon Day

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate Release
November 30, 2009


Liberal MPs pass motion to mark August 23rd as Black Ribbon Day

OTTAWA - Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic, the Hon. Bob Rae, passed a unanimous Resolution in Parliament today to commemorate the victims of Europe's totalitarian regimes.

"Millions of Canadians of Eastern and Central European descent whose families have been directly affected b ...

Tom Flanagan and Conservative ten-percenters

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate Release
November 30, 2009

Just the Facts:
Tom Flanagan and Conservative ten-percenters


On CBC Radio's "The House," top Conservative strategist Tom Flanagan said this about ten-percenters:

"Canadians seem to be willing to tolerate attacks that are based on half-truths or things taken out of context, or misstatements, partial misstatements, distortions. I mean ...

20 Years Later – Women have taken a step back under Harper

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate Release
December 1, 2009


20 Years Later - Women have taken a step back under Harper


OTTAWA - Today, Anita Neville, the Liberal Critic for the Status of Women, joined her Opposition Critic colleagues to pay tribute to the fourteen women lost at École Polytechnique and to denounce the Harper government's lack of action to combat violence against women.

"This week is a ...

Harper Conservatives conceal job creation and stimulus spending data

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate Release
December 1, 2009

Harper Conservatives conceal job creation and stimulus spending data


OTTAWA - New documentation proves the Harper government has deliberately misled Canadians with its convenient claims that it does not track stimulus expenditure and jobs creation statistics, Liberal Infrastructure Critic Gerard Kennedy said today.

"Given the historic size of curre ...

Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on World AIDS Day

December 30th, 2009

For Immediate ReleaseDecember 1, 2009


Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on World AIDS Day

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on World AIDS Day:

"Today is a time of remembrance and reflection - for those who have perished from this disease, and for those who live with it still. With some 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS ...

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