Blog by Ross Rebagliati
Liberals are working for people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 29, 2010
Liberals are working for people
living with Alzheimer's and dementia
OTTAWA - Liberals are working to help improve the quality of life of people living with Alzheimer's and dementia, and their families, by hosting a forum on Parliament Hill on neurodegenerative diseases and strategies to help ease the burden on caregivers.
"Alz ...
Senate appointments latest in Conservative nepotism
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 29, 2010
Senate appointments latest in
Conservative nepotism
265 Conservative insiders appointed since 2008 election
265 Conservative insiders appointed since 2008 election
OTTAWA - Conservative patronage continues to plumb new depths of cynicism, as five new Conservative Senators and 32 more Conservative Party bank-rollers have been appointed to taxpayer-funded jobs - a total of 265 since the ...
Liberals are working to keep Canadians healthy
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 29, 2010
Liberals are working to keep
Canadians healthy
OTTAWA - Liberals are at work today participating in a unique web conference that examines ways of closing the gap in health status to ensure all Canadians are as healthy as they can be by 2017 when Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary.
"Our cherished health care system will o ...
In their own words: Meet Senator Runciman
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 29, 2010
In their own words:
Meet Senator Runciman
Meet Senator Runciman
When he was Ontario's Public Safety Minister, Bob
Runciman sparked outrage for making comments directed towards the
black community in Toronto:
"Runciman also described members of the black community as 'people who don't accept any degree of responsibility for trying to solve problems a ...
"Runciman also described members of the black community as 'people who don't accept any degree of responsibility for trying to solve problems a ...
Liberals are working to eradicate poverty and homelessness
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 1, 2010
Liberals are working to eradicate
poverty and homelessness
OTTAWA - Liberals are working today on Parliament Hill by hosting a roundtable that looks to fill the Harper government's vacuum of ideas and actions for eradicating poverty and homelessness in Canada.
"Too many of our children continue to be left behind as low
inco ...
Harper’s newest Senator attacks bilingualism
February 1st, 2010For Immediate Release
February 1, 2009
In their own words:
Harper's newest Senator attacks bilingualism
Harper's newest Senator attacks bilingualism
Stephen Harper's newest Senator, Bob Runciman, has some strong
views opposing bilingualism and French-language services,
including support for the Alliance for the Preservation of
English in Canada (APEC), a notorious anti-French organization
that once trampled on ...
"An evening with Sukh Dhaliwal, MP and Olympian and Liberal candidate Ross Rebagliati"
February 1st, 2010"An evening with Sukh Dhaliwal, MP and Olympian and Liberal candidate Ross Rebagliati"
The Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon Federal Liberal Association is excited to host a fund-raising dinner with Sukh Dhaliwal, MP and Liberal candidate for Okanagan--Coquihalla, Olympian Ross Rebagliati
Date: Saturday
February 6th
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m
Venue: Coast Hotel Chilliwack, 45920 First Avenue,
Chilliwack
...
Liberal policy in support of the forestry sector
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 1, 2010
Just the Facts:
Liberal policy in support of the forestry sector
Liberal policy in support of the forestry sector
Today, the Forest Products Association of Canada released a study
that shows how the forestry sector can become a job-creating
economic growth engine.
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has announced a number of policies that would help to revitalize and transform the ...
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has announced a number of policies that would help to revitalize and transform the ...
Harper government changes targets again
February 1st, 2010For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 1, 2009
Just the facts:
Harper government changes targets again
Harper government changes targets again
Far from demonstrating "enlightened sovereignty," the government has moved even further away from the 20 percent greenhouse gas reduction target announced in April 2007.
Setting a new goal of a 17-percent reduction below 2005 levels by 2020 follows the pattern established by ...