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Bonne année!
December 31, 2009
Bonjour – Bonne année! J’espère que 2010 commence dans la joie pour vous, avec votre famille et vos amis, et que vous pensez à l’année qui [...] More »
Happy New Year
December 31, 2009
Friend – Happy New Year. I hope you’re starting off 2010 in the spirit of the season, with friends and family, reflecting on the year that’s [...] More »
Opening the conversation on the road to Canada at 150
December 31, 2009
On March 26 to 28, 2010, some of Canada’s leading progressive thinkers and doers will gather in Montreal for a non-partisan conference entitled Canada at 150: [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the deaths of four Canadian soldiers and Canadian journalist Michelle Lang in Afghanistan
December 31, 2009
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 [...] More »
Harper’s prorogation shuts down Parliament to perpetuate cover-up of Afghan detainee controversy
December 30, 2009
A request by Stephen Harper to shut down Parliament again marks the fourth time in three years that he has derailed the nation’s business in order [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the death of Constable Eric Czapnik
December 29, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today regarding the death of Constable Eric Czapnik of the Ottawa Police Service: “Like all Canadians, I was [...] More »
Statement from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the death of Lt. Andrew Richard Nuttall in Afghanistan
December 24, 2009
I join with all Canadians in mourning the loss of Lieutenant Andrew Richard Nuttall, who lost his life yesterday in Afghanistan. Lt. Nuttall, of Prince Rupert, [...] More »
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to embark on cross-country campus tour
December 21, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will start the New Year with a cross-Canada campus tour to meet with young Canadians in the lead-up to Canada at 150: [...] More »
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to embark on cross-country campus tour
December 21, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will start the New Year with a cross-Canada campus tour to meet with young Canadians in the lead-up to Canada at 150: [...] More »
Conservatives break their promise to make pension reform a priority
December 20, 2009
The Harper government has failed Canada’s seniors and future pensioners by breaking their promise to make pension reform a priority and putting off discussions with the [...] More »
Party renewal and member engagement: inspire, engage, activate
December 18, 2009
Dear Friends, I am writing to report on the state of the party and to ask you to complete a short survey that will feed into [...] More »
Ignatieff hopeful of climate change progress, despite Harper snub in Copenhagen
December 18, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said he remains hopeful that significant progress can be made on a binding international climate change agreement, even with Stephen Harper’s absence [...] More »
Liberals demand Conservatives stop blocking Afghan Special Committee
December 18, 2009
Liberals are calling on Rick Casson, Chair of the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan, to show up to a scheduled [...] More »
All partners must join together to save Yarmouth ferry
December 18, 2009
Liberal Transport Critic Joe Volpe and Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison are calling on all federal, provincial, municipal and private partners to come together to [...] More »
Just 3 days left…
December 18, 2009
Friend – We couldn’t have made it this far without you, or without the incredible generosity so many of you have shown us this year. But [...] More »
Conservatives squander Canada’s nuclear leadership
December 17, 2009
Despite investing millions of taxpayers’ dollars to develop world-leading nuclear technology, the Conservative government is putting the CANDU reactor division up for sale before returns have [...] More »
Liberals demand explanation from Conservatives for Afghan committee no-show
December 17, 2009
Liberal Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Special Committee on Afghanistan, Bryon Wilfert, today wrote to Chair Rick Casson on behalf of all opposition committee members to [...] More »
Liberals push pension reforms as Flaherty meets with provinces
December 17, 2009
As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty meets with his provincial counterparts in Whitehorse today to discuss Canada’s pension crisis, Liberal Seniors & Pensions Critic Judy Sgro urged [...] More »
Just the facts: Stephen Harper is a climate change denier
December 17, 2009
“All I’m asking from my leader, Mr. Harper is my Prime Minister, please tell us whether or not you think human-induced climate change is real, and [...] More »
Liberals release policy statement on current situation in Sri Lanka
December 17, 2009
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Just the facts: Canada’s road to international climate change pariah
December 17, 2009
Under the previous Liberal government, Canada played an international leadership role in the fight against climate change. How did Canada fall to its current status as [...] More »
Party renewal and member engagement: inspire, engage, activate
December 16, 2009
Dear Friends, I am writing to report on the state of the party and to ask you to complete a short survey that will feed into [...] More »
Rien que les faits : Changements climatiques – Le plan secret des conservateurs
December 16, 2009
Des documents du Conseil des ministres révélés par CBC-Radio Canada cette semaine montrent comment, loin de chercher à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de [...] More »
Just the Facts: the Conservatives’ secret climate change plan
December 16, 2009
Conservative Cabinet documents revealed by the CBC this week show how, far from reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Conservative plan actually increases them. The plan aims [...] More »
Public inquiry only possible response to damning Colvin letter
December 16, 2009
A damning letter by Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin has shredded the Harper government’s cover-up of the torture of Canadian-transferred detainees, Liberal MPs said today, leaving the [...] More »
Liberals call for Parliament to review Canada’s foreign ownership rules
December 16, 2009
In light of the Harper government’s unprecedented overturning of a regulatory ruling on Globalive Communications Corp., Liberal Industry Critic Marc Garneau today submitted a motion requesting [...] More »
PARTY RENEWAL AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT: INSPIRE, ENGAGE, ACTIVATE
December 15, 2009
Dear friend, I am writing to report on the state of the party and to ask you to complete a short survey that will feed into [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on comments by the PMO concerning environmentalist Steven Guilbeault
December 15, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff offered the following statement concerning comments made by the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary towards Canadian environmentalist Steven Guilbeault: Yesterday in Copenhagen, we [...] More »
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Decries KAIROS Funding Cuts
December 15, 2009
Legendary human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has decried the Conservative government’s cuts to the faith-based NGO KAIROS as an “unparalleled [...] More »
Concours photo – Choisissez votre gagnant !
December 14, 2009
Nous remercions tous les participants à notre concours de photos, dont l’objectif était d’encourager les Canadiens inquiets de la réticence du Premier ministre au sujet du [...] More »
Choose our photo challenge winner
December 14, 2009
A note to all viewers: We thank all participants in this photo challenge who have submitted their entries for consideration. Our intent was to engage [...] More »
While Prentice is Copenhagen’s laughing stock, Canada’s economy suffers from Harper’s climate inaction
December 14, 2009
The Harper government’s continued foot-dragging in the Copenhagen climate talks is more than just an international embarrassment, Liberal MPs said today – it threatens our country’s [...] More »
Conservative delay tactics must end as Afghan evidence mounts
December 14, 2009
As the evidence of the Conservative cover-up on the Afghan detainee issue continues to mount, Liberal MPs called on the government to stop stonewalling and meet [...] More »
B.C. communities, unemployed an after-thought for Harper Conservatives
December 14, 2009
VANCOUVER – A report released in Vancouver today by federal Liberal infrastructure Critic Gerard Kennedy shows that the Harper government has all but ignored British Columbia’s communities [...] More »
2009 Temple Israel Hanukkah Freedom Lecture
December 13, 2009
Check against delivery Ottawa, Ontario Thank you Rabbi Garten. Chag sameach. The Hanukkah story is the story of a miracle. Two thousand years ago, Antiochus, the [...] More »
Documents show transparency no threat to national security
December 13, 2009
Records of individual detainee transfers formerly available through Access to Information requests provide evidence that information now being restricted on the grounds of national security is [...] More »
Follow the Young Liberals of Canada in Copenhagen
December 11, 2009
If you want to know what’s really happening on the ground at COP15, talk to a Young Liberal. Better yet, watch them on YouTube. Some 20 [...] More »
Liberals call for MacKay to bring unredacted documents to committee
December 11, 2009
Liberals have just called for Defence Minister Peter MacKay and General Walter Natynczyk to appear before Parliament’s Afghanistan committee next week, and expect that the Minister [...] More »
In their own words – MacKay contradicted
December 11, 2009
(Quotes are included in their original language) MACKAY MUST RESIGN (Winnipeg Free Press, December 11, 2009) PETER MACKAY NOUS MENT EFFRONTÉMENT (La Voix de l’Est, 11 [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the passing of Jean-Robert Gauthier
December 11, 2009
OTTAWA- Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement after learning of the passing of former MP and Senator Jean-Robert Gauthier: “It is with profound sadness [...] More »
Statement from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the celebration of Chanukah
December 11, 2009
OTTAWA– Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement at the start of Chanukah: “On Chanukah, Jews across Canada and around the world gather to celebrate [...] More »
B.C. last to get stimulus help from Ottawa
December 10, 2009
British Columbia has been treated as an after-thought by the Harper government by delaying infrastructure projects more than anywhere else in the country and failing to [...] More »
An open letter from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to Stephen Harper regarding the upcoming Ukrainian election
December 10, 2009
Dear Prime Minister Harper: In January 2010, the first presidential election since the Orange Revolution will take place in Ukraine. I am writing this open letter [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Vancouver MP Joyce Murray on the Olympic torch coming to Parliament Hill
December 10, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Liberal Critic for Amateur Sport and the Vancouver Olympic Joyce Murray made the following statement today on the arrival of torch-bearing [...] More »
In their own words: Afghan torture scandal
December 10, 2009
(Quotes are included in their original language) MACKAY’S TIME’S UP (Ottawa Sun, December 10, 2009) MACKAY’S CREDIBILITY NOW IN TATTERS (Barrie Examiner, December 10, 2009) GENERAL’S [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
December 10, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: “Today, I would like to reaffirm [...] More »
Liberals call for recognition of pay equity as a human right
December 9, 2009
Equal pay for work of equal value is a basic human right that should never be subject to negotiation, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said today as [...] More »
Natynczyk’s detainee bombshell proves Conservatives must call public inquiry and MacKay must step aside
December 9, 2009
Following General Walter Natynczyk’s stunning revelation that documents prove a Canadian-transferred afghan detainee was tortured in 2006, Liberals renewed their demand for a public inquiry into [...] More »
Liberals call for restoring postal services in rural Canada
December 9, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff joined members of the National Liberal Rural Caucus to announce measures that would restore rural mail services cut under the Conservative government. [...] More »
No 2nd class mail
December 9, 2009
It’s part of the fabric of every community in Canada – rural or urban, village or metropolis. Canadians cherish their access to mail service whether it’s [...] More »
In their own words: Harper isolated at Copenhagen
December 8, 2009
(Quotes are included in their original language) CANADIANS, CONSERVATIVES DIFFER ON CLIMATE: POLL (Toronto Star, December 7, 2009) LA PRESSION S’AMPLIFIE SUR STEPHEN HARPER (La Tribune, [...] More »
A plan to protect and grow Canadians’ retirement savings
December 8, 2009
Canadians’ aren’t saving enough for retirement. Don’t get us wrong. We know some Canadians save like clockwork, for example, putting aside 10 percent of every paycheque [...] More »
Liberals demand government action on pension reforms
December 8, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff today called on the Harper government to act on pension reforms that would help more Canadians to save for retirement and protect [...] More »
Canada alone at Copenhagen for climate change inaction
December 7, 2009
While the Harper government is isolated at the Copenhagen climate talks for their inaction and leaving the provinces to pick up the slack, Liberal Leader Michael [...] More »
Liberals launch Canada at 150 consultations with International Trade Roundtable
December 7, 2009
Liberal International Trade Critic Scott Brison today launched a series of pan-Canadian consultations being held in the lead-up to Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge, [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the 20th anniversary of the École Polytechnique tragedy
December 5, 2009
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Harper government ignoring democratic needs of Ukraine
December 4, 2009
For Immediate Release December 4, 2009 Ottawa – The Harper Conservative government must help democracy prevail in the upcoming Ukraine elections by sending enough election observers [...] More »
Liberals call for terrorist designation of Iranian group
December 4, 2009
The Liberal Party of Canada is calling on the government to officially designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as a terrorist organization. “The [...] More »
Just the facts: This week’s Afghan detainee revelations
December 4, 2009
The government continues to stonewall requests for a public inquiry into the torture of Canadian transferred detainees, despite mounting evidence that the Conservative government refused to [...] More »
Liberals denounce funding cuts to KAIROS
December 4, 2009
A well-respected faith-based international aid organization that has taken positions on climate change, the environment and poverty in contrast to Conservative policy had its funding cut [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens
December 4, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens: “One hundred years ago today, the Montreal Canadiens were born. [...] More »
Environmentalists: The “right approach for Canada” on climate change is Michael Ignatieff’s
December 4, 2009
Like a slacker who keeps hitting “snooze” instead of facing the day, Stephen Harper sleeps while the world races ahead in the fight against climate change. [...] More »
Canada pays for Harper’s ignorance towards China
December 3, 2009
Stephen Harper’s refusal to engage with China for four years has hurt Canada’s trade and tourism relations with that country, Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae [...] More »
Liberals praise CN Rail dispute resolution
December 2, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff praised both sides of the CN Rail dispute for reaching resolution after a tentative agreement was reached this afternoon. “We welcome the [...] More »
Latest Harper accountability report is more finance fiction
December 2, 2009
Stephen Harper’s latest accountability report – released to reporters while flying over Siberia – is more finance fiction, full of weasel words with no hard job [...] More »
Voici le concours de photo « Stephen Harper : n’importe où, sauf à Copenhague! »
December 2, 2009
Nous remercions tous les participants à notre concours de photos, dont l’objectif était d’encourager les Canadiens inquiets de la réticence du Premier ministre au sujet du [...] More »
Introducing the Stephen Harper Anywhere But Copenhagen Photo Challenge
December 2, 2009
A note to all viewers: We thank all participants in this photo challenge who have submitted their entries for consideration. Our intent was to engage [...] More »
Slideshow: Non-construction sites
December 2, 2009
Intrepid Liberals are sending us more photos of infrastructure stimulus projects that are still “past due” – just in time for the government’s fourth accountability report. [...] More »
Conservatives fail to follow through on language training
December 2, 2009
OTTAWA – Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney admitted to Parliament that almost one third of the money allocated for immigrant language training last year never [...] More »
Reality Check: Conservative weasel words on Canada’s recovery
December 2, 2009
The Conservatives’ fourth accountability report boasts that Canada is leading the G7 out of recession by using an arcane statistic that no economist on the planet [...] More »
Statement by Liberal MP Marc Garneau congratulating Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk
December 1, 2009
Liberal Industry and Science Critic Marc Garneau made the following statement today congratulating Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk on a successful mission in space: “It gives me [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2009
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 [...] More »
Harper Conservatives conceal job creation and stimulus spending data
December 1, 2009
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 [...] More »
20 Years Later – Women have taken a step back under Harper
December 1, 2009
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 [...] More »

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