Liberals call on NDP to stand against additional unaffordable Conservative corporate tax breaks

Liberals call on NDP to stand against additional unaffordable Conservative corporate tax breaks
December 30, 2010
As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty makes pre-budget overtures to the NDP, Liberal MPs today called on the NDP to demand the cancellation of Conservative corporate tax breaks at a time of deficit in favour of easing the economic pressures on average Canadian families. More »
Canadians’ health takes a backseat after Conservatives bend to big tobacco, Liberals charge
December 30, 2010
Weeks after reports exposed that Conservatives shelved long-awaited plans to improve health warnings on cigarettes as a result of intense lobbying by tobacco insiders, today’s announcement is a clear attempt at damage control to hide how Conservatives were willing to put the interests of big tobacco ahead of the health of Canadians, Liberals charged. More »
Conservatives abandoning struggling Montreal families with cuts to affordable and social housing
December 23, 2010
The Conservative government is leaving a lump of coal in the stockings of thousands of low-income Quebecers this holiday season by cutting affordable and social housing, [...] More »
Massive Conservative cuts to settlement agencies shred services for new Canadians at Christmas – Liberals call for reversal of decision
December 23, 2010
Today Liberal MPs gathered at the South Asian Women’s Centre in Toronto to stand with settlement service providers for new Canadians to defend against massive funding [...] More »
The Twelve Wastes of Christmas
December 22, 2010
“Everyone’s giving out money. We’re spending like it’s Christmas.” Conservative MP Brad Trost (Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Nov. 9, 2010) 1) A fake lake and pavilion to house [...] More »
Harper stacks Senate with two more Conservative insiders to get absolute majority
December 21, 2010
With the appointment of Don Meredith and Larry Smith to the Senate yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper tightened his absolute grip on the Conservative Senate majority, [...] More »
Peter Fonseca announced as Federal Liberal Candidate for Mississauga East-Cooksville
December 20, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff today announced the appointment of Peter Fonseca as the federal Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Mississauga East-Cooksville. “Peter Fonseca’s considerable [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the death of Corporal Steve Martin in Afghanistan
December 19, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today on the death of Corporal Steve Martin: “It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss [...] More »
Conservative pension scheme a betrayal: panned by Liberals, provinces, unions and experts alike
December 19, 2010
OTTAWA – The Conservative government has betrayed Canadians by abandoning any plans to expand the CPP and changing course after two years of talks aimed at [...] More »
Liberals call for urgent action by Conservative government for Haiti
December 17, 2010
As Haiti remains in a state of crisis and despair, Liberals are reiterating their call for urgent action from the Conservative government. “As Parliament rises for [...] More »
What a year it has been
December 17, 2010
We will make different choices. We will make better choices. And we will give Canadians a clear choice in 2011. This has been an important year for the Liberal Party. I am proud of what we have achieved together. On behalf of all of our colleagues on Parliament Hill, I wish you and yours the very best of the season. More »
The Liberal Record 2010: A Year of Building
December 16, 2010
In 2010, the Liberal Party of Canada demonstrated that we are the progressive, compassionate, responsible alternative to the Harper Conservatives. While the Conservatives “recalibrated” during an [...] More »
The Harper Government Record 2010: One Disaster to Another
December 16, 2010
From attacking democracy and muzzling their critics, to spending billions on the wrong priorities, the Conservative government in 2010 left Canada with a record $56 billion [...] More »
Liberals propose amendments to Conservatives’ copyright bill to protect the rights of artists
December 16, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff today outlined several amendments the Liberal Party will be seeking to the Conservatives’ new copyright bill C-32 to protect the rights of [...] More »
Twas the night before Christmas
December 15, 2010
Liberal MPs Bonnie Crombie and Dominic LeBlanc had a bit of fun this week, penning a special rendition of ‘Twas the night before Christmas.’ After sharing [...] More »
Are you ready to speak up for Canadian health care?
December 15, 2010
Canadians who believe in Medicare can no longer, in good conscience, remain silent. That’s why yesterday, I joined my colleagues Dr. Carolyn Bennett and Dr. Hedy Fry to deliver speeches in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver that made perfectly clear the Liberal Party’s commitment to defend Canada’s health care system from right-wing Conservatives greedy for privatization, and naysayers who would rather tear up the Canada Health Act than see it evolve. More »
Liberal MPs hold meeting with Mustafa Dzhemilev in Ottawa
December 15, 2010
For Immediate Release December 15, 2010 Ottawa – Last week Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre) hosted a meeting of human rights champion, former political prisoner [...] More »
2010 in review points to aimless and out-of-touch Conservative government
December 15, 2010
A review of the government’s agenda in 2010 shows a sharp failure of the Conservatives to live up to their promises and deliver on the priorities [...] More »
International Cooperation Minister misled House on KAIROS grant
December 15, 2010
Following Monday’s Question Period, Liberal MPs John McKay and Frank Valeriote raised a point of privilege in the House of Commons calling on the Speaker to [...] More »
Liberals focus on economy, jobs and easing pressure on debt-squeezed families with Chamber of Commerce
December 14, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and members of his economic team met with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce today to talk about the need to ease the [...] More »
Liberals propose public solutions for public health care
December 14, 2010
Three members of the Liberal Party’s health care team today presented Canadians with a choice between the current Conservative governments’ refusal to take responsibility for Canada’s [...] More »
Harper government leaves students in the cold
December 13, 2010
– Rather than shifting the $121 million left over from the Millennium Scholarship Foundation to help students struggling with enormous debt and rising tuition costs, the [...] More »
Conservative F-35 deception
December 13, 2010
Liberal MPs derided the Harper government’s deceptive handling of the F-35 file as new details reveal the true extent to which Canadians have been misled by [...] More »
Liberals stand with shippers on Rail Service Review
December 13, 2010
While the Conservative government refuses to act on the recommendations of the recent Rail Freight Service Review, Liberal MPs are standing firmly with shippers – including [...] More »
Liberals call for an emergency debate in the House on the situation in Haiti
December 12, 2010
In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Liberal MP Denis Coderre called for an emergency debate to be held Monday on [...] More »
UN Climate Change Talks Overcome Harper Government Obstruction
December 12, 2010
Liberal Environment Critic Gerard Kennedy today welcomed the successful outcome of United Nations negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, but criticized the Harper government for its continued unwillingness [...] More »
Statement by the Liberal Party of Canada on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today on the 62nd anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Sixty-two [...] More »
Liberals demand reinstatement of refreshed tobacco labelling program
December 10, 2010
The Liberal Party is calling on the Harper government to reinstate the tobacco labelling program that it scrapped earlier this fall after bending to the big [...] More »
Conservatives not interested in true accountability and transparency
December 9, 2010
Today’s findings by the Auditor General regarding the office of the Public Integrity Commissioner show how Stephen Harper is not the least bit serious about dealing [...] More »
Ignatieff and the Liberal Party of Canada stand shoulder to shoulder with the citizens of the Lower St. Lawrence
December 9, 2010
The dire situation in Quebec, following the high winter tides that have battered the Lower St. Lawrence region since early last week, has awakened the compassion [...] More »
Liberal motion calls on the Conservative Party to support the Charter
December 9, 2010
Following Conservative MP-elect Julian Fantino’s claim that criminals reap the greatest benefit from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Liberals introduced a motion today that called [...] More »
Canadian Parliament calls on China to release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
December 8, 2010
The House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion today calling on the Chinese authorities to permit imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Chinese scholar Liu Xiaobo [...] More »
Liberal census bill passes – despite Harper Conservatives’ voting against it
December 8, 2010
Although the Liberal bill to save the mandatory long-form census passed second reading today, the Harper Conservatives unanimously voted against it as they continue to ignore [...] More »
Liberals slam duplicitous Conservative decision to allow subsurface mining in Northwest Territories’ vulnerable Horn Plateau
December 8, 2010
On the heels of Environment Minister John Baird’s announcement to protect Lancaster Sound, Liberal MPs slammed the Conservative government’s betrayal of the Northwest Territories by quietly [...] More »
Reality Check: Baird’s Clean Coal Myth
December 8, 2010
“When Canada’s official representative is so lacking in credibility and accomplished Canadian experts are calling him a liar or incompetent, Canada is in a great deal [...] More »
How the Harper government could save more than $5 billion
December 8, 2010
Liberals today submitted a report to Treasury Board President Stockwell Day outlining how the government could cut billions of dollars in Conservative waste that would be [...] More »
Hanukkah celebration
December 8, 2010
Photos : Greg Kolz More »
Remarks to Israeli Embassy Hanukkah Reception
December 7, 2010
Podium Copy. Check against delivery. Parliament Hill, Ottawa Thank you. Madame Ambassador, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen— It is an honour to be with you this [...] More »
Environment Commissioner assails Conservative record on climate adaptation, oil spills and water monitoring
December 7, 2010
As the world gathers in Cancun to tackle climate change, the Environment Commissioner has issued a damning report on the Conservatives’ total abdication of responsibility when [...] More »
Just the Facts: Conservatives keep lowering the climate change bar
December 7, 2010
After being awarded three ‘Fossil of the Day’ prizes on the first day of the Climate Change Conference in Cancun last week, you would think the [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on 40th anniversary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
December 7, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on the 40th anniversary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada: “Forty years ago [...] More »
Polytechnique Massacre Commemoration Ceremony
December 6, 2010
Photos : Richard McGuire More »
Conservatives continue to fail victims of gun violence with deferral of gun marking regulations
December 6, 2010
The Conservative government has ignored victims of gun violence by refusing to help police officers track imported guns used in violent crimes with their decision to [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
December 6, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on Canada’s annual Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada: “Twenty-one years ago today, [...] More »
Friends of Borys- December 2010 Update
December 5, 2010
Dear Friends, This past weekend, I was in Winnipeg for a roundtable hosted by the Manitoba Eco-Network and M.P. Gerard Kennedy. During the discussion, I spoke on the issue of the $1.8 billion in federal subsidies being given to Canada's fossil fuel industry [...] More »
Liberals call out Finance Minister on latest deficit flip-flop
December 3, 2010
Adding to his record of missing every deficit target he has ever set, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has once again flip-flopped on his latest deficit prediction, [...] More »
Open mike in Edmonton
December 3, 2010
Photos : Jacob Golka More »
Conservatives leave Nortel pensioners in the lurch
December 3, 2010
Conservative Senators have knowingly left many pensioners out in the cold by effectively killing a bill aimed at extending their long-term disability benefits – and for [...] More »
Open mike comes to Edmonton
December 3, 2010
Michael Ignatieff took your questions Thursday evening in Edmonton along with local Liberal candidates Mary MacDonald and Rick Szostak. You can listen to the recording from [...] More »
In their own words: Conservatives cave to Liberal pressure with overdue infrastructure deadline flip-flop
December 2, 2010
Stephen Harper’s flip-flop on the infrastructure deadline is months overdue. If the government had answered the Liberal call to extend the deadline this past September, municipalities [...] More »
Fantino’s first act of office: Attack the Charter
December 2, 2010
After shirking public debate and avoiding tough questions during the Vaughan by-election, new Conservative MP-elect Julian Fantino is now displaying his true colours by expressing his [...] More »
Reality Check: Liberals welcome NDP to BC tanker ban debate – six months later
December 2, 2010
The Liberal Party proposed to ban bulk tanker traffic from the pristine waters of the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound off the coast [...] More »
In their own words: Support for Liberal opposition to Bill C-49
December 2, 2010
(Quotes are included in their original language) “Bill C-49, Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada’s Immigration System Act, wrongly targets and penalizes refugee claimants rather than [...] More »
Happy Hanukkah from Michael Ignatieff
December 1, 2010
On behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada and our Parliamentary Caucus, I wish all Canadians the very best for the Festival of Lights. Happy Hanukkah. [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the celebration of Hanukkah
December 1, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement today at the start of Hanukkah: “On the first night of Hanukkah, Jewish families across Canada will gather [...] More »
Statement by Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff on the Commemoration of Holodomor
December 1, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement to commemorate the Holodomor: “The Holodomor, which literally means ‘murder by starvation,’ is the darkest chapter in the [...] More »
Kevin Lamoureux welcomed at National Caucus
December 1, 2010
Photos : Greg Kolz More »
Statement by the Liberal Party of Canada on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on World AIDS Day: “On World AIDS Day, we renew the global effort to raise awareness, fight prejudice [...] More »
Liberals oppose Bill C-49 for targeting refugees instead of human smugglers
December 1, 2010
The Liberal Party of Canada announced today that it will not support Bill C-49, which masquerades as human smuggling legislation but fails to adequately target human [...] More »
Conservative ministers preach restraint as office budgets soar
December 1, 2010
As the Conservative government preaches restraint and tells Canadian seniors to tighten their belts, Conservative cabinet ministers have let their office budgets spiral out of control, [...] More »

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