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Immigration levels holding steady: Kenney
Immigration levels holding steady: Kenney
OTTAWA – Canada's overall immigration levels aren't changing, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says…Overall, our target is consistent," Kenney told a House of Commons committee…Numbers released to CBC News, however, show a 20 per cent cut in the skilled worker category and 25 per cent cut for parents and grandparents who want to be reunited with children in Canada. NDP MP Libby Davies says the new target for parents and grandparents means some families will have to wait as long as 13 years for the government to decide whether their loved ones can come to Canada. "Now, that's clearly unacceptable in terms of wait times," Davies told Kenney in the committee meeting. "Your government has said repeatedly that the backlog is going to be cleaned up, that we won't have these incredible wait times. And yet … we're faced with dramatically different information."
The original article, Immigration levels holding steady: Kenney was published on February 18, 2011 in CBC News. Author(s):
Concerns about cellphone towers not being heard
Concerns about cellphone towers not being heard
NANAIMO, BC – The debate over cellular phone antennas and the possibility of associated health impacts continues to heat up around North America…Local governments should be more involved in site selection for these towers, according to Vancouver East MP Libby Davies. She is working on a private members bill that outlines why the federal government should take more of an active role in determining where the towers are installed. It explicitly demands that municipalities be far more involved in the process.
The original article, Concerns about cellphone towers not being heard was published on February 9, 2011 in The Nanaimo Daily News. Author(s): Derek Spalding
Libby speaks up about CRTC Appointee
Libby Calls Out Conservative Patronage Appointments
Libby speaks up about CRTC Appointee
Libby speaks up about CRTC Appointee
House of Commons
HANSARD
February 7, 2011
Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, let us take a look at the qualifications required to be appointed vice-chair of the CRTC: extensive knowledge of the legislative framework and mandate of CRTC; an understanding of the relevant global, societal, economic trends, stakeholder concerns, the government’s policy agenda and how it relates to the CRTC; knowledge of the regulatory environment for broadcasting and telecommunications industries; knowledge of broad issues related to media convergence.
How does Mr. Pentefountas fit any of these criteria?
Hon. James Moore (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Pentefountas will bring a credible, outside, qualified, bilingual voice to the CRTC.
I hear NDP members laughing. It is funny. NDP members go out to the public and say that we need to raise the calibre and quality of debate in the House of Commons and what do they do? They name people in the House of Commons, smear their reputations and attack them personally. They have never met him.
The member for Vancouver East has never met Tom Pentefountas. She does not know him. She does not know anything about him. She gets up in the House of Commons and tries to attack him personally. He is a qualified person who will do a great job at the CRTC. We are proud to make this appointment.
CRTC undermined by appointment, changes: NDP – Libby Davies
CRTC undermined by appointment, changes: NDP
The prime minister’s office is undermining the CRTC by appointing an “unqualified” vice-chair of broadcasting and easing regulations on broadcast standards, NDP heritage critic Charlie Angus says. Tom Pentefountas, who was appointed on Friday, “failed on every count” of the vetting process, Angus said during question period in the House of Commons on Monday. “This appointment stinks.” Angus and NDP House leader Libby Davies charged that Pentefountas, a former president of Quebec’s conservative ADQ party, does not meet several of the job’s requirements, including an in-depth knowledge of the broadcasting industry and media convergence.
The original article, CRTC undermined by appointment, changes: NDP was published on February 7, 2011 in CBC News. Author(s):
Proposed Telus cellphone tower creates fear in residents
Proposed Telus cellphone tower creates fear in residents
NANAIMO, BC – The proposal for a 43-metre cellular phone tower on Hammond Bay Road has sparked concern for some area residents, who fear their property values will drop because of the structure. The issue also opened debate about the health risks that some people say come with this type of technology. Vancouver East MP Libby Davies wants the federal government to take more of an active role in determining where the towers are installed. Her private members bill that should be introduced into the House of Commons this year, outlines why municipalities should be far more involved in the process. "I'm not saying they should be banned, but there should be full disclosure about their locations," said MP Libby Davies "It should also be mandatory that municipal governments be involved in where these towers are located".
The original article, Proposed Telus cellphone tower creates fear in residents was published on February 5, 2011 in Nanaimo Daily News. Author(s): Derek Spalding