Libby Davies Re-Appointed House Leader

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Posted on 2006.02.16

Libby Davies Re-Appointed House Leader

OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jack Layton today announced the party’s Shadow Cabinet and executive positions, saying the NDP is ready to get to work on issues that matter to working Canadians.

Among the caucus executive responsibilities, Vancouver East M.P, Libby Davies retains the House Leader position where she will continue to play a significant role in the new minority parliament.

As the NDP House Leader, Davies will work with the House Leaders of the other parties to manage the legislation and other business of the House of Commons. Davies has been the House Leader since 2003 where she played a key role in negotiating the NDP budget in 2005.

In Vancouver East, British Columbia, and across Canada more people voted for the NDP to balance the change in Ottawa. Libby will be a progressive voice and getting things done in this Parliament.

Libby continues as the spokesperson for illicit drug policy and prostitution issues, and takes on the new role as spokesperson for infrastructures and communities for Greater Vancouver.

Libby will continue to be an active advocate on issues of affordable housing and racial profiling and looks forward to working with the new NDP critic for Housing, M.P Irene Mathyssen, and the new NDP critic for Multiculturalism, M.P Wayne Marston.

A full list of the shadow cabinet is available on www.ndp.ca

Private Health Care

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Posted on 2004.04.29

Private Health Care

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP): Mr. Speaker, after seeing the Health Minister exploding the Liberal’s favourite wedge issue yesterday it becomes clearer and clearer that the Liberals and the Conservatives are one in the same when it comes to privatized health care, despite how the Minister tries to wiggle out of his position.

However, there is salvation for the Liberals if they want it. They could choose, they could decide, to change the Canada Health Act to prohibit public money financing private, for profit health services like hospitals, as was suggested by the NDP in 2000.

If they are so different from the Conservatives, will the government pass such a change before the election is called?

Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of State (Public Health), Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the government believes in all the five principles of the Canada Health Act. They have served Canadians well and it is extraordinarily important that we move on all the recommendations of Roy Romanow. We are looking at all of these things in order to ensure Canadians publicly administered, publicly funded, publicly delivered health care. We believe in this and we will make sure that happens.

Private Health Care

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Posted on 2004.04.29

Private Health Care

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP): Mr. Speaker, after seeing the Health Minister exploding the Liberal’s favourite wedge issue yesterday it becomes clearer and clearer that the Liberals and the Conservatives are one in the same when it comes to privatized health care, despite how the Minister tries to wiggle out of his position.

However, there is salvation for the Liberals if they want it. They could choose, they could decide, to change the Canada Health Act to prohibit public money financing private, for profit health services like hospitals, as was suggested by the NDP in 2000.

If they are so different from the Conservatives, will the government pass such a change before the election is called?

Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of State (Public Health), Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the government believes in all the five principles of the Canada Health Act. They have served Canadians well and it is extraordinarily important that we move on all the recommendations of Roy Romanow. We are looking at all of these things in order to ensure Canadians publicly administered, publicly funded, publicly delivered health care. We believe in this and we will make sure that happens.

Libby’s Tweets!

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Libby’s Tweets!

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are scrambling to climb aboard the Twitter bandwagon – and getting elbowed by controversial, satirical and even phoney postings. Victims of fake Twitter accounts now include Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Senator Mike Duffy, the former CTV journalist. And satirical accounts currently make fun of NDP Leader Jack Layton's moustache and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's cat. As for controversy, Liberal MP Michelle Simson recently had to apologize to Tory MP Dean Del Mastro after tweeting the following during a committee meeting: "In committee this morning. M.P. Del Mastro should grow up (not out)." That was followed by: "Gosh, I hate to see a grown M.P. pout. Smile, Dean." The incident prompted New Democrat MP Charlie Angus to complain Twitter has been turning MPs into Grade 9 cheerleaders and jocks in the school cafeteria. Despite the pitfalls and embarrassments, politicians say social networking is an effective way to connect with constituents and others.

The original article, Nearly a third of the members of Parliament are on Twitter bandwagon was published on November 20, 2009 in Canadian Press. Author(s): Craig Wong

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