Libby speaking up for civil liberties
NDP MPs URGE HALT TO IRAQ WAR RESISTER DEPORTATION
NDP MPs URGE HALT TO IRAQ WAR RESISTER DEPORTATION
NDP MPs URGE HALT TO IRAQ WAR RESISTER DEPORTATION
OTTAWA
12 August 2009
The Honourable Jason Kenney, PC MP
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration,
The Honourable Peter Van Loan, PC MP
Minister of Public Safety,
House of Commons
OTTAWA ON K1A 0A6
Dear Ministers,
We are writing with regard to impending removal from Canada of Rodney Watson. Mr. Watson is an Iraq war resister who has made a refugee claim in Canada. As you know, Canada refused to participate in the war in Iraq which many Canadians believe to be an illegal war.
We would strongly urge you to immediately intervene to cease all deportation action against Mr. Watson and to allow him to remain in Canada.
In doing so, we would again draw your attention to the concurrence motions passed in both the 39th and 40th Parliaments which called on the government to establish a specific programme for war resisters who seek asylum and permanent residence in Canada.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter. We look forward to your early reply.
Sincerely yours,
Bill Siksay MP
Burnaby-Douglas
On behalf of:
Libby Davies MP Don Davies MP
Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway
Peter Julian MP Alex Atamanenko MP
Burnaby-New Westminster British Columbia Southern Interior
Jean Crowder MP Denise Savoie MP
Nanaimo Cowichan Victoria
NDP MPs URGE HALT TO IRAQ WAR RESISTER DEPORTATION
Flaherty betrayed Ontario, broke promise on health transfers: health minister
Flaherty betrayed Ontario, broke promise on health transfers: health minister
TORONTO – The federal Conservatives have betrayed Canada's most populous province by breaking their promise over health-care funding, Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews charged Tuesday. The Harper Tories promised all provinces a six per cent increase in health transfers, but they're only giving Ontario 3.4 per cent in 2014-15, she said. That means Ontario is out $300 million, while Alberta is getting about $1 billion more — a 38 per cent increase, Matthews said…The federal New Democrats say Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is using the oldest trick in the book. "To download to the provinces and to take care of your own health at the expense of somebody else, and that's what they're doing," said NDP health critic Libby Davies. "But I don't think it works because what he's doing is betraying the trust of the premiers and it means his word doesn't count for anything."
The original article, Flaherty betrayed Ontario, broke promise on health transfers: health minister was published on December 17, 2013 in Winnipeg Free Press. Author(s): Maria Babbage