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National Day of Reconciliation
National Day of Reconciliation
Today is the 1st anniversary of the historic apology from the Canadian Government to survivors of residential schools, and today on Parliament Hill and across the country people gathered to press for action.
Aboriginal people have rights that are not being realized and upheld. Poverty, homelessness, lack of social support and unemployment, need not exist if government policies and priorities were clearly directed.
How shameful that billions have wasted in corporate tax breaks while many Aboriginal people live in appalling conditions. This must be our united cause and this must be our priority to ensure that all people in our country live in dignity and with hope for the future.
I applaud the courage of the women who are leading the Walk4Justice from Vancouver to Prince Rupert to draw attention to the tragedy of the missing and murdered women www.walk4justice.piczo.com. Your dedication and stamina is inspiring.
National Day of Reconciliation
You are invited - Have your say on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)!
Libby and the NDP vote NO on C-15 – Libby Davies
Libby and the NDP vote NO on C-15
OTTAWA – One leading critic calls it a law that would have put a young Barack Obama in prison, but Liberal justice critic Dominic LeBlanc defends the official Opposition’s support of a Conservative bill to fight drug crime. MPs were set to pass Bill C-15 Monday, which relies heavily on mandatory minimum sentences to deter drug dealers.
The original article, Liberals on sidelines as Tories push through tougher drug laws was published on June 9, 2009 in Telegraph-Journal. Author(s): Rob Linke
Health Care
Health Care
Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP): Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health. We know that the minister has done nothing to stop credit card medicine as he gets cozier with his new friends. Now we have the Prime Minister’s Office claiming that he would never touch the Canada Health Act. Here is another example of their saying one thing and doing something else.
Does the Minister of Health deny that his friends deleted section 6 of the Canada Health Act in 1995, yes or no?
Hon. Anne McLellan (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, let me be absolutely clear for all members in the House and all Canadians. Any allegation that the Prime Minister would do anything in relation to the Canada Health Act other than support it and reinforce it on behalf of all Canadians is simply untrue.
This is the Prime Minister who just weeks ago was able to negotiate a unanimous agreement with 13 provincial and territorial leaders to ensure that our health–
Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP): Mr. Speaker, let us look at the record, because section 6 was deleted in 1995 and as a result home care services in this country were privatized.
The Minister of Health’s job is to protect the health of Canadians, not abandon them, so why is he siding with big tobacco? Can he explain to Canadians why he cannot afford a pharmacare program but he can afford to help big tobacco in a lawsuit that is against the interests of Canadians?
Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh (Minister of Health, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, we have just recently entered into an agreement with the provinces and the territories where all of the jurisdictions have recommitted themselves to the five principles enshrined in the Canada Health Act. The allegations that are being made by my friend are absolutely untrue.
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Libby speaking out against mandatory mimnum sentences
Libby speaking out against mandatory mimnum sentences
A federal bill to impose automatic jail terms for drug crimes, for the first time in Canada, is headed for passage in the House of Commons in a final vote that could happen as early as Thursday. If the proposed legislation succeeds as anticipated, judges will be stripped of their discretion on whether or not to incarcerate drug traffickers, including offenders who grow and then sell as few as five marijuana plants.
The original article, Drug-sentence bill may get OK soon was published on June 4, 2009 in Canwest News Service. Author(s): Janice Tibbetts
Libby and NDP support 24 hour news channel
Libby and NDP support 24 hour news channel
As the June 8th deadline for comments on the proposed distribution of Al Jazeera English on cable approaches, NDP leader Jack Layton, MPs Paul Dewar and Libby Davies, senators Hugh Segal and Marcel Prud’homme have lent their support for the 24-hour news channel but Conservative and Liberal politicians, with the exception of Segal, were conspicuously absent from the list.
The original article, Politicians lend support to Aljazeera English was published on June 3, 2009 in Tech Media. Author(s): Tech Media Staff
Libby’s support for the Lennikov family – Libby Davies
Libby’s support for the Lennikov family
Three Vancouver MPs and 20 others across the country sent a letter yesterday to two federal ministers urging them to halt the deportation of a former KGB agent living in Burnaby. As of press time, the Vancouver Sun reported that Lennikov had sought sanctuary in the First Lutheran Church on the East Side. Vancouver-South Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh, Vancouver-East NDP MP Libby Davies and Vancouver-Kingsway NDP MP Don Davies signed the letter to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan
The original article, Politicians rally around Lennikov was published on June 2, 2009 in Vancouver Courier. Author(s): Mike Howell