HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NL– Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement on the International Day of Pink against Bullying, Discrimination, Homophobia and Transphobia: “On the International Day of Pink, communities across Canada join together to celebrate diversity while challenging homophobia, transphobia and all forms of bullying. We all have a role to play in[…]

TORONTO AND QUÉBEC– Liberal National Defence critic John McKay made the following statement today on Department of National Defence cuts to danger pay for Canadian soldiers serving overseas: “This Conservative government is demonstrating a total disregard for our soldiers deployed around the world by even proposing a cut to their supplemental danger pay. At the[…]

CHARLOTTETOWN– Liberal Veterans Affairs critic Sean Casey made the following statement today on the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge: “This week marks the 96th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, where Canadian soldiers successfully stormed the German fortifications in France, marking an irreversible shift in the tide of the Great War. As[…]

TORONTO– Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on the passing of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Baroness Margaret Thatcher: “On behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada I extend my condolences on the passing of a remarkable political leader, Margaret Thatcher. Mrs. Thatcher served as British Prime Minister for[…]

TORONTO AND MONTREAL– Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on Holocaust Remembrance Day: “On Yom HaShoah, Canadians join with the Jewish community in deep reflection on the atrocities and historic loss of life that occurred during the Holocaust. In our remembrance of that incomprehensible suffering, we reject an evil that sought to[…]

TORONTO– Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka: “The situation on the ground in Sri Lanka is showing no signs of improvement, and the Rajapaksa regime’s disrespect for human rights and democracy continues unabated. No serious effort has been made by[…]

TORONTO— Liberal Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development critic Carolyn Bennett made the following statement today on the expiration of First Nations Policing Program agreements: “I am very troubled to hear that the First Nations policing agreements in Quebec were allowed to expire yesterday and that, as a result, 26 Quebec Aboriginal police forces have been[…]

SHEDIAC, NB— Liberal Foreign Affairs critic Dominic LeBlanc made the following statement today on the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty by the United Nations General Assembly: “We welcome the approval of this landmark treaty, which if implemented in the spirit in which it was drafted, will result in a much safer world. During the[…]