Thursday, September 20, 2007
Voters elect NDP MP in Outremont
MONTRÉAL – Following a strong show of support in Monday's by-elections, NDP Leader Jack Layton and NDP MP-elect Thomas Mulcair (Outremont) spent the morning mainstreeting and thanking voters in Outremont.
“People in Outremont sent us a clear message yesterday: they want peace, they want a cleaner environment and they want leadership and fairness,” said Mulcair. “The election campaign is over, but my work is just beginning. Quebecers are now standing with the NDP and together, we can fight to take on the growing prosperity gap.”
Mulcair and Layton held a press conference today in Outremont.
“Outremont voted for change. They told us that they can't trust Stephen Harper and that the Bloc is no longer an option, they simply can't get things done for Quebecers,” said Layton. “We worked hard to elect Thomas to the House of Commons and we know he's going to be bringing Outremont’s priorities to Ottawa.”
Friday, September 14, 2007
NDP to put climate change law back on agenda - Tuesday September 11, 2007
Cullen to re-table amended Clean Air Act as private Member’s bill
SMITHERS – NDP Environment critic Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley Valley) served notice today that he will re-table the Clean Air and Climate Change Act – a bill that will die when Parliament is prorogued – as a private Member’s bill upon Parliament’s return in mid-October.
“After thirteen years of Liberal inaction and 18 months of delays by the Conservatives, working families have waited long enough for action on the environment. By proroguing Parliament, Harper’s Conservatives have tried to kill a comprehensive blueprint to get Canada on the right track in fighting climate change – we’ll make sure he’s unsuccessful.”
Cullen said he will submit his re-drafted legislation once the prime minister officially prorogues the House of Commons. He also called on the other opposition parties to support moving the former “Bill C-30” (Clean Air and Climate Change Act) to a priority position in the private Members’ order.
“This bill was the work of all parties in the House. Even Conservative MPs had a say,” said Cullen.
Key aspects of the bill that Cullen says must be made law immediately are:
- Short-, medium- and long-term greenhouse gas targets.
- An earlier deadline for regulating the industrial sector.
- A hard cap on greenhouse gas emissions from big polluters.
- Leading and mandatory standards for smog-producing “air contaminants”.
- Leading vehicle fuel efficiency standards.
- A cap and trade carbon market.
- Government authority to regulate air pollutants and greenhouse gases.
- Effective provincial equivalency rules.
- Authority to designate “significant areas” for environmental protection.
- Programs reviewed annually.
- Building retrofit fund.
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Jack Layton's Arctic tour - August 2007
Look at the video at http://www.ndp.ca/page/5693 .
NDP Leader Jack Layton has returned from a tour of Canada’s Arctic where he met with ordinary families, and political and community leaders. While traveling through five Arctic communities, Layton heard and saw first hand the challenges and opportunities facing the North.
New Democrats know that protecting northern sovereignty means addressing social, economic and environmental concerns – not Prime Minister Harper's narrow focus on military solutions.
Layton leads delegation to the Canadian Arctic more
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