Sunday, November 18, 2007
Statement from NDP leader Jack Layton, on most recent deaths in Afghanistan - Saturday November 17, 2007
On behalf of the NDP, I wish to extend my heartfelt sympathies to the families, friends and colleagues of the two Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp and Pte Michel Lévesque.
Through this difficult and emotional period, we hope that their loved ones will find solace in knowing that the courage of these two men helped protect Canadians. We honour them for their devotion and keep them in our minds and hearts.
As well, out thoughts are with the three other soldiers injured in the incident. We wish them a full recovery and courage during this difficult period.
Layton calls for investment in cities to close prosperity gap for homeowners - Wednesday November 14, 2007
OTTAWA – Today, NDP Leader Jack Layton and NDP Infrastructure Critic David Christopherson (Hamilton Centre) called on the Harper government to put in place a real plan to invest in Canadian cities. The need for such a plan is urgent as the direct consequences of Harper’s unbalanced mini-budget mount.
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion recently indicated that property taxes in her city will have to be increased, blaming the lack of investment in the mini-budget announced by the Harper government last month. Layton and Mayor McCallion spoke earlier today about the failings of the Harper mini-budget and, in particular, that its focus on corporate tax cuts does nothing to address long-term infrastructure deficits.
“Mayor Hazel McCallion’s dilemma is just one example of what hundreds of mayors across Canada are facing. The Harper government had an opportunity to close the prosperity gap facing our cities but chose not to. The situation facing our cities today is urgent,” said Layton.
Mississauga City Council was forced to bring in a five per cent operating tax increase in order to pay for much-needed infrastructure.
“Working and middle class families are directly affected because Harper’s mini-budget put the big corporations first,” said Layton. “Now homeowners’ pocketbooks are being hit to pay for Harper’s bad decisions.”
Christopherson doesn’t understand where the Harper government’s priorities are. “Harper gives 14 billion in corporate tax cuts but our cities scramble. The NDP would have taken a balanced approached,” he said. “Why should homeowners pay the price for Harper’s corporate tax cuts to the banks? We need investments in our communities, and we need investments now.”
Statement from NDP Leader Jack Layton on Remembrance Day
“Today, Canadians from coast to coast pay tribute to the soldiers, nurses, and others who served and gave their lives for Canadians. They made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could live free.
We remember Canada’s heroes, in two world wars, Korea and other conflicts, and in peacekeeping missions around the world. And we pray for our brave men and women currently serving in Afghanistan.
On behalf of the New Democratic Party of Canada, I give thanks to the service and sacrifice of our veterans and the more than 100,000 Canadians who did not return home from war.
The veterans who served courageously and returned with the memories of fallen comrades and the horrors of war made sacrifices for their country and bear a burden that the rest of us cannot even imagine. We honour them today, and we must ensure that they are not forgotten on the other days of the year.”
Monday, November 12, 2007
In Health and Environnent We Will Get Positive Results!
For the New Democratic Party in the Laurentians, recent headlines highlight several issues that affect us all, which we must commit ourselves as citizens.
The NDP supports the steps taken by the Central Council of the Laurentian CSN for his contribution to a real public debate on our health care system. As party founder of the Canadian health system, the NDP supports all initiatives that protect our gains against the judgment Chaouli, and denounced the growing presence of the private sector in our health care system.
Francis Chartrand NDP candidate in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, in the next federal election note this topic, "The government cuts of the last ten years in our social programs, we will make the results such as lack of confidence and security for the needs of health care in this region. We all know in our families a story of horror towards the care available here, and therefore we must act urgently with a decree of labor. We can not wait just that end holidays, or accept a diversion of patients to other hospitals, in a situation of life or death. "
The NDP also underlines the attention that environmental groups focused on pollution problems in the rivière-des-Mille-Îles. The NDP supports their requests for investisment for retention basins in order to treat water before returning a river, while stressing that there Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF), a program of infrastructures public waters available for municipalities.
The NDP will prepare and file a law on the prevention of the proliferation of blue-green algae in Parliament. The law will provide for compensation for farmers who comply with provincial laws requiring the expansion of riparian buffers to 10 meters and a ban on phosphorus in detergents for dishwashers.
The NDP will require hearings by the Standing Committees of agriculture and environment in the affected communities, beginning with Quebec. The outline of a draft bill will be supported by the launch of a public awareness campaign aimed at owners of houses and cottages at the edge of the water.
Francis Chartrand emphasizes the leadership shown by the NDP in this region by denouncing the poor infrastructure, proposing special attention on the problem of pollution in the rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and launching a campaign to demystify the 'roaming in our region as examples of the effectiveness of the NDP since the last general election in the Laurentians.
According to Mr. Chartrand with the support of municipalities, landowners and environmental organizations, farm and labor, as well as other community groups, we can achieve positive results.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Time to stand up for democracy with referendum on Senate - Tuesday November 6, 2007
NDP calls on all MPs to give average Canadians a say on modernizing their democracy
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jack Layton and NDP Critic for Democratic Reform Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) today called on all federal parties to support the NDP’s motion to hold a referendum to abolish the Senate of Canada.
“This outdated 19th century institution does not fit a modern 21st century democracy like Canada,” said Layton. “Modern democracies such as New Zealand have eliminated their unnecessary Senates and so have our provinces. It’s now time to give average Canadians an opportunity to modernize their democracy. And this referendum does just that.”
“The Senate of Canada was put in place before electricity, before women were legally ‘persons’ and before every citizen had the right to vote,” said Angus. “Canada has evolved and it’s time its democratic institutions did too.”
“Today the Senate is a national symbol of Ottawa’s largesse,” said Angus. “I’m sure Canadians would agree the annual $75,000,000.00 budget could be put to better use than to offset the limited value of an unelected, unaccountable Senate.”
Saturday, November 03, 2007
The Harper-Dion Majority Coalition: Canada's now going in the wrong direction even faster
Canadians didn’t elect a Stephen Harper majority government. And they didn’t elect Liberal MPs to roll over and join the Conservatives in taking Canada in the wrong direction.
But that’s what Stéphane Dion’s absent opposition is giving Canadians.
By ducking out on the crucial votes on the Throne Speech and Harper’s mini-budget, the Liberals are giving the Conservatives the majority they need to move even faster in the wrong direction – on the environment, on the mission in Afghanistan, and on the growing prosperity gap.
Now, even worse, Dion has threatened to punish his MPs who want to follow the NDP’s lead in opposing Harper. Dion has put his coalition with Stephen Harper ahead of his principles.
More than ever, Jack Layton and the NDP are being the Effective Opposition to Harper by putting the priorities of middle class and working families first.
What are people saying about the Harper-Dion Coalition Government?
“Too much is at stake for the Liberals to roll over quietly and accept Harper's tax-slashing program.”
– Editorial, Toronto Star, 31 October 2007
“Ever since Parliament resumed sitting, Harper has been governing - you guessed it - as if he has a majority. … The state of the Opposition Liberals is the main reason for Harper's success.”
- Halifax Daily News Editorial, 29 October 2007
“. . . Dion had handed Prime Minister Stephen Harper an ‘effective majority,’ leaving the NDP as the leading opposition and best alternative to form government.”
- Marilla Stephenson, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 27 October 2007
“[Dion’s] capacity to function as an effective leader of the official Opposition has taken a big hit. The main watchdog of the minority Parliament has become the government's best friend.”
– Chantal Hebert, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 19 October 2007
“PM has majority in everything but name “
- Timmins Daily Press, headline, 19 October 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Thanks to Election Prediction and many voters
07 03 20
Anne Humphreys65.94.172.189
Francis Chartrand, activist and campaigner with 10 years experience militancy that presents itself against Gilles Perron. Well known throughout the ryding, he continued to campaign outside of election campaigns and benefited from a regional leadership within the NDP. Although the average stick Gilles Perron stood since 1997 (approximately 26500 voters), the politician has no balance sheet and very low visibility, unlike Francis Chartrand who spent in newspapers more than 20 times both in 1 year.
07 03 28
Charlotte Saint-Onge65.94.171.222
Francis Chartrand, it has a good chance of being elected to lead this count, he was able to go up a hill popularity of the NDP in the Laurentians and it is seen as a lieutenant for the Social north of Montreal , as well as numerous clusters students. It is very likely that the fight will be hot with the Bloc, but Francis Chartrand is the favorite among voters.
07 05 13
N.M74.57.102.8
The NDP take on the scale in this constituency. Francis Chartrand shows since the last election that the region is neglected by our Bloc MP. Mr. Chartrand began gaining ground especially in Deux-Montagnes or it made a rare popularity. Other parties are just electoral machines, but I doubt that there will be a possible rise of their shares. It's in the hands of the Bloc, which could strongly escape next time. Following a four-course, the election will end with a surprise of the NDP.
07 06 17
65.94.171.195
But in which soup are swimming the Bloc in the Laurentians by attacking the NDP and in the newspapers on Afghanistan as well as the wages at 10 $, and on a proposed wind in the area Mirabel? Although it accounted for having voted "yes" to more than 55% in 1995, on 26 March the North Shore has demonstrated that the parties have not always sovereigntists set foot in this region. Many supporters of the region are sick of the same speech on the sovereignty, we see more of Mr. Chartrand increasingly in local newspapers. The NDP in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles? Do we ever know ...
07 06 20
70.55.121.192
I do not know this ryding, but I hazard to predict a victory for the NDP in Rivière-des-Milles-Îles. At the provincial ADQ made an unimaginable breakthrough in the Laurentians and in Lanaudière, two regions that do nothing about Tory values. It was a vote of protest, because people in these two regions feel abandoned by both major parties before (Liberals and PQ) and saw that they had lost their roots with the people . Then they were to the ADQ, because this party has never been corrupted by power and he was talking on behalf of the people which reflects in its intérêts. At the federal panel, this party is the NDP. Moreover, the NDP candidate would be an activist Democrat embodying the change, which has the unwavering support of the students of the region and the ryding . The fed generalized to the political class to the NDP to take up Rivière-des-Milles-Îles? Me, after seeing what happened on March 26 this year, I say that everything is possible. A victory of the NDP is expected seriously in this county.
07 06 20
Iba Bourramine65.94.171.189
The latest surveys, if you can believe them, shows that the NDP and the Conservatives are on the rise in Quebec, mainly in the Laurentians, benefiting from a fall of the Liberals and Blocquistes.
In Quebec:
Cons = 28%
Bloc = 24%
Libs = 20%
NDP = 18%
Greens = 10%
In Laurendites:
Bloc = 32%
Cons = 26%
NDP = 22%
Libs = 12%
Green = 8%
In Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel:
Bloc = 28%
Cons = 28%
NDP = 26%
Libs = 12%
Green = 6%
In Marc-Aurèle-Fortin :
Bloc = 36%
Cons = 24%
NDP = 22%
Libs = 10%
Green = 8%
In Rivière-des-Mille-Îles:
NDP = 28%
Bloc = 28%
Cons = 22%
Libs = 14%
Green = 8%
The poll conducted by Ipsos and the Groupe Infonet for some regional weeklies in early June on more than a thousand voters is interesting enough the fact that these <> the Bloc Quebecois became and remained at the provincial level ADQ counted and liberals. The fall of the referendum is not only felt in Montreal, but in many regions of Quebec. And curiously, some NDP candidates showing their presence rather than their deputies of the Bloc and showed initiative, show that their is possible breakthrough in the region.
In Quebec:
Cons = 28%
Bloc = 24%
Libs = 20%
NDP = 18%
Greens = 10%
In Laurendites:
Bloc = 32%
Cons = 26%
NDP = 22%
Libs = 12%
Green = 8%
In Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel:
Bloc = 28%
Cons = 28%
NDP = 26%
Libs = 12%
Green = 6%
In Marc-Aurèle-Fortin :
Bloc = 36%
Cons = 24%
NDP = 22%
Libs = 10%
Green = 8%
In Rivière-des-Mille-Îles:
NDP = 28%
Bloc = 28%
Cons = 22%
Libs = 14%
Green = 8%
The poll conducted by Ipsos and the Groupe Infonet for some regional weeklies in early June on more than a thousand voters is interesting enough the fact that these <> the Bloc Quebecois became and remained at the provincial level ADQ counted and liberals. The fall of the referendum is not only felt in Montreal, but in many regions of Quebec. And curiously, some NDP candidates showing their presence rather than their deputies of the Bloc and showed initiative, show that their is possible breakthrough in the region.
07 08 08
Conrad Lauzon65.94.163.162
Should be foolish or naive not to see the chances qu'empoche the NDP candidate, Francis Chartrand. I come from Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-lac, and where I live, I do not talk about him if I do not talk about the blue-green algae (big topic of conversation for the summer) or property 5 wooded he did put in trusteeship in Saint-Eustache and Deux-Montagnes or to prevent the construction of 7 towers condos, or re-feet of a center for hosting youth homeless. For a newcomer ( that is still) out of the university in teaching, he makes a lot of noise. For many people in his community, it says it is a better reference that own municipal councilors. It feels not good for the block, and people of the region, nationalists themselves, are tired of the constitutional debate, which the latter seems rather forgotten by the public. Should that really his opponents take their local issues seriously and dropped golf tournaments of the chamber of commerce, otherwise they will miss the boat, the block included.
07 10 28
Catherine Bolduc65.94.163.33
Francis Chartrand NDP, it is obvious that leads in the polls in the region, 32% for the block against him in 29%, 25% for the Conservatives 9% for the Liberals above the Greens to 5% The source of L'Éveil and Nord-Info. In addition to interviews he has granted in all the local media, covering all Basses-Laurentides, some even regard it as the means of pressure he has done with the people of Saint-Eustache about 2 million from the Public Works Ministery, for the reflection of the heat Arthur-Sauvé exchanger and the 640. In addition to campaigning for re deck Arthur-Sauvé bridge. The filing of this commission Johnson in Quebec has awakened many people's minds asleep. But Chartrand is on the case of the safety of road infrastructure since last April and more mass transit. The world is slowly but surely turning towards him, history of letting him try his luck in Ottawa.
http://www.electionprediction.org/2007_fed/riding/24057.php
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