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Stephane Dion slams Mulcair for “irresponsibility” in criticism of Supreme Court

- April 30th, 2013

Just in from Liberal HQ:

OTTAWA– Liberal Democratic Reform and Intergovernmental Affairs critic Stéphane Dion sent the following letter to NDP Justice critic Françoise Boivin today in response to the NDP’s request for Liberal support for the motion passed by the Quebec National Assembly earlier this month:

Ms. Françoise Boivin, MP
152 Confederation Building
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6

Madam Member,

On behalf of the Liberal caucus, thank you for your letter dated April 29, 2013.  Read more…

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NDP Convention: Speech by Leader Thomas Mulcair

- April 13th, 2013

After winning the obligatory confidence vote by 92.3 per cent, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair delivered the following speech:

Saturday, April 13, 2013

New Democratic Party Convention – keynote address

Montreal, Quebec

Title: This is Our Moment: Building the Canada of Our Dreams

 

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Read more…

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New Democrat Boulerice on World War I then and now

- April 11th, 2013

In April of 2007, Alexandre Boulerice took issue with all the memorials he saw commemorating the First World War Battle of Vimy Ridge, writing at a left-leaning, French-language blog:

Les autorités célébraient dernièrement le rôle déterminant des soldats canadiens dans l’immonde bataille de Vimy en 1917. À ce moment, des milliers de pauvres bougres se sont fait massacrer pour prendre possession d’une colline. Fauchés trop tôt, enlevés à la vie et à leurs amours. Read more…

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NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair adds his voice to those calling on Chief Spence to eat something

- January 13th, 2013

Transcript provided by CTV of Leader of the Official Opposition Thomas Mulcair on CTV’s Question Period this afternoon. Kevin Newman is the interviewer:

NEWMAN: On December 18th, you called on the government to hold a meeting with First Nations. That’s now happened. You also called for the prime minister to meet with Chief Spence. He offered, she declined. Is it time for her to end her protest?

MULCAIR: I’m always very concerned when someone appears to be willing to end their own life, even though they’re fighting for a cause that they find that important. I would sincerely call upon Chief Spence to realize that there has been a step in the right direction, to try to see now if we can keep putting pressure on the government to follow through. It has been a year where nothing was done after a very formal meeting. But finally the government seems to be moving so I think that the best thing to do would be to step back from that now. Read more…

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Audio: Thomas Mulcair says progressives should rally to the NDP banner

- December 12th, 2012
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, flanked by his House leader Nathan Cullen and his Whip Nycole Turmel, takes questions from reporters after the final NDP caucus meeting of 2012. (David Akin)

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair spoke to reporters for about 25 minutes after the final NDP caucus meeting of 2012. Here’s the audio of the English-language questions and responses. He touches on co-operationg with the left, Syria, F35s, and C-377. Read more…

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