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We'll stop tax giveaways to corporations that don't need them, or who ship our jobs overseas.
We'll support companies that provide training to workers here.
We'll invest with companies that are innovating in the new energy economy, and creating new green collar jobs for Canadians.
We'll stop the shameful rip-offs and gouging by cellphone giants, banks and credit card companies.
We'll shorten health care waiting lists by training more doctors and nurses.
We'll face the challenge of climate change with tough laws that force polluters to clean up the mess they've made.
| Press Releases Updated : Harper’s policies are failing prisoners with mental illness Bigger prisons without better treatment for mental illness won’t make Canadians safer OTTAWA –Today’s report from Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers paints a troubling picture of how the Conservative government’s approach to prisons is failing inmates with mental illness, endangering staff while doing nothing to make Canadians safer, according to New Democrat Public Safety Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway). Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:51 +0000 Food companies need mandatory minimums for consumer abuse: NDP WELLAND – New Democrats reacted today to disturbing new internal documents obtained by Postmedia News that outline another appalling failure in the Conservative government’s record on food safety. The internal documents also exposed dramatically overstated claims of low sodium and fat levels, as well as inaccurate claims about whole grains, baked goods, candy and even mislabelled meat products. Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:20:11 +0000 Thibeault supports Layton’s plan to fix long gun registry SUDBURY – Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault today announced his support for Jack Layton’s plan to find a compromise on the gun registry that brings rural and urban communities together. “I went to Ottawa to work to make our community safer and stronger—not to drive it apart,” said Thibeault. “That’s why I will be standing with Jack Layton, not Stephen Harper and Garry Breitkreuz, on the long gun registry. We need to find a solution that brings rural and urban Canadians together and so far Jack Layton is the only one showing the leadership to do just that.” Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:02:49 +0000 New Democrats welcome new approach to abortion funding from CIDA OTTAWA – New Democrat Critic for International Cooperation John Rafferty (Thunder Bay-Rainy River) welcomed Minister Bev Oda’s comments that indicated the Government of Canada will provide funding for safe abortion services in countries where abortion is legal through CIDA’s Maternal Health Initiative. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:34:01 +0000 Stephen Harper failing Northern Canadians: Layton YELLOWKNIFE—New Democrat Leader Jack Layton today accused Stephen Harper of failing the needs of Northern Canadians. “Whether it’s standing by as our pristine North is polluted, promoting an ill-conceived Northern Strategy or ignoring the calls for a highway along the Mackenzie Valley, Stephen Harper has made it clear that he is not concerned with the problems facing the people of the North,” Layton said. Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:02:00 +0000 ways to make money online |