“It is with great sadness that we learned this morning that our Director of Communications, Mario Laguë, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in Ottawa.
“A man of many talents and accomplishments, Mario was a beloved member of our staff, and a valued personal advisor to me and the entire Liberal team. A man of [...]

OTTAWA – The Liberal Party today repeated its call for the Harper government to increase humanitarian aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan.
“It has become apparent that the situation in Pakistan is much more severe than it was at the beginning of the floods,” said Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae. “Canada must respond accordingly. We are calling [...]

OTTAWA – The Harper government is the only political party that wants to impose jail times on Canadians who do not complete census forms, Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae said today.
“The Liberal Party has been clear that we can keep the mandatory long-form census but remove jail sentences for all census surveys, including the [...]

OTTAWA – Under the pretext of fear and paranoia regarding air security, the Conservatives hastily called back the Public Safety and National Security Committee today to stage a costly publicity stunt.
“This meeting was a charade,” said Liberal Transport Critic Joe Volpe. “The Conservatives called this meeting and were completely unprepared.”
The meeting descended into chaos when [...]

The day started in downtown Oakville where hundreds of Oakville residents came out to greet and speak with Michael Ignatieff. Max Khan, our impressive Liberal candidate in Oakville, was the host of the gathering. Michael Ignatieff dazzled the crowd with a fiery speech about the role of government in a society and our responsibility towards [...]

Recently, the Public Safety Parliamentary Committee held an emergency meeting to study how the G20 event descended into a mess and who in the federal government was responsible for decisions made. There remains many unanswered and serious questions: Why was downtown Toronto selected against the advice of the Toronto Mayor and others? How did the [...]