Wednesday, May 17, 2006

UrgentAction-NO Troops In Afghanistan


Email your MP, email all the MP's and tell them NO to extending our mission in Afghanistan. Support our Troops! Bring them home now! Emails for all MP's are below.




All Members of Parliament







Member Party Riding Prov. E-mail
Mr. Guy André BQ Berthier–Maskinongé PQ Andre.G
Mr. Gérard Asselin BQ Manicouagan PQ Asselin.G
Mr. Claude Bachand BQ Saint-Jean PQ Bachand.C
Ms. Vivian Barbot BQ Papineau PQ Barbot.V
Mr. André Bellavance BQ Richmond–Arthabaska PQ Bellavance.A
Mr. Bernard Bigras BQ Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie PQ Bigras.B
Mr. Raynald Blais BQ Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine PQ Blais.R
Ms. France Bonsant BQ Compton–Stanstead PQ Bonsant.F
Mr. Robert Bouchard BQ Chicoutimi–Le Fjord PQ Bouchard.R
Ms. Diane Bourgeois BQ Terrebonne–Blainville PQ Bourgeois.D
Ms. Paule Brunelle BQ Trois-Rivières PQ Brunelle.P
Mr. Serge Cardin BQ Sherbrooke PQ Cardin.S
Mr. Robert Carrier BQ Alfred-Pellan PQ Carrier.R
Mr. Paul Crête BQ Rivière-du-Loup–Montmagny PQ Crete.P
Mr. Claude DeBellefeuille BQ Beauharnois–Salaberry PQ DeBellefeuille.C
Ms. Nicole Demers BQ Laval PQ Demers.N
Ms. Johanne Deschamps BQ Laurentides–Labelle PQ Deschamps.J
Mr. Gilles Duceppe BQ Laurier PQ Duceppe.G
Ms. Meili Faille BQ Vaudreuil-Soulanges PQ Faille.M
Ms. Carole Freeman BQ Châteauguay–Saint-Constant PQ Freeman.C
Ms. Christiane Gagnon BQ Québec PQ Gagnon.C
Mr. Roger Gaudet BQ Montcalm PQ Gaudet.Ro
Mr. Michel Gauthier BQ Roberval PQ Gauthier.M
Ms. Monique Guay BQ Rivière-du-Nord PQ Guay.M
Mr. Michel Guimond BQ Charlevoix–Montmorency PQ Guimond.M
Mr. Maka Kotto BQ Saint-Lambert PQ Kotto.M
Mr. Yvon Lévesque BQ Nunavik–Eeyou PQ Levesque.Y
Mr. Jean-Yves Laforest BQ Saint-Maurice–Champlain PQ Laforest.J
Mr. Mario Laframboise BQ Argenteuil–Mirabel PQ Laframboise.M
Ms. Francine Lalonde BQ La Pointe-de-l'Île PQ Lalonde.F
Ms. Carole Lavallée BQ Saint-Bruno–Saint-Hubert PQ Lavallee.C
Mr. Marc Lemay BQ Abitibi–Témiscamingue PQ Lemay.M
Mr. Yves Lessard BQ Chambly–Borduas PQ Lessard.Y
Mr. Yvan Loubier BQ Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot PQ Loubier.Y
Mr. Marcel Lussier BQ Brossard–La Prairie PQ Lussier.M
Mr. Réal Ménard BQ Hochelaga PQ Menard.R
Mr. Serge Ménard BQ Marc-Aurèle-Fortin PQ Menard.S
Mr. Luc Malo BQ Verchères–Les Patriotes PQ Malo.L
Ms. Maria Mourani BQ Ahuntsic PQ Mourani.M
Mr. Richard Nadeau BQ Gatineau PQ Nadeau.R
Mr. Christian Ouellet BQ Brome–Missisquoi PQ Ouellet.C
Mr. Pierre Paquette BQ Joliette PQ Paquette.P
Mr. Gilles Perron BQ Rivière-des-Mille-Îles PQ Perron.G-A
Ms. Pauline Picard BQ Drummond PQ Picard.P
Mr. Louis Plamondon BQ Richelieu PQ Plamondon.L
Mr. Jean Roy BQ Matapédia–Matane PQ Roy.J
Mr. Benoît Sauvageau BQ Repentigny PQ Sauvageau.B
Mr. Thierry St-Cyr BQ Jeanne-Le Ber PQ St-Cyr.T
Ms. Caroline St-Hilaire BQ Longueuil PQ St-Hilaire.C
Ms. Louise Thibault BQ Rimouski–Témiscouata PQ Thibault.L
Mr. Robert Vincent BQ Shefford PQ Vincent.R
Mr. James Abbott Cons. Kootenay–Columbia BC Abbott.J
Ms. Diane Ablonczy Cons. Calgary–Nose Hill AB Ablonczy.D
Mr. Harold Albrecht Cons. Kitchener–Conestoga ON Albrecht.H
Mr. Mike Allen Cons. Tobique–Mactaquac NB Allen.M
Mr. Dean Allison Cons. Niagara West–Glanbrook ON Allison.D
Ms. Rona Ambrose (c.m.) Cons. Edmonton–Spruce Grove AB Ambrose.R
Mr. Rob Anders Cons. Calgary West AB Anders.R
Mr. David Anderson Cons. Cypress Hills–Grasslands SK Anderson.Da
Mr. John Baird (c.m.) Cons. Ottawa West–Nepean ON Baird.J
Mr. Dave Batters Cons. Palliser SK Batters.D
Mr. Leon Benoit Cons. Vegreville–Wainwright AB Benoit.L
Mr. Maxime Bernier (c.m.) Cons. Beauce PQ Bernier.M
Mr. James Bezan Cons. Selkirk–Interlake MB Bezan.J
Mr. Jean-Pierre Blackburn (c.m.) Cons. Jonquière–Alma PQ Blackburn.J
Mr. Steven Blaney Cons. Lévis–Bellechasse PQ Blaney.S
Ms. Sylvie Boucher Cons. Beauport PQ Boucher.S
Mr. Garry Breitkreuz Cons. Yorkton–Melville SK Breitkreuz.G
Mr. Patrick Brown Cons. Barrie ON Brown.P
Mr. Gord Brown Cons. Leeds–Grenville ON Brown.G
Mr. Rod Bruinooge Cons. Winnipeg South MB Bruinooge.R
Mr. Blaine Calkins Cons. Wetaskiwin AB Calkins.B
Mr. Ron Cannan Cons. Kelowna BC Cannan.R
Mr. Lawrence Cannon (c.m.) Cons. Pontiac PQ Cannon.L
Mr. Colin Carrie Cons. Oshawa ON Carrie.C
Mr. Bill Casey Cons. North Nova NS Casey.B
Mr. Rick Casson Cons. Lethbridge AB Casson.R
Mr. Mike Chong (c.m.) Cons. Wellington–Halton Hills ON Chong.M
Mr. Tony Clement (c.m.) Cons. Parry Sound–Muskoka ON Clement.T
Mr. John Cummins Cons. Delta–Richmond East BC Cummins.J
Mr. Pat Davidson Cons. Sarnia–Lambton ON Davidson.P
Mr. Stockwell Day (c.m.) Cons. Okanagan–Coquihalla BC Day.S
Mr. Dean Del Mastro Cons. Peterborough ON DelMastro.D
Mr. Barry Devolin Cons. Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock ON Devolin.B
Mr. Norman Doyle Cons. St. John's North NF Doyle.N
Mr. Rick Dykstra Cons. St. Catharines ON Dykstra.R
Mr. David Emerson (c.m.) Cons. Vancouver Kingsway BC Emerson.D
Mr. Ken Epp Cons. Edmonton–Sherwood Park AB Epp.K
Mr. Ed Fast Cons. Abbotsford BC Fast.E
Ms. Diane Finley (c.m.) Cons. Haldimand–Norfolk ON Finley.D
Mr. Brian Fitzpatrick Cons. Prince Albert SK Fitzpatrick.B
Mr. Jim Flaherty (c.m.) Cons. Whitby–Oshawa ON Flaherty.J
Mr. Steven Fletcher Cons. Charleswood–St. James MB Fletcher.S
Mr. Royal Galipeau Cons. Ottawa–Orléans ON Galipeau.R
Ms. Cheryl Gallant Cons. Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke ON Gallant.C
Mr. Peter Goldring Cons. Edmonton East AB Goldring.P
Mr. Gary Goodyear Cons. Cambridge ON Goodyear.G
Mr. Jacques Gourde Cons. Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière PQ Gourde.J
Ms. Nina Grewal Cons. Fleetwood–Port Kells BC Grewal.N
Ms. Helena Guergis Cons. Simcoe–Grey ON Guergis.H
Mr. Art Hanger Cons. Calgary Northeast AB Hanger.A
Mr. Stephen Harper (c.m.) Cons. Calgary Southwest AB Harper.S
Mr. Dick Harris Cons. Cariboo–Prince George BC Harris.R
Mr. Luc Harvey Cons. Louis-Hébert PQ Harvey.L
Mr. Laurie Hawn Cons. Edmonton Centre AB Hawn.L
Mr. Loyola Hearn (c.m.) Cons. St. John's South NF Hearn.L
Mr. Russ Hiebert Cons. South Surrey–White Rock–Cloverdale BC Hiebert.R
Mr. Jay Hill Cons. Prince George–Peace River BC Hill.J
Ms. Betty Hinton Cons. Kamloops–Thompson BC Hinton.B
Mr. Rahim Jaffer Cons. Edmonton–Strathcona AB Jaffer.R
Mr. Brian Jean Cons. Athabasca AB Jean.B
Mr. Randy Kamp Cons. Dewdney–Alouette BC Kamp.R
Mr. Gerald Keddy Cons. South Shore–St. Margaret's NS Keddy.G
Mr. Jason Kenney Cons. Calgary Southeast AB Kenney.J
Mr. Ed Komarnicki Cons. Souris–Moose Mountain SK Komarnicki.E
Mr. Daryl Kramp Cons. Prince Edward–Hastings ON Kramp.D
Mr. Mike Lake Cons. Edmonton–Beaumont AB Lake.M
Mr. Guy Lauzon Cons. Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry ON Lauzon.G
Mr. Pierre Lemieux Cons. Glengarry–Prescott–Russell ON Lemieux.P
Mr. Tom Lukiwski Cons. Regina–Lumsden–Lake Centre SK Lukiwski.T
Mr. Gary Lunn (c.m.) Cons. Saanich–Gulf Islands BC Lunn.G
Mr. James Lunney Cons. Nanaimo–Alberni BC Lunney.J
Mr. Peter MacKay (c.m.) Cons. Central Nova NS MacKay.P
Mr. Dave Mackenzie Cons. Oxford ON Mackenzie.D
Mr. Fabian Manning Cons. Avalon NF Manning.F
Mr. Inky Mark Cons. Dauphin–Swan River MB Mark.I
Mr. Colin Mayes Cons. North Okanagan–Shuswap BC Mayes.C
Mr. Ted Menzies Cons. Macleod AB Menzies.T
Mr. Rob Merrifield Cons. Yellowhead AB Merrifield.R
Mr. Larry Miller Cons. Grey–Bruce–Owen Sound ON Miller.L
Mr. Bob Mills Cons. Red Deer AB Mills.B
Mr. James Moore Cons. Port Moody–Westwood–Port Coquitlam BC Moore.J
Mr. Rob Moore Cons. Fundy NB Moore.R
Mr. Rob Nicholson (c.m.) Cons. Niagara Falls ON Nicholson.R
Mr. Rick Norlock Cons. Northumberland–Quinte West ON Norlock.R
Mr. Gordon O'Connor (c.m.) Cons. Carleton–Lanark ON Oconnor.G
Mr. Deepak Obhrai Cons. Calgary East AB Obhrai.D
Ms. Bev Oda (c.m.) Cons. Clarington–Scugog–Uxbridge ON Oda.B
Mr. Brian Pallister Cons. Portage–Lisgar MB Pallister.B
Mr. Christian Paradis Cons. Mégantic–L'Érable PQ Paradis.C
Mr. Daniel Petit Cons. Charlesbourg PQ Petit.D
Mr. Pierre Poilievre Cons. Nepean–Carleton ON Poilievre.P
Mr. Jim Prentice (c.m.) Cons. Calgary North Centre AB Prentice.J
Mr. Joe Preston Cons. Elgin–Middlesex–London ON Preston.J
Mr. James Rajotte Cons. Edmonton–Leduc AB Rajotte.J
Mr. Scott Reid Cons. Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington ON Reid.S
Mr. Lee Richardson Cons. Calgary South Centre AB Richardson.L
Mr. Gerry Ritz Cons. Battlefords–Lloydminster SK Ritz.G
Mr. Andrew Scheer Cons. Regina–Qu'Appelle SK Scheer.A
Mr. Gary Schellenberger Cons. Perth–Wellington ON Schellenberger.G
Ms. Bev Shipley Cons. Middlesex–Kent–Lambton ON Shipley.B
Ms. Carol Skelton (c.m.) Cons. Saskatoon–Rosetown–Biggar SK Skelton.C
Ms. Joy Smith Cons. Kildonan–St. Paul MB Smith.J
Mr. Monte Solberg (c.m.) Cons. Medicine Hat AB Solberg.M
Mr. Kevin Sorenson Cons. Crowfoot AB Sorenson.K
Mr. Bruce Stanton Cons. Simcoe North ON Stanton.B
Mr. Brian Storseth Cons. Westlock–St. Paul AB Storseth.B
Mr. Chuck Strahl (c.m.) Cons. Chilliwack–Fraser Canyon BC Strahl.C
Mr. David Sweet Cons. Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale ON Sweet.D
Mr. Myron Thompson Cons. Wild Rose AB Thompson.M
Mr. Gregory Thompson (c.m.) Cons. St. Croix–Belleisle NB Thompson.G
Mr. David Tilson Cons. Dufferin–Caledon ON Tilson.D
Mr. Vic Toews (c.m.) Cons. Provencher MB Toews.V
Mr. Bradley Trost Cons. Saskatoon–Humboldt SK Trost.B
Mr. Garth Turner Cons. Halton ON Turner.G
Mr. Merv Tweed Cons. Brandon–Souris MB Tweed.M
Mr. Dave Van Kesteren Cons. Chatham-Kent–Essex ON VanKesteren.D
Mr. Peter Van Loan Cons. York–Simcoe ON VanLoan.P
Mr. Maurice Vellacott Cons. Saskatoon–Wanuskewin SK Vellacott.M
Ms. Josée Verner (c.m.) Cons. Louis-Saint-Laurent PQ Verner.J
Mr. Mike Wallace Cons. Burlington ON Wallace.M
Mr. Mark Warawa Cons. Langley BC Warawa.M
Mr. Chris Warkentin Cons. Peace River AB Warkentin.C
Mr. Jeff Watson Cons. Essex ON Watson.J
Mr. John Williams Cons. Edmonton–St. Albert AB Williams.J
Ms. Lynne Yelich Cons. Blackstrap SK Yelich.L
Mr. André Arthur Ind. Portneuf PQ Arthur.A
Mr. Omar Alghabra Lib. Mississauga–Erindale ON Alghabra.O
Mr. Mauril Bélanger Lib. Ottawa–Vanier ON Belanger.M
Mr. Larry Bagnell Lib. Yukon YT Bagnell.L
Mr. Navdeep Bains Lib. Mississauga–Brampton South ON Bains.N
Ms. Sue Barnes Lib. London West ON Barnes.S
Ms. Colleen Beaumier Lib. Brampton West ON Beaumier.C
Mr. Don Bell Lib. North Vancouver BC Bell.D
Ms. Carolyn Bennett Lib. St. Paul's ON Bennett.C
Mr. Maurizio Bevilacqua Lib. Vaughan ON Bevilacqua.M
Mr. Raymond Bonin Lib. Nickel Belt ON Bonin.R
Mr. Ken Boshcoff Lib. Thunder Bay–Rainy River ON Boshcoff.K
Mr. Scott Brison Lib. Kings–Hants NS Brison.S
Ms. Bonnie Brown Lib. Oakville ON Brown.B
Mr. Gerry Byrne Lib. Humber–St. Barbe–Baie Verte NF Byrne.G
Mr. John Cannis Lib. Scarborough Centre ON Cannis.J
Ms. Brenda Chamberlain Lib. Guelph ON Chamberlain.B
Mr. Raymond Chan Lib. Richmond BC Chan.R
Mr. Denis Coderre Lib. Bourassa PQ Coderre.D
Mr. Joe Comuzzi Lib. Thunder Bay–Superior North ON Comuzzi.J
Mr. Irwin Cotler Lib. Mount Royal PQ cotlei
Mr. Roy Cullen Lib. Etobicoke North ON Cullen.R
Mr. Rodger Cuzner Lib. Cape Breton–Canso NS Cuzner.R
Mr. Jean-Claude D'Amours Lib. Madawaska–Restigouche NB Damours.J
Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal Lib. Newton–North Delta BC Dhaliwal.S
Ms. Ruby Dhalla Lib. Brampton–Springdale ON Dhalla.R
Mr. Stéphane Dion Lib. Saint-Laurent–Cartierville PQ Dion.S
Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh Lib. Vancouver South BC Dosanjh.U
Mr. Ken Dryden Lib. York Centre ON Dryden.K
Mr. Wayne Easter Lib. Malpeque PE Easter.W
Mr. Mark Eyking Lib. Sydney–Victoria NS Eyking.M
Ms. Raymonde Folco Lib. Laval–Les Îles PQ Folco.R
Mr. Joe Fontana Lib. London North Centre ON Fontana.J
Ms. Hedy Fry Lib. Vancouver Centre BC Fry.H
Mr. John Godfrey Lib. Don Valley West ON Godfrey.J
Mr. Ralph Goodale Lib. Wascana SK Goodale.R
Mr. Bill Graham Lib. Toronto Centre ON Graham.B
Ms. Albina Guarnieri Lib. Mississauga East–Cooksville ON Guarnieri.A
Mr. Mark Holland Lib. Ajax–Pickering ON Holland.M
Mr. Charles Hubbard Lib. Miramichi NB Hubbard.C
Mr. Michael Ignatieff Lib. Etobicoke–Lakeshore ON Ignatieff.M
Ms. Marlene Jennings Lib. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine PQ Jennings.M
Ms. Susan Kadis Lib. Thornhill ON Kadis.S
Ms. Nancy Karetak-Lindell Lib. Nunavut NU Karetak-Lindell.N
Mr. Jim Karygiannis Lib. Scarborough–Agincourt ON Karygiannis.J
Ms. Tina Keeper Lib. Churchill MB Keeper.T
Mr. Wajid Khan Lib. Mississauga–Streetsville ON Khan.W
Mr. Jean Lapierre Lib. Outremont PQ Lapierre.J
Mr. Dominic LeBlanc Lib. Beauséjour NB LeBlanc.D
Mr. Derek Lee Lib. Scarborough–Rouge River ON Lee.D
Mr. Lawrence MacAulay Lib. Cardigan PE MacAulay.L
Mr. Gurbax Malhi Lib. Bramalea–Gore–Malton ON Malhi.G
Mr. John Maloney Lib. Welland ON Maloney.J
Ms. Diane Marleau Lib. Sudbury ON Marleau.D
Mr. Keith Martin Lib. Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca BC Martin.K
Mr. Paul Martin Lib. LaSalle–Émard PQ Martin.P
Mr. Bill Matthews Lib. Random–Burin–St. George's NF Matthews.B
Mr. John McCallum Lib. Markham–Unionville ON McCallum.J
Mr. David McGuinty Lib. Ottawa South ON McGuinty.D
Mr. Joe McGuire Lib. Egmont PE McGuire.J
Mr. John McKay Lib. Scarborough–Guildwood ON McKay.J
Mr. Dan McTeague Lib. Pickering–Scarborough East ON McTeague.D
Mr. Gary Merasty Lib. Churchill River SK Merasty.G
Mr. Peter Milliken Lib. Kingston and the Islands ON Milliken.P
Ms. Maria Minna Lib. Beaches–East York ON Minna.M
Mr. Brian Murphy Lib. Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe NB Murphy.B
Mr. Shawn Murphy Lib. Charlottetown PE Murphy.S
Ms. Anita Neville Lib. Winnipeg South Centre MB Neville.A
Mr. Stephen Owen Lib. Vancouver Quadra BC Owen.S
Mr. Massimo Pacetti Lib. Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel PQ Pacetti.M
Mr. Bernard Patry Lib. Pierrefonds–Dollard PQ Patry.B
Mr. Jim Peterson Lib. Willowdale ON Peterson.J
Mr. Marcel Proulx Lib. Hull–Aylmer PQ Proulx.M
Mr. Yasmin Ratansi Lib. Don Valley East ON Ratansi.Y
Ms. Karen Redman Lib. Kitchener Centre ON Redman.K
Mr. Geoff Regan Lib. Halifax West NS Regan.G
Ms. Lucienne Robillard Lib. Westmount–Ville-Marie PQ Robillard.L
Mr. Pablo Rodriguez Lib. Honoré-Mercier PQ Rodriguez.P
Mr. Anthony Rota Lib. Nipissing–Timiskaming ON Rota.A
Mr. Todd Russell Lib. Labrador NF Russell.T
Mr. Michael Savage Lib. Dartmouth–Cole Harbour NS Savage.M
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia Lib. Lac-Saint-Louis PQ Scarpaleggia.F
Mr. Andy Scott Lib. Fredericton NB Scott.A
Ms. Judy Sgro Lib. York West ON Sgro.J
Mr. Mario Silva Lib. Davenport ON Silva.M
Mr. Raymond Simard Lib. Saint Boniface MB Simard.R
Mr. Scott Simms Lib. Bonavista–Exploits NF Simms.S
Mr. Lloyd St. Amand Lib. Brant ON St.Amand.L
Mr. Brent St. Denis Lib. Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing ON St.Denis.B
Mr. Paul Steckle Lib. Huron–Bruce ON Steckle.P
Ms. Belinda Stronach Lib. Newmarket–Aurora ON Stronach.B
Mr. Paul Szabo Lib. Mississauga South ON Szabo.P
Mr. Andrew Telegdi Lib. Kitchener–Waterloo ON Telegdi.A
Mr. Lui Temelkovski Lib. Oak Ridges–Markham ON Temelkovski.L
Mr. Robert Thibault Lib. West Nova NS Thibault.R
Mr. Alan Tonks Lib. York South–Weston ON Tonks.A
Mr. Roger Valley Lib. Kenora ON Valley.R
Mr. Joseph Volpe Lib. Eglinton–Lawrence ON Volpe.J
Mr. Tom Wappel Lib. Scarborough Southwest ON Wappel.T
Mr. Bryon Wilfert Lib. Richmond Hill ON Wilfert.B
Mr. Blair Wilson Lib. Vancouver–Sunshine Coast BC Wilson.B
Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj Lib. Etobicoke Centre ON Wrzesnewskyj.B
Mr. Paul Zed Lib. Saint John NB Zed.P
Mr. Charlie Angus NDP Timmins–James Bay ON Angus.C
Mr. Alex Atamanenko NDP Southern Interior BC Atamanenko.A
Ms. Catherine Bell NDP Vancouver Island North BC Bell.C
Mr. Dennis Bevington NDP Western Arctic NT Bevington.D
Ms. Dawn Black NDP New Westminster–Coquitlam BC Black.D
Mr. Bill Blaikie NDP Elmwood–Transcona MB Blaikie.B
Mr. Chris Charlton NDP Hamilton Mountain ON Charlton.C
Ms. Olivia Chow NDP Trinity–Spadina ON Chow.O
Mr. David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre ON Christopherson.D
Mr. Joe Comartin NDP Windsor–Tecumseh ON Comartin.J
Ms. Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo–Cowichan BC Crowder.J
Mr. Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena–Bulkley Valley BC Cullen.N
Ms. Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East BC Davies.L
Mr. Paul Dewar NDP Ottawa Centre ON Dewar.P
Mr. Yvon Godin NDP Acadie–Bathurst NB Godin.Y
Mr. Peter Julian NDP Burnaby–New Westminster BC Julian.P
Mr. Jack Layton NDP Toronto–Danforth ON Layton.J
Mr. Wayne Marston NDP Hamilton East–Stoney Creek ON Marston.W
Mr. Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre MB Martin.Pd
Mr. Tony Martin NDP Sault Ste. Marie ON Martin.T
Mr. Brian Masse NDP Windsor West ON Masse.B
Ms. Irene Mathyssen NDP London–Fanshawe ON Mathyssen.I
Ms. Alexa McDonough NDP Halifax NS McDonough.A
Ms. Peggy Nash NDP Parkdale–High Park ON Nash.P
Ms. Penny Priddy NDP Surrey North BC Priddy.P
Ms. Denise Savoie NDP Victoria West BC Savoie.D
Mr. Bill Siksay NDP Burnaby–Douglas BC Siksay.B
Mr. Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville–Eastern Shore NS Stoffer.P
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis NDP Winnipeg North MB Wasylycia-Leis.J

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Phony Debate On Afghanistan


The Harpocrites have pulled another fast one. This time they are heading off protests at the past. They have called for an debate and up down vote on extending our mission in Afghanistan for two years.

That mission is NOT a NATO mission, that mission is being led by the Brits and will not be underway until June. We are running the US mission Operation Enduring Freedom.

And like the Americans whom they shamelessly imitate, the Harpocrites are calling for a no amendment, up down vote tommorow night. Just like the Republicans use in the US senate hearings.
NDP accuse Tories of 'Rambo-style' tactics on Afghan vote

The reason; increasing opposition to Canada's involvement in Afghanistan by Canadians. And knowing the casualties will get greater, and having made promises to the Karzai government, they need to get a two year commitment NOW. Forget Darfur. Our troops are over extended as it is between Haiti and Afghanistan.

This is not a debate its a set up. No chance for peace groups to mobilize protests, barely enough time for us to email our MP's. The Liberal caucus is divided. As could be seen on CTV and CBC polticial broadcasts today, with Liberals supporting the extension and questioning it.

Clever move by Harper. Just in time for his June meeting with George at the Ranch. Mission accomplished.


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Carnival of Socialism


Carnival of Socialism number two

Mike Schafer's Think Socialist has hosted this fortnight's carnival: here!

Andrew Rihn at http://monkey6079.livejournal.com/ is already preparing next fortnight's celebrations. E-mail your articles to him at monkey6079@gmail.com
If you are interested in joining our band of itinerant hosts or just becoming a fellow-traveller of the carnival, email your blog details to camusfan@msn.com.

Yes I shamelessly lifted this from the Carnival of Socialism Blog.

ALSO SEE: Carnival of Socialism



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The Secret of Harpers Success

Stupid voters. The amount of Canadians that are illiterate is equal to the number of Canadians who support Harper. Coincidence? I think Not.

Canada is among leading OECD countries in literacy scores for secondary school students, but literacy skills appear to be weaker for adults in Canada. Evidence suggests that Canadians are experiencing a decline in these skills over the course of their lives.

Literacy Skills

  • The proportion of Canadian adults with low literacy skills remains relatively high compared to other countries.
  • Canadian adults are performing in the middle of comparison countries in literacy.
  • Evidence suggests that Canadians are experiencing a decline in literacy skills over the course of their lives.
The 2006 Composite Learning Index



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Build A Wall And They Will Still Come

I am surprised that no one has noted the American fetish for building a wall along the border with Mexico is modeled on the Israeli wall in Palestine. Which was declared illegal by the International Court in the Hague.

Of course some folks might think that given the fascist nature of the United States that they are modeling it on the old Berlin Wall.

Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood

And with the xenophobic nationalism that is being raised by the right wing media in the US, and yes I include CNN, one could be forgiven for thinking that Bush's speech last night was a bit of sturm and drang for the right wing.
Public Supports Troops on Border

What was that saying the Republicans had during the Cold War? Oh yes; Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.

My how times have changed. Now they are saying Build the Wall.
Patrol won't halt Mexican wave

Beefing up security on the Mexican border is mostly a symbolic gesture. Border patrol numbers have been rising inexorably for 20 years, with scarcely a dent in the number of immigrants who make it past them. Desperate people will find a way: East Germany used to shoot fugitives trying to escape across the Berlin wall, but people still took their chances and made it across. Bush cannot satisfy the demands of those who want the Mexican border sealed. Bush's border dispute



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The NDP Discovers Blogging


Stop the press the NDP has discovered blogging. The only party NOT to blog during the last election now is blogging. From Bonn. From the Climate Change conference. On the trail of Rona Ambrose goes NDP MP from Skenna; Nathan Cullen. Read his blog here. Better late than never.



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Harpers Director of Non-Communication


No comment.
Government officials would not confirm reports. Sandra Buckler, a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister, said she was not allowed to talk about the story, in what is becoming a familiar pattern for this government's communications director."Sorry — not able to confirm," she said.
Tories move to extend Afghanistan mission




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Kyoto Opps


Now whose embarrassed? Canada is not the only country that has admitted Kyoto is a failure. Deal with it. Carbon credits are a joke. The only way to reduce green house gases is to actually use scrubbers and pollution reduction, as well as adopting a policy of industrial ecology. Anything else is platitudes. As any proponent of Social Ecology will attest to.

The European Commission admitted Monday that member states had given companies far too generous targets for greenhouse gas emissions last year, raising questions about the Continent's ability to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and triggering chaos in Europe's embryonic market in trading emissions credits. The revelations, some of which had been leaked earlier in the month, prompted Germany and Britain to call for stricter European quotas for greenhouse gas emissions in the years ahead. Europe set bar low on greenhouse gas targets


IE and China's Circular Economy Initiative

China's top leadership has instituted a potentially far-reaching transformation of the economy to a more closed-loop system, with industrial ecology and cleaner production methods as the foundation for the strategy of transformation. The proposed goal is a ten-fold increase in productivity and efficiency of production. This is likely to become the most strategically significant application of industrial ecology, given China huge population and consumption of global resourdes. See our overview of this initiative.



More on Kyoto


Also see:
A Critique of Kyoto Capitalism Is NOT Sustainable




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Nothing To Worry About In Bolivia


Despite the hand wringing and crocodile tears from the Canadian Mining industry about Bolivia's planned nationalizations of oil and mining, there is nothing to fear from it.

Nationalization worries foreign mining firms


TORONTO
Bolivia's plan to nationalize its natural-gas industry and exert greater state control over all of its natural resources has North American mining companies fretting over their future prospects extracting the nation's rich resources of gold, silver and tin.
The chairman of one of the world's largest gold-mining firms told shareholders he would now "put my buck" on exploration in Pakistan, rather than the South American countries that are erecting more roadblocks to foreign investors.
Patricia Dillon, president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, said plans by Bolivia to raise taxes and royalties on foreign mining firms are disconcerting.


Cuba is a excellent example of cooperation between a Canadian Mining Giant and a state-capitalist regime. I am speaking of Sherritt Gordon. Which has revived the nickel mines, coal production and oil production in Cuba based on an unheard of 50/50 deal.
China, Canada seek crude off Cuba, but not US
HAVANA (AFP) - China will send 12 hi-tech rigs to drill for oil in Cuban waters of the Gulf of Mexico, officials have confirmed, irking US lawmakers that US firms cannot prospect in nearby US waters. Cuba has stepped up work on a total of 36 new oil wells with Chinese companies and Canada's Sherritt, about four kilometers (2.5 miles) off the north coast, officials said privately.

Maverick shifts gears -- again

Ian Delaney's Cuban adventure laid the groundwork for his latest contrarian project: Canada and its coal, WENDY STUECK writes

At the time, the only two places in the world with a surplus of nickel and a shortage of refining capacity were Russia and Cuba. Talks with Russian interests went nowhere. But by 1991, Sherritt had struck a deal to buy metal from Cuba, an arrangement it cemented through a joint venture in 1994.

The Canadian-Cuban partnership made sense for both parties: Sherritt was hungry for metal and Cuba, reeling from the disappearance of billions in financial aid after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, was desperate for hard currency.

One party, however, was mightily displeased. The United States, which imposed a sweeping trade embargo on communist Cuba in 1961, watched with consternation as foreign investors, including Sherritt, moved into the country.

Slammed by U.S. critics for daring to do business with a communist dictator, Mr. Delaney launched a company to do just that. In 1995, the former Sherritt was split in two, with one arm holding the fertilizer business and the other set up to focus solely on Cuba.

In 1996, the Helms-Burton Act came into effect. The legislation opened the door to lawsuits against companies that "traffic" in property confiscated in the Cuban revolution of 1959, and to this day prohibits Mr. Delaney and other Sherritt executives from setting foot in the United States.

Through it all, Mr. Delaney chomped on Cuban cigars, trumpeted the potential of the Cuban business scene and said one should never back down from a fight.

It's a trait that he's still known for.

"Ian is very much a 'screw you' kind of guy," says long-time acquaintance Jeff Green, chairman of Toronto-based Paradigm Capital Inc.


Something the Canadian Miners in Bolivia should consider. Instead of whining about how they intend to invest in Pakistan, home of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden Inc., instead of Bolivia.

A capital strike by the Canadian Miners against the people of Bolivia will not result in harm to Bolivia, but will give another black eye to a Canadian industry that already has a poor international reputation for pollution, expolitation and environmental disasters.

Suck it up and make a fair deal with Bolivia. After all Canadians pride themselves in being fair.




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Before the Crying Starts

Anyday now we will be hearing the manufacturing lobby spokesperson, former Mulroney Cabinet Minister, Warren Perrin and the Council of Canadian CEO's along with their earstwhile ally in the Canadian Auto Workers Jim Stanford starting to decry the high Canadian dollar.

The fact is that it is now the international currency of choice as the Petro-dollar. And our commodity prices for metals and ores, shows a boom in the mining industry, and of course a boom in the Canadian loonie. While the oil and mining sector directly impacts on the Toronto Stock exchange. That boom is resulting in further monopolization of the mining sector in Canada, through a heated round of mergers and aquistions.


Mining merger mania timeline

Multibillion-dollar mergers are breaking out across the mining sector and a few mutual funds are well-positioned to reap the gains.


The real reason that there will be an impact on Canadian exports to the US is NOT because of the loonies rise but because of a tightening of the American market due to the US dollar's decline.

So before David Dodge and the Bank of Canada start screwing around with interest rates, that is raising them, which has had no effect on the loonie, we should remember this.

That the loonie is now seen as the Petro-dollar and a secure investment, which will attract more international finance, to offset those losses incurred by reduced market purchases from south of the border.

As well our position of exporting into the US market has made us popular with foreign manufacturers such as automobile companies, and Mittal Steel.

Of course the last time we had high foreign investment in the Canadian dollar and in Canada we had the right wing whining about debt and deficits and how we owed, we owed, to foreign investors. Ya just can't win with these guys. Ever.

On the rise
What impact will a strong Canadian dollar have on Durham Region?


Staying cost-competitive in relation to the United States is vital for a manufacturing industry already suffering from job losses.

Earlier this year, KPMG released its Competitive Alternatives report, citing Canada as the cheapest place to do business among G7 countries and giving Canada a 4.5 per cent advantage over the U.S. when it comes to overall cost of doing business.

But with the stronger dollar, will this advantage erode?

Mark MacDonald, director of Competitive Alternatives for KPMG, says yes, but insists that the value of the Canadian dollar against the American is only one factor that goes into determining overall competitiveness.

"It is very case specific," he said. "Having said that, it is certainly not a secret that people in Canada are concerned."

For Mr. Myers, the concern goes deeper than just a strong dollar.

"It is also the reason behind the increase," he said. "Part of it is an increase in the cost of doing business, with energy prices going up and commodity prices going up. The other part is a weakening American economy."

That worries Mr. Myers because it will mean that sales in the U.S. can decline.

"It is easier to adjust to a higher dollar if your sales in the U.S -- your major market -- are booming, but right now there are indicators that those sales are going to weaken in the course of the coming year."



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