ATAMANENKO SLAMS KATIMAVIK CUT AS “UN-CANADIAN” April 4, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) - BC Southern Interior Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko is outraged at the Conservative decision to cut Katimavik. “This is purely a political decision. Just because the Liberals started this program, Conservative ideology believes that it must go,” stated the NDP MP. “I have [...]
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ATAMANENKO SLAMS KATIMAVIK CUT AS “UN-CANADIAN”
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012Conservative Budget Plan – Gut Canadian Institutions
Friday, March 30th, 2012March 29, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) Conservative Budget Plan – Gut Canadian Institutions and Prop up Big Business Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, is not impressed with the direction taken by the Conservative government in the 2012 federal budget introduced today in the House of Commons. Atamanenko says the government’s plan to raise the [...]
Atamanenko Slams Conservative Old Age Security Review
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, is angered by the Harper government’s recent announcement that the Conservatives are looking at making changes to the Old Age Security pension. The government claims that the present system is becoming unsustainable because of the aging demographics of Canadians. Harper’s surprise plan included a proposal to raise the [...]
Statement in the House of Commons
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP): Madam Speaker, I would just like to make a comment that I have been following the file of Canada Post and its effect on our rural communities for quite a while now. I have seen some pretty devastating policies that cut back part-time work and that transferred [...]
Atamanenko: Time to Stand up for Striking Workers
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Ottawa, ON – Alex Atamanenko, MP, (BC Southern Interior) says that anyone who truly believes in democratic principles should be outraged that the Conservative government’s response to Air Canada’s (AC) employee strike action is to threaten back to work legislation that will criminalize their job action. “This is an unprecedented assault on labour rights and [...]
Atamanenko Congratulates New BC Leader
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011APRIL 19, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CASTLEGAR – Federal NDP candidate Alex Atamanenko congratulates Adrian Dix on his victory as the new leader of the BC New Democrats. “I would like to wish Adrian all the very best as he leads us into the next provincial election. We are unified and ready to take back [...]
Federal NDP Election Ready
Friday, January 28th, 2011Ottawa, ON – “Make no mistake, we will reject a bad budget and should an election happen this spring, we are ready”, stated NDP Leader Jack Layton during his caucus rally today. The House of Commons will reconvene on Monday and Jack Layton has challenged the Prime Minister to start helping Canadians. He has asked [...]
A Year in Review, Part II
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011This past year, my staff and I had the privilege of assisting constituents faced with federal bureaucratic problems – unfair treatment, misinterpretations or just plain despair at not seeing any hope in their particular plight. For the most part, I find the federal public service is exceptionally professional, knowledgeable and helpful, and should not be [...]
Has Canada Lost Its Way – Part IV – Foreign Policy
Friday, December 31st, 2010In the previous op-ed I talked primarily about Canada`s role in Afghanistan and how we have shifted our foreign policy away from the middle ground peace-keeping focus to active combat. Another disturbing trend in our policy is our shift in Middle East thinking. For decades Canada has attempted to promote a balanced approach to the [...]
The State of Democracy in Canada
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010One of the hallmarks of a democratic state is its commitment to free, public and political expression. Indeed, no society can call itself truly democratic if it does not guarantee its citizens the inalienable rights to gather, communicate their opinion and demonstrate their support for or against any political position they wish. If these assertions [...]