Minister Beverley Oda, P.C., M.P. International Cooperation Place du Centre, 12th floor 200 Promenade du Portage Gatineau, QC K1A 0G4 Dear Minister Oda, On behalf of many Canadians, I urge you to reverse the recent cuts made by CIDA to KAIROS. As you are aware, this decision in effect stops funding to 21 ecumenical and [...]
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Cuts to KAIROS – letter to Minister Oda
Monday, December 7th, 2009Atamanenko Criticizes Foreign Aid Cuts
Friday, December 4th, 2009OTTAWA- The internationally recognized Canadian aid and social justice group KAIROS has received notice from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) that it is losing half of its total funding. “KAIROS does tremendous work and this cut is mean-spirited and unnecessary,” said New Democrat International Cooperation Critic John Rafferty (Thunder Bay – Rainy River). “At [...]
NDP Supports International Action Aimed at Transnational Corporations on World Food Day
Saturday, October 17th, 2009OTTAWA – NDP Agriculture critic, Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) is challenging all Canadians to join the International Day of Action Against Multinational Corporations begun today by Via Campesina to resist what they describe as “a privatisation robbery of the land, biodiversity, water, seeds, production, and agribusiness trade” by transnational agriculture and resource corporations. This [...]
“Food for Thought” Tour — Agriculture and Trade Agreements
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009One of the main themes that I have heard during my cross-Canada “Food For Thought” tour has been the negative effect of trade agreements on the family farm. Although we are a trading nation and rely on export markets for many commodities such as wheat and canola many farmers are questioning the validity of agreements [...]
Canada – Columbia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Wednesday, September 30th, 200940th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 087 Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP): Madam Speaker, with regard to this agreement, we have talked about labour rights and I want to underline the fact that Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries on earth for [...]
Letter to Minister Flaherty
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009I write today on behalf of Mr. Cal Craik, of Okanagan Barrel Works, Ltd., Oliver, BC, to urgently request that you take immediate steps to alleviate the harm which is being done to his business as a result of the import tax reduction on finished barrels from Europe.
New Democrats Urge Federal Action to Protect Cherry Farmers
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009CASTLEGAR –Canadian cherry producers are experiencing a bumper crop but bad trade deals will actually see them lose money this year. “Cherries from the U.S. are being sold in Canada at prices our farmers cannot compete against,” said Alex Atamanenko, New Democrat Agriculture critic. “This is just plain wrong and completely unfair.” The BC Southern [...]
News From Passport Canada
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009CASTLEGAR – MP Alex Atamanenko MP (BC Southern Interior) offers his congratulations to Ron Cannan, MP, (Kelowna Lake Country), for his successful efforts in bringing one of the few new Passport Canada offices to Kelowna. The new office will be located at 110-1835 Gordon Drive, Kelowna – also known as the Capri Centre. The expected [...]
Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Wednesday, March 11th, 200940th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 028 CONTENTS Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act The House resumed from March 6 consideration of Bill C-2, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the States of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland), the Agreement [...]
NAFTA: A blow to Canadian Sovereignty (Column)
Friday, May 30th, 2008The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect January 1st 1994. The main argument supporting NAFTA during its creation was the foreseen increase in trade that it would bring. Ten years after its implementation, research has shown that trade has increased dramatically among the three nations. During the first ten years of its [...]