Ottawa, ON – Alex Atamanenko, M.P., BC Southern Interior – On March 11, 2008 NDP Human Rights critic, Wayne Marston presented a Motion before the Subcommittee on Human Rights drawing attention to the detention and prosecution of Omar Khadr with the hopes the Canadian government will solicit the American government for the repatriation of one [...]
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Omar Khadr – A Man without a Home
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Speech: Beef and Pork Crisis
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Malpeque for bringing this topic forward for discussion today. I also want to thank my Bloc colleague on the agriculture committee for his eloquent speech a few minutes ago. Three samples of frozen pork were brought [...]
Speech to Biofuels Bill C-33: Food Sovereignty
Thursday, April 17th, 2008The following in an excerpt from a speech Alex made in the House of Commons on April 17, 2008. 39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 081 …a number of issues have to be addressed in the area of food sovereignty. Next week, for example, I will be in the small community in my [...]
Activists Plan with BC MP Atamanenko to Put Secretive SPP on the Public Agenda
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Public Awareness Initiative Launched OTTAWA – Representatives and individuals from poverty, labour, environmental, student, health, church and peace groups met with Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for BC Southern Interior in Nelson, BC last Thursday, April 3rd and decided to launch a public education and awareness campaign about the secretive “so-called” Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) [...]
Atamanenko Welcomes Promised Passport Office in Kelowna and Calls for receiving Agent in West Kootenay/Boundary Area
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Ottawa – Alex Atamanenko, MP for B.C. Southern Interior says he welcomes the federal government’s announcement last week that within two years a Passport Canada satellite office will open in Kelowna to serve citizens with a full range of passport services, except next-day service. Forty-eight hour service will be available, with proof of travel within [...]
Gag Order Denies Freedom of Speech to Grain Commission Employees
Friday, February 8th, 2008OTTAWA – NDP Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko (BC-Southern Interior) says the Conservatives should repeal the gag order which threatens Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) employees with discipline for speaking out publicly against the government’s Bill C-39. This legislation would introduce sweeping changes to the Commission – an independent body that provides essential services to grain producers. [...]
Security and Prosperity Forum
Friday, January 18th, 2008The S.P.P. seeks to affect you, our communities and country by: Securing U.S. control of our water and resources Lowering working standards and wages Endorsing U.S. foreign policies, wars & security measures Harmonizing regulations to hurt our health, food & environment STOP THE S.P.P. – WHAT YOU CAN DO! Public support to stop the [...]
All for Them and None For Us – U.S. Gains the Most under SPP
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007On August 20-21 Stephen Harper welcomed George W. Bush and Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon to Montebello, Quebec, to discuss the progress of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), a continental initiative launched in 2005 by Canada’s then Prime Minister, Paul Martin at the famous ‘Three Amigos Summit’ in Waco Texas. The deal is mainly about [...]