The concept of ‘Food Sovereignty’, was developed by La Via Campesina as the best way to promote social justice and human dignity. La Via Campesina is an independent, non-partisan body of local and international organizations from 70 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, representing 200 million small and medium sized farmers, farm workers, [...]
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FOOD SOVEREIGNTY – A CONCEPT TO FIGHT FOR
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012MP ATAMANENKO SLAMS CUTS TO BORDER SERVICES
Sunday, April 15th, 2012MP ATAMANENKO SLAMS CUTS TO BORDER SERVICES CASTLEGAR – Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior, slammed the Conservatives for slashing services at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and putting Canadian public safety and business at risk. “These cuts could end up costing Canadians more than they save,” said Atamanenko. The CBSA faces a [...]
Atamanenko MP Set to Host Open Forums on Food Sovereignty March 18-23
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012Atamanenko MP Set to Host Open Forums on Food Sovereignty March 18-23 Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior is all set to welcome constituents to a series of public forums he has organized with others throughout the riding on the topic of Food Sovereignty. “I couldn’t be more pleased that Colleen Ross, Vice President [...]
NDP BC MPs express their concerns about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project
Thursday, March 1st, 2012The following letter was sent to the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project from the BC Caucus of the Federal New Democratic Party: Many Canadians have raised concerns about the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and the risks it would pose to both our environment and our economy. As British Columbian Members of [...]
Prevent Job-Killing Foreign Takeovers
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010A private member’s bill tabled by New Democrat Mining Critic Claude Gravelle (Nickel Belt) would amend the Investment Canada Act to prevent job-killing foreign takeovers of Canadian companies. As it presently stands, when a foreign company proposes a takeover of a Canadian firm, the information it provides to Industry Canada is confidential, and cannot be [...]
Free Trade Agreement
Thursday, April 8th, 2010Castlegar – BC Southern Interior MP, Alex Atamanenko is concerned that the proposed Canada-Europeans Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will be a bad deal for Canada. The agreement, which calls for more open labour mobility between Canada and Europe, will also open up government contracts to European countries. “I am deeply concerned that we [...]
Selling our Sovereignty in ‘Buy American’ Negotiations
Friday, February 26th, 2010With Parliament prorogued the Harper government has been busy wrapping up a last minute and lop-sided deal with the U.S. on how to handle the ‘Buy American’ provisions in their 2009 stimulus legislation. With just a few days left before the bidding was closed on the $275 billion U.S. stimulus fund, 98% which was already [...]