Atamanenko leads non-partisan effort for Department of Peace November 30, 2011 Ottawa, ON – Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior), was joined at a press conference today by fellow peace advocates, along with Elizabeth May of the Green Party and Liberal Jim Karygiannis to herald the introduction later in the day of his Private Members [...]
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Atamanenko leads non-partisan effort for Department of Peace
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Has 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 [...]
Has Canada Lost Its Way – Part III
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Foreign policy My impression is that the last decade can be characterized as a “shift” in the way Canada reacts to the world. This change has not been sudden but has slowly evolved as a result of what I would call an “anti-Canadian” outlook by our government regarding our place in the world. We used [...]
Conservatives Break Promises on Afghanistan
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010OTTAWA – According to BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko, the Harper government has broken its promise to pull our troops out of Afghanistan in 2011. On January 5, 2010 the Prime Minister stated that Canada will not be undertaking any activities that require any kind of military presence other than the odd guarding of [...]
Atamanenko Disappointed with War Resister Vote
Thursday, September 30th, 2010Ottawa – Alex Atamanenko – Member of Parliament for BC Southern Interior is disappointed that Gerard Kennedy’s Bill C-440 was defeated in the House of Commons during yesterday’s vote. For all US war resisters and their supporters, this was a major setback because up until this vote, Parliament has voted in support of two New [...]
“Deserter Directive”: Letter to Minister Kenney
Friday, August 13th, 2010DATE: August 13, 2010 TO: The Honourable Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jean Edmonds Building South Tower, 21st Floor 365 Laurier Street West Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1 RE: Your recent war deserter directive Dear Minister Kenney: I would like to express my concern over the recent directive issued by your department that [...]
Zero Nuclear Weapons
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010On April 8, 2010, United States President Barak Obama and Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev signed a landmark new nuclear weapons treaty. The US and Russia agreed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons they hold by one third, and reduce the number of missiles that can deliver nuclear bombs by half. The end of [...]
Atamanenko Condemns Gaza Attack
Friday, June 4th, 2010OTTAWA – NDP MP Alex Atamanenko – BC Southern Interior – is calling for an immediate independent investigation into the horrendous attack by Israeli Defence Forces against the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. “This deadly assault on peace activists who were providing very much needed aid to the people of Gaza is simply, [...]
Recruitment of Students to the Armed Forces in Schools – petition
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010June 1st, 2010 Alex Petitions the House of Commons RE: Recruitment of students to the Armed Forces in schools Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by some members from my riding and also folks from Kelowna and Vancouver. The petitioners state that [...]
Afghanistan
Friday, February 12th, 2010It is hard to imagine that before the 1979 Soviet invasion, Afghanistan was a country where many ethnic groups and tribes lived in harmony with their neighbours. They had a subsistence economy and a central government. Unlike today there was no sign of extremist inspired suicide bombings or a heroin based economy. It took thirty [...]