Mr. Peter Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster, NDP): Mr. Speaker, let us be clear that the NDP will proudly vote against any Conservative budget that cuts veterans' services.
The Canadian privacy community is speaking out against the Conservatives' choice for commissioner. Ontario watchdog, Ann Cavoukian, said:
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Looking at someone whose expertise is in public safety and defence would seem the antithesis of the expertise you'd seek for privacy commissioner. |
Yet again, of course Liberals support the Conservatives' bad decisions but the New Democrats stand with privacy commissioners.
Will the Conservatives do the right thing and withdraw the nomination?
M. Dan Albas (secrétaire parlementaire du président du Conseil du Trésor, PCC): Monsieur le Président, M. Therrien est un candidat qualifié qui apporterait une expérience significative par rapport aux questions de droit et de confidentialité associées à ce poste. La nomination est venue à la suite d'un processus rigoureux qui a identifié M. Therrien comme étant le meilleur candidat.
NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.