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Joyce Murray, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra

Townhall: Prorogation and Democracy in Canada

Discuss. Engage. Learn. Join Joyce Murray, political scientiest Dr. Philip Resnick and constitutional law expert Professor Margot Young for an engaging ‘townhall’ discussion about Prorogation and Democracy in Canada Cafe Muse 2305 W. 41st Ave. (Off Vine in Kerrisdale) Thursday, January 21 6:00pm – 7:30pm For more information: murraj1@parl.gc.ca or 604-664-9220 To sign the petition [...]

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A Conversation with Michael Ignatieff

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is starting the New Year with across-Canada campus tour to meet with young Canadians in the lead-up toCanada at 150: Rising to the Challenge – a non-partisan conference being held in Montreal in March 2010. Pleasejoin me, hundreds of UBC students, and many others tomorrow and be apart of the Liberal [...]

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Conservative prorogation of Parliament

VANCOUVER- Joyce Murray, MP for VancouverQuadra and Official Liberal Critic for Amateur Sport and the VancouverOlympics issued the following statement on the Conservative Party’sprorogation of Parliament and avoidance of responsibility: “TheOlympic Games are about the athletes, the thousands of volunteers, andthe communities that make these Games possible. The Olympics should NOTbe about the politicians. Yet, [...]

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Canada at Copenhagen: The Last Chapter

Thismay be the last chapter of my Copenhagen Climate reports. It has beendifficult to write, and not just because conference-induced sleepdeprivation meant taking some welcome time off on Saturday afternoon.It was not due to the fact I was in England on Sunday night to see myson Baba Brinkman’s performance at the Hammersmith Apollo – a [...]

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Open letter to Prime Minister Harper on the exclusion of women’s ski jumping in the 2010 Winter Olympics

Dear Right Hon. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, As the LiberalOpposition Critic for Amateur Sport and the Olympics and proudsupporter of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Iwrite to express my concern regarding the discrimination faced by womenski jumpers who have been excluded from the 2010 Games. It isunacceptable for the Canadian government to [...]

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