Recent Statements
Mark Adler, MP for York Centre Makes Statement on the Passover and Easter Holidays
Mark Adler, MP for York Centre Makes Statement on the Passover and Easter Holidays (OTTAWA) April 5, 2012 Mark Adler, MP rose in the House of Commons today to mark the Passover and Easter holidays: This weekend marks the beginning of …
Mark Adler, MP for York Centre Makes Statement on Yom HaShoa
(OTTAWA) April 4, 2012 Mark Adler, MP rose in the House of Commons today to make the following statement: Mr. Speaker, on the evening of April 18th, Jewish communities around the world will come together and mark Yom HaShoa, a special …
Canada Announces Members of National Holocaust Monument Development Council
April 2, 2012 – On behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), today announced the members of the National Holocaust Monument Development Council. The council is a group of volunteers who …
Minister of State Uppal to Announce National Holocaust Monument Development Council
March 30, 2012 – On behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), will announce the members of the National Holocaust Monument Development Council on April 2, 2012. The council is a …
Baird Disappointed with UN Human Rights Council Resolution
March 23, 2012 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “There is no shortage of real and pressing human rights matters that the UN Human Rights Council should be addressing. Instead, yet again, it has chosen …
Statement on Deadly Shooting in France
March 19, 2012 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on the deadly shooting in Toulouse, France, that killed four people, three of them children: “Canada unequivocally condemns the cowardly and murderous attack that took place …
Canada Stands Against Hamas Attending UN Human Rights Council
March 19, 2012 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I was extremely troubled to learn earlier today that a senior official of Hamas, a listed terrorist organization, was accredited to attend an event on the …
Statement by New Democrat Leader Nycole Turmel on the killings at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France
I am appalled by the deaths of four people, including three children, at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. Without presuming the motives of the killer, I am outraged that innocent people, particularly children, have been sacrificed for any reason …
Liberal Statement on the Violence in Toulouse, France
For Immediate Release March 19, 2012 Liberal Statement on the Violence in Toulouse, France TORONTO – Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on the continuing violence in Toulouse, France: “The shocking events of the past week in …
Mark Adler, MP makes a statement on the Festival of Purim and the Iranian Regime
Mr. Speaker, tonight marks the beginning of the Festival of Purim, a truly joyous holiday in the Jewish Tradition. Purim commemorates a time in Ancient Persia, when the Jewish people were saved from annihilation. Mr. Speaker, Ancient Persia, as we all know, …
