Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement today on the death of a Canadian soldier:

“We are all deeply saddened to hear of the death of Colonel Geoff Parker, a professional, dedicated Canadian soldier, who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. Colonel Parker was killed today when a suicide car bomb detonated near an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) convoy in Kabul.

“My sincere condolences go out to Colonel Parker’s family and friends, who should be extremely proud of his honourable service to his country.  On behalf of Canada, I also extend my sympathies to the families and friends of the five American service members and numerous Afghans who perished in the same attack.

“Canada is in Afghanistan at the request of the democratically-elected Afghan government, as part of a UN-mandated, NATO-led mission to help Afghans rebuild their country as a stable, democratic and self-sufficient society.

“The Taliban have consistently demonstrated their utter brutality through their complete disregard for the lives of innocent Afghans.  This attack will not deter Canada from its mission to help the people of Afghanistan stand on their own in repelling the forces of extremism and international terrorism.

“Colonel Parker was a great Canadian who will be greatly missed by the Canadian Forces family and his community.  Canadians are proud of and grateful for his service and for the contributions of all our men and women in uniform.”

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The Green Party of Canada pledges full support for the Auditor General in her bid to increase the transparency of MPs' spending habits.

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OTTAWA -- Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson yesterday confirmed that marijuana activist Marc Emery will be extradited to the United States, a move that the Green Party of Canada condemns.&nbsp

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OTTAWA – Today, in the House of Commons, New Democrats pushed the Minister of Heritage to investigate the attempted hostile takeover bid of Canadian film giant Lions Gate by infamous U.S. ‘corporate raider’ Carl Icahn. During Question Period, NDP Heritage Critic Charlie Angus called on the minister to hold public hearings on the potential loss of a cornerstone of Canada’s film industry.

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OTTAWA – The Green Party marks the fifth annual National Victims of Crime Awareness Week

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CAP Candidate Jeremy Arney has composed the following letter, which details the specific dangerous points of Bill C-6, An Act Respecting the Safety of Consumer Goods, which Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has confirmed that she intends to bring back as soon as possible, in its original form, without any of the amendments won in the Senate and lost because of the Prorogue of Parliament in December.  Jeremy is providing it here for anyone who wants to understand those points themselves and who may then wish to share with others and use or adapt the letter to send to their own M.P. to help educate him or her and to register their own concerns about the Bill.

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CAP Candidate Jeremy Arney has composed the following letter, which details the specific dangerous points of Bill C-6, An Act Respecting the Safety of Consumer Goods, which Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has confirmed that she intends to bring back as soon as possible, in its original form, without any of the amendments won in the Senate and lost because of the Prorogue of Parliament in December.  Jeremy is providing it here for anyone who wants to understand those points themselves and who may then wish to share with others and use or adapt the letter to send to their own M.P. to help educate him or her and to register their own concerns about the Bill.

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Canadians paid $170-million per day in 2008/2009 in unnecessary interest on federal, provincial and municipal debt. The cost for 2009/10 and subsequent years will likely be higher. These costs are reflected in taxes, fees, cut-backs in public services such as education and medicare and deterioration of infrastructure such as roads, sewers, water lines and affordable housing.

If our government had been using its own Bank, the Bank of Canada, as it should have for the past 35 years, we would not be in this situation. From 1867 to 1974, the accumulated federal debt amounted to $18-billion, and during that time we paid for two world wars and other smaller ones, built the trans-Canada highway, contributed to construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, built housing, provided funds for our veterans to go to school, brought in the Canada Pension Plan and made Medicare a national service.

In 1974 the government, which had been borrowing from its own bank since 1938 at near zero interest, decided to borrow less from there and more from the private sector at market rates of interest. The result was a huge increase in federal debt from $18-billion to $588-billion in 1997, with a total debt for all levels of government of over $900-billion.

In 2009 federal debt stood at $464-billion, but by 2015 it will be up to $622-billion. Federal debt charges, currently at $31-billion, will grow accordingly and based on previous figures the total debt charges for all levels of government will be about double the federal charges.

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