Stand-outs cont'd.

After thrashing George Bush and his war-mongering fellows, "That country is completely out of step with most of the free world." She added, "I speak openly and honestly on a wide variety of topics of interest to my constituents and to many other Canadians."

David Kilgour
Mr Kilgour believes in a stronger voice for Canada in the world. He advocates strengthening our human rights commitments and engaging in multilateral peacekeeping and peace-building efforts. He has been instrumental in bringing the situation in countries like Burma, Vietnam and Zimbabwe to the forefront of Canadian foreign policy and he works with NGO’s from around the world to promote the advancement of human rights.

In December of 1994, Kilgour’s efforts to promote human rights in Vietnam were acknowledged by the Committee for the release of Political Prisoners in Vietnam.

Kilgour is also passionate about Rwanda and ensuring that the atrocities committed there in the mid-90’s are never repeated. He counts Gen. Romeo Dallaire as one of his personal heroes and in April 2004 participated in the Canadian delegation sent to the 10th anniversary remembrance ceremonies.

Hence his demands from the Liberals that their commitment to bringing peace and relief to Darfur be increased before his vote might be won. He voted against his party, prepared to take the heat if the government fell.

Jack Layton
Who can argue with these conditions before Layton threw his party’s support of the government? The deal between the Liberals and the NDP included:
• $1.6 billion for affordable housing construction, including aboriginal housing.
• A $1.5-billion increase in transfers to provinces for tuition reduction and better training through EI.
• $900 million for the environment, with one more cent of the federal gas tax going to public transit.
• $500 million for foreign aid to bring Canada in line with a promise of 0.7 per cent of GDP.
• $100 million for a pension protection fund for workers.

Ed Broadbent
He spoke up and offered to stand down from the vote in order to pair with a Conservative parliamentarian who was too sick to attend thus neutralizing his NDP vote. Class.