Liberal MP questions Justice Department s legal advice on fired scientists
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Oliphant rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Friday, June 7, 2019. Oliphant is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand May 13, 2021 - 1:48 PM
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right.
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OTTAWA The top aide to imprisoned Russian dissident Alexei Navalny told Canadian MPs on Thursday that the best way to help Navalny is to put sanctions on oligarchs who are allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Leonid Volkov, speaking by video from Lithuania, began by telling the House of Commons foreign affairs committee about the suffering Navalny has gone through, including being poisoned and imprisoned due to his anti-Kremlin stance. (The Russian government denies involvement with the poisoning.)
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iPolitics By Michael Coren. Published on Apr 23, 2021 4:18pm Conversion therapy is more prejudice than science, more hysteria than study. It’s been discredited by every scientific body worth its name. Conservative MP Tamara Jansen (House of Commons screengrab)
It was only a matter of time before the absurd remarks of Conservative MP Tamara Jansen went viral on social media, and it was entirely justified.
Addressing a Liberal bill aimed at criminalizing conversion therapy, the MP for the B.C. riding of Cloverdale Langley City said, “I’m going to invoke the words of the Apostle Matthew: ‘Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You hypocrites! You’re like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.’ ”
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OTTAWA - A gay Liberal MP is calling on Conservative Leader Erin O Toole to disavow a remark by a Tory MP that appeared to suggest he and other LGBT people are unclean.
Leader of the Opposition Erin O Toole speaks during a policy announcement in Ottawa, Thursday April 15, 2021. O Toole is being asked to disavow one of his caucus members who appeared to suggest that a gay Liberal MP is unclean. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
OTTAWA - A gay Liberal MP is calling on Conservative Leader Erin O Toole to disavow a remark by a Tory MP that appeared to suggest he and other LGBT people are unclean.