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Embassy News - August 17, 2011

 The next stage of international climate change negotiations is quickly approaching and will take place this December in Durban, South Africa. Climate change experts and activists around the world hope that these negotiations will lay the foundation for a long-term international plan to avoid catastrophic climate change, with a comprehensive agreement being met at a later date.

The New Horizons for Seniors Program is a federal Grants and Contributions program that supports projects led or inspired by seniors who make a difference in the lives of others and in their communities.

This coming fall, my colleague and NDP Critic for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities plans on re-introducing her Private Member’s Bill which calls for a National Public Transit Strategy.

This strategy is long overdue. Canada is the only G8 country has no national public transit strategy.

Hon. Jack Layton (Leader of the Opposition, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, I have to say that we start this debate on a bit of a sad note. We have just heard the Minister of Labour say, in thinking about the situation before us, that there are 45,000 postal workers, though I believe there are more than that but I will use the number she used, and there are 33 million Canadians. In other words, she is dividing the people who provide the mail to us from the rest of Canadians.

Laura Payton, CBC News

The NDP is trying again to legislate stronger targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reintroducing a bill that was defeated by the Senate last fall.