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April 23, 2009 Question Period

HANSARD
House of Commons

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP): Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages tried to blame the gift shop, the Speaker's office and even the Board of Internal Economy for the made-in-China Canadian flag pins fiasco.

It turns out that the heritage department had a contract for over $200,000 worth of flags and pennants with a numbered company that imported 374 kilos of flag pins from China.

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Libby asks the Conservative government to provide more support for small businesses

October 3, 2011 Question Period

House of Commons
HANSARD
October 3, 2011

You can view this question at: http://www.youtube.com/user/LibbyDaviesMP?ob=5#p/a/u/0/dSF2d6EmoXU

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):

Mr. Speaker, in the last federal election New Democrats put forward a solid proposal to support small businesses, the real job creators in our economy.

This plan applied to all employers and gave them room to hire and retain more staff. The government could have enacted it immediately, thus supporting Canadian businesses and staving off rising unemployment numbers.

Why does the government prefer to blow billions on corporate tax cuts with no guarantee a single job will be created?

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Libby and Don urge Minister Raitt to support locked-out Rocky Mountaineer employees

September 14, 2011 Open Letters to Ministers & Public Officials

Don Davies, MP (Vancouver Kingsway)
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Libby Davies, MP (Vancouver East)
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

September 9, 2011

Hon. Lisa Raitt
Minister of Labour
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

Dear Minister,

Re: Lockout of Workers by Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours (Vancouver, BC)

We are writing to respectfully request your immediate intervention in the ongoing labour dispute at Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours.

About 108 workers have been locked out by management since June 22, 2011, over 80 days. We have been advised that the management chooses to lock out workers instead of negotiate, hires replacement workers, and refuses to cooperate with the union. These circumstances are not conducive to bargaining in good faith.

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Libby defends Canada Post workers' rights in Parliament

June 23, 2011 Speeches in Parliament

Check out a video of this speech at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWym5PNk9qY

House of Commons
HANSARD
June 23, 2011

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to follow our member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie to speak today to this motion.

I want to say right at the outset that I feel shameful that we are here having to debate this motion regarding back-to-work legislation and that the first order of business that has come from the Conservative government is to force workers back to work and not give them a fair shot and a fair chance at collective bargaining.

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Air Canada outsourcing - a joint letter from the federal NDP BC Caucus

March 2, 2010 Open Letters to Ministers & Public Officials

Libby and her BC colleagues sent the following letter to Transport Minister John Baird
March 3, 2010

The Hon. John Baird, P.C. M.P.
Minister for Transport
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Dear Minister Baird,

In your January 12, 2010 letter in response to our colleague Bill Siksay and co-signatories regarding the future of Air Canada and its employees, you recognized the strategic importance of Canada’s air transportation system, of which Air Canada constitutes a critical component.

In addition to referring to the federal government’s role in helping ensure the financial viability of Air Canada, you highlighted Air Canada`s role in connecting Canadians from coast to coast to coast and beyond.

A key component of maintaining the integrity of Canada’s transportation system is ensuring that a critical mass of technical and maintenance aviation servicing expertise remains in Canada. This is, of course, in addition to safety and security concerns.

Regrettably, in spite of Air Canada receiving federal funding support, Air Canada’s management has been relentlessly outsourcing the servicing and maintenance of its aircraft in low-cost developing countries. This is an issue that we have raised many times in the House, and at committee as well as in previous correspondence with your department.

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Libby questions Prime Minister about Employment Insurance

June 16, 2009 Question Period

HANSARD
House of Commons
Question Period

Libby Davies (MP Vancouver East):
Mr Speaker, the marriage of convenience between Conservatives and Liberals has blossomed into true love.

And what’s their message for Canadians?

If you have H1N1 – take an aspirin. If you’re putting groceries on your credit card – our big fonts will show you just how deep you’re sinking. If you lost your job – here’s a blue ribbon panel to figure out EI... sit tight ‘til the fall! When will these partners in crime get real?

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Support the B.C. Economy

June 4, 2009 Question Period

House of Commons
Question Period
HANSARD

Ms. Libby Davies (MP, Vancouver East)

Mr. Speaker: B.C. has been hit hard by this economic recession.

The Conservatives claim to understand how important it is to stimulate and support the local economy and tourism.

Why then, in this economic downturn, is the federal government derailing a $30 Million opportunity for a 2nd Amtrak run from Seattle to Vancouver by charging unprecedented inspection fees?

So I ask the Minister, will he support the local economy and expanded rail service to Vancouver and immediately withdraw the demand for CBSA inspection fees?

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