The Colombia Solidarity Action Alliance has issued the following urgent action request:
The Harper government with the support of Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals is expected to push for a quick passage of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), as the first order of business, when Parliament reconvenes this coming Monday, September 14th.
The CCFTA bill was stalled from achieving a second reading in May of 2009 by the combined actions of opposition MPs from the NDP, Bloc Quebecois and social movement forces both in Canada and Colombia. The CCFTA is a key component of Harper’s neoliberal free-trade agenda for Canada and the region and he wants to pass it prior to the expected fall election.
Ratification of the CCFTA bill will require Liberal party support. We urge you to contact/email Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae and key Liberal MPs of the Standing Committee on International Trade-CIIT. If you cannot contact them directly, speak to their assistants and directly express your concerns:
Urge them to:
1. Not to ratify the implementation of a free trade agreement with the the Alvaro Uribe government which has the worst human rights record in the hemisphere, the second largest number of internally displaced after Sudan and the highest number of unionists murdered.
2. Respect the recommendation of Parliament’s Standing Committee on International Trade which clearly outlines that the CCFTA bill should not be implemented prior to an independent, third party human rights assessment.
CONTACTS:
1- Michael Ignatieff, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, ON, Tel: 416. 251.5510, Fax:
416.251.2845; Tel: 613.995.9364, Fax: 613.992.5880 IgnatM@parl.gc.ca
2 – Bob Rae, Toronto Centre, ON, Tel: 416.954.2222, Fax: 416.954.9649, Tel:
613.992.5234, Fax: 613.996.9607
RaeB@parl.gc.ca
3 – Maria Minna, Beaches-East York, ON, Tel: 416.467.0860, Fax: 416.467.0905
Tel: 613.992.2115 Fax: 613.996.7942
MinnaM@parl.gc.ca
*** Here is list of Liberal MPs that are Members of the CIIT
Vice-Chair: John Cannis, Scarborough Centre, ON Tel: (416) 752-2358, Fax: (416) 752-4624; Tel: (613) 992-6823, Fax: (613) 943-1045 CanniJ@parl.gc.ca
Members:
1- Scott Brison, Kings-Hants, NS
Tel: (902) 542-4010, Fax: (902) 542-4184, Tel: (613) 995-8231, Fax (613)
996-9349
BrisoS@parl.gc.ca
2 – Mario Silva, Davenport, ON Tel: (416) 654-8048, Fax: (416) 654-5083; Tel:
(613) 992-2576, Fax: (613) 995-8202
SilvaM@parl.gc.ca
*** Here are 12 Lib.MPs that won in 2008 with under 5% margin:
1- Ujjal Dosanjh, Vancouver South, BC, Tel: 604.775.5323; Fax: 604.775-5420;
Tel: 613.995.7052, Fax: 613.995.2962 DosanU@parl.gc.ca
2 – Keith Martin, Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, BC Tel: 250.474.6505, Fax:
250.474.5322; Tel: 613.996.2625, Fax 613.996.9779 MartiK@parl.gc.ca
3 – Alexandra Mendes, Brossard-La Prairie, QC, Tel: 450.466.6872, Fax:
450.466.9822; Tel : 613.995.9301, Fax : 613.992.7273 Mendes.A@parl.gc.ca
4 – Andrew Kania, Brampton West, ON, Tel: 905.846.0076 Fax:905.846.3901 Tel:
613.995.5381 Fax: 613.995.6796 Kania.A@parl.gc.ca
5 – Ruby Dhalla, Brampton – Springdale, ON, Tel: 905.874.6868, Fax:
905.874.1415; Tel: 613.995.4843, Fax: 613.995.7003 DhallR@parl.gc.ca
6 – Siobhan Coady, St. John’s South – Mount Pearl<, NL Tel: 709.772.4608, Fax:
709.772.4776; Tel: 613.992.0927, Fax: 613.995.7858 Coady.S@parl.gc.ca
7 – Justin Trudeau, Papineau, QC, Tel: 514.277.6020, Fax : 514.277.3454; Tel:
613.995.8872, Fax: 613.995.9926 Trudeau.J@parl.gc.ca
8 – Frank Valeriote, Quelph, ON, Tel: 519.837.8276, Fax: 519.837.8443; Tel:
613.996.4758, Fax: 613.996.9922 Valeriote.F@parl.gc.ca
9 – Brian Murphy, Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, NB, Tel: 506.851.3310, Fax:
506.851.3273; Tel: 613.992.8072, Fax: 613.992.8083 MurphB@parl.gc.ca
10 – Paul Szabo, Mississauga South, ON, Tel: 905.822.2111, Fax: 905.822.2115;
Tel: 613.992.4848, Fax: 613.996.3267 SzaboP@parl.gc.ca
11- Joe Volpe, Eglinton-Lawrence, ON, Tel: 416.781.5583, Fax: 416.781.5586;
Tel: 613.992.6361, Fax: 613.992.9791
VolpeJ@parl.gc.ca
12 – Wayne Easter, Malpeque, PE, Tel: 902.964.2428, Fax: 902.964.3242; Tel:
613.992.2406, Fax: 613.995.7408 EasteW@parl.gc.ca
