I thought we could use a thread to just discuss the NDP platform.
I will start:
Layton pledges respect for aboriginal agreements
A teaser:
NDP Leader Jack Layton said his party will push whichever party wins the election to honour the recent Kelowna Agreements with Canada's First Nations peoples.
Campaigning in Winnipeg at the city's Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Layton said the NDP would press the next government to honour "the letter of the law and the spirit of the law."
The agreements comprise a a 10-year plan that would see the federal government provide billions of dollars in new funding for areas such as housing, health and education for aboriginals. They were reached during a November first ministers' meeting on aboriginal issues in Kelowna, B.C. [/teaser]
Jack is a good man, and I am glad he will try to make sure Paul Martin honours this deal. I hope to see the NDP force the Liberals to incorperate more of the NDP platform during the next sitting of the House.
I will start:
Layton pledges respect for aboriginal agreements
A teaser:
NDP Leader Jack Layton said his party will push whichever party wins the election to honour the recent Kelowna Agreements with Canada's First Nations peoples.
Campaigning in Winnipeg at the city's Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Layton said the NDP would press the next government to honour "the letter of the law and the spirit of the law."
The agreements comprise a a 10-year plan that would see the federal government provide billions of dollars in new funding for areas such as housing, health and education for aboriginals. They were reached during a November first ministers' meeting on aboriginal issues in Kelowna, B.C. [/teaser]
Jack is a good man, and I am glad he will try to make sure Paul Martin honours this deal. I hope to see the NDP force the Liberals to incorperate more of the NDP platform during the next sitting of the House.