http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:11:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/199/sukhs-christmas-message-2008/ Dear Neighbour,Yesterday, history was made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper when, instead of facing up to a vote of confidence in the House of Commons, he successfully sought to prorogue Parliament. With his government facing defeat on a vote of non-confidence, Harper delivered a severe blow to democracy. Canadians have ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/198/a-letter-from-sukh-dhaliwal-mp-on-the-proroguing-of-parliament/ Dear neighbour, I am writing this letter to you to provide an explanation about the dramatic events that have occurred in Ottawa over the past week. Stephen Harper and his Conservative government have created a constitutional crisis, and have lost the confidence of not only the House of Commons, but of ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/197/a-letter-from-sukh-dhaliwal-mp-on-the-current-crisis/ Ottawa, ON - Sukh Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament for Newton - North Delta, has been selected to serve as the Chair of the North and Western Caucus in a unanimous vote held at the Liberals' caucus meeting this Wednesday. Chosen by his peers, the decision is a testament to the ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/196/sukh-dhaliwal-elected-chair-of-north-western-caucus-newton-north-delta-mp-unanimously-elected-will-be-the-voice-of-the-west/ Sukh Dhaliwal Seconds Consecutive Sentencing Bill to Protect the Community  Ottawa, ON - After dying on the order paper in the last Parliament, a bill to give judges the option of consecutive sentencing instead of mandated concurrent sentencing was reintroduced in the House of Commons today. Mississauga East-Cooksville MP Albina Guarnieri's ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/195/195/ http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/194/sukh-recognizes-the-surrey-board-of-trades-business-excellence-award-winners-in-the-house-of-commons/ Ottawa, ON -Leader of the Opposition Stéphane Dion named his shadow cabinet this afternoon, appointing Sukh Dhaliwal, MP for Newton-North Delta, as critic responsible for the Asia Pacific Gateway and Sport. The two government cabinet positions are held by BC MPs Stockwell Day and Gary Lunn respectively. "For British Columbia, these ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/193/sukh-dhaliwal-appointed-as-opposition-critic-for-the-asia-pacific-gateway-and-sport-surrey-mp-responsible-for-holding-two-cabinet-ministers-to-account/ OTTAWA-Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shut out this region, including Surrey, the second largest city in British Columbia, Liberal Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal charged. Harper appointed none of his MPs from Canada's 12th largest city as Cabinet Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries in his government. "Stephen Harper doesn't care about Surrey ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/192/harper-shuts-out-surrey-and-delta-dhaliwal-second-largest-city-in-bc-gets-no-cabinet-ministers-parliamentary-secretaries/ SURREY— Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal held a successful, near-capacity town hall meeting on the Conservatives’ controversial new copyright legislation at the George Mackie Library in North Delta last night. The meeting was the first public meeting held by an MP on Bill C-61 in Canada. “Of all of the issues ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/189/dangers-of-new-copyright-law-discussed-at-full-community-meeting/ SURREY-Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal will be the first in BC to hold a town hall meeting in BC on the new, controversial copyright bill, C-61. The meeting aims to give ordinary Canadians a say on what is a fair balance between creators' and consmers' rights-unlike the government, which did ... http://www.sukhdhaliwal.com/184/advisory-dhaliwal-to-hold-%e2%80%98first-in-bc%e2%80%99-town-hall-on-controversial-copyright-bill/