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	<title>Olivia Chow, MP &#187; Action in Parliament</title>
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	<description>Member of Parliament, Trinity - Spadina</description>
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		<title>Discrimination Against Transgender Travellers: End It Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2012/02/end-discrimination-against-transgender-travellers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative government's regard for civil liberties is called into question by a new airport security regulation. A new rule forces transgender and transsexual Canadians to produce medical documents to pass pre-boarding checks. NDP Transport Critic Olivia Chow is urging the ministry to repeal the punitive measure.]]></description>
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		<title>Ailing Urban Infrastructure: Federal Help Needed for Canadian Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2012/01/federal-help-needed-for-canadian-cities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cities across the country are struggling with aging infrastructure, underfunded transit and insufficient housing. The federal government has to step up support by taking one cent of the existing gas tax and use it as dedicated funding for urban infrastructure projects, NDP Critic Olivia Chow demands in Parliament.]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Airport Fees Will Rise if Conservative Fire Sale Goes Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/airport-fees-will-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/airport-fees-will-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA – The government’s plan to sell Transport Canada assets and privatize airports across the country will make rural towns less accessible and hurt families’ pocketbooks]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia Chow in Question Period: Government Plans to Sell-off, Privatize Canadian Airports</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/olivia-chow-in-question-period-government-plans-to-sell-off-privatize-canadian-airports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Speaker, just released secret documents reveal the transport minister and his department are planning to sell off airports and other assets across this country. This fire sale would mean higher fees and airport closures. Rural Canadians rely on these airports to deliver the mail, visit their families or see their doctors. Loss of airports would isolate these communities. ]]></description>
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		<title>National Transit Strategy: Olivia Outlines Key Components in Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/national-transit-strategy-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/national-transit-strategy-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In working towards a National Public Transit Strategy and getting Canadians the 21st-century transportation system they deserve, Olivia Chow has made key recommendations to the House Committee on Transport on what the policy framework should encompass.]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia&#8217;s Statement on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/olivias-statement-on-december-6-national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This government should strengthen gun control rather than eliminating it – so we can all stand in this House on December 6 and say  -Never Again.

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		<title>Olivia in Question Period: Government Must Ensure Safe Planes, Save Lives</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/olivia-in-question-period-government-must-ensure-safe-planes-save-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/12/olivia-in-question-period-government-must-ensure-safe-planes-save-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These warning system regulations were on the minister's desk since August. What will happen in the five years before these regulations are enforced?

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		<title>First Nations: Olivia Reveals Government Denied Funding for 65% of Applications</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-to-minister-lebel-ensure-transparency-and-accountability-in-infrastructure-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does the infrastructure minister continue to tolerate third world conditions in first nations communities? That is the question Olivia Chow, MP for Trinity-Spadina, raised in the House of Commons. Documents released to her show that two-thirds of all First Nation applications for infrastructure funding were rejected since 2006.]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia in Parliament: Transport Canada Must Act Responsibly, Stop Certifying Dangerous Helicopters</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-in-parliament-transport-canada-must-act-responsibly-stop-certifying-dangerous-helicopters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-in-parliament-transport-canada-must-act-responsibly-stop-certifying-dangerous-helicopters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does the minister continue to allow these faulty, unsafe helicopters in the air? Why is the minister ignoring the safety of Canadians?
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		<title>Olivia Chow in Question Period: How Many More Deaths Before Sideguards are Mandated?</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-chow-in-question-period-how-many-more-deaths-before-sideguards-are-mandated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The families of cyclists and pedestrians killed in truck collisions joined me this morning to call on the minister to mandate side-guards.How many more preventable deaths will it take for the government to act?
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		<title>Press Release &#8211; SafeTrucks.ca</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/press-release-safetrucks-ca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/press-release-safetrucks-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The loved ones of cyclists and pedestrians who have lost their lives in truck collisions gathered today to urge Transport Minister Denis Lebel to mandate compulsory side guards on heavy trucks.The family members and friends joined together to create http://www.safetrucks.ca/.]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia&#8217;s Letter to Minister Lebel: Take Action on Sideguards Now</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivias-letter-to-minister-lebel-take-action-on-sideguards-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivias-letter-to-minister-lebel-take-action-on-sideguards-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the light of this tragedy it is clear that your ministry has to take action now. I am joined in my call by Jenna’s friends and family as well as by Karen MacNeil Hartmann, Megan Holtz and Jeanette Holman-Price – all of them lost loved ones in grievous accidents involving heavy trucks.

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		<title>Olivia Chow in Question Period &#8211; Fund Public Safety, Not Executive Jets</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-chow-in-question-period-fund-public-safety-not-executive-jets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 23, 2011 Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, while the Conservatives are cutting back on public airline safety and security, they are blowing $5 million a year on private jets that mostly sit empty. The government pays pilots to fly planes around empty just to keep up their licences. This is a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia Chow Urges Government to Spend Less Money on Executive Jets, More on Airline Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-chow-urges-government-to-spend-less-money-on-executive-jets-more-on-airline-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has in it's possession 9 Challenger jets. This fleet of 9 sits un-used on tarmacs or flies around passenger-less, at a cost of 5 MILLION  dollars a year. CBC spoke to Olivia about this misuse of money, and the mishandling of priorities by Transport Canada. 
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		<title>National Transit Strategy: Witnesses Express Support in Front of Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/national-transit-strategy-witnesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 23, 2011 OTTAWA &#8211; Based on Olivia Chow&#8217;s initiative, the House Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities has been studying a potential National Transit Strategy over the past two months. A total of 33 witnesses from 19 different organizations across Canada have appeared in front of the committee of which I am a member. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives Failed to Track Job Creation of the Infrastructure Stimulus Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/nojobcreationtracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though the Conservatives deny it, too many Canadians are out of work.]]></description>
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		<title>Truck Sideguards: Olivia&#8217;s Bill for Safer Roads</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivias-introduction-of-bill-c-344-an-act-to-amend-the-motor-vehicle-safety-act-side-guards/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protecting the lives of pedestrians and cyclists and preventing fatalities: Olivia's new Bill C-344 calls for mandatory sideguards so that collision victims are not crushed by rear wheels of heavy trucks.]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia Chow in Question Period: Make Truck Side Guards Mandatory Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/11/olivia-chow-in-question-period-make-truck-side-guards-mandatory-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, every year, Canadian cyclists and pedestrians die needlessly when they are sucked under the back wheels of large trucks. Twenty-five years ago in Europe, truck side guards were made mandatory. As a result, cyclists&#8217; deaths in Britain were cut by 61%. Having side guards may have saved the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia Debates National Public Transit Strategy in the House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the national transit strategy set forth in this bill we have the chance to show that leadership and move Canada forward. If we do so we will have a positive impact on the lives of all Canadians. There is an urgent need for national leadership, so let us not miss the bus this time. Let us not pass the buck and say that public transit is not the jurisdiction of the federal government. Let us take the lead.]]></description>
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		<title>Olivia Chow in Question Period: Invest in Canada&#8217;s Crumbling Infrastructure Now</title>
		<link>http://www.oliviachow.ca/2011/09/olivia-chow-questions-transport-minister-on-investing-in-public-transit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 21, 2011 Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP): Mr. Speaker, whether it is the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto or Montreal’s Champlain Bridge, Canada’s major infrastructure is crumbling, leaving too many Canadians with a white-knuckle drive to work. At the same time, the IMF said today it predicts Canada’s unemployment rate is going to rise above [...]]]></description>
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