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.

These warning system regulations were on the minister’s desk since August. What will happen in the five years before these regulations are enforced?

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.

Why does the minister continue to allow these faulty, unsafe helicopters in the air? Why is the minister ignoring the safety of Canadians?

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?

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/.

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.

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 [...]

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.

November 23, 2011 OTTAWA – Based on Olivia Chow’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. [...]

MP Olivia Chow Highlights the Need to Improve Conservative Bill C-11 November 22, 2011 OTTAWA – Olivia Chow, NDP Member of Parliament for Trinity-Spadina, is criticizing the Conservative government’s bill to reform Canada’s copyright legislation. Bill C-11 is severely flawed in key areas; partially overshooting and partially under-delivering, e.g. in its lacking support for artists. [...]

Even though the Conservatives deny it, too many Canadians are out of work.

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.

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’ deaths in Britain were cut by 61%. Having side guards may have saved the [...]

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.