Conservatives leave Canadians to fend for themselves; ignore environment, health, infrastructure and small businesses

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March 21, 2013

OTTAWA, ON – Dr. Hedy Fry, MP for Vancouver Centre and Liberal Health Critic today panned the Conservative budget as a visionless repackaging of old ideas, noting that real action could have been taken in areas of infrastructure, improving the health of Canadians, and providing real support for skills training.

“This budget will do nothing to kick-start the Canadian economy and will do more harm than good, particularly with another Employment Insurance premium hike that will prevent small and medium-sized businesses from hiring more workers,” said Dr. Fry. “68% of jobs in Canada are created by these companies – why make it harder to hire Canadians?”

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Speech by OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues Dr. Hedy Fry 
February 21, 2013 - Vienna
 
M le président, chers collègues, c'est un plaisir pour moi de faire rapport au sujet de l'égalité des sexes en tant que représentante spéciale de l’assemblée parlementaire sur les questions de l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes.
 
Premièrement, je voudrais vous mettre au courant des quelques activités qui se déroulent au sien de l'OSCEPA et l'OSCE.
 
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