Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Liberals pledge tribunal independence

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Tuesday his party would put limits on the government's influence over its tribunals.

"I'm willing to accept those limits, and we will put forward in the Liberal platform in the months ahead some clear definitions of how we would safeguard the independence of these tribunals ...," said Ignatieff.

Ignatieff spoke following a Liberal roundtable on governance, which heard from the former heads of three agencies who say they experienced interference from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government.

The speakers were former nuclear safety commission head Linda Keen, former RCMP public complaints commission head Paul Kennedy, and Peter Tinsley, the former military police complaints commissioner.

Health of women, children

With Parliament prorogued until March 3, the Conservatives shifted their focus to discussing the health of women and children in poor countries.

Harper produced an opinion column for the Toronto Star and the French-language La Presse.

He said his government will focus on the health of women and children in the world's poorest countries at the upcoming G8 conference.

Bev Oda, the minister responsible for foreign aid, met with various groups on Parliament Hill to discuss how to deliver aid to the poor.

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