Pierre Pettigrew
Pierre Pettigrew
Pierre Stewart Pettigrew, PCis a Canadian politician...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 April 1951
CountryCanada
appeal assistance disaster donors heard larger ready scope urge
The scope of the disaster is much larger than first understood. We have heard the appeal for assistance and we are ready to do our part. We urge other donors to do the same.
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We have to maintain the pressure. I can tell you one thing -- Iran has not enjoyed the last two resolutions we tabled,
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While the details are still unfolding, this is clearly an act directed against innocent civilians. The perpetrators must be found and brought to justice. Canada condemns all acts of terrorism and is committed to working with Indonesia in the fight against international terrorism.
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I won't say they're all intolerant, ... Some of them are adopting our approach to cultural communities.
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Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession.
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We'll raise it with Secretary Rice, asking her to understand our situation, ... I do believe on this one the administration needs to stop taking assistance from the powerful lumber lobby.
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I found it absolutely incredible that Mr. Duceppe called for a boycott of the installation as governor-general of an eminent Canadian of Haitian origin from the Quebec society, ... I was shocked to see Gilles Duceppe call for a boycott of that ceremony. ... They are Quebecers, they should be proud to see a Quebecer accede to that very important position.
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There are hardliners in the PQ, the true believers, the ones who had (former PQ leader Bernard) Landry's head and who tried to get the head of (incoming) governor-general Michaelle Jean. They are intolerant,
believe imperative
We believe it is imperative to sensitize them to their responsibilities in that domain,
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never accept such hatred, intolerance and anti-Semitism. Never.
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They did everything they could to make her renounce her position,
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It is very important that the international community ... keeps the pressure on Iran at this stage for them to really, really acknowledge the situation of human rights abuses in the country and really try to change the situation.
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We are all discovering together, of course, just how huge this disaster is, ... It is touching a lot more people than we thought on Saturday, so I think Canada has been pretty fast off the mark.
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There are others. We will compare our cases (and) dialogue with the Danes,