OTTAWA, February 17th, 2013 – The Honourable Mauril Bélanger, MP for Ottawa–Vanier, pays tribute to Claudette Boyer, a great Franco-Ontarian. Mrs. Boyer passed away yesterday at the age of 75. She has led a remarkable life and successful career in the areas of education, politics, as well as in the community.
Looking back on 2012, we can see a number of notable initiatives that produced results.
Dear friends,
September 2012
Dear Constituents,
I am delighted to inform you that the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal’s Candidates Selection Committee for the riding of Ottawa-Vanier has finalized its work.
OTTAWA, July 9, 2012 — The Honourable Mauril Bélanger, M.P. for Ottawa—Vanier and Liberal Advocate for Cooperatives, finds it unfortunate that the conservatives seems determined to stick with a unnecessary deadline of mid-September for tabling the report of the Special Committee on Cooperatives.
In my last newsletter, I shared with you that 2012 is the International Year of Co‑operatives. I mentioned that Canada has one of the highest per capita credit union membership rates in the world. Over 18 million people are members of Canadian co-operatives and credit unions.
OTTAWA, May 30th 2012 — The federal government has a role t
OTTAWA, May 7th, 2012 – “Co-operatives are a reminder to the international community that it is possible to pursue both economic viability and social responsibility.” – Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General.
OTTAWA, May 1, 2012 – Liberal Official Languages critic Mauril Bélanger made the following statement today in reaction to a preliminary report by the Commissioner of Official Languages which found that the Conservative government did not respect his legal obligations by hiring a unilingual Auditor General: