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Joyce Murray, M
Vancouver Quadr
As winter approaches I wish you a fulfilling
and enjoyable holiday season break!
This fall has been extremely busy! In Ottawa
Ive researched and responded to a steady
flow of significant and controversial legislation.
In Vancouver Quadra several of my fall
events explored the impacts of a harsh and
inflexible punishment regime at the core of the
Conservative governments new crime bill C-10.
Researchers provided ample evidence that
this approach may actually increase crime and
injustice, at tremendous financial and social
costespecially for our young people. Texas
and California are just two examples of the
many governments now rejecting punishment-
centred crime policy similar to C-10, becauseits expensive and doesnt work!
My staff and I created a wide variety of events
to hear from community members on a
number of issues:
3 MP Breakfast Connectionspolicy talks
Chinese Community Viewsconsultation
Omnibus Crime Bill C-10tele-townhall
Justice for Aboriginal Womendiscussion
group
Small Businesspre-budget consultation
Israel TodayMP slide show and discussion
Crime and Povertystakeholder dialogue
Environment SummitwithMP Stphane Dion
MPs Holiday Open Houseparty
Fall MP Availabilityat Kitsilano Farmers
Market
If you provided input at any of my events
thank you! To start receiving invitations,
please contact me at [email protected]
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YOUR COMM UNI TY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
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011211-01
Your MP at WorkRECOGNIZING GREATER CHINA MILESTONES
October 10, 2011 marked Double Ten, the 100th anniversary
of modern China and an important milestone for citizens and
diaspora of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Vancouver Quadra MP
Joyce Murray spoke at several events in Ottawa and Vancouver
acknowledging the important contribution made by Dr. Sun Yat Sen
in declaring Chinas independence from European domination.
In the House of Commons, she congratulated the Peoples
Republic of China on its 62nd anniversary:
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Liberal parliamentarians I extend
my warmest wishes to the people of China and to all Chinese
Canadians as they celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the foundingof the Peoples Republic of China.
Since former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau initiated diplomatic
relations with China 41 years ago, the Liberal Party has proudly
cultivated the friendship between our two great countries.
In my riding of Vancouver Quadra, I am pleased to host and attend
many events to foster shared prosperity and stronger cultural ties
between our two countries.
I look forward to another successful year working with Chinese
constituents to further strengthen the cultural and economic ties
between the peoples of China and Canada.
To see my full statement in the House of Commons visit
joycemurray.caJoyce
Enjoying Double Ten Centennial festivities at the Taipei Economic
and Cultural Office reception.
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government? Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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011211-02
Your MP at workBACK TO SCHOOL!
Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray attended Septembers
official re-opening of cole Jules Quesnel, along with school board
representatives, parents, teachers, and children excited to be back
in their newly renovated school home. cole Jules Quesnel was
one of 7 schools in Vancouver deemed to be at most risk of severe
damage in an earthquake. For the past three years the French
immersion schools classes occupied classrooms and portables in
several other neighbourhood schools.
MP Murray extended her congratulations for this important
seismic upgrade and renovation project, describing her pleasure
in walking the halls of EJQ, a building that was once part of Lord
Byng Secondary School, where she hersel f attended grades eight
and nine!
Ms. Murray also thanked the Parent Advisory Committee for raising,
with the help of community members and local businesses, an
impressive $215,000 for the schools new playground! She in turn
was recognized for having supported the successful application to
federally funded Western Economic Diversification, which chipped
in to help purchase playground equipment.
Mes flicitations pour les rnovations de lcole et pour votre
nouveau terrain de jeux. Merci tout ceux qui ont aid rendre ce
possible. Je vous souhaite une bonne anne!Joyce
MP Murray attends official re-opening of cole Jules Quesnel Elementary
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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from Joyce Murray)
011211-03
Your MP at workROOTED IN NATURE
Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray participated in Canadas
first ever National Tree Day in Ottawa this fall.
Inaugural National Tree Day events took place in communities
across Canada and kicked off with the planting of a Maple tree at
the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
National Tree Day was created through a Private Members
Motion and passed with near unanimous support in the House of
Commons last spring. It serves as a reminder of all the benefits
that trees provide to Canadians, especially in our urban landscapes.
Trees clean our air and water, reduce energy consumption by
providing shade, provide wildlife habitat, and are essential to thequality of life in urban neighbourhoods.
A former tree-planter and co-founder of Brinkman & Associates
Reforestation, MP Murray understands the critical importance of
healthy trees and forests to Canadas natural and human heritage.
By removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing
it as carbon, they help mitigate global warming. As a renewable
resource, trees are essential to Canadas economic future.
Congratulations to Tree Canada, a charitable organization,
and its partners who are working together to help educate
Canadians about the importance of trees including in our urban
environments.Joyce
MP Murray celebrates the Fir st National Tree Day in Ottawa
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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from Joyce Murray)
011211-04
Your MP at workINFORMATION OPPORTUNITY AND RISK
IN THE DIGITAL AGE
MP Joyce Murrays September MP Breakfast Connections
featured Open Government activist David Eaves speaking about
opportunities for government transparencyand threats to your
individual privacy rightsin our digital era.
Based on his experience advising governments, companies, and
citizens, David described how technology is revolutionizing the
interaction between citizens and their government, and ways that
governments can in turn leverage technology to provide relevant
and timely information to citizens.
According to David, governments lack of transparency andbureaucratic processes are based on last-century communication
models. Waiting for a response from government can take weeks
if not monthsa turn-off for younger citizens used to accessing
information instantly. This presents a real challengeand huge
opportunityfor governments.
Discussing threats to information privacy, Eaves expressed his
deep concern that the Conservative governments proposed new
law to enable online surveillance of citizens digital activities, without
first obtaining a warrant, will trample individual privacy rights. Plus
digital media consumers will end up paying higher costsfor the
very surveillance activities that will make their personal informatio
less secure!
To be included in the invitations to my MPs Policy Breakfasts and
Town Hall meetings, please email me at [email protected]
Joyce
Open Government expert David Eaves and MP Murray at MP Breakfast Connection
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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from Joyce Murray)
011211-05
Your MP at workLIBERALS WORK TO PREVENT SUICIDE
Canada is one of the few developed countries without a national
action plan to prevent suicide. Member of Parliament Joyce Murray
and the Liberals are working to change that. In the fall session
of Parliament Liberal MPs led a Day of Action on Suicide
Prevention, and tabled a Motion calling for a National Suicide
Prevention Strategy.
This National Strategy would treat the preventable tragedy of
suicide for what it really is: an urgent public mental health issue.
Every Canadian has been touched in some way by suicide, said
Liberal Leader Bob Rae. He stressed that 10 lives are lost to
suicide in Canada each day, a disproportionate number of which
are adolescent, senior, or aboriginal.
Standing with the Liberals on this Day of Action was Stephanie
Richardson of the Do It For Daron movement, a youth mental health
campaign honouring Richardsons 14-year-old daughter Daron,
who committed suicide last year.
Over 3500 Canadians signed the petition in support of the Liberals
suicide prevention Motion, and all Parties voted unanimously for it
to pass.
To read my speech on the importance of sport facilities and
economic opportunities for preventing youth suicide in remote
communities, please visit www.joycemurray.caJoyce
MP Murray delivers a speech in favor of the Liberal Motion to Prevent Suicide in the
House of Commons
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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from Joyce Murray)
011211-06
Your MP at workCRIME AND JUSTICE IN A
CONSERVATIVE-LED CANADA
Over 5400 Vancouver Quadra constituents attended MP Joyce
Murrays tele-townhall meeting to discuss the Conservative
governments controversial Omnibus Crime Bill C-10.
It was a privilege to hear from so many people, said Ms. Murray.
Their comments expressed serious concerns about C-10s
expanded and inflexible jail sentencesespecially the impact on
disadvantaged youth, first nations, and the mentally ill.
MP Irwin Cotler, former Justice Minister and Attorney General
of Canada, noted that Bill C-10 will further overcrowd Canadas
overpopulated prisons, resulting in increased crime and
victimization. Recent reports from Texas confirm that since 2005,
when funding for drug treatment and rehabilitation increased and
jail times were reduced, crime rates and prison spending have both
dropped significantly.
87% of respondents polled during MP Murrays tele-townhall
oppose the Conservative governments plan for harsher sentencing.
One participant commented, Considering the fact that crime in
Canada is declining, I cant understand why were spending time
and budgets building prisons. To me, jobs and the economy are
more critical right now.
Canadians want safer communities, real consequences for seriou
crime, and victims concerns respected. But Bill C-10s approach
will result in less justice, more crime, and spiraling costs.
Thank you for participating in my tele-townhall. To hear discussion
highlights, please visit joycemurray.ca Joyce
MP Irwin Cotler and MP Murray lead discussion on Crime Bill C-10
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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from Joyce Murray)
011211-07
MP Murray at her Crime and Poverty public policy Dialogue
Your MP at workLISTENING TO COMMUNITY LEADERS
Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray recently convened a Dialogue
on the Conservative governments controversial Omnibus Crime Bill
C-10 with Senator Art Eggleton and community leaders.
MP Murray supports some of Bil l C-10s provisions and voted for
them in a previous Parliament. However, C-10 includes inflexible
and harsher sentencing, leading to over-crowded jails, more HIV/
AIDS infections, higher re-offence rates, and greater costs
according to mounting evidence from US states and other countries
that have tried this approach.
Leaders of a dozen organizations, speaking from experience and
research, voiced deep concern about C-10s harsher punishmentof young people, aboriginal Canadians, and the mentally ill. They
noted increasing imprisonment time and costs mean fewer dollars
for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
MP Murray shared the personal story of Jason, a young friend who
made a misguided choice as a teenager. He served time in prison
for his mistake, participated in the prescribed treatment programs,
and now has a full-time job, a pardon, and career prospects. If Bill
C-10 passes, Jasons success story will be less common.
Participants concluded that the Conservative approach to
punishment will result in less justice, more crime, and spiraling
costsjust the opposite of what Canadians really want!
To watch video highlights of this discussion, please visit
joycemurray.caJoyce
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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from Joyce Murray)
011211-08
Your MP at workSTRENGTHENING SMALL BUSINESS
IN RURAL ECONOMIES
This Fall MP Joyce Murray, Liberal Small Business and Tourism
Critic, held rural economy meetings and consultations in eight
East and West Kootenay communities.
Ms. Murray met with local Chambers of Commerce, mayors,
tourism organizations and business owners to better understand
the challenges facing rural entrepreneurs and regional economies.
Highlights included a visit to Crawford Bay, where a cluster of
artisans have boosted local employment, and Creston, where agri-
tourism is the new economic opportunity for small farm businesses.
The message from these consultations was clear: rural BC is
a treasure-trove of business and tourism potential, but small
businesses face many hurdles.
Ms. Murray heard about the challenges of aging infrastructure,
border head-aches, shortages of apprenticeships and skilled trades
people, and complicated tax and reporting requirements.
A healthy small business and tourism sector is essential for
developing sustainable diversified economies, said MP Murray.
People in rural BC are not looking for a hand-out from government.
But they are facing an EI payroll tax increase they cant afford whi
large corporations are getting another big tax cut.
MP Murray will bring this message to Ottawa, and continue to figh
for policies that help small business and tourism to flourish.
Meeting with representatives of Kimberley and Fernie BC local government,
business and tourism
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
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011211-09
Your MP at workDEFENDING CONSTITUENT AND
SMALL BUSINESS INTERESTS
This September, MP Murray attended a Small Business Roundtable
in Toronto, with special guest US Ambassador David Jacobsen.
She used the opportunity to raise with Ambassador Jacobsen her
dual-citizen constituents concerns about unreasonable US financial
reporting requirements, taxes, and invasion of information privacy.
The Roundtable was hosted by the Canadian Federation of
Independent Business following a recent study of barriers to small
business in cross-border trade.
Small and medium-sized enterprises account for nearly all net new
jobs created in Canada, and they are increasingly dependent on
trade. The Roundtable heard from small business owners who have
stopped selling into the US market because the are frustrated by
expensive bureaucratic requirements on both sides of the border.
Border infrastructure is not small-business friendly, noted Murray,
formerly a reforestation business owner herself. The export-import
process is becoming ever more complicated and unpredictable,
and small companies cant get access to the information or help
they need. I will be taking this message to Ottawa.
Liberal MPs are concerned that the Conservative governments
priority for 2012 is yet another major tax cut for large profitable
corporations. Although small businesses are the drivers of private
sector innovation and job creation, all they are getting in 2012 is a
EI payroll tax hike.
MP Murray communicating constituents concerns at a Small Business Roundtable
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YOUR COMMU NITY. YOUR NE IGH BOU RHO OD. YOUR CA NA DA.
Your View:Canadas homicide rate has fallen to 1960s levels.
The Consevatives new crime bill will result in more youth in jail for longer periods
of time. Which is you priority for government?
Increase punishment for youth
Help prevent youth from falling into criminal behavior
Comments:
A MESSAGE FROM JOYCE MURAY, MP FOR INVITATIONS TO MP EVENTS, EMAIL US AT [email protected]
206 2112 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6K 2C8 T:(604) 664-9220 F:(604) 664-9221 E:[email protected] www.joycemurray.
CONTACT JOYCE:
Name
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birthdate if you would like to rece ive a greet ing
from Joyce Murray)
011211-10
Your MP at workBRINGING CONSERVATION SCIENCE
TO OTTAWA
Recently, MP Joyce Murray organized the AGM of the All-Party
International Conservation Caucus (ICC) in Ottawa, where she
was elected President. The ICC has the important responsibility
of hosting conservation organizations and scientists on Parliament
Hill to present their findings to parliamentarians, staff, and others
interested in the conservation of biodiversityboth in Canada and
world-wide.
People depend on nature for many things: a stable cl imate,
clean air, fresh water, abundant food, tourism, and sustainable
economic benefits. The ICC focuses on giving parliamentariansscientific understanding on protecting critical habitat and reducing
biodiversity loss, while championing sustainable development.
Previous ICC event subjects include trafficking in endangered
species, new technologies for mapping deep-water marine
ecosystems, and the state of Canadas invaluable freshwater
resources. In 2010 the ICC brought world famous primatologist
Jane Goodall to Parliament Hill to speak about her 50 years of
work on conservation and development.
MP Murray and her vice-chairs from all five parties represented in
the House of Commons relish the task of bringing conservation
science to Parliament. Formerly BCs Environment Minister
responsible for maintaining biodiversity, Ms Murray is very
pleased to work across party lines to advance solutions to urgent
environmental conservation challenges.
If your organization has a conservation presentation you would like
bring to Parliament Hill, please email me at [email protected]
Joyce
MP Murray convenes the International Conservation Caucus