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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JANUARY 29, 2013

NDP CONDEMNS CLOSURE OF CANADIAN CONSULATE IN DETROIT

Short-sighted Decision Will Mean Service Reductions

[WINDSOR, ON] Brian Masse MP (Windsor West) and NDP Critic for the Canada/US border is condemning a Citizenship and Immigration decision to close the Canadian Consulates in Detroit and Seattle.  Both consulates provide critical services in the communities where they are located. 

RECKLESS CONSERVATIVE CHANGES COULD COST THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO

WINDSOR – The Conservatives’ ideological plan to eliminate food packaging standard sizing will result in thousands of jobs being shipped to the United States, all because of a decision made by the Agriculture Minister with no consultation.

In response to a question asked by NDP Agriculture Critic MP Malcolm Allen (Welland), the government confirmed that no impact analysis was completed to defend the decision to eliminate food packaging sizing standards.

WINDSOR, ON –Brian Masse MP presented Janice Brode a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in front of a crowd of students and colleagues at Walkerville Collegiate High School today.  A committed and long-serving member of Windsor’s arts community, Brode will also be retiring from her teaching position at the Windsor Centre for the Creative Arts (WCCA) on January 31, 2013. 

WINDSOR – Brian Masse M.P. (Windsor West) presents martial arts hall of famer Albert Mady with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal at Mady’s Isshin-ryu Chikara Dojo (studio). Since 1981 Mady’s school has been one of the longest operating schools in the City of Windsor. Mr. Mady currently has 25 affiliate schools operating throughout Canada, India, Germany, Denmark, Kosovo and the United States.

WINDSOR - Brian Masse M.P. (Windsor West) presents a Queen Diamond Jubilee medal to 12 year old poverty activist Sarah Lewis during an assembly at Central Public School.  Sarah over the last several years has raised thousands of dollars and provided clothing in an effort to mitigate poverty in our community.