Bob Rae
"We are proudest as Canadians when we're setting a standard for the world."
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MP Toronto Centre / Le député
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Liberal Party of Canada / Parti libéral du Canada
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Bob Rae on CTV Question Period Dec 7th
Bob Rae speaks with Jane Taber about the Liberal leadership race, and the coalition to defeat Stephen Harper.
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Bob Rae
Richard Colvin is a hardworking Canadian diplomat who was simply doing his job when he wrote memos about reliable evidence of mistreatment of Afghan prisoners by Afghan authorities. The focus must now turn on why it took Ottawa a year to admit there was a problem...
Jellyfish
Jellyfish
Keep Up The Good Work Bob! No Hard Feelings? You Have My Vote Next Election. You Have No Idea How Good This IS For You That You Are Approved By The Jellyfish Miles Freakshow. Now You Can Sleep Better Eh?
Fri at 9:52am
Andrew
Andrew
Yeah You are a good guy Bob. Remember though we are watching you.
Fri at 4:25pm
Bob Rae
The decision by Prime Minister Harper to miss any appearance at the United Nations the same week as the presence of senior leaders around the world, including President Barack Obama was a typical triumph of his personal spite over long term Canadian interests...
Dean Beauvais
Dean Beauvais
For all our sakes, I hope he does not go away.Mr.Rae is a fine man and a fine politician.
October 15 at 10:51am
Del
Del
I'm not sure where the 'triumph of his personal spite' comes from but among his base I'm sure he was applauded. As the world is subsumed by this economic crisis, Harper seems to be saying that we're doing O.K. here in Canada..and the rest of yas should get your shit together and learn from us. Clearly, the deregulating Yanks could learn a thing or two...
October 23 at 9:58pm
Bob Rae
Edward Kennedy was a great friend of Canada. He came here often, spoke eloquently about the environment and health care, and over many years took a deep interest in Canadian public policy...
Ted Heeley
Ted Heeley
no let's not. Lets' try to respect a man who gave a life in the service of his country, living in the shadow of his family and the memory of his mistakes. He managed to overcome both.
August 30 at 11:01pm
Dean
Dean
great man; a great politician; visionary and humantitarian.
Yes we can.
If we really want to.
September 12 at 7:30pm
Bob Rae
August 23, 1939 was a dark moment in human history. On that day the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression pact that was breathtaking in its cynicism and calculation...
Frances
Frances
@ Doug Sharkey - exactly!
August 22 at 7:39pm
Ted Heeley
Ted Heeley
Saeed;
World War Two, as it came to be called, while (apparently) not widely remembered, was actually the subject of several interesting books and movies. Try looking some up. There may even be an article or two about it on the internet.
And given the redfining of borders in Europe the middle east after this "World War" as well as the emergence of a country called "America" as a "Nuclear Superpower", it may have had some indirect impact on our lives, even half a century later. Also--after this "WWII", a group of religious people, apparently upset about a thing called " The Holocaust" banded together and formed a country called "Israel"
Apparently, there are people who don't much like where they decided to put this "Israel", so they eventually flew two airplanes into some tall building on September 11 2001. So in some tiny way, it's almost like this "War" still has context today. Almost makes a guy feel "num". Or it would if I knew what "num" meant.
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hope that helps
August 27 at 6:10am
Bob Rae
I know nothing of the private character of Stephen Harper. He has a sullen sharp-eyed look as he faces the Liberal opposition, and we all have opinions as to "what he is really like". But none of us know the answer, so all we have to go on is politics. It is of the public character that I speak...
Elyse Shumway
Elyse Shumway
Absolutely right! Now let's translate this reality into effective campaign messages!
August 15 at 7:07am
Craig Spafford
Craig Spafford
Bob Rae is a bulwark against the Harper "storm of stupidity". When we need strong leadership and thoughtful commentary, we turrn to Bob- and Michael Ignatieff is so blessed to have people like Bob supporting him the way Bob does.
August 17 at 5:38am
Bob Rae
What was a poorly kept secret is now leaking all over Ottawa. When John Diefenbaker was elected he used to fulminate about "the Pearsonalities" in the East Block, then the offices of the old Department of External Affairs...
Todd Kyle
Todd Kyle
I commend Bob Rae for having the guts to let people comment on his posts. And Bob, you are not the only one commenting on the increasing centralization of power in the office of a PM who campaigned on smaller goverment and transparency but now runs the most closed administration in our history. Keep up the good fight!
August 6 at 9:41pm
Bob McNicoll
Bob McNicoll
It seems to me that the Harper Conservatives are doing damage to Canada's reputation with each passing day. I can't understand why the government was not brought down when you had the chance. For what it is worth, Ignatief was my third choice for leader. I can't quite figure him out.
August 7 at 9:00am
Bob Rae
Watching the debate in the US about health care has been a fascinating, if depressing experience. And the fact that a Canadian woman has played into the hands of the Republican lobby because of her understandable anxiety about her medical condition doesn't make me mad, if just makes me sad...
Tony Russell
Tony Russell
Forget about being mad or sad- both are self defeating- just concentrate on getting a clear message out there to the medicare reformists in Canada and the " GOP dominated drug company debate in the USA". Canadian democrats such as yourself need to toss out recycling old apologies- - we are not victims - for the sake of all of us take the lead be provocative and set the debate.... take charge and stop being so polite. Its time for leaders not commentators.
August 4 at 8:20pm
Paul
Paul
Bob, the woman from Waterdown lied; she slandered our system and may have received compensation for it, while crippling the hope of many uninsured Americans. At the same time I keep getting Conservative rag mailings telling me Mr. Iggy is visiting-while our current PM might as well be Tom Flanagan (and was an Albertan seperatist). I hope the ... Read MoreWaterdown sell-out can sleep at night (people like that usually can). Is there not some sort of legal remedy for this kind of thing? Thanks, and please dont go any further right!!!
August 14 at 3:51pm
Bob Rae
These are the words on the Air India monument in Ireland, now found as well on the monuments in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver...
Tim Allen
Tim Allen
the greatest genocide in the history is in full swing.
the genocide of human-beings that use the hemp plant.

end genocide globally
support rick simpson..www.phoenixtears.ca... Read More
www.jackherer.com

http://www.preventgenocide.org/genocide/officialtext.htm
July 7 at 8:23pm
Tim Allen
Tim Allen
oh i forgot it cures cancer's
July 7 at 8:25pm
Bob Rae
I am in Vancouver to attend a memorial service for my dear friend Jim Fulton, a larger than life figure who served with me in Parliament thirty years ago. A wonderful man who received a wonderful tribute from many friends and family...
Sandy Crawley
Sandy Crawley
He was a great politician...not a common occurence
June 24 at 12:16pm
Dave McVetty
Dave McVetty
I had a chance to spend an evening with Jim Fulton once. We had a GREAT conversation, fueled by quite a bit of wine and his never-ending supply of hilarious stories.

I felt pretty rough the next morning, and he was the keynote speaker at a conference I had helped to organise. I was more than a bit surprised to see that he had only the speaking... Read More notes he'd scribbled on a napkin. We had a full house of paying delegates, and he had 90 minutes to fill.

Well, I needn't have worried. He gave one of the most cogent, intelligent, provocative, and PowerPoint-free speeches I've ever seen. A great guy, and a wonderful orator. Jim, here's to you! Cheers.
June 24 at 5:11pm
Bob Rae
On the evening of June 9, 2009, I arrived on a flight from Delhi to Colombo, Sri Lanka...
Siva Sivaraj
Siva Sivaraj
Once again, I simply applaud you for your courage and determination. Anybody who had watched your stand during the emergency debate regarding the Sri Lanka situation in our Canadian Parliament would agree that you did not care about your vote count. You were critical of both sides - GOSL and LTTE. So, I only see goodwill and good faith in your intended trip to Sri Lanka. May god bless you.
June 13 at 9:03pm
Bob Rae
We are told that celebrations have broken out in the Sinhala community in Colombo. That is understandable, but it should be a celebration marked with sadness as well...
Kevin Perera
Kevin Perera
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/sns-ap-us-tamil-tigers,0,235838.story

Read this BOB, this is your so called support your rooting for? There is where Canadian money is going too
June 10 at 1:41pm
Bob Rae
First thing in the morning these days I find the BBC website on my blackberry to find the latest on the tragic events in Sri Lanka...
Mayuran
Mayuran
There are many moderate Tamils that aren't concerned with an establishment of a separate state but equal rights in a country of first and second class citizens. This is an issue that is in the forefront only due to the severe nature of the situation. I do agree that natives also require some government attention but your sweeping generalizations would make me conclude you have less brains than your profile picture indicates of Homer Simpson.
May 28 at 7:14pm
Jude
Jude
You have known very less that speaks through your words Mr.Baker...Please learn the historical perspective that made Tamils marginalized for decades...Tamils are not terrorists..they are ordinary people with ordinary expectations...The people who make innocent people to resort to terrorists tactics to achieve unachievable are in fact to accused...... Read Morefind the route cause Mr.Baker...the symptoms will give you clues...your knowledge in this whole event is very less...be educated and informed...do you know history of Tamils in Sri Lanka...are you aware about the marginalization that occurred during the past six decades or so...be informed before accusing the whole Tamil community as terrorists...
June 10 at 8:51am
Bob Rae
I lived here fifty years ago (!) when Eisenhower was President, the Senators were in the last place in the American League and the kids in my third grade class made fun of me (among other reasons) because I wouldn't sing the national anthem or put my hand over my heart when everyone else was...
Bob Rae
The news that the government of Sri Lanka has declared a two day pause in the fighting in northeastern Sri Lanka should lead to increased efforts for an extended ceasefire...
Dean
Dean
Where's your call for Israel to stop its illegal war of genocide and aparthied?
May 9 at 11:42pm
Keith Meisenheimer
Keith Meisenheimer
Open a dialogue with either side in Palistine but I recommend a politician practice on the gun lobby , religious lobby , abortion / anti abortion lobby ...... or do what you can with the issues you can ?
June 6 at 8:37am
Bob Rae
The focus everywhere is on "the economy," but it is ironic that conservatives are outdoing each other by promising to spend money on "shovel ready" projects, with Stephen Harper seen getting on to a ski-doo after bringing a cheque for a new winter trail...