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OTTAWA - Today, Niki Ashton (NDP MP for Churchill) appealed to the Prime Minister to save the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. Ashton made the appeal directly to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons.

The AHF provides essential programming for Survivors and their families in communities across Canada. "The AHF's work is part of the same vision of healing and reconciliation that was central to the House of Commons' and Canada's national apology to Residential School Survivors. The AHF has provided support and hope to residential school survivors and their families for a decade."

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Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill, NDP)

Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill, NDP): Madam Speaker, I would like to make a direct appeal to the Prime Minister.

OTTAWA - Churchill NDP MP Niki Ashton has urged the Conservative Government to maintain the Aboriginal Healing Foundation that has provided support to residential school survivors and their families for a decade. Ashton made the call in the House of Commons in response to last weeks Federal budget.

Please join us today as we call on the Federal Government to extend the funding of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, an organization that supports critical programming in Northern Manitoba.

When: 1pm, Friday, February 19, 2010

Where: Boardroom, MKO Office in Thompson, 200-701 Thompson Dr.

If you have any further questions, please contact Danielle Adams at (204) 307-1068.

THOMPSON – “The Federal Government must commit to funding the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) past March 2010,” said New Democrat MP Niki Ashton (Churchill).

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WINNIPEG – As tuition fees rise, more students are turning to loans to pay for their education and, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday, a staggering number of them are graduating with more than $25,000 in debt.

Join Members of Parliament and Canadians from across the country for a live online discussion about the planned closure, the value of, and potential for revitalization of the national prison farm program. This all party panel discussion will take place in Public Safety Minister Vic Toews riding, not far from his constituency office in Steinbach, Manitoba and webcast interactively so that citizens from coast to coast can participate.

The panelists include:
Niki Ashton, Manitoba NDP MP, Rural and Community Development Critic – confirmed

WINNIPEG – The Federal Government must commit to funding the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) past March 2010 said New Democrat MP Niki Ashton (Churchill).

When I visit throughout the riding, a lot of concern is expressed about gangs and crime.

There is particular concern about violent crime. I believe we need to do more do more to protect our communities, and attack the roots of violent crime.

We need to start by supporting our police officers who need the tools and resources to do their job. Their effective work is key to a safe community. We need to:

- Create 2,500 new police officer positions to make our city streets safer.

OTTAWA – While youth unemployment rates are hitting record levels, students are being slapped with higher tuition fees, said New Democrat Post-Secondary Education Critic Niki Ashton (Churchill).

“The Harper Conservatives are failing to help young Canadians through this recession,” said New Democrat Post-Secondary Education Critic Niki Ashton (Churchill). “We need to get people back to work and make sure that we are ready for the knowledge economy. We need to make post-secondary education more accessible, not less.”