NDP shadow cabinet

nash in finance is dicey to me, but she's a hard-worker, so she'll do a good job.

yeah, totally.  that was as bad as it gets.  though there are a couple head-scratchers, like how benskin ended up anywhere near bilingualism, why boulerice didn't get a better portfolio - considering he's probably top 5 most effective quebec mps, even ahead of saganash - and how christopherson ended up in the leader's circle.  he's a great mp, but elite?  i don't know.  also nice to see some of the genuinely incompetent mps denied spots altogether - morin from ndg, sana, etc.  mulcair is a stern taskmaster, it has to be said.

I was hoping Mulcair was going to pick Topp for leader. *ducks*

IMOLaverdière for consular affairs -- what is her knowledge of international issues and her position on them?

. . . her voice is clear, energetic, determined.

Born into a family of 12 children, she receives a Master of Psychology at Aix. Then the specialist in social inclusion runs as an independent candidate in the 1994 cantonal election (when she was 31): "I could not imagine citizenship without engaging in politics . " The young woman is then noticed and Jacques Siffre, Socialist Mayor of Istres, takes her on his list. From 1995 to 2000, she will be a municipal councilor at the side of, notably, François Bernardini. The current Chief Magistrate remembers "a very young woman very present while being unobtrusive. She worked without exuberance ". Particularly in the southern districts " where she was appreciated ".

A first experiment that whetted the appetite of Sadia Groguhé, to some extent. "But with the birth of my children, I then put politics aside. " A hiatus of ten years during which she will change her country.

Six years ago she, her husband and their four children have made ​​the big leap to America. "Given the difficulties facing our beautiful country of France, we did not want our children to be victims of discrimination," says Sadia Groguhé, herself born of French parents, Algerian, and whose husband is from Ivory Coast. "So we made ​​a formal application for emigration to Canada in 2003. Two years later, we got our visa and we chose Quebec."

In the federal election of May 2 "an orange wave" the color of Jack Layton's New Democratic Party (NDP), swept Canada. With 30.6% of the vote, the party, anchored on the left, went from 37 to 103 deputies in the House of Commons. Among them, Sadia Groguhé, elected in the riding of Saint-Lambert. "Because I had been naturalized only in October 2010, some newspapers headlined 'A new Canadian running for office," jokes the forty-something woman. "But when I campaigned door-to-door I've always had a very, very warm welcome. People asked me where I came from, but it is not at all the same mentality as in France. They do not look at skin color, but the candidate, her party, her proposals." For François Bernardini, who Sadia Groguhé called shortly after her election, "it shows that Canadians are much more open than we are to differences, to integrate the diversity and the minority."

This success does not surprise Messaouda Saker, her older sister, who lives in the center of Istres. "It's a very big pride for our whole family, she deserves it, although I would have liked her to succeed here. It's still weird that in France we can not break in even when we have the ability. I think Sadia wants to go further still" she jokes. "She wants to become a minister!" She's on her way: the Canadian MP was appointed June 11 deputy spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration in the shadow cabinet of the "Official Opposition" as they say in Canada. She does not hide her ambition and is aware of her abilities: "If I had not quit for my children, I know I would have quickly become an MP in France."

But before taking up the political struggle again, Sadia Groguhé would like to spend a few days holiday in Istres, at the end of July. "This is my city, I still love it," she says.

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IMOLaverdière for consular affairs -- what is her knowledge of international issues and her position on them?

ummm...she has been a career diplomat most of her life and was second in command at the Canadian embassy in Santiago, Chile before she decided to run for the NDP. Her portfolio is Consular Affairs and The Americas...meaning that she will have special responsibility with foreign affairs in the western hemisphere

This government is infuriating to no end:

For example, much media coverage has focused on Hollande's proposal to restore fair taxes on high incomes. The details are less important than the victory Hollande scored in how this proposal was debated. It was widely discussed in terms of whether or not to dispense with cadeaux fiscales - fiscal gifts, to the wealthiest of the French - rather than the populist right-wing "smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom" slogans that have delivered none of these things, while building grotesque income inequality here in North America. In short, Hollande found a way to win both the frame and the debate over economic equality.

where does that come from kens?