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Bob Dechert, MP for Mississauga-Erindale and Mr. Chong Kook Park, President of the Eastern Region Department of Korean Veterans Association in Canada participate in the Korean War Memorial Service on July 27, 2010.
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Earlier this year our Conservative Government followed through on a promise and introduced amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (the "Act") which are aimed at ensuring that our communities are safer places for Canadians to live and raise their families.
As Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, I am confident the amendments introduced in Bill C-4 will help to ensure that violent and repeat young offenders are held accountable for their actions.
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From left: Minister Gary Goodyear; MP Bob Dechert; Kevin Savoree, Owner, President and COO of Green Savoree Toronto; Arch Wilcox, Vice President of Marketing, Honda Canada
Canada's Economic Action Plan supports Southern Ontario's economic recovery
Toronto, Ontario - The Honda Indy Toronto, Ontario's premier motorsport racing event, will receive a facelift thanks to a federal investment for infrastructure and safety enhancements. The announcement was made today. Bob Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale introduced the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), at the racetrack at Exhibition Place, site of the event since 1986.
MP Bob Dechert participated in the park dedication in June 2010. Click here to view more photos.
Dechert pays respect to Trooper Marc Diab's memorial in Kandahar
General Devlin and Dechert and Col. Heatherington (acting Commander of Canadian Forces in Kandahar) at memorial for Marc Diab at Kandahar Air Field
Mississauga, Ontario - Earlier this year, Bob Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale was appointed by the Prime Minister to serve on the Parliamentary Special Committee on Afghanistan which reviews and reports to Parliament on Canada's mission in Afghanistan.
Dechert said, "Earlier this week, I had the extraordinary opportunity to travel to Afghanistan with the Parliamentary Committee to view Canada's military and civilian operations in Afghanistan." Click here to read more.
Investment will create jobs and enhance social services support throughout Peel-Dufferin
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Left to right: MP Bob Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Justice; from the Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin, Andrea Broadley, President, Board of Directors and Mark Creedon, Executive Director; Hon. John Baird, Canada's Transport and Infrastructure Minister
Brampton, Ontario - The Honourable John Baird, Canada's Transport and Infrastructure Minister, along with Andrea Broadley, President of the Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin Board of Directors, Bob Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, and David Tilson, Member of Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon, today announced that the Government of Canada will invest in the construction of a new 30,000 square foot social services centre, a new facility for the Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin in Brampton, Ontario.
"The Government of Canada is proud to invest in projects that will create and maintain jobs, support our economy and help to improve the quality of life for residents in the region," said Minister Baird. "The new Brampton Social Services Centre is one of many of the projects under Canada's Economic Action Plan that will provide lasting benefits to Brampton and surrounding communities."
"This new facility will allow Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin to keep up with the community's demand for services, and will also improve access to these services by bringing various social service agencies together under one roof," said MP Dechert.
Statistics Canada reported that a record 108,700 new jobs were created in April 2010, lowering the unemployment rate to 8.1%. This is the largest monthly job gain on record.
Today's numbers show yet again that Canada's Economic Action Plan is working. In fact, since July of last year Canada has created some 285,000 new jobs. And the latest edition of the influential magazine The Economist calls Canada an "economic star." While these numbers are encouraging, the global recovery remains fragile. It is for this reason that jobs and growth remain our government’s top priority. Contrast this with the Opposition, whose policies would recklessly hike job-killing business taxes, raise the GST, and impose a carbon tax.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Josip Cardinal Bozanic, the Archbishop of Zagreb, in the Archdiocese of Zagreb
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement at the conclusion of his meeting with Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor of Croatia:
"I am very delighted to be here. This is the first visit of a Canadian Prime Minister to Croatia. It is overdue, given the strong and historic relations that exist between Canada and Croatia. We have a robust engagement, with growing business and commercial ties and, most importantly, we have more than 200,000 Canadians of Croatian origin that represent the strongest of all the links between our countries.
As Canadians, we're all delighted, but of course not at all surprised, at the great progress that Croatia has made since it joined the democratic community of nations. It is particularly important that Croatia joined NATO in 2009, something that Canada strongly supported.
Croatia has proven to be a true ally of Canada in Afghanistan, as well as supporting our campaign for a seat at the United Nations Security Council. Today, we have just signed a bilateral youth mobility arrangement which will further strengthen the strong and valuable relationship that exists between our two countries and between our two peoples.
I won't enumerate all of the various items we discussed; the Prime Minister has done an excellent job of summarizing our very productive discussions across a wide range of issues. Prime Minister, I want to thank you again for your hospitality."
Croatian Martyrs Parish Celebrates 30 years in Mississauga with Pastor Ivica Reparinac, Croatian Ambassador Vesela Mrden Korac, Josip Cardinal Bozanic, MP Bob Dechert
As the Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale it is my pleasure to congratulate Sampaguita Senior Citizens Club of Living Waters on their 30th Anniversary. Best wishes on this tremendous achievement. Your presence and good work in our community is greatly appreciated.
Ottawa, Ontario - Bob Dechert, Member of Parliament of Mississauga-Erindale, has been appointed to be the Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Rob Nicholson, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
"I am honoured and humbled by the confidence that the Prime Minister has shown in me through this appointment," said Dechert. "The safety of our families and our communities is one of the greatest responsibilities that we have as Members of Parliament."
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Amritsar, India - Bob Dechert, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, visited India from January 17, 2010 to January 22, 2010. Mr. Dechert was accompanied by prominent Mississauga businessmen, Dev Mundi and Harry Dhaliwal.
MP Bob Dechert in Amritsar paying his obescience at the Harmandir Sahib (more commonly known as the Golden Temple), the holiest shrine in Sikhism.
Dev Mundi said, "MP Dechert represents a riding with thousands of constituents who came from India, or whose family came from India, and who have family and friends living in India. Aside from building relationships with Indian officials, this is an opportunity for Mr. Dechert to experience firsthand, the cultural background many of his constituents know. I applaud our MP's strong desire to contribute to the momentum that Prime Minister Stephen Harper began when he visited India last fall."
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MP Bob Dechert accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper on a historic trip to China and South Korea.
The energy is undeniable. The city's pulse is beating harder and faster, roads are being rehabilitated, sidewalks replaced, noise walls erected, pathways paved and lit, and walls torn down around the Civic Centre as a new, people-friendly public square emerges. We're in the midst of a major revitalization blitz in Mississauga and the excitement is mounting.