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Keep up-to-date on Omar's latest press releases.
 
Aug 12, 2008: Lunn panders to industry at expense to Canadians' health
 
July 9, 2008: Conservative nuclear negligence risks Canadians’ health and could cost billions in 
                     lawsuit
 
April 3, 2008: Alghabra challenges the Minister of Finance’s misguided attacks on Ontario
 
March 5, 2008: Alghabra pushes the Cities NOW! Campaign
March 4, 2008: Alghabra tables a private member bill to amend Security Certificate Act
 
February 6, 2008: Statement: Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Association
 
January 11, 2008: Prime Minister's Defence of Minister Lunn 'Ludicrous': Alghabra
January 9, 2008: Liberals Call For Minister Lunn to Appear Before Parliamentary Committee
January 8, 2008: Conservatives Using Nuclear Safety Commission Head as Scapegoat
 
December 19, 2007: Former AECL Chair Confirms Lunn's Mismanagement
December 17, 2007: Conservatives Prefer Smear over Nuclear Facts
December 14, 2007: Liberal Omar Alghabra Calls for Special Review of Isotope Fiasco
 
November 30, 2007: Conservatives Must Bring Transparency to their Nuclear Agenda
November 6, 2007: Conservative government inaction the reason for proposed local
 
October 29, 2007: Alghabra commemorates UTM’s 40th Anniversary in House
October 9, 2007: Alghabra appointed key role: Critic for Natural Resources
 
September 28, 2007: Mississauga Liberal MP’s Demand Funding for Bus Rapid Transit
September 26, 2007: Olympic Organizer Must Apologize For Anti-immigrant Comments
September 14, 2007: Mississauga MPs hold Community Forum on the Environment
September 13, 2007: Study Proves Impact of Conservative Inaction
 
August 2, 2007: Government Report Refutes Attack on Dual Citizenship
 
July 30, 2007: Mississauga-Erindale Community BBQ a Success
July 27, 2007:Alghabra Spends Two Days with the Canadian Navy
July 26, 2007: Alghabra Reacts To Reports of Unfair Practices  
July 10, 2007: New IRB Selection Process: More Conservative Cronyism
 
June 14, 2007: Liberals Hold Cons. Gov't To Account For Broken Foreign Credentials Promise
 
May 24, 2007: Another Conservative Broken Promise on Foreign Credentials Recognition
May 10, 2007: Conservatives Continue to Ignore Refugee Crisis
 
April 24, 2007: Conservatives are Politicizing IRB
 
March 20, 2007: Budget 2007 Fails Immigrants and Refugees
March 6, 2007: New Canadians Frustrated with Conservative Immigration Inaction
March 5, 2007: Conservatives Shift Blame for Failure on Foreign Credentials File
March 1, 2007: Alghabra tables Private Member’s Bill to Protect Employees
 
February 28, 2007: House of Commons Agrees: Conservatives are Failing Immigrants
February 27, 2007: Poilievre Crosses Line - Must Apologize and Retract Slur
February 22, 2007: Conservatives Failing Canada’s Immigrants
 
January 18, 2007: Alghabra appointed key role: Critic for Citizenship & Immigration
 
December 12, 2006: Liberals Welcome Second Report on Arar Affair
 
November 6, 2006: Alghabra presses MacKay to take leadership role in Gaza
November 6, 2006: Alghabra calls for progress update on foreign trained credentials
 
October 24, 2006: Conservatives Muzzle Canadian Government Officials
 
September 27, 2006: Cancellation of Court Challenges Program a Step Back for Equality Rights
September 26, 2006: Alghabra condemns cancelling of Court Challenges Program 
September 22, 2006: Alghabra appalled by Conservative MP’s inflamatory remarks
September 20, 2006: Alghabra Urges Conservatives to Apologize to Maher Arar
 
August 16, 2006: Alghabra: A call for ceasefire in Sri Lanka
August 10, 2006: Conservative government must do more for Celil, says Alghabra
 
July 26, 2006: Statement by Omar Alghabra on bombing in the Middle East
July 21, 2006: Alghabra to Conservatives: Come Clean on Child Care
July 20, 2006: Alghabra is troubled with remarks that imply second class citizenship
July 17, 2006: Omar Alghabra calls for calm and restraint in the Middle East
July 13, 2006 Alghabra Calls on Government to Examine Media Merger
July 12, 2006: Omar Alghabra expresses Gaza concerns to Foreign Affairs
July 12, 2006: Statement by Omar Alghabra on the Mumbai train bombings
 
June 28, 2006: Mississauga MP and MPP Community BBQ a crowd pleaser
June 15, 2006: Liberal MP pushes for Conservative Accountability
 
May 18, 2006: Alghabra Supports the Troops, not the motion
May 12, 2006: Omar Alghabra calls for substantive measures in dealing with the Immigration file
May 2, 2006: Conservative Budget misses the mark on its responsibilities