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	Libby Davies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Davies was originally born in Aldershot, England and immigrated to British Columbia in 1968.
		In 2005, during the parliamentary debate on same-sex marriage in Canada, Conservative MP Jason Kenney cited Davies' prior relationship with Eriksen (and Robinson's short-lived marriage to a woman) as proof that marriage law doesn't discriminate against LGBT individuals, since a gay person can marry a member of the opposite sex.
		Davies, who was never formally married to Eriksen, joined other commentators in criticizing Kenney for playing politics with other parliamentarians' personal lives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Libby_Davies (366 words)

	Libby, Willard Frank - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Libby, Willard Frank
		US chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960 for his development in 1947 of radiocarbon dating as a means of determining the age of organic or fossilized material.
		Libby was born in Grand Valley, Colorado, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Libby,+Willard+Frank (248 words)

	bc-Vancouver East
		Libby is open about the fact that she lives with a woman, has been given an A+ ranking by gay rights groups, and supports all gay rights legislation and same sex marriage.
		Libby is a popular MP here and if she won when NDP support was lower in 2000 than it is now in 2004, she should have no problem getting relected this year with NDP support double what it was in the last election.
		Libby Davies is as well-known here as a politico can be, and she hammers away on the issues that disproportionately afflict the East Side: poverty, drug addiction, housing and homelessness.
	www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/59030-vancouver-east.htm (2311 words)

	Real Women of Canada - Newsletters - NDP MARGINALIZED AND LOST IN A SEA OF CONFUSION
		Robinson's ally, MP Libby Davies, in her enthusiasm, disclosed that she is currently living in a lesbian relationship.
		This time it was the turn of MP Libby Davies to table a private members bill to repeal S.43 of the Criminal Code which now permits parents to discipline their children by spanking them if it is reasonable under the circumstances.
		MP Libby Davies and her party are clearly out of touch on the spanking issue.
	www.realwomenca.com /newsletter/2002_Mar_Apr/article_9.html (1645 words)

	Straight.com Vancouver \| News and Views \| Vancouver East: Libby Davies (NDP)
		Davies, 51, attracted lots of attention to the Downtown Eastside after she was elected in 1997.
		Davies, now the NDP critic for postsecondary education, has already begun her attacks on one of the Conservative Party's favourite hobbyhorses, income-contingent student loans, which have led to higher tuition fees in other countries.
		Davies was ahead of most politicians with her early endorsement of same-sex marriages.
	www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=3525 (312 words)

	the peak (28/9/1998) news: Libby Davies to introduce motion on heroin trials
		Libby Davies, MP for Vancouver-East, believes we should address the issue by calling on the federal government to implement clinical, multi-centre prescription heroin trials.
		Davies says that while methadone treatment programs have had some success in the past, "we need to look at other options." And heroin trials are just one example.
		Other items in the Davies agenda that she said must be addressed are that conditions in correctional settings must be improved.
	www.peak.sfu.ca /the-peak/98-3/issue4/heroin.html (616 words)

	SRC Drug Policy Forum - Panelist Biographies
		Libby, along with her late husband Bruce Eriksen, was a key figure in the formation of the Downtown Eastside Residents’ Association (DERA) in 1973.
		Libby has also been a longstanding ally of the labour movement, and has worked closely with labour and trade unions for fair wages, employment equity and social solidarity.
		Libby was born in 1953 in England and came to Canada in 1968.
	www.uudpr.org /canada/forum/bios.htm (1198 words)

	rabble news - everyone's a critic
		Libby Davies made history last week when she entered the House of Commons as the first female NDP House Leader.
		Davies is known for her striking political passion on issues such as housing, poverty, drug addiction, youth, post-secondary education, multiculturalism and urban affairs.
		Davies: Because Parliament is an archaic institution that is very based in traditional politics, there are rules and regulations that have been hanging around for a hundred years or more.
	www.rabble.ca /rabble_interview.shtml?sh_itm=85178436ba074890776dfa3fb57532f2&r=1 (1122 words)

	About - Libby Davies, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, (New Democratic Party - NDP)
		Libby was first elected as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East in 1997.
		Libby has been an outspoken advocate for drug policy reforms to stop the criminalization of drug users and the harm caused by Canada's prohibitionist policies.
		Libby has received awards from organizations such as the Vancouver and District Labour Council and the YMCA who have acknowledged her lifelong fight for social justice and equality.
	www.libbydavies.ca /about.html (470 words)

	www.electlibby.ca/index.html - January 23, 2006 Election website for Libby Davies, running for re-election as Member of ...
		Vancouver — NDP MP, Libby Davies and NDP MLA, Jenny Kwan join with several anti-poverty advocates and community groups to respond to the death of Frances McAllister, who died on the streets of Vancouver December 6, and to say that the system failed Mr.
		Libby has been a grassroots community activist for over 30 years.
		Libby is one of the hardest working MPs in Parliament.
	www.libbydavies.ca (328 words)

	Seven Oaks Magazine.
		Libby Davies is entering her third term as MP for Vancouver East, having been elected by 10,000 votes over her nearest challenger -- her campaign represented the widest margin of victory for the NDP in the recent federal election.
		Libby Davies: Well I think there was an expectation that the NDP would win more seats.
		Davies: Oh, it’s a huge issue for candidates who live in urban ridings where basically the urban riding represents both a low-income area and a very affluent one.
	www.sevenoaksmag.com /questions/22.html (2414 words)

	CTV.ca - NDP MP introduces anti-racial profiling bill- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Libby Davies, a New Democrat MP from Vancouver, said her bill is aimed at curtailing what she called "the criminalization of diversity."
		Davies said, however, she hopes the bill will act as a model for municipal and provincial police forces as well.
		Davies said the definition of racial profiling in the bill was drawn from a report issued by the Ontario Human Rights Commission in December.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1076603225792_72012425?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory (147 words)

	Who Dropped the Ball?
		Davies was responding to a flood of calls and correspondence to her Ottawa office after the Xtra papers sent out an urgent e-mail bulletin to listserv members on Mar 7.
		The committee was formed in response to a 2003 motion before Parliament from Davies, who was alarmed at the murder of dozens of sex-trade workers from her East Vancouver riding.
		Davies says she’s trying to find another way to ensure the gay community’s opposition to the bawdyhouse laws is incorporated.
	www.sodomylaws.org /world/canada/canews040.htm (704 words)

	63rd National UE Convention Speakers: Libby Davies
		Libby Davies, a member of the New Democratic Party, represents Vancouver on Canada’s west-coast in the House of Commons.
		In electing Davies, voters in the most blighted and poverty-stricken district in Canada rejected a well-connected incumbent member of the ruling Liberal Party, deciding they would be better served by an activist aligned with labor and community struggles.
		Davies proposed that "our job is to reclaim labor’s voice." And to be political, she added.
	www.ranknfile-ue.org /uen1098conv_ldav.html (567 words)

	Our Times - Canada's Independent Labour Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Davies is the perfect image of the Betty Crocker housewife: someone who would bake you cookies and bring them over; someone who would volunteer in the local kindergarten or serve hot lunches to old people who can no longer care for themselves.
		Davies knows this, and that's one of the things that keeps her inspired in her role as federal NDP social critic.
		Libby is one of the old guard and won't let you down." When last year's election was called, however, her supporters were worried about whether she'd get back in or not.
	www.ourtimes.ca /features/01mar_libby.html (2004 words)

	Davies presses for prostitute law change-Oct 12, 2002
		Libby Davies is seeking changes to the prostitution law.
		Davies said she has been holding meetings in the Downtown Eastside involving agencies that assist sex trade workers, to get viewpoints on what needs to be done with the federal law.
		Davies also told Cauchon that there is a lack of funding for agencies in the neighbourhood who provide services for sex trade workers.
	www.missingpeople.net /davies_presses_for_prostitute_law_change-oct_12,_2002.htm (862 words)

	e.Peak (18/11/2002) news: education: MP Libby Davies calls for free tuition
		The disaster that Davies is ranting about is the affordability of post-secondary education and the increasing debt she feels students are graduating into.
		In 1993, Martin's department hacked billions out of it and over the decade, Davies' office estimates, by and large federal support to the provinces for post-secondary education is down 34 per cent.
		Davies estimates that the average student debt rose from $8,000 in 1990 to more than $25,000 in 2001.
	www.peak.sfu.ca /the-peak/2002-3/issue12/ne-tuit.html (595 words)

	Shaw TV Cuts Community Access Programs
		Vancouver MP Libby Davies said it was "outrageous that Shaw TV is cutting community programming" at a press conference with community television activists on August 13.
		Davies announced her support for plans by the Community Media Education Society (CMES) for a new low watt TV station in Vancouver to restore local volunteer produced community access televison programs.
		The two organizations joined by Vancouver East MP Libby Davies organized the conference to present their plan of action in the face of Shaw Cable's recent announcement that community produced programs will be removed from Shaw's channel 4 line-up this fall.
	www.workingtv.com /ictvpressconference.html (1542 words)

	Welcome to the Vancouver Courier - On Line - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Davies, meanwhile, chats with a trendily dressed young man about the long hours of overtime he puts in as a software designer.
		Davies and Chan rubbed shoulders at Vancouver city hall in the 1980s, when Davies was a councillor and Chan was chief of staff to former mayor Mike Harcourt.
		Davies is also critical of the Liberals' track record on affordable housing-criticism that's sure to resonate with voters in a riding where renters outnumber home owners two to one.
	www.vancourier.com /issues04/065104/news/065104nn1.html (2681 words)

	Feb1-15/05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Barbs and insults dominated the gay-marriage debate yesterday as New Democrat Libby Davies lambasted Conservative Jason Kenney for referring to her same-sex relationship during a defence of the traditional definition of marriage.
		Ms Davies, her NDP colleague Bill Siksay and Réal Ménard of the Bloc Québécois—all openly gay MPs—organized a morning press conference yesterday to plead for calm in the debate that is expected to dominate the House until late spring.
		Libby Davies, it would seem, has chosen to forget she was ever straight.
	www.theambler.com /feb1-15_05.htm (5140 words)

	MEDIA - of the January 23, 2006 Re-election website for Libby Davies, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, in ...
		VANCOUVER - - Libby Davies, NDP MP and Candidate for Vancouver East, welcomes the news that the Liberals will at last consider a public apology to head tax payers and calls on the federal government to negotiate a fair compensation package for the discriminatory tax.
		In 2004, Libby Davies tabled a motion asking for an apology and redress for head tax payers, their families and representatives.
		Vancouver - NDP MP, Libby Davies and NDP MLA, Jenny Kwan join with several anti-poverty advocates and community groups to respond to the death of Frances McAllister, who died on the streets of Vancouver December 6, and to say that the system failed Mr.
	www.electlibby.ca /media.html (3982 words)

	stopracialprofiling.ca: news
		June 30, 2005, Stopracialprofiling.ca thanks MP Libby Davies for writing to Ministers Anne McLellan and Irwin Cotler seeking the government's response to the concerns of many Canadians that the Government of Canada implement transparent, accountable and effective measure to stop racial profiling in Canada.
		Stopracialprofiling.ca thanks MP Libby Davies for writing to Ministers Anne McLellan and Irwin Cotler seeking the government's response to the concerns of many Canadians that the Government of Canada implement transparent, accountable and effective measure to stop racial profiling in Canada.
		Davies is promoting a bill that would outlaw racial profiling and provide a complaint mechanism.
	www.stopracialprofiling.ca /news.html (3131 words)

	Vancouver Mayor and MP Libby Davies Pushing for "Harm Reduction" for Crack and Prostitution
		In related news, Libby Davies, MP for the riding of East Vancouver has called for a moratorium on prostitution charges.
		Davies presented a motion that charges no longer be laid against 'communication' for the purposes of prostitution, the last criminal offense on the books associated with what is now called the 'sex trade'.
		Davies failed however to make a case as to how this will improve the safety for women on the streets.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2004/sep/04092305.html (541 words)

	Zoocheck Canada Inc. - About Zoocheck Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NDP MP Libby Davies will table a private member?s motion in the House of Commons on Monday calling for an immediate ban on the live-capture and trade of whales and dolphins.
		Davies motion has the support of a large number of animal welfare and wildlife protection organizations including Zoocheck Canada and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies.
		We urge you to take action on M.P. Libby Davies' private members' motion by enacting an immediate moratorium on the live-capture and trade of cetaceans.
	www.zoocheck.com /news?articleId=99 (582 words)

	The law 'aided and abetted their demise'-Sept 25, 2002
		Libby Davies said Wednesday the criminalization of drug addiction and the sex trade marginalized the women and put them at risk.
		Davies said discrimination within the police department meant the disappearances weren't taken seriously.
		Davies said she will meet with Justice Minister Martin Cauchon when Parliament resumes this fall to ask him to set up an inquiry and a review of prostitution laws.
	www.missingpeople.net /the_law_'aided_and_abetted_their_demise'-sept_25,_2002.htm (554 words)

	Tent City Eviction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		OTTAWA -- NDP Housing and Urban Affairs Critic Libby Davies is slamming the federal government for using heavy-handed police tactics rather than sound housing policy in dealing with the homelessness crisis in Canada.
		Davies noted that the eviction of homeless people from "Tent City" in Toronto, and the eviction and arrest of squatters and homeless people from the Woodwards building in East Vancouver, are glaring examples of the crisis of homelessness and the critical lack of social housing in Canadian cities.
		The NDP's plan includes immediate provision of temporary emergency housing for the homeless and the subsequent construction of 20,000 to 30,000 units of new social housing and 10,000 units of refurbished housing every year for the foreseeable future.
	www.tdrc.net /tc-davies.htm (303 words)

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