Debate Over Government Waste Should Start With Biggest Offences This past week was a turbulent one in Canadian politics as Parliament opened and the gun registry came to dominate all debate. Divisions across Canada were portrayed in the mainstream media as a rural/urban divide, with some outlets [Read more]
Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown GOVERNMENTS OF ONTARIO AND CANADA INVEST IN HURON CENTRAL RAILWAY Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased that the Government of Canada has matched the previously-announced Provincial share of $15 million by its investment today in [Read more]
Time to make gun laws that make sense for more Canadians: Hughes OTTAWA, ON – Carol Hughes is saying that tonight’s defeat of bill C-391 makes it even more important to work toward a solution that makes sense to more Canadians. “I have spoken with people right across [Read more]
Provided by the Marathon & District Chamber of Commerce; published courtesy of OntarioNewsNorth.com Changes to the Canada Revenue Agency Website On October 4, 2010, the CRA will replace the existing Government of Canada epass system with a new CRA user ID and password service. This new [Read more]
HST MAKES FUEL PRICES EVEN HIGHER FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO OTTAWA, ON – On the first day of Autumn, with furnaces set to roar into action across Northern Ontario, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Caro Hughes is asking why the Conservative government made the cost of heating fuel even more expensive. [Read more]
September 23, 2010 10:30 AM McGuinty Government Expands Program To Find Resolutions Thousands more families will benefit from improvements to Ontario’s family courts. The province’s Mandatory Information Program is being expanded from Brampton and Milton to the 17 Family Court branches [Read more]
MP calls on government to attend to Seniors’ concerns OTTAWA, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes is calling on the government to double the Canada Pension Plan, raise the Guaranteed Income Supplement for low-income seniors and protect workplace pensions. In a tongue-in-cheek [Read more]
Gun Registry Decision Not Taken Lightly The last few weeks the gun registry has become something of a media frenzy making it necessary for me to write another column on the subject. This issue has been framed as a rural/urban divide, but it is clear that there are people on both sides of the [Read more]
Editor, OntarioNewsNorth.com MARATHON, ON – Tuesday, September 14th, executive and members of the Marathon and District Chamber of Commerce met for a scheduled general meeting, their first since breaking for summer. Approximately a dozen members were in attendance to hear from Valerie Tymryk [Read more]
NDP PUSHES FOR PENSIONS AND SEVERANCE FOR ABITIBI BOWATER EMPLOYEES OTTAWA – A special session of the House of Commons Industry Committee met today to deal with the recent closure of two Abitibi-Bowater plants in Quebec. While the hearings were confined to the subject of these specific [Read more]
September 10, 2010 HUGHES THANKS MAYOR BELANGER & COUNCIL FOR EFFORTS TO SAVE NORTHSTAR CENTRE Ottawa – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes is publicly thanking Hornepayne Mayor Gene Belanger and his council for their efforts to save the Northstar Centre as the Centre is set [Read more]
NORTHERN ONTARIO NDP MP’S MEET WITH CLEMENT TO DISCUSS FEDNOR Ottawa, ON – A meeting held with Industry Minister Tony Clement to discuss on-going issues related to FedNor was constructive and frank, say Northern Ontario New Democrat MPs. New Democrat MPs, Tony Martin (Sault Ste. Marie), Glenn [Read more]
Veteran’s Face Department Cutbacks and Loss of Popular Ombudsman from Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes The Conservative Government has recently committed to stripping services from veterans who have admirably served our country. The Department of Veterans Affairs is the subject of [Read more]
Elliot Lake –– Passengers and businesses that rely on the Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport received some welcome news as the money needed to resurface the aging runway system has been secured. Initially denied on the first two rounds of stimulus money, the Township of Burpee-Mills continued to [Read more]
Historic United Nations vote recognizes human right to water as Canada abstains OTTAWA, ON – New Democrats are applauding today’s vote at the United Nations to recognize access to water and sanitation as basic human rights. They also expressed dismay at the Harper government’s [Read more]
