An Oxfam report this week showed that one percent of the world’s population will control half of the world’s wealth by 2016. It also explained how the world’s richest 80 individuals have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people combined. While this may sound inevitable, given [Read more]
We are often told not to put all our eggs in one basket and not to count our chickens until they hatch. Someone should have reminded the federal government about those poultry related maxims as they set out to spend a surplus based on assumptions which included oil trading at a high price. Now [Read more]
The Prime Minster replaced the embattled Minister of Veteran’s Affairs this week in a move that many feel was both inevitable and overdue. After years of gaffes, bad press, and general distrust the relationship between Canada’s veterans and Stephen Harper’s government was at an all-time low [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Minimal interaction between the Aboriginal health research community and senior leadership at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is undermining a decade of achievement and future advancement in aboriginal health research, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, [Read more]
“Broadband access should be getting better instead of being threatened” says Hughes Rural Canadians concerned about the government’s failure to improve broadband internet in those parts of the country can add the potential negative impacts of an Industry Canada proposal that will [Read more]
You may remember how money earmarked to secure the border actually built gazebos in Tony Clement’s riding in preparation for the G8/G20 meetings before those chin-wags were ultimately moved to Toronto. At the time the story was eclipsed by the $2 million fake lake in the media centre for the [Read more]
Published by CBC’s The National youtube channel, November 24th, 2014 Ottawa shooting: Federal security chiefs warned days before attack A top-level federal memo warning of a potential “violent act of terrorism in Canada” was distributed by the prime minister’s staff five [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Royal Canadian Legion Branch 242 once again led Manitouwadge’s Remembrance Day parade with a colour guard which included the Legion, OPP and even a Brownie representing for the Girl Guides of Canada, leading students and teachers from the 3 local elementary schools; [Read more]
Manitoulin Family Resources is set to open their newly constructed food bank this month. While I am saddened that I will be in Ottawa and unable to join their celebrations for this achievement, I am more than a little frustrated that in a country as rich as ours the number of Canadians who rely [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The traditional northern fan-base for the Montreal Canadiens are breathing a sigh of relief now that the team’s French language regional broadcasts will be available in the area. As Ginette Reno sang the anthem for the Habs home opener, news was spreading through the north that [Read more]
Upon the completion of the Commission of Inquiry (Click to view reports) into the collapse of the Algo Mall I would like to join many others who are offering their thanks and gratitude to Commissioner Bélanger and the members of his team who have worked so hard to present a thorough report. I [Read more]
If you remember the events that brought about the 2006 federal election then you will recall the Conservatives got elected on the issue of accountability. They used the sponsorship scandal as a weapon and promised Canadians they would usher in a new age of transparency and openness. This must [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – New Democrats have ramped up pressure in House of Commons for the government to call an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. New Democrats took control of the House agenda on Friday forcing a debate and a vote on the [Read more]
Parliament held an emergency debate on Canada’s response to the situation in Iraq this week. The fact that it was an emergency debate and not a government-led one spoke volumes about the Prime Minister’s go-it-alone approach on this issue. That was hammered home when Thomas Mulcair was the [Read more]
Just about everyone stands in firm opposition to crime. It is a position with roots in a sense of fair play and the golden rule as well. In politics the accusation of being soft on crime is a big time attack. For some people there is no room for any position beyond that of a [Read more]
