From MP Carol Hughes, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing It might come as no surprise that Liberals and Conservatives have killed another anti-scab bill. A bill that promoted measures that would have made illegal the unfair hiring of replacement workers during labour disputes. Last Wednesday’s vote [Read more]
HUGHES CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO SPLIT UP TROUBLING OMNIBUS BILL OTTAWA, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes delivered a speech in the House of Commons yesterday calling on members to vote against the Conservative government’s sweeping budget implementation bill. “To put it [Read more]
May 21, 2010 NEW DEMOCRATS WELCOME GOVERNMENT’S INTENTION TO NEGOTIATE HST WITH FIRST NATIONS Elliot Lake – Months of repeated requests from Northern Ontario New Democrat MPs paid off late Thursday as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty agreed to meet with the leadership of Ontario First Nations [Read more]
