When Ed Broadbent was stepping down as leader of the New Democrat Party in 1989 he committed to one last campaign that brought about a unanimous parliamentary motion pledging to eliminate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Unfortunately, the will of parliament was not matched by the will [Read more]
The Finance Minister gave a fiscal update this week, outside of parliament, avoiding appropriate oversight from the people elected to review his work. Among the items of interest to all Canadians is a change in language that sees Canada no longer boasting about having the best economy in the G7. [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Les conservateurs ne peuvent tout simplement pas se soustraire par voie législative à leurs responsabilités principales envers les Premières Nations, a dit la députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, Carol Hughes. Mme Hughes parlait d’un projet de loi du Sénat qui [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The Conservative’s can’t just legislate themselves free of the government’s primary responsibilities to First Nations says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes was speaking to a Senate bill that will unilaterally impose regulations on First Nations for the [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – L’état d’urgence déclaré par la municipalité de Wawa et ses alentours est une illustration désastreuse de la fréquence où nous pouvons nous retrouver à la clémence de Mère Nature, dit la députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, Carol Hughes. « Ceci est [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – The state of emergency declared by the Municipality of Wawa and surrounding area is a shocking illustration of how we are often at the mercy of nature, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP, Carol Hughes. “This is a dramatic development that will require a strong [Read more]
Michael Ferguson, Canada’s Auditor General (AG), reported to parliament this week and his findings are enough to keep the place busy for a long time. Among them is a worrisome claim that the government’s budgets are not even analyzed by Finance Canada until months after they have been [Read more]
Si vous avez une nouvelle embarrassante à communiquer, le meilleur moment pour le faire est le vendredi après-midi. On présume que la plupart des médias ont déjà choisi les reportages qu’ils publieront et que la majorité des journalistes ne portent plus attention au téléscripteur du [Read more]
If you have something embarrassing to announce a good time to do it is on a Friday afternoon. It is believed that most news outlets have set their stories by that point, and the majority of journalists are not paying attention to the news ticker. This is even truer on a Friday before a long [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The roof collapse at the Algo Centre Mall that captured the attention of Canada in June was remembered in parliament today as Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes delivered a statement on the tragedy. Hughes recounted the efforts of local emergency volunteers along with [Read more]
Gas prices went through the roof in the last ten days. In the north we need no lessons about the fickle nature of gas pricing and the havoc it plays on household budgets. This might be a little easier to take if we were burning Canadian fuel that had been domestically refined as part of [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – On the final day for residential school survivors to apply for compensation, Carol Hughes is worried that mounting cuts to First Nations organizational bodies will only hamper the ability to focus at the local level and deliver appropriate health services. “The Conservatives like [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – La stabilité du financement des soins de santé devrait être une priorité du gouvernement fédéral, de manière à servir correctement la population canadienne qui augmente et qui vieillit, dit Carol Hughes, députée d’Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing. Pourtant, le budget [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Stable funding for health care should be a priority for the federal government so we can properly serve Canada’s growing and aging population says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Despite that reality, the omnibus budget set out a formula that will lower the [Read more]
Carol Hughes presse les organismes de présenter une demande avant la date limite ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Les projets communautaires qui améliorent l’accessibilité, enlèvent les obstacles et permettent aux Canadiens handicapés de participer et de contribuer aux activités de leur collectivité [Read more]
