I was pleased to receive news early this week that 2013 Chi-Cheemaun Ferry service will begin on Friday, May 17, with the 8:50 am scheduled departure from Tobermory. This is a big win for our communities as the Chi-Cheemaun not only provides an essential transportation link for travel, but also [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath renewed her call for a hard cap on public sector CEO salaries following the release of the 2012 Sunshine list. “When public sector CEOs are getting pay hikes that are bigger than most people’s paycheques something’s not working. [Read more]
QUEEN’s PARK, ON – New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says she’ll be reaching out to Ontarians for their ideas with new consultations focusing on improving health care in Ontario. “The Legislature may be shut down but the challenges in our health care system haven’t gone [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN, ON – After a busy few months in the legislature, the House rose this week for MPPs to spend some time in their ridings. Given the size of Algoma-Manitoulin, it is difficult for me to be everywhere at once, so I decided to hold constituency clinics in the northern part of [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Today in Question Period, Andrea Horwath pressed the McGuinty Liberals about the impact of high electricity prices on creating value-added jobs from the Ring of Fire and called on the government to review the role of private power contracts in driving up prices. “Has the [Read more]
From the Editor: THUNDER BAY, ON – September 21st through 23rd municipal leaders and representatives from accross Northwestern Ontario gathered for the NOMA (Northwestern Ontario Muncipalities Association) Northwestern Regional Conference. This year’s conference was a collaboration [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Organizers of the Northwestern Ontario Regional Conference announced today that Progressive Conservative Leader, Tim Hudak, and New Democratic Party Leader, Andrea Horwath, have confirmed their participation in the scheduled Provincial Leaders debate on Northern issues in [Read more]
Northern NDP MPs Support Striking Vale-Inco Workers at Rally Canada and abroad who expressed frustration over Brazilian-owned Vale’s refusal to table a deal that would bring Local 6500 employees back to work. Two weeks ago, 88 per cent of all members voted against the latest five-year offer, [Read more]
