Dans ses promesses électorales de 2008, Stephen Harper a pris des engagements au sujet du pétrole brut tiré des sables bitumineux du Canada : il a promis que le pétrole ne serait pas exporté à l’état brut pour être enrichi et raffiné ailleurs (abstraction faite des contrats déjà [Read more]
North must preserve its weight in Parliament during new redistribution, NDP MPs say THUNDER BAY, ON – Northern Ontario’s six New Democrat MPs calling on the region’s Conservative representatives to stand with them in defending fair representation for the region. They are introducing a [Read more]
ASHTON ANNOUNCES ANOTHER CAUCUS ENDORSEMENT Carol Hughes, NDP MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapusasking has endorsed Niki Ashton to be the next Leader of Canada’s NDP. “I’m proud to endorse my friend and colleague, Niki Ashton to be the next leader of our party, and the first NDP Prime [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING, ON – A year ago, I was part of a group listening to the kind of speech that you get to hear at office Christmas parties across Canada. It focused on a job well done – with respect to our efforts in the past year, the challenges that were sure to come in the [Read more]
LES DÉPUTÉS HUGHES ET BISSON PRÉSENTENT LEURS CONDOLÉANCES AUX FAMILLES ET AUX COLLECTIVITÉS, SUITE À L’ÉCRASEMENT D’UN HÉLICOPTÈRE PRÈS DE KAPUSKASING OTTAWA, ON – L’écrasement tragique d’un hélicoptère près de Clear Lake mercredi dernier a fait trois victimes, tous [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Wednesday’s tragic helicopter crash near Clear Lake which took the life of three Northern Ontario residents will echo throughout the communities of Kapuskasing and North Bay for a long time. Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes is joining with her provincial counterpart, [Read more]
IL EST TEMPS D’AGIR POUR SAUVER LES CHEMINS DE FER DU NORD-EST DE L’ONTARIO OTTAWA, ON – Il faut conserver un tronçon important du chemin de fer entre Mattawa et Pembroke si l’on veut que le Nord-Est de l’Ontario demeure relié à la côte Est et à des villes comme Montréal et [Read more]
TIME TO ACT IN ORDER TO SAVE RAIL OPTIONS FOR NORTHERN-EASTERN ONTARIO OTTAWA, ON – A critical stretch of rail between Mattawa and Pembroke must be preserved if North-eastern Ontario will once again be connected by rail to the eastern seaboard and cities like Montreal and Ottawa the House of [Read more]
HUGHES FOCUSES ON SMALL OPERATORS AND FOOD SECURITY DURING WHEAT BOARD DEBATE OTTAWA, ON – Local food networks need to be fostered and agriculture policy needs to be balanced if the government is serious about food security, according to Carol Hughes. The Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP [Read more]
Les avertissements de Santé Canada sur les cellulaires doivent être clairs et diffusés largement À l’été 2010, j’ai parlé d’un groupe de parents de Collingwood qui tentait de faire sortir la technologie Wi-Fi de l’école de leurs enfants. J’ai entendu leur histoire lors d’une [Read more]
Health Canada warnings on cell phones need to be clearer and widely heard In the summer of 2010 I wrote about a group of parents in Collingwood who were fighting to have wifi taken out of their children’s school. I heard their story while sitting as a member of a parliamentary committee [Read more]
La semaine dernière la Chambre des communes a adopté à l’unanimité une motion néo‑démocrate sur des mesures de relance économique. Proposant plusieurs mesures visant à aider le Canada à se sortir de sa deuxième période de récession en cinq ans, la motion était axée sur la [Read more]
It was good news when the House of Commons unanimously passed a New Democrat motion this past week that took aim at another economic downturn. The document contained a number of measures intended to help Canada weather its second bout of recession in the last half-decade. It focused on job [Read more]
Pendant que les taux de chômage et d’inflation montent en flèche, le gouvernement se préoccupe des crimes non signalés. Le prix de l’essence a bondi de 23 % depuis le mois d’août de l’année dernière. Je sais que ce problème préoccupe presque tout le monde. Cette hausse en grande [Read more]
As jobless rate climbs and inflation soars, the government is worried about unreported crime. Gas prices are up 23% from August of last year. I know that most people will be concerned about that. It is a large part of what is driving inflation in this country and reverses the trend that saw rates [Read more]
