People who had been denied federal disability benefits were thrown a curve ball as new rules have stripped them of their right to have an appeal in person. Where in the past individuals were able to meet face to face with an adjudicator, they will no longer be legally entitled to this method of [Read more]
Parliament saw welcome moments of agreement this week which amounts to good news for Canadians as we passed a New Democrat motion on a pan-Canadian palliative and end-of-life care strategy and got down to work on a government bill for drug safety. The motion should jump-start the government [Read more]
The Harper government’s budget and the fallout from it will be felt for quite some time as job losses become reality. That new reality will be highlighted by the decreasing ability of our public servants to do the work we count on and will show up in ways people don’t consider when everything [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]
OTTAWA, ON – Jack Layton was an inspirational leader who rekindled interest in politics among many Canadians who felt they had no influence in the affairs of the nation with his message of hope and compassion, according to Carol Hughes. The MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing is deeply [Read more]
Eco-Energy Retrofit Program As opposition, our role is to focus on items which we believe the government is handling wrong or could do a better job at. However, it is also important to give credit where credit is due. A good example of this is the inclusion of the Eco-Energy Retrofit program in [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON –New Democrats today called on the Conservative government to stop just paying lip service to Canada’s hard working farmers and to start taking real action to help. In a speech to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture today, New Democrat MP Carol Hughes outlined her party’s [Read more]
