From June 22, 2015 OTTAWA, ON – Bruce Hyer MP Thunder Bay Superior North (and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada) issued the following statement regarding the passage of Bill C-61 An Act to amend the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, by the Senate: “After eight years [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Bruce Hyer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Thunder Bay- Superior North) issued the following statement regarding two items that need to be passed before any possible resolution for Parliament to rise early. “The first item is to pass Bill C-61 Lake Superior [Read more]
Since the economic crisis in 2008 and the collapse of the forest industry, many Northwestern Ontarians have struggled to support their families and make ends meet. Our region has dealt with significant unemployment. Canada’s Employment Insurance system is supposed to help with situations like [Read more]
GREENS SUPPORT PREMIERS AND ABORIGINAL LEADERS RENEWED CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO CRISIS OF MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN AND GIRLS OTTAWA, ON – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands, supports Canada’s premiers and Aboriginal leaders [Read more]
not rushing back to difficult question periods: Hughes ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Just days ahead of the International Day of Democracy (September15th ), the Prime Minister announced he will prorogue parliament which will delay the start of the fall sitting for a full month. While the move was [Read more]
If you watched Question Period during the last five weeks parliament sat in the spring, you didn’t see much of the Prime Minister. When Stephen Harper was around over that stretch, it was anything but smooth sailing. Day after day he faced a tough line of questioning from Tom Mulcair about [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON– A historic meeting took place today where representatives from Canadian and First Nations Governments met to discuss priorities, dialogue on issues and highlight the importance of the relationship between the Government of Canada and the First Nations of Turtle Island. Chiefs from [Read more]
From Batchewana First Nation “First Nations Rally, In Honour of the Treaties” SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – – First Nations from across the country will transform plans into action through a rally to be held on January 24, 2012 to send a clear message to all of Canada that the Treaties [Read more]
Future of health care weakened by Prime Minister’s inaction ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING , ON – One of the items central to Canadian identity is Medicare. Publicly funded health care system is a great leveller in our society, especially when compared with the largely private system in [Read more]
November 7, 2011 MATAWA FIRST NATIONS FILE JUDICIAL REVIEW,CONTINUE CALLS FOR JOINT REVIEW PANEL ON RING OF FIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OTTAWA, ON – First Nation leaders from Northern Ontario gathered in Ottawa today, sending a strong message to the Government of Canada about resource [Read more]
Budget Passes House of Commons Vote Budget 2010 passes 142 to 132 in Tuesday night vote as 31 Liberals absent – The 2010 federal Budget passed its final vote in the House of Commons when Liberal MPs abstained from voting. 141 Conservative MPs and 1 Independent were enough to pass the Budget [Read more]
