CFN – Many of those vying to earn the leadership nod for the Provincial Liberal Party of Ontario will be in Avonmore Ontario Tuesday December 18th for a Rural Round Table starting at 11 AM. Front Runner Sandra Pupatello, will join Gerard Kennedy, Kathleen Wynne, Charles Sousa, and Glen MurrayContinue Reading
Dear Mr McDonell, Thanks for the reply to my original e-mail sent to you on November 17 and 21, 2012 regarding Service Ontario and MPAC valuations. In conversation with your office they told me the reason a reply wasn’t already sent was that “as a new MPP” you and yourContinue Reading
CFN – Over 300 students walked out of CCVS this afternoon over the impact to them over Bill 115. They are talking about walking out again tomorrow and organizing a march to MPP Jim McDonell’s office next week. Thanks to CCVS student and tech guy Todd LeBlanc for theContinue Reading
T’ were the weeks before Christmas and all though the land Nothing was moving or e’ en getting done McGuinty had left us and parliament shut down Thank God, say you people He’s such a lying clown He left us in shambles High taxes and more We now are spending millions On moneyContinue Reading
CFN – Despite a cold day, St. Lawrence Secondary School students were protesting at the front of their school against the Bill 115 which was passed by the Ontario Government on Sept. 11, 2012. Bill 115 act is taking away the teachers rights to negotiate salary, amount of sick day benefits andContinue Reading
CFN – No, it’s not the Cornwall version of Twilight! I love seeing young people become political. Maybe it’s because I’m middle aged and getting older fast? Maybe because it gives me hope? Maybe it’s because it reminds me of when I was a much younger cat? Josh Welsh (GradeContinue Reading
CFN – Gerard Kennedy sat down and chatted with CFN about his leadership run for the Liberal Party of Ontario. The former Education minister for Ontario was speaking at the TR Leger school in Brockville Ontario where we talked about Hyper Partisanship in Canadian politics and how he if successfulContinue Reading
Lisa MacLeod, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Education Critic released a self-serving letter today about her party’s support of the government in their attack on education workers. The following is my response: Lisa, that was an interesting and profoundly dishonestly self-serving letter . I don’t think too many people in theContinue Reading
CFN – Language Fairness for All held a rally in front of the Cornwall Community Hospital this afternoon in support of Heather Villeneuve, the medical lab tech who claims that she can’t get a job at CCH due to oppressive bilingual language requirements, as per CFN’s recent report. Heather findsContinue Reading
“We can be in total disagreement with someone without denigrating them as a consequence.” – Pierre Elliot Trudeau CFN – Liberal Leadership season is settling in across Canada with races underway federally, in Québec and in Ontario. Political people are lining up behind their preferred candidates and trying to convince others toContinue Reading
CFN – Heather Villeneuve is the face of the language wars leaking out of Quebec right across Canada. She’s the victim of a system of hypocrisy. The Cornwall girl, born and bred has spent over $30,000 on her education graduating as a Medical Lab Assistant in 2011. WhileContinue Reading
CFN – Holy Gilles Latour! Our Premier Dalton McGuinty threw a colossal hissy fit and tossed in the towel and has prorogued the Ontario legislature prompting many in the opposition to posit questions about the timing while others are stating that he’s done so to enter the Federal leadership race. Sixteen years ago, whenContinue Reading
CFN – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty finds himself with the highest approval rating in his province after the Liberal AGM with higher ratings that NDP’s Andrea Horvath and the poor Conservatives who at this point must be looking for a dark hole to dump the political corpse of Tim HudakContinue Reading
CFN – SD&SG MPP Jim McDonell seems to have got it right this time. No press conference or announcement, but a second and more acceptable apology was given to Frank Dimant of the Bnai Brith by the MPP after a storm was whipped up over his statement at Queen’s ParkContinue Reading
CFN – If you ask people what is one of the most repellent facets of Quebec politics they’ll tell you it’s the Language laws, especially pertaining to business. Businesses already are burdened by the norms of competition and government red tape and brutal taxation. Recently Quebec style politics have beenContinue Reading
“Both sides become frustrated and less rational, and invariably the argument will include a Nazi or Adolf Hitler comparison. At that point, the discussion is over; the one using the analogy has lost, for the argument has become irrational.” Let’s get this out of the way – JimContinue Reading
CFN – Pretty strong image huh? We apologize to anyone that’s offended by it. It’s being used not to tar our MPP, but to illustrate that using a symbol to paint an opponent in the manner that he did really isn’t Fair Dinkum. MPP for Stormont, Dundas, & South Glengarry,Continue Reading
CFN – Dalton McGuinty’s hope of getting his majority via by-election crashed and burned as the riding of Kitchener Waterloo, previously a Conservative riding, turned Orange in surprise results Thursday. NDP Catherine Fife replaces Elizabeth Witmer who snatched the high paying gig with Workplace & Safety for the Province. Continue Reading