Cornwall ON – Politics is a blood sport and not for the squeamish. The Liberals are taking the heat for allowing the Harper budget to slime through to the Senate. LINK The 2010 budget bill sailed through the House of Commons by a vote of 138-126 on Tuesday, with 30Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Keith Beardsley has been writing up a storm as things are hopping in Ottawa! Here’s a double dose of his View from the Hill! With all the clamour over the G8/G20 media centres lake, pond, pool or whatever you want to call it, one thing has beenContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It was a sold out dinner Friday June 4th. The annual Spaghetti Fundraiser was a well attended blast. Organizations and businesses could buy tables and the public attended the dinner with music. It was a good time had by all and of course wherever youContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s quite amusing to see the media response to a so called “gag order” issued by PMO. This email told MPs not to discuss home mortgages with two reporters working on a story. Why the media shock and outrage? It reminds me of the feigned indignation ofContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – BC Provincial Green Party candidate and Activist Jodie Emery will be the first guest of Marina Restinetti’s premiere episode of The Vagina Hour! The show starts Tuesday nights this June 8th at 7 PM. For more on Ms Emery you can click HERE.Continue Reading
MOHAWK COUNCIL OF AKWESASNE WANTS SUBSTANTIVE TALKS WITH CBSA TO BEGIN AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY, — When CBSA closed the crossing through Cornwall Island on May 31, 2009, the Mohawks and the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) agreed to form a Task Force on how to find long term solutions to the problemsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The chaos that erupted at the Government Operations committee yesterday reflects badly on all parliamentarians. Anyone who watches the whole video will be left wondering why we elected these MPs in the first place. John Baird can be a fine parliamentary performer and his award yesterday asContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Sun Media reports today that some $19.3 million were spent by bureaucrats on meetings leading up to the G8 and G20. Some of it will astound you. For instance, besides Ottawa, DFAIT had 156 contracts for prep meetings in Victoria, Calgary, Yellowknife and Quebec City. In Ottawa,Continue Reading
To the Editor/Letters to the Editor, Every Canadian citizen should be doing something to stop the outrage that the Conservative Government is trying to pull over the people of this country! A Billion Dollars or more to host a couple of meetings is INSANE! Yes, Canada should host them onceContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If you love local music you’ll want to be at Liberalpalooza. Graham Greer, The Trench Town Oddities, Sara Murphy, Joel Sauve, and Melanie and the General Electryk will be LIVE! The fund raiser hosted by the friends of Bernadette Clement and The Federal Liberal RidingContinue Reading
A Stronger Canada Pension Plan For your entire career you work hard and build a good life for your family. Every Pay cheque, your deductions include a small amount that is tucked away in your public pension plan. When retirement comes, you expect to be able to live in dignity with some measureContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Liberals and NDP continue to harp on the costs of the G8 and G20 summits. Admittedly it’s quite a bill and whether or not there will be value for the amount spent will wait until after the summits are over. Personally I think summits of thisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Mr. Harper wasn’t in Question Period leaving John Baird, his little pit bull, to match wits with Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and the rest of Parliament. LINK And Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison listed off what else $1-billion would buy: “…500 MRI machines or 340,000 hipContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Boy Mr. Harper loves a good fight and he’s a scrapper like Mr. Chretien there, on the left, only he’s not as smart as the man from Shawinigan. I’d love to play poker with the man one night. For months now Mr. Harper’s team have been pushingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Click the banner above Tuesday June 1st from 1:30 PM EST – 4:30 PM to catch up with your host Jamie Gilcig as we talk about what’s hot in the headlines from local to world news, sports, politics. Our Call in numbers are 1 (646) 595-4982, 1Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Today marks the one year anniversary of the Seaway International Bridge Crisis. On May 31st, at approximately 11:PM Canada Border & Security Agents left their posts at the behest of the Harper Government leading to a 42 day bridge closure. Fast forward to today, the 1stContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Jack Layton ripped into Michael Ignatieff clearly showing strong leadership in trying to force changes to the upcoming Conservative budget. LINK “The opposition has the opportunity to do some tough bargaining with Mr. Harper right now,” Mr. Layton told The Canadian Press. “But for that to happen,Continue Reading
BRIDGING THE CHASM letter to the Editor by John Milnes Cornwall ON – Our Member of Parliament, Guy Lauzon, and his Conservative play-pals must soon get their act together. Are they still studying how to construct a low level bridge? Someone should mutter in their ears many low level bridges have beenContinue Reading