Helen Periard has stated in Fridays local paper that only front-line positions that have direct contact with patients need to have bilingualism. Agencies that are partially funded by the province (hospitals, daycare centers, group homes, etc.) are not automatically subject to the FLSA. These agencies may ask to be officiallyContinue Reading
CFN-I have been following the pomp and ceremony surrounding Queen Elizabeth the II‘s, 60 years of regal service, and Prime Minister Harper’s Celebration in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. I must admit to being disgusted with the whole thing.First listening to Canada’s Governor General David Johnston was a revelation,Continue Reading
Dear Editor, This corruption kerfuffle could very well be the platform from which to launch our own “Cornwall Spring”. Surely Robert Menagh is not the only one to share the secrets of Cornwall City Council and Administration, albeit the only one paid enough to keep his trap shut. Forums likeContinue Reading
It’s been four months since the election and it’s time for MPP Jim McDonell to start doing something positive rather than crying and whining all the time. The wait times for senior’s needing long term care and decent affordable housing is a disgrace and McDonell is doing nothing about it. He wasContinue Reading
To the Editor, re Threats to Old Age Security The Harper government is crying poor on pensions for seniors while it lavishes 13 billion in tax cuts for big corporations that don’t need the money. What’s wrong with this picture? They can’t afford to staff the EI phone lines soContinue Reading
I understand for the most part that people don’t want to hear negative things. It’s really understandable, but standing behind the secret destruction that is going on in this city, is just shameful. . What got me thinking wasn’t that people are upset that any of this secret destruction isContinue Reading
Dear Editor: There are long waiting lists for our seniors who need affordable housing. There are long waiting lists for our elderly who need long term care. There are long waiting lists for people in wheel chairs that need a place to live. With all due respect, these are the peopleContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Harper’s analogy is of Canada not being a ” ‘giant national’ park for the U.S.” and that the “Pipeline debate should be left to Canadians” More valid is this: Canada is a giant resource base. He would have American environmentalists excluded from pipeline debate. For consistencyContinue Reading
Henry Miller is famously quoted as saying: “the tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we’re passing one another without a look of recognition.” It’s common knowledge that One in five people in Canada experience mental healthContinue Reading
Liberal Party is alive and well. I just returned from the biennial convention of the Liberal Party of Canada. To friends and foes, I share this eye-witness account: the Liberal Party of Canada is alive and well. Recent speculation that the Liberal Party is dead or irrelevant is premature andContinue Reading
CFN – We apologize for being late in publishing this letter to the Editor. Dear Taxpayer Over the weekend Montreal area residents were upset and protested in the streets over a unilingual hockey coach, the media and fans have been at this constantly since mid December. We have Canada’s LanguageContinue Reading
TO: Cornwall Free News RE: Ezra Levant – Friend of China, but Foe to Canadians December 31, 2011 Editor: Contrary to the innuendo in this article, no business connection exists between the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and Ezra Levant. Nor does CAPP provide funding to the growing ethical oil movement basedContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Stephen Harper is preparing Canadians to support a war against Iran by saying for the second time it is “the most serious threat to peace and security in the world”, Iran has no nuclear weapons as does North Korea, China and Russia nor has it made war onContinue Reading
I live in Louisiana, an oil & NG producing state. I can understand your opposition to building a pipeline to serve the Chinese market and sending a Chinese Production Company (Sinopec) oil at their cost of production. As an resident of “the States” I would much rather see the pipelineContinue Reading
Dear Editor, In a year end interview with Prime Minister Harper this was reported regarding Syria “He doesn’t foresee a military intervention in the near future because there is not as there was with Libya a United Nations resolution authorizing such action.” Strangely though Egypt and Syria wereContinue Reading
Dear PM Stephen Harper: Today, the very day after September 11, like exactly 10 years ago, with a deep and abiding concern for the future, I sent the letter below then, as today, to the PM of Canada! While the letter is an historical fact, it is also very relevantContinue Reading
With all due respect your worship there seems to be a kaleidoscope of confusion regarding the city of Cornwall under your current mandate? The Diane Shaye case, along with a few other cases including suggestions of heavy handed media targeted at council and the CAO. Tax payers and Ms Shaye andContinue Reading
Dear Editor, I’d like to take this opportunity to clarify City Council’s recent decision regarding the establishment of an advertising policy. There have been some misguided suggestions that this is an attempt to censor public discussion. This is simply not the case. The City of Cornwall enjoys a positiveContinue Reading