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Dear Editor The Conservative government is constantly talking about openness, transparency and fiscal responsibility. They talk about this at a time when they are being completely untransparent and fiscally irresponsible. The Conservatives want to spend 9 billion dollars (parliamentary budget officer says more) on new prisons in Canada, as partContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – The Cornwall Carbon Reduction Initiative has recently launched a new project entitled EcoBusiness. The premise behind this new initiative is to help business institute changes to lighten their carbon footprint by providing facts, figures, tools and ideas to incorporate environmentally respectful practices in their day to dayContinue Reading

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South Stormont ON – Education and learning is what provides light in a world of ignorant darkness.  I have had many opportunities to witness first hand just how dangerous it is when people, societies and cultures are ignorant of simple facts and lack common decency in seeing each other asContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – Tony Clement had an opportunity to perform today in front of the Industry Committee. One thing that can be said for Clement is that he is always well prepared, knows his files and it’s hard to trip him up. In addition, he always surrounds himself with highlyContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – I don’t know why so many people don’t think about our healthcare system until it’s too late.  Either they or someone they love are the victim of the short comings and decline of Medicare. I firmly stand on the opinion that we are not being well servedContinue Reading

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Newington ON – If you think Health Care in Ontario is bad, just wait till September when you see how badly Dalton McGuinty has screwed up our Educational System. $1.5 billion per year is being spent on three and four year olds to attend full day/every day kindergarten.  Teachers making $70,000 plus, ECE’s (Early Childhood Educators)Continue Reading

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Cornwall ON – The latest round in the census story has seen the Chief Statistician resign. While not an earth shattering event for the general public, who probably didn’t even know the position existed until yesterday, it helps to feed the media line of a government in crisis. Certainly atContinue Reading

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Dear Editor: The McGuinty Government’s handling of the eco fees issue has been a complete fiasco.  There was no plan to protect consumers from being blindsided by these new eco fees on July 1 at the same time as the introduction of the HST. The Ontario NDP support the concept ofContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – The Honourable Attorney General Chris Bentley stated that “no one is going to be left hanging.” in reference to victims of historical sexual abuse in Cornwall. Well Chris, you’ve left almost 200 people hanging for over 7 months. Remember when you cancelled recommended counselling services  and triedContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – According to Statistics Canada, about half a million Canadians actively participate in cycling as a sport. I have now become one of them. Many more cycle to work. Cycling is now the fourth most popular non-team sport in the country. Of those who actively participate (you haveContinue Reading

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Cornall ON – Well the summer flurry of fairs and exhibitions is in full swing.  These are wonderful events which offer the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and to meet new ones.  Attending these events often includes purchasing a meal on site and everything always tastes better when someoneContinue Reading

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Newington ON – Premier Dalton McGuinty created a lucrative program called “microFIT” for small producers of solar electricity across Ontario.   A producer would be able to benefit by selling the electricity on the grid for a subsidized price of 80.2 cents per kilowatt hour.  That’s 20 times the price paid for nuclear power.  MostContinue Reading