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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
Think GLOBAL act LOCAL Cornwall ON – I am reminded of a bumper sticker I once had. I bought it on a visit to the UN headquarters in New York. It said: “If the people lead the leaders will follow.” We are always far ahead of the politicians. I realizedContinue 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
YOU HAVE BEEN SPRAYED! Cornwall ON – It is once again our unfortunate duty to tell you that your County roadsides have been sprayed with a poison. This poison is banned from use on your lawns by the Provincial government because they have determined that it poses a risk toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Burning Yak for May. The media in Canada is abuzz about the BILLION dollars in Canadian tax payer monies being spent on security for the G8 and G20 meetings taking place in the Toronto area. Sure there’s some partisan opportunity here, but to me the questionContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Ignatieff shifts like sand blowing in the wind when it comes to the Auditor General auditing MPs books. While publicly stating that the Board of Internal economy should meet with Sheila Fraser to resolve the audit issue, we learn that internally, Iggy is asking his MPs notContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The recent announcement by Jay Hill, the Government House Leader, that ministerial staffers will no longer appear before committees, opens up a Pandora’s Box of potential issues. The first issue of course is who is supreme? Is it Parliament as represented by its MPs on committees orContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Isn’t it horrible when you dread going to a hospital whether as a patient or for a loved one or friend? I got the call Monday morning. Heart attack. The person called 911 and made it to the hospital quickly where two angioplasties were insertedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Letter to the Editor – Jeff Leggat vs Monsanto Letter to the Editor, Have you heard of the multinational chemical corporation Monsanto? Did you know it is currently threatening to destroy the Canadian agricultural economy? This is the company that brought you Agent Orange, Genetically Modified Organisms,Continue Reading
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner Cornwall ON – As the growth and renewal of Spring continues our minds drift to the days to come which will be spent outdoors; often including activities in or on the water. Fishing is a pastime that many have enjoyed for generations whether for sustenanceContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – While MPs of all parties continue to stonewall the public on the Auditor General’s request to audit Parliament, pressure continues to mount on them. Most MPs still don’t get it. This is one issue the public can understand and no amount of spin from our MPs orContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Today for lunch at the Agapé food bank the menu du jour was a vegetable soup, some cooked ham, scalloped potatoes, some white bread with hydrogenated margarine, coffee, and cold rice pudding. For $1 it’s a deal. Many of the packed room eating didn’t have toContinue Reading
Towards a Greener Ontario – Provincial Government Supports New Solar Technologies by Richard Komorowski Cornwall ON – The Ontario Government today announced that it is supporting Morgan Solar Inc. to the tune of $1.86 million to help the company start commercial production of new, highly innovative solar electricity generating panels. TheContinue Reading
The cracks are starting to show. Cornwall ON – MPs from all parties are really feeling the heat from voters over the refusal of the Board of Internal Economy to open MPs books to an audit by Sheila Fraser. Cracks are starting to appear in the ranks of our MPs,Continue Reading
The Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario Minister of Health & Long Term Care, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario. 17 May, 2010 Ref: The Pharmaceutical Professional Allowance Furore Dear Minister: This is an open letter to you and all others who may have become embroiled in this issue. To commence I do believeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – There are media reports that the Auditor General in Nova Scotia has called in the RCMP to investigate four former members and one sitting member of the Nova Scotia legislature. No surprise then that our federal MPs turned tail and ran at even the suggestion that SheliaContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – BP’s oil spill in the Gulf has led to a spurt of value to the Oil Sands in Alberta. As usual the focus economically is on the easiest and dirtiest of energy sources. And the vision is purely in the short term. While we collect thoseContinue Reading
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