Mr. Lauzon, I would like to thank you for doing an outstanding job in representing your riding here in Cornwall. When we were challenged with what we had initially perceived as a terrible infliction, “Chemical Tanks on our Cornwall Waterfront” you stepped right in, investigate and quickly andContinue Reading
CFN – Once again we have the Defence Department making a decision that leaves most fair minded Canadians shaking their heads. It seems the brain trust at DND has decided that while our embassy staff and ambassador require soldiers to protect them in Kabul, the soldiers don’t merit danger pay?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Free Holder has a new Editor; one Hugo Rodrigues. He recently wrote about the Chem Tanks. It’s always interesting reading another perspective; but any perspective has to be clearly based on the facts. Has Mr. Rodrigues, as the Editor of the TC Media ownedContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Is Mayor Kilger and his council after the RCAF Wing ? According to documents from Committee meetings it appears that the Wing is in play and part of the secret closed door Divestiture meetings taking place during the last year of this term. With Mayor KilgerContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The little shed that could apparently couldn’t. After getting some new paint it was hauled away by order via Herb’s Towing. I contacted Mark A MacDonald; council candidate and leader behind his own occupy movement regarding the tanks and he stated the following: It’s too bad weContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There has been one consistent public message in Cornwall Ontario since December 2013, and that the community wishes to not have chemical tanks on our waterfront and in particular the ones on the Trillium Distribution Inc. site. While there are varied responses, that’s the common theme. Continue Reading
CFN – Many are rejoicing in la belle province this morning over the political destruction of one of the most destructive forces in Quebec Politics; one Madame Pauline Marois. She led her party to a complete defeat with the Liberal Party snatching 70 seats and a majority after she andContinue Reading
Greetings MP Lauzon: Further to my email to you last week, take notice that I am still waiting to hear from you, when will the chemical tank farm be removed from our waterfront? Construction at the site continued all weekend despite city issued “Stop Work Orders” and continued widespread publicContinue Reading
Saturday was an interesting day politically here in Cornwall Ontario. As I stated at the bottom of my election banner on the left, I feel we have to change the culture of our city. Yesterday three political events took place. First was the Provincial Liberal leadership nomination which wasContinue Reading
CFN – The spin keeps coming from all of the federal parties and the new buzz words are “open nominations”. Really? This is politics, just how gullible do they think the public is? I know everyone preaches it, but how realistic is it to expect there to be a trueContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There’s a picture of Elaine MacDonald leading a march down Pitt Street over the health accord in today’s Freeholder. Ms MacDonald must have liked our march over the Chem tanks last month as she’s imitated it; but there are a couple of very scary issues at play.Continue Reading
CFN – Watching the NDP’s feigned outrage at the Conservative’s use (misuse) of government aircraft generates flashbacks to when the Conservatives were in opposition. At that time as head of the Conservative research group looking into Liberal misdeeds, we would often check the Challenger jet flight logs. Most of theContinue Reading
CFN – Canadians lost a combined $1.1 billion, or an average of $1,202 per patient, as a result of lengthy waits for medically necessary health care in 2013, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, The Private Cost of Public QueuesContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – While Mayor Bob Kilger and his council in Cornwall can spin the current discussions with the Federal Government over the Harbour lands, the bottom line is that council gave a green light with a 8-1 vote (councilor Samson was in Florida again) for the Mayor and ClerkContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Like something out of the movie Chinatown it looks like the Mayor and some of his team have been caught gerrymandering in the dark with regards to the divestiture of Harbour lands in Cornwall. What should simply have been a municipal government yielding to the will ofContinue Reading
CFN – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is closely following Quebec’s upcoming provincial election and the direction in which provincial leaders are proposing to go if they get into power. The media has indicated a potential of a Quebec referendum to separate from Canada should the political power change in theContinue Reading
CFN – Quebec politics are akin to watching a game of 3 card Monte. You think the shell is under the middle card….but. The announcement of Quebecor Poobah Pierre Karl Peladeau as a Parti Quebecois candidate for Ste. Jerome is a boost for Madame Marois’ hopes of a MajorityContinue Reading
CFN– My understanding of our Senate in Canada growing up was that it was the somber house of last resort; a check to the balance of whatever laws elected officials in Parliament tried to ram through. We of course need a Senate to balance the vagaries of partisan political aspirationsContinue Reading