CFN – I’m sure Pierre Trudeau is not happy wherever he is today…. While I didn’t agree with everything he stood for I was always proud of his relationship with the US. In his memoirs his advice to Brian Mulroney: ” …be friends with the United States– the CanadianContinue Reading
In response to the press conference held by the Union of Veterans Affairs Employees in Victoria BC yesterday, December 7, the Canadian Veterans Advocacy fully supports their demand that Veterans Affairs Canada be exempt from the Harper government’s proposed budget cuts in the upcoming federal budget. “Vets already face significantContinue Reading
CFN – As I predicted a few days ago, the situation in Attawapiskat has deteriorated into a blame game with politics becoming the most important exercise… lost in this are the people who need help. It became a political issue as soon as the Chief stood with a provincial andContinue Reading
CFN – It has now been 30 months since the Canadian Border Security Agency abandoned its post on the Cornwall Island district of Akwesasne by manufacturing a so-called “crisis” brought about by its insistence that its officers must be armed. . The Mohawk people responded by rejecting this position sinceContinue Reading
CFN- Thomas Mulcair took some time from his leadership campaign to take a swing at Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I’m still boggled at how many candidates they NDP have. There truly is only one choice for the party. Any of the nine other than Mr. Mulcair would beContinue Reading
CFN – It’s been a challenging year for Bernadette Clement. Her first two political elections were resounding successes as Cornwall City Councilor, but then she made the move to the Federal scene. The fully bilingual and personable lawyer was wooed at all levels of government as a potentialContinue Reading
CFN – If you’re on a fixed income or low wage earner in Ontario you’ll be singing the blues this holiday season; especially if you are one of those that use tax discounters to file your yearly taxes. The governments have changed the way that residents can get their taxContinue Reading
Canadian flag lowered for the last time at Kandahar airfield, Lee Berthiaume, News, Dec 1, 2011 http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/01/canadian-flag-lowered-for-the-last-time-at-kandahar-airfield/ On the same day that the Canadian flag over Kandahar airfield was lowered for the last time, a private member’s bill for the creation of a Department of Peace supported by the NDP,Continue Reading
CFN – Yesterday, Bob Rae stood in the House of Commons and delivered a thundering attack aimed at the Conservative government’s lack of action and compassion for the families living in third world conditions in Attawapiskat. Along with the other attacks from the NDP it is clear that the fingerContinue Reading
CFN – It was Pierre Trudeau who famously said that MPs were nobodies once they were 50 yards from the Hill. That reference could certainly apply to the present day NDP leadership campaign. It’s a bit of a con game, IE a campaign of nobodies. While the candidates are aContinue Reading
CFN – An odd amount of discussion this weekend about the future of the Federal Liberals. One author was blazed in headlines saying they were dead. I received an email from a up and coming Grit here in this riding sharing the link and voicing an opinion. IContinue Reading
CFN – What are Canadians reading about today? Is it the new government pension proposal which is a good news story or is it Pat Martin’s Twitter comments and the “Dummy” comments made by both a minister and opposition members in the House of Commons yesterday? What are Canadians talkingContinue Reading
CFN – A small victory for Canadians over the big Internet providers in Canada. The CRTC did not allow them to charge for carriage. IE, UBB Usage Based Billing is dead….for now. We still pay far too much for our internet. I just got my Cogeco bill. Here inContinue Reading
CFN – Anyone watching the House of Commons in action over the past few weeks could be excused for thinking that we were back in the days of a minority Conservative government. Certainly behavior back then from both the NDP and Conservatives wasn’t much different from now. The ConservativesContinue Reading
CFN – I like Bob Rae a lot. I think he’s a skilled politician and a great speaker. I think he’s a good man too, and I know from personal experience that he’s willing to listen to people as he’s granted me a few interviews over the last three years.Continue Reading
CFN – Yesterday Frank Graves and I had an interesting discussion with Don Martin on CTV’s PowerPlay. We looked at Prime Minister Harper’s first six months with his majority government and then at where we felt things might go down the road. I thought this would be a good timeContinue Reading
CFN – Our Canadian Conservative government should be renamed. More appropriately it should be known as the Confidence Trickster Party of Canada [CTPC]. Since this appears very harsh, even to my eyes, perhaps I should explain, particularly for the benefit of all those who put the ‘Tricksters’ in power. . The governing partyContinue Reading
CFN – With some six weeks to go before MPs break for the Christmas holidays their focus remains on whether the Conservative nominee for the position of Auditor General has a level A, B or C proficiency in the French language. The Conservatives have chosen Michael Ferguson who’s French isContinue Reading