Cornwall ON – We’re happy to present a double shot of View From the Hill by our Political Maven, Keith Beardsley! And now the whining begins It’s always interesting to see how people view the world and their place in it. Good examples of this are the complaints of our recentContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – A crowd of 150 energetic people, music fans and Liberal Party supporters, attended the first ever Liberalpalooza in support of SDSG Liberal Candidate Bernadette Clement. According to event organizer Tracy Champagne, the purpose of Liberalpalooza “is all about getting younger people involved and music is one wayContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Stephen Harper wants to sell you a light house. This one, probably the most famous in Canada is Peggy’s Cove. I visited it once and it’s a beautiful and stunning piece of Canada. LINK The federal government is posting a for sale sign on almostContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – As summer returns to Canada, Liberal MPs have scrambled for the exits and fled our capital city. No doubt they will be doing a lot of navel gazing this summer and probably a lot of plotting too. Liberals will have a chance to review their very dismalContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Click the photo above to go LISTEN LIVE at 8:30 AM Tuesday June 22 or via podcast after to the Political Round Up with your host Jamie Gilcig. Special guests at 9AM will be Joe Gunn and Denis Sabourin who will be covering the hot political topicsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Yesterday, the Law Clerk and Legal Counsel for Parliament, Rob Walsh, came out with a decision that says political staffers must show up if requested to do so by a committee. Indeed, he advises that even the Prime Minister can be required to show up. This isContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Federal Liberals in SD&SG celebrated Sunday by having their Strawberry social at the Best Western Parkway Inn and Conference Centre. The guest speaker was Liberal MP Marlene Jennings Notre Dame De Grâce – Lachine. Ms Jennings is quite the speaker as she shared with the crowd thatContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Is Stephen Harper a spent force? Yes, he’s Prime Minister of a minority government; but it’s been a maligned government which has done far too much to sow disunity in our country. So much disunity that the thought of coalitions start to make more and more sense.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Click the picture above to listen to our political open chat show featuring guests Keith Beardsley,our View from the Hill Columnist and Singer/Song Writers Nancy Beaudette and Graham Greer as we chat about the new Copyright laws. Click Marina Restinetti’s picture above to join her and herContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Saturday June 12 there was a world wide protest against BP and the devastation caused by their oil spill. It took place in over 40 locations around the globe. Louise Wilson and Catherine Lee-Paul organized a local protest via facebook, one of 5 in Canada atContinue Reading
Cornwall On – Michael Ignatieff is faced with some pretty tough choices over the next few weeks, but they can be summed up by fight or flight. Either way, in the short term it will significantly cripple the Liberal Party’s ability to take on the Conservative government. Yesterday’s affidavit byContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Politics is a blood sport and not for the squeamish. The Liberals are taking the heat for allowing the Harper budget to slime through to the Senate. LINK The 2010 budget bill sailed through the House of Commons by a vote of 138-126 on Tuesday, with 30Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Keith Beardsley has been writing up a storm as things are hopping in Ottawa! Here’s a double dose of his View from the Hill! With all the clamour over the G8/G20 media centres lake, pond, pool or whatever you want to call it, one thing has beenContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s quite amusing to see the media response to a so called “gag order” issued by PMO. This email told MPs not to discuss home mortgages with two reporters working on a story. Why the media shock and outrage? It reminds me of the feigned indignation ofContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The chaos that erupted at the Government Operations committee yesterday reflects badly on all parliamentarians. Anyone who watches the whole video will be left wondering why we elected these MPs in the first place. John Baird can be a fine parliamentary performer and his award yesterday asContinue Reading
To the Editor/Letters to the Editor, Every Canadian citizen should be doing something to stop the outrage that the Conservative Government is trying to pull over the people of this country! A Billion Dollars or more to host a couple of meetings is INSANE! Yes, Canada should host them onceContinue Reading
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 – Mr. Harper wasn’t in Question Period leaving John Baird, his little pit bull, to match wits with Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and the rest of Parliament. LINK And Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison listed off what else $1-billion would buy: “…500 MRI machines or 340,000 hipContinue Reading