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Cornwall ON – Boy Mr. Harper loves a good fight and he’s a scrapper like Mr. Chretien there, on the left, only he’s not as smart as the man from Shawinigan.  I’d love to play poker with the man one night. For months now Mr. Harper’s team have been pushingContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – Jack Layton ripped into Michael Ignatieff clearly showing strong leadership in trying to force changes to the upcoming Conservative budget. LINK “The opposition has the opportunity to do some tough bargaining with Mr. Harper right now,” Mr. Layton told The Canadian Press. “But for that to happen,Continue Reading

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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

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Cornwall ON – We’re talking Accoutability this afternoon on Seawayradio.com – We expect some surprise guests and of course you can dial in and have your word! Community radio live from Cornwall Ontario!   Our phone numbers are :1 (646) 595-4982, 1 (877) 217-3932 and of course you can alwaysContinue Reading

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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

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Cornwall ON – So it looks like I’ll be shooting a documentary here in the area over the next year.   It’s going to be a political odyssey.    I’ve been asked to run for office, and the official announcement should be coming out in June with specific details. I’ve doneContinue Reading

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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

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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

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Cornwall ON –  All three major Federal parties are refusing the Auditor General’s request to audit the expense accounts of MP’s.  A total of almost half a BILLION Dollars.  The only Federalist Party supporting this issue is the Green Party under leader Elizabeth May and the Bloc Quebecois under GillesContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON- It was good theatre. I am referring of course to the Helena Guergis interview on TV. The script played out exactly as one would have expected with a calm, at times teary eyed Guergis defending herself, her reputation and her husband. The only thing missing was “Stand byContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON- How sexist is the Harper Government?  I was watching Question Period on television on Sunday and the show had three MP’s on talking about funding cuts to women’s groups across Canada, and to minority interest groups including the Toronto Pride celebrations and that got me thinking to theContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – The Prince of Pot, political activist Marc Emery has surrendered to police and the Rob Nicholson, the minister responsible has signed the extradition order.   Mr. Emery is expected to be transported to the US within the week. In a gross injustice and threat to Canadian Sovereignty theContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – As mentioned previously MP Michael Chong has taken on the daunting task of trying to reform Question Period. One proposal which will be very controversial is the suggestion that the Prime Minister only show up one day a week, on Wednesday. The catch is that he wouldContinue Reading

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Question Period Reform Part 2: Just Answer the Question Cornwall ON – Michael Chong’s Motion 517 to reform Question Period will be debated later this month. While it only directs the Procedures and House Affairs committee to study his proposals, they offer a glimmer of hope that perhaps Question Period canContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – Disgraced former Cabinet Minister Helena Guergis will not be the Conservative running in her riding next election. Embroiled with her own actions in airports and the stank of her husband, former MP Rahim Jaffer media reports stated that Ms Guergis has been kicked out of the ConservativeContinue Reading