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Lisa MacLeod, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Education Critic released a self-serving letter today about her party’s support of the government in their attack on education workers.  The following is my response: Lisa, that was an interesting and profoundly dishonestly self-serving letter .  I don’t think too many people in theContinue Reading

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CFN – Language Fairness for All held a rally in front of the Cornwall Community Hospital this afternoon in support of Heather Villeneuve, the medical lab tech who claims that she can’t get a job at CCH due to oppressive bilingual language requirements, as per CFN’s recent report. Heather findsContinue Reading

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“We can be in total disagreement with someone without denigrating them as a consequence.” –       Pierre Elliot Trudeau                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CFN – Liberal Leadership season is settling in across Canada with races underway federally, in Québec and in Ontario.  Political people are lining up behind their preferred candidates and trying to convince others toContinue Reading

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CFN – Heather Villeneuve is the face of the language wars leaking out of Quebec right across Canada.   She’s the victim of a system of hypocrisy. The Cornwall girl, born and bred has spent over $30,000 on her education graduating as a Medical Lab Assistant in 2011.   WhileContinue Reading

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CFN –  Holy Gilles Latour!  Our Premier Dalton McGuinty threw a colossal hissy fit and tossed in the towel and has prorogued the Ontario legislature prompting many in the opposition to posit questions about the timing while others are stating that he’s done so to enter the Federal leadership race. Sixteen years ago, whenContinue Reading

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CFN – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty finds himself with the highest approval rating in his province after the Liberal AGM with higher ratings that NDP’s Andrea Horvath and the poor Conservatives who at this point must be looking for a dark hole to dump the political corpse of Tim HudakContinue Reading

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CFN – If you ask people what is one of the most repellent facets of Quebec politics they’ll tell you it’s the Language laws, especially pertaining to business. Businesses already are burdened by the norms of competition and government red tape and brutal taxation. Recently Quebec style politics have beenContinue Reading

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CFN – Dalton McGuinty’s hope of getting his majority via by-election crashed and burned as the riding of Kitchener Waterloo, previously a Conservative riding, turned Orange in surprise results Thursday. NDP Catherine Fife replaces Elizabeth Witmer who snatched the high paying gig with Workplace & Safety for the Province.  Continue Reading

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I understand that Ontario does not have an English Language Commissioner; perhaps this is an oversight as we have a French Language Services Commissioner only.  We also do not have a Ministry of Anglophone Affairs or this item would have been noticed. At issue, is the recent French Language Services CommissionersContinue Reading

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 For years it has been argued that pensions for teachers are deferred salary to make up for low base pay. When defined benefit pensions were created in the Public Service that may have been a feasible argument, but today, public servants, especially teachers, are very well compensated. A new reportContinue Reading

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CFN – Our Premier, Dalton McGuinty has nixed beer sales in Convenience stores; again…  I find it sad this this near monopoly that we call the Beer store here in Ontario exists.  It artificially pumps up price and frankly puts a damper on thirsty Ontarians.   I mean; I know Montrealers can’tContinue Reading