I caught up with Acting Cornwall Mayor Syd Gardiner at the Parade of Nations yesterday. We apologize for the poor sound quality as the music in the background makes it difficult to hear, but his message is loud and clear regarding his position on what’s happening with the bridge crisis.Continue Reading
I get a few emails asking why we don’t cover Mr. Lauzon much. I get accused of bashing him or not liking him. Well, first off I have nothing against Conservatives. I do have a lack of appreciation for our Prime Minister and I do not think Mr. Lauzon hasContinue Reading
Busy night and a lot was talked about. As reported earlier Grand Chief Mike Mitchell appeared on CKON and discussed a native customs station set up in the old CBSA building as a measure instead of forcing residents to report at the Cornwall Temporary station and clog up the bridge.Continue Reading
Federal Green Leader Elizabeth May is predicting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will trigger an Election this fall contradictory to the political speak from the party. Something I myself have been writing about for a few weeks now. “Wouldn’t it be just like Harper to decide that things are lookingContinue Reading
AKWESASNE LEADERS RESPOND TO CBSA’s 24-hour “grace period Akwesasne, ONTARIO — On September 21st, Akwesasne leadership notified the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) of the growing concerns and fear of community members that they are being subjected to vehicle seizures and monetary fines for not directly reporting to the relocatedContinue Reading
L I N K Michael Ignatieff and Gerard Kennedy are calling the Harper government on delaying release of stimulus dollars and of playing partisan politics with the loot. In a new report, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and MP Gerard Kennedy said that as of the beginning of September, only 12Continue Reading
From what I’m hearing CBSA will be having a 24 hour moratorium on vehicle seizures and wiping the slate clean in that there will be no further seizures for non reporting prior to the moratorium. They still will insist on residents of Akwesasne reporting to the temporary customs office inContinue Reading
Talks today between the MCA and CBSA have been canceled for today. Not sure if that’s productive or not, but it does seem that the government simply has no interest in discussing issues in good faith, and that they probably won’t until the tent location next to the old CBSAContinue Reading
Maple Leaf Dinner / Dîner Maple Leaf For the Federal Liberal Association / pour l’Association Libérale Fédérale Stormont Dundas South Glengarry Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 6PM / le jeudi le 8 octobre 2009 à 18h00 at the / au Best Western Parkway Inn, Cornwall Tickets / Billets – $125.00Continue Reading
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Cornwall City Councilor and Liberal Party of Canada’s next Federal Candidate for SD&G Bernadette Clément sent in this comment regarding this weekends actions and bridge closure. “From the very beginning, the lack of respectful and effective dialogue has made matters more difficult. “Our community is rightly worried about the futureContinue Reading
So the government of Canada accumulated a very large list of vehicles that passed from the US to the Island without reporting to CBSA since the bridge reopened. They are now pegging the cars on this list off as they pass through the temporary station in Cornwall. This just isn’tContinue Reading
Now that the major wave of drama of whether the Harper government would fall has subsided the parties are jockeying for position for the next test. Michael Ignatieff is clearly looking like the winner from this first round He’s delayed the election that Mr. Harper was hoping for contrary toContinue Reading
L I N K Mike Peeling today writes some spin about the bridge closing on Saturday. Still no real answers though. If it was one person that caused a ruckus surely there were other solutions than closing an International Border Crossing and impacting the area communities as happened? Why noContinue Reading
UPDATE L I N K This morning myself and several others posted comments to the link thread on the Standard Freeholder. All comments have been deleted. That’s a black eye and frankly if the paper is going to do that then they probably shouldn’t have a comment option period. ThisContinue Reading
Busy weekend since Jack and Gilles went up the Hill and kept Mr. Harper from Rolling Down. Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May won her ballot and now has to overcome the Conservative incumbent to get her seat in Parliament. There’s already rumblings about whether to allow her in theContinue Reading
We area creating two polls about the activity by CBSA seizing of Akwesasne Resident’s vehicles and the closing of the bridge. Thanks for voting and please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
What an odd day. It started with the bridge being shut down. The reports coming in consistently point to an individual who had their vehicle impounded not wanting financial assistance from the MCA who had been paying the $1,000.00 fines or bounty’s to recover vehicles. The party started to tryContinue Reading
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