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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR COUNTRY LOOK IN THE MIRROR! I have been so astounded, listening to people about the upcoming election. and saddened by so many people’s lack of being informed. . After  speaking  with many people here in Cornwall here are  someContinue Reading

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Dear Editor, Legal tobacco vendors recently received a letter from Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medical Officer of Health, at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU)  warning us of  “third party companies that have started up in the area and are offering training to tobacco vendors on the Smoke Free Ontario Act.”Continue Reading

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The Quebecor Sun Media news chain, including our Standard-Freeholder, has circulated another dubious story on basement corporate tax cuts. . Jim Hendry, editor of the Peterborough Examiner, has issued a new piece “Lower corporate tax cuts are an economic winner” for the multi-corporate news agency. . Hendry cites Stephen Harper’sContinue Reading

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I agree with any politician that says Canadians deserves better because we desperately do. The manner and deportment of Mr. Harper and his government has been undeniably child-like, arrogant and at times simply illegal, yet too many Canadians seem willing to give Mr. Harper and his government a free passContinue Reading

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Dear Editor, Statements made by both Auditor General Shelia Fraser and Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. have been quoted out of time and place in a Conservative Party Committee Report. Research had to have been undertaken to locate suitable quotes or a file kept of usable quotes and while “TheContinue Reading

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Stephen Harper is not there for us! What does it take to wake Canadians up? The Conservative government, under Stephen Harper has been a divisive force, muzzling MPs, civil servants and diplomats, racing to the bottom with a barrage of bullying attack ads before an election was even called, andContinue Reading

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It’s said we have the governments we deserve.  Do we deserve our current government in Ottawa?  Should we re-elect it on May 2nd?   Here’s a checklist of its record on key issues:   Managing the economy:  $56 billion deficit, largest in Canadian history Spending:  $30 billion planned for stealthContinue Reading

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I live near Aisa Craig, Ontario. On Moday, I received a flyer in the mail from my MP, Bev Shipley. One side of the page was pure electioneering. It even had the phrase ‘We’re better off with Harper’ and outlined three key points of his government’s focus. The fact that IContinue Reading

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Dear Editor: The March 29 Ontario budget is a status quo budget.   It does not do enough to help people in our riding who are struggling to make ends meet.  The HST is taking $800 a year out of the average family budget.   The budget should have focused on making life more affordableContinue Reading

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Dear Editor, Re:  Why won’t Harper take Ignatieff on in head-to-head debate?STEVEN CHASE, BILL CURRY AND JANE TABER, Thursday, March 31, 2011 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/why-wont-harper-take-ignatieff-on-in-head-to-head-debate/article1965334/  Was Harper being truthful when he said he would debate Ignatieff one-on-one?  Gilles Duceppe has already called him a liar when Harper said there was no planContinue Reading

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As a loyal citizen of the Cornwall community I try to follow the daily local media and the progress of the city’s institutions. . While I have warmed to the all new radio programming for CJSS FM, I find their political sentiment close to all Conservative. Of the dj staff,Continue Reading

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Dear Editor, What does the nuclear crises in Japan, Chernobyl and our federal election have in common? Mr. Harper’s administration has been responsible for Canada’s Chalk river nuclear facility, which had two Maple reactors that were unstable during normal operation plus a fifty year old reactor that was 20 yearsContinue Reading

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So, the Conservatives decided they wanted to go to the electorate and, typically, did not have the integrity to do things in a direct manner.  They brought down a budget knowing that none of the opposition parties {Harper’s vision of a Coalition] could possibly accept it.  The Finance Minister said very positively thereContinue Reading

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Senators earn $132,300 a year as a base salary, serve until age 75. It’s a fact, that a majority of Canadian don’t want it. The total cost for Canadian taxpayers to maintain the Senate in 2008-2009 was $90,232,000. And they sat in the Senate for only 69 days. . SenateContinue Reading