There is no doubt that taxes are a fact of life for people living in Cornwall and indeed the whole of Canada. By collecting tax money from individuals, businesses and large corporations, the Canadian government is able to raise funds to divert back into the country. While nobody in OntarioContinue Reading
OTTAWA — The new Ontario PC campaign bus rolled in to a local restaurant in the east-end of Ottawa today where Doug Ford laid out his second of five priorities for the people of Ontario: Putting More Money in Your Pocket. As part of this latest commitment, Ford said thatContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – When I ran for Mayor of Cornwall in 2014 I was really clear about our number one issue, taxes. I had a clear plan that would cut taxes by 5%. Now knowing the lay of the land; my false police charges, still not held accountable for byContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Economic Development is one of the biggest envelopes in the City of Cornwall’s budget. It also now entails tourism. Sadly, under the reign of Mark Boileau & Bob Peters it’s been an underperforming joke. Oddly enough Boileau was promoted up and Peters was given tourism and someContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Oddly enough our fire and police services are refusing to answer basic questions and information to this newspaper. Questions like how many calls for service the police had from last Friday to Sunday. Where other services voluntarily release that to media, our police service, led by ChiefContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Holy Chem Tanks! One of the most incompetent councils I’ve witnessed since living in this town is not only seeming desperate as elections start to come closer, but pulling a page out of the Kilger play book and hustling a waterfront scandal on this community. You’dContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I live in a very strange community. Here in Cornwall the people that clean city hall can’t run for council. Yet Elaine MacDonald, President of the Labour Council, can. That’s letting the fox in the henhouse when it comes to the staff that make theContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Cornwall City Council finally agreed at a residential tax hike for this budget of just under 2%. Much gnashing of teeth and rendering of garments as Councilor Elaine MacDonald and her pet monkey bemoaned the small increase after failing to bump it up to near 3%. “We areContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Hydro will be THE election issue in Ontario. With Premier Wynne fighting for her political life she’s blinked first and reacted to the NDP’s strong first blow. The day after leader Andrea Horwath outlined plans to even out the playing field hydro wise, Ms Wynne announcedContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – More fiscal hemorrhaging at the hands of the O’Shaugnessy government in Cornwall as they issued a press release stating that they mediated a settlement with Shoppers Realty Inc. that saw the MPAC assessment cut by 26%! That’s a hard reality that if spread to more propertiesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It’s only 1.48%, but how many in Cornwall are not seeing their incomes go up by that much? And of course while the percentage may sound small, these taxes rarely if ever go down. Again, how many on council actually earn a living other than by theContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Unlike Hugo “The Hack” Rodrigues at the Freeholder, I’m not afraid to give someone credit when credit is due. Nor do I not mention their name like a silly silly petty person. His Friday editorial hits the nail on the head. Instead of dealing with the adversityContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – While some CFN viewers have asked if City Councilor Mark A. MacDonald was in the Witness Protection program, the long time councilor did speak out today about a special council meeting to take one of their vaunted bus trips to look at the sites before deciding toContinue Reading
The City of Brampton just axed 25 management and senior officials in what has to be one of the most progressive house cleaning jobs in Ontario Municipal history. From the Toronto Star article: “We had to notify 25 individuals that had to exit the organization this morning,” he said, butContinue Reading
$210,581, nearly $20 per resident of the township, is about how much taxes are going up for South Stormont residents this year, or about 3.8%. Ironically Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart and her puppets fellow elected council, Jim Bancroft, and Donna Primeau, ran on a platform of transparency, accountability, and killing theContinue Reading
How many times during a week do you hear people ask why the price of gasoline is still so high when the price of oil has dropped so much? While we hear rhetoric about possible issues, the real focus should be on the Federal and Provincial governments allowing for gougingContinue Reading
I was asked to run in the current Federal election as an Independent candidate. A group had come together, cash in hand, ready to roll, but I decided I couldn’t do it with any integrity. Yes it would be fun to stand on stage and debate Guy & Bernie, toContinue Reading
It should be easier for shoppers to get to Freshco after this project! Residents of Cornwall will benefit from the Marleau Avenue reconstruction project thanks to joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario through the Small Communities Fund. The project involves reconstructing the urban roadway, from Marlborough StreetContinue Reading