Cornwall Ontario – Many Cornwallites are crying fowl, and heading down the 401 to check out the Big Rubber Duck in Brockville this weekend as the 61 foot cutie will settle on the town’s picturesque waterfront. Locals can still celebrate the pooping of the geese in Lamoureux Parc. While notContinue Reading
Statement from Patrick Brown on secret Quebec-Ontario energy deal Statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on the La Presse story of a secret Quebec-Ontario energy deal: “Once again the Wynne Liberals have been caught negotiating in secret when thousands of Ontario jobs are on the line. This secret dealContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – PC leader Patrick Brown has been criticized for not taking positions, but the PC war room issued another clear stance today. Putting a Stop to Kathleen Wynne’s ‘Green Energy’ Shakedown Patrick Brown, Ontario PC Leader, will place an immediate moratorium on signing new energy contracts that forceContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It has been published that the Cornwall Community Hospital is rationed 60 hours per day for doctors. That includes emergency where tragically so many end up because they simply don’t have a GP. Clinics are so brutal that the wait times are near what they would beContinue Reading
Making life better for Greenhouse operators, owners and workers Patrick Brown, Ontario PC Leader would scrap Wynne’s Cap-and-Trade Scheme and provide relief to the greenhouse industry KINGSVILLE, ON – Patrick Brown, Ontario PC Leader slammed the Kathleen Wynne Liberals for making life harder for the Greenhouse industry under theirContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The Wynne Government and OPSEU announced a new deal to be ratified that will see its members get 2% increases for most of the pact with 1.5% for the first year. The Province’s release had no numbers in it, and no response was given to CFN’s emailContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Being hyper non partisan can be a lot of fun. More people should try it. Being Hyper Nonpartisan and editor of a large newspaper can be even more fun. Right now it’s clear and apparent is Premier Kathleen Wynne is fighting for her political life. Kathy isContinue Reading
Statement by Ontario NDP Energy Critic Peter Tabuns Wynne won’t stop another hydro rate hike QUEEN’S PARK — “Months after the NDP called on the Liberal government in the legislature to stop the 20 per cent rate hike on hydro delivery charges, Kathleen Wynne has done nothing. She justContinue Reading
Mr. Patrick Brown, MPP Leader, Official Opposition Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A8 Dear Mr. Brown: I am writing in response to your letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding Hydro One’s rate application currently before the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). Your letter is just another distractionContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – No sireee, no Cronyism and corruption in the River City as Councilor Carilyne Hebert announced her new gig at the EOTB. The Eastern Ontario Training Board is run by long time Liberal and former City Councilor Denis Thibault. Essentially funding is politically massaged to government friendly hangersContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – With the province rationing health care times a big question that’s starting to loom is whether this City is paying a price for electing Conservative Jim McDonell not once, but twice during this near 15 year run of Liberal governments in the province. Not only that, butContinue Reading
Ontario Passes Legislation to Lower Electricity Bills by 25 Per Cent May 31, 2017 Meaningful Savings for All Residential Households Coming this Summer Ontario passed legislation today that will lower electricity bills by 25 per cent on average for all residential customers to provide significant rate relief and ensure greaterContinue Reading
$15 Minimum Wage and Equal Pay for Part-Time and Full-Time Workers Part of Plan to Help People Get Ahead in a Changing Economy Ontario is taking historic action to create more opportunity and security for workers with a plan for Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs. This includes hiking the minimumContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – There’s a reek of petty desperation and vote buying in the latest cookie being tossed to voters in Ontario. At the end of the day many see through it though. Lindsay, Hamilton, and Thunder Bay have been chosen for a pilot project for guaranteed minimumContinue Reading
Legislation Includes Rent Control Reform, Eviction Protections to Keep Rentals Affordable Ontario has introduced new legislation that would, if passed, help keep rental housing costs predictable and affordable while strengthening protections for tenants across Ontario. The Rental Fairness Act, 2017, would address rising rental costs faced by people in OntarioContinue Reading
Patrick Brown PCs Vote Against Safer School Zones Act TORONTO ONTARIO – This afternoon following Question Period, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell and the Ontario PC Caucus voted against important legislation that protects school children, seniors, other pedestrians and cyclists. This is in spite of the PCs previouslyContinue Reading
TORONTO ONTARIO – Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath didn’t let Premier Kathleen Wynne off the hook during the first question period following the release of the sunshine list, pressing Wynne for allowing an untold number of million-dollar salaries to be paid out to Hydro One executives while forcing Ontarians, bucklingContinue Reading
Dear Premier Wynne, Your legacy will be decided by the Hydro mess that you yourself publicly own. The impact of the abuse of Ontario residents via the debacle that is our Hydro system is public record. From paying management ten times as much as other provinces, to dumping electricity forContinue Reading