Lakehead University bows to pressure on conflict of interest policy THUNDER BAY, ON – The Lakehead University Board of Governors suspended its conflict of interest by-law on Friday pending an internal review, allowing students to vote on the proposed tuition fee increase. “This is a major [Read more]
This week at Queen’s Park rather than defeating the budget we listened to thousands of Ontarians and worked to improve the budget. Through hard work and determination we won some serious and important concessions including $20 million for northern and rural healthcare and a tax on our [Read more]
Thunder Bay–Superior North MP commemorates workers injured or killed on the job OTTAWA, ON – Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay–Superior North, is recognizing workers injured or killed on the job this International Day of Mourning, coming up on Saturday. The MP is calling for a renewed [Read more]
SUPPORT FOR FERROCHROME PROCESSOR Submitted by: NOMA Resolutions Committee Background WHEREAS the proposed Northwestern Ontario locations for a ferrochrome processor have led to the development of partnerships between municipalities and First Nations communities; and, WHEREAS the construction of a [Read more]
Thursday, April 26, 2012 UNDER the Constitution of Canada, the Federal Electoral Districts are to be reviewed after each decennial (10 years) census to reflect the changes and movements in Canada’s population to which all citizens of Manitouwadge are requested to have their voice heard. At the [Read more]
Mantha: Tristan Emiry wins prestigious Loran Award QUEEN’S PARK, ON– Today in the Legislature, Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha congratulated Tristan Emiry of Thessalon for winning one of Canada’s largest undergraduate merit scholarships, the Loran Award. In addition to the scholarship [Read more]
The Harper government’s budget and the fallout from it will be felt for quite some time as job losses become reality. That new reality will be highlighted by the decreasing ability of our public servants to do the work we count on and will show up in ways people don’t consider when everything [Read more]
Many moons ago, before being elected as your MPP, I worked with Cherokee Logging as a cut and skidder operator and as a sawmill worker with Gogama Forest Products. My family, along with many families and communities in the North relied solely on the forestry industry. During my time working in the [Read more]
Will Manitouwadge remain in Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing? Every 10 years, after the census is conducted, the number of electoral districts and their boundaries are revised to reflect population shifts and growth. Your electoral district – which is where you live and vote for your member of [Read more]
QUEEN’s PARK, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha, speaks in the Ontario Legislature on the need to address what he believes to be an affordable housing crisis our province. Bill G-19 the Residential Tenancies Act Amendment does little to help with high rent costs in Ontario says [Read more]
The brouhaha that flowed from the Auditor General’s report on April 3rd can be called appropriate when one considers the history of this issue. The out-of-whack estimates for the costing of these fighter jets and the concentrated effort on the part of the, then minority, Conservative government [Read more]
The General Chairperson’s Association (GCA) which represents all unionized employees at Ontario Northland is pleased by NDP Leader Andrea Horwath’s statement today outlining her Party’s demands for supporting the McGuinty Government’s Budget that includes keeping the ONTC in public hands. [Read more]
It has been a little over a week since the Liberal Budget was announced. Since then my NDP colleagues and I have been asking for your feedback. In that time, we have heard from over 38,000 Ontarians. Out of the thousands of concerns we have heard about, it’s clear that many Ontarians are very [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Today in question period, Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha called on the government to address mounting worries about funding to hospitals in small northern communities “Constituents in my riding are concerned about their local hospital services. Hospitals in my riding [Read more]
“It’s a mistake, plain and simple” NORTH BAY, ON – The General Chairperson’s Association (GCA) which represents all unionized employees at Ontario Northland believes statements made by Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli about the selloff of the ONTC not being in the Ontario [Read more]
