More and more people want to be able to eat locally produced food. Whether the motivation is political or merely based on a desire to support local producers and get fresh food, the idea of eating locally is on an upward trajectory. Recently, the Manitoulin Island Community Abattoir (MICA) [Read more]
Quiconque est en affaire sait pertinemment qu’une entreprise qui ne rapporte pas ne risque pas de durer très longtemps. Cette réalité cruciale semble échapper aux conservateurs puisque, sous leur gouverne, le montant des impôts non recouvrés n’a pas cessé de grimper. Cette façon de [Read more]
Anyone in business knows that when money doesn’t come in the venture won’t last long. This critical point seems to escape the minds of Conservatives who have allowed uncollected tax to balloon under their watch. It is hurting Canada and punishing those who play by the rules. Since the [Read more]
Même les amis bien nantis ne parviennent pas à faire disparaître la culture du « tout m’est dû ». « Nous devons éliminer la corruption et démolir le mur du silence qui lui permet de s’implanter. Il faut absolument remplacer la culture du “tout m’est dû” par la culture [Read more]
“We must clean up corruption and lift the veils of secrecy that allow it to flourish. We must do nothing less than replace the culture of entitlement with the culture of accountability.” That was Stephen Harper’s opinion only one year before he became Prime Minister. Much has changed [Read more]
The Auditor General gave the Conservative government a $3.1 billion dollar black eye this week when he revealed that amount of money is missing in action from Canada’s anti-terrorism efforts. Stephen Harper says this is just ‘an issue of lack of clarity,’ but for a party that rode into Ottawa [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – The oil spill near White River is raising anxiety for people in the area who are questioning the validity of the information they are receiving, according to Carol Hughes. The MP for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing commented on the spill that occurred when 22 cars derailed about [Read more]
La semaine dernière, j’ai rencontré des électeurs du nord-ouest de la circonscription d’Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. L’absence d’un accès à Internet digne de ce nom a été un thème soulevé constamment dans de trop nombreuses localités de la circonscription. Pour les [Read more]
Recently, I spent time meeting with constituents in the Northwest corner of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. A constant theme in too many locations throughout the constituency is the lack of reasonable internet access. For businesses, students, and individuals the high-speed internet gap is [Read more]
Laissez-les faire : les sénateurs nous montrent très bien pourquoi nous n’avons pas besoin d’eux La récente enquête sur les allocations de logement douteuses des sénateurs a placé la Chambre rouge sous les feux de la rampe, poussant les Canadiens à se questionner sur l’utilité de [Read more]
Give’em enough rope: Senators doing a great job of showing why we don’t need the place The recent investigation into questionable housing allowance claims for Senators has put the Red Chamber under a spotlight that leaves many Canadians wondering how useful the institution really is. One [Read more]
Just like the corner store or local diner, the family farm is disappearing from Canada at a rapid pace. Since 2007 Canada has lost over 22,000 family farms as the trend toward corporate agriculture picks up steam. While this may seem like an inevitable conclusion, we should seriously consider [Read more]
Une demande d’accès à l’information présentée par Greenpeace a permis de prendre connaissance d’une lettre de l’industrie pétrolière et gazière adressée aux ministres de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles en décembre 2011 qui fait comprendre d’où vient une grande [Read more]
An access to information request filed by Greenpeace turned up a letter sent by the oil and gas industry to the Ministers of the Environment and Natural Resources in December of 2011 that helps explain much of the contentious content in the budget bills C-38, and C-45. The letter laid out [Read more]
Revelations that Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspectors were instructed to allow contaminated carcasses to be processed in the now infamous XL Foods plant in southern Alberta confirm the worst suspicions of those who believe the agency is receiving direction that flies in the face of actual [Read more]
