December 15, 2010 ESPANLOA MAN GIVES PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ACCOUNT OF STRUGGLES TO GET TREATMENT FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN DenisLendrum Speaks about strugles to access Autism Treatments for children (CLICK to HEAR) OTTAWA, ON – Autism is not a condition with an expiry date, so services available [Read more]
December 14, 2010 MINISTER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS NEEDS TO REPLY TO FIRST NATIONS CORRESPONDENCE AND CONCERNS carolMRP1– Click to hear Hughes OTTAWA, ON – The Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs should show some manners and reply to his correspondence according to Carol Hughes. Rising in [Read more]
Charities feel the pinch on many fronts and need some help to attract donations Our recent tough economic times have increased public need across Canada. While various levels of government have responsibilities to address this, it is a simple fact that there are a lot of people who fall through [Read more]
December 2, 2010 TAX HAVEN DISCLOSURE HOLIDAY ADDS TO LIST OF GOVERNMENT FUMBLES ON THE ISSUE: HUGHES HUGHESTaxHavenHoliday _ EN (Click to hear MP Carol Hughes) OTTAWA, ON – Canadians hoping that the government will recover some of the billions of dollars lost to offshore tax havens will be [Read more]
HUGHES CALLS FOR ACTION ON POVERTY: FOOD BANK USE GROWS AS STIMULUS SET TO END OTTAWA, ON – Ontarians are being forced to do more with less and the growth in poverty statistics has been mirrored by a huge increase in the number of people dependant on Food Banks, according to [Read more]
Poppy campaign gets a break from HST in time for Remembrance Day Once again, New Democrats are fighting to better support Canada’s veterans. On October 28th, these efforts paid off when the government lifted the 13 per cent HST from poppies and wreaths, meaning all donations from the [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Canada needs to update its copyright law to match both technological advances and consumer needs according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Speaking to the government bill that attempts to update our law and bring us in line with international treaties that [Read more]
Cigarettes still killing but the message isn’t getting through Canada’s cigarette packages have used the same health warnings for almost 10 years. Canadians have seen each warning billions of times according to a report Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada will publish later this year. The [Read more]
From Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes As I prepared myself to vote on the registry last month, I was struck by the way in which stereotypes dominated the debate and felt that both sides were not being fairly represented by broad, sweeping characterizations. Not all anti-registry [Read more]
OCTOBER 4, 2010 OTTAWA – Carol Hughes is reacting to news that Maurice Foster, the long-time Member for the constituency of Algoma, died this past Saturday. Foster served Algoma from 1968 to his retirement in 1993. “I was saddened to hear of the passing of Maurice Foster,” said [Read more]
October 1, 2010 Problems at Veterans Affairs are Systematic Reports that the personal information of Canada’s veterans, such as medical and psychiatric records, widely circulated in the Department of Veterans Affairs, have New Democrats calling for a full inquiry into the policies and practices [Read more]
MP places blame on province and federal government as Town Centre set to close OTTAWA – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes took two levels of government to task for abandoning their responsibility to Hornepayne and its Town Centre in a statement delivered in the House of Commons on [Read more]
Debate Over Government Waste Should Start With Biggest Offences This past week was a turbulent one in Canadian politics as Parliament opened and the gun registry came to dominate all debate. Divisions across Canada were portrayed in the mainstream media as a rural/urban divide, with some outlets [Read more]
Time to make gun laws that make sense for more Canadians: Hughes OTTAWA, ON – Carol Hughes is saying that tonight’s defeat of bill C-391 makes it even more important to work toward a solution that makes sense to more Canadians. “I have spoken with people right across [Read more]
MP calls on government to attend to Seniors’ concerns OTTAWA, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes is calling on the government to double the Canada Pension Plan, raise the Guaranteed Income Supplement for low-income seniors and protect workplace pensions. In a tongue-in-cheek [Read more]
