Posts Tagged ‘Carol Hughes’
Written by NDP Media on 24 April 2016
As budget analysis comes into focus after an election that gave thousands of young Canadians incentive to vote, the Liberals have already started to back-track and water down some of their key promises. A cynical person might even wonder if they were promises that were never meant to be acted [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 03 April 2016
Young Canadians today are on a razor’s edge when it comes to employment. They are often forced into precarious work and are more likely to take unpaid internships and part-time, casual, or temporary work. Just under half of Canadians between the ages of 15 and 29 are forced to accept this kind [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 14 November 2015
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – A pilot project to help emergency workers identify people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an important step in making sure these people receive the best health care, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes delivered opening remarks at [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 22 October 2015
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Carol Hughes envoie son message d’appréciation et de félicitations aux électeurs après sa réélection à la circonscription d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. La députée néo-démocrate est enthousiasmée par le montant d’électeurs qui, lundi, se sont rendus aux [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 22 October 2015
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Carol Hughes is sending a message appreciation and congratulations to voters after being re-elected in Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. The New Democrat MP was enthusiastic about the high voter turnout on Monday which reversed a consistent downward trend over a number of [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 02 August 2015
The Parliamentary Budget Office released a report that explains the cost to eliminating the federal deficit in Canada, but it is not likely to please many Canadians, especially younger ones. According to the PBO the federal debt will be eliminated over the next 35 years, but the outlook isn’t so [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 07 July 2015
Va-t-on sacrifier nos producteurs agricoles comme on l’a fait avec notre secteur manufacturier? Le sprint final est amorcé pour conclure les négociations du Partenariat transpacifique (PTP), mais la conclusion à la hâte de cet accord commercial pourrait bien nuire au secteur agricole en [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 07 July 2015
Will we toss aside our agricultural producers the same way we did our manufacturing sector? The push is on to finalize negotiations on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and the implications of a rushed deal could harm the growing agricultural sector in Northern Ontario. While we [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 13 June 2015
Le vérificateur général recommande à la GRC de faire enquête sur les dépenses de neuf autres sénateurs et reproche à 21 autres d’avoir fait mauvais usage de leur budget de bureau. Ce constat survient au beau milieu du procès de Mike Duffy, qui alimente déjà l’hostilité du pays à [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 20 May 2015
Le gouvernement s’enorgueillit d’avoir équilibré le budget, mais il ne se vante pas du mince espoir que font naître ses efforts pour améliorer des chiffres stagnants en matière d’emploi et de piètres indicateurs économiques montrant son équilibre budgétaire pour ce qu’il est, soit [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 20 May 2015
The government is crowing about a balanced budget but what they aren’t bragging about is how their efforts offer little hope to improve stagnant job numbers or some dismal economic indicators that show their balancing job for what it is – a temporary illusion. What you will hear a lot [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 15 May 2015
OTTAWA, ON – Après des années d’inaction, le gouvernement tente avec cynisme d’exploiter les anciens combattants pour s’attirer des faveurs politiques dans l’espoir de gagner des appuis pour son budget préélectoral, affirme Carol Hughes, députée d’Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 15 May 2015
OTTAWA, ON – The government is cynically attempting to use veterans as a wedge to garner support for their pre-election budget despite years of inaction, says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes says the government should remove the items related to Veterans from the budget so [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 11 April 2015
OTTAWA, ON – Despite many societal advances we still have work to do if we want to live in a country where race is something that truly doesn’t matter, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. In an attempt to encourage people to challenge the stubborn phenomenon Hughes [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 02 April 2015
Avec des enfants iraquiens qui meurent de froid dans des camps de réfugiés turcs, le Canada doit se demander si le fait de s’engager dans une action militaire qui inspire les militants et qui contribue à l’instabilité régionale est la voie à suivre. Je ne doute pas de notre capacité de [Read more]