Posts Tagged ‘Carol Hughes’
Written by NDP Media on 19 September 2013
The Prime Minister is once again showing his contempt for the work of parliamentarians SUDBURY, ON – The Conservative government’s decision to shut down Parliament will impact the lives of Canadians, says NDP MPs Glenn Thibeault (Sudbury) and Carol Hughes (Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing). [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 16 September 2013
La santé publique ne devrait pas être une considération secondaire pour le s responsables de la réglementation Il est plutôt facile de voir les sociétés pharmaceutiques comme étant à la fois bonnes et mauvaises. Les malades qui sont guéris ou dont les symptômes sont soulagés grâce aux [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 16 September 2013
It is pretty easy to view drug companies as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type entities. For those who are relieved of symptoms or illness by proprietary drugs, they do good and important work. For those who struggle with side effects, receive little or no relief, have adverse reactions – or [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 11 September 2013
Il ne se précipite pas pour revenir aux difficiles périodes des questions : Hughes ELLIOT LAKE, ON — Quelques jours avant la Journée internationale de la démocratie (15 septembre), le premier ministre a annoncé qu’il allait proroger le Parlement, ce qui retardera d’un mois entier le [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 11 September 2013
not rushing back to difficult question periods: Hughes ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Just days ahead of the International Day of Democracy (September15th ), the Prime Minister announced he will prorogue parliament which will delay the start of the fall sitting for a full month. While the move was [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 07 September 2013
Nul n’ignore la forte corrélation entre pauvreté et longévité. C’est l’une des principales lacunes dans le raisonnement avancé par le gouvernement pour expliquer son intention de hausser l’âge d’admissibilité à la Sécurité de la vieillesse. Malheureusement, le gouvernement [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 07 September 2013
It is well established that poverty has a strong correlation with life expectancy. It is one of the big holes in the government’s reasoning behind their plan to increase the age of eligibility for OAS. The government used numbers that tied the life expectancy of wealthier baby boomers to the [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 23 August 2013
Ceux qui ont regardé la période des questions pendant les cinq dernières semaines de la session parlementaire du printemps dernier auront peut-être remarqué les absences répétées du premier ministre. Lorsque Stephen Harper se trouvait à la Chambre pendant cette période, il naviguait [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 23 August 2013
If you watched Question Period during the last five weeks parliament sat in the spring, you didn’t see much of the Prime Minister. When Stephen Harper was around over that stretch, it was anything but smooth sailing. Day after day he faced a tough line of questioning from Tom Mulcair about [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 13 July 2013
L’horreur du déraillement de train à Lac-Mégantic a stupéfait tout le Canada et le monde entier au fur et à mesure que nous parviennent les détails de ce que cette petite ville du Québec a vécu. La consternation se transforme en profonde tristesse, et ils sont nombreux dans la [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 06 July 2013
Il y a quelques années de cela, je vous avais écrit au sujet du péril menaçant les abeilles (et tout particulièrement les abeilles domestiques) alors que le syndrome d’effondrement des colonies constituait un phénomène et une préoccupation croissants. Aux dernières nouvelles, le péril [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 06 July 2013
A few years back I wrote about the challenges for bees (especially honey bees) as colony collapse disorder was a growing concern and phenomenon. Recent news items show the problems aren’t reversing but are only getting worse. This is significantly bad news and the implications could be felt [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 25 May 2013
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]
Written by NDP Media on 25 May 2013
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]
Written by NDP Media on 03 May 2013
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]