Fireworks celebrations on July 1st do not escape Harmonized Sales Tax THUNDER BAY – Canada Day celebrations this year will have a little less bang for the buck as the Harper-McGuinty HST will make it more expensive to buy even fireworks. It’s a fitting start to how this unfair tax shift will [Read more]
Hyer: It’s incumbent upon Canadians to appreciate what makes Canada special THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Bruce Hyer is celebrating Canada Day in Terrace Bay and Thunder Bay, and points in between along the North Shore this year. He took the opportunity to speak about Canada’s [Read more]
Hyer on the Hill Cell Phone Freedom One of the symbols of modern life is the cell phone, and for good reason. More and more people rely on them for business and to connect with family and friends. You don’t have to be a chatty teenager to understand that they have become an indispensible part [Read more]
Northern Ontario New Democrats Slam Clement on Pork-Barrel Spending OTTAWA – Northern Ontario NDP MPs slammed Industry Minister Tony Clement today for pork-barrel spending in his riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka. Clement has been under a cloud of controversy over supposed G8 and G20 related [Read more]
MPs Tour Canadian Forest Industry Success Story Employee-owned Harmac mill to increase production despite decimated sector, MPs find NANAIMO – Nestled on Canada’s west coast is a rare pulp & paper success story that could serve as a model to revive other struggling mills across Canada, say [Read more]
House of Commons Adopts Key Climate Change Bill Opposition parties unite to pass C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, 149 to 136 OTTAWA – The country’s only federal climate change bill passed a final vote in the House of Commons Wednesday night with the support of New Democrat, Bloc, [Read more]
Bruce Hyer: Canadians to Send Message with Earth Hour MP’s landmark Climate Change Bill to face final showdown in House of Commons THUNDER BAY – Earth Hour is about much more than just saving electricity for an hour.” said Hyer “Last year, over 10 million Canadians voted with their [Read more]
17 March, 2010 Parliament Clips PM’s Power to Prorogue Opposition Day Motion to require majority approval for prorogation passes 139 to 135 OTTAWA – Bruce Hyer, New Democrat MP Thunder Bay–Superior North, applauded his opposition colleagues from other parties today for their unanimous [Read more]
16 March, 2010 Motion Tabled to Limit PM’s Powers of Prorogation Opposition Day Motion would require House support for suspensions longer than a week OTTAWA – Proposals advanced in early January by Thunder Bay–Superior North MP Bruce Hyer are being put into legislative action in the [Read more]
