Posts Tagged ‘NDP’

Airport Delays Predictable & Preventable Says Hughes (Français inclus)

Airport Delays Predictable & Preventable Says Hughes (Français inclus)

Version française ci-dessous After the past two years, people are getting ready to travel the world once again. A surge in travellers was to be expected. Whether people are looking to meet family in other countries, attend international business meetings, or just trying to take a well-deserved [Read more]

MP Carol Hughes: Updating Broadcasting Act (Français inclus)

MP Carol Hughes: Updating Broadcasting Act (Français inclus)

Version française ci-dessous Reckoning with the tech giants and a wave of misinformation  Some of you may have heard of Bill C-10, the bill to update the Broadcasting Act to account for the digital media environment, dominated by tech giants, that has risen in the decades since the Act was [Read more]

Long-Term Care: 1st Consideration Must Be Care Not Profits

Long-Term Care: 1st Consideration Must Be Care Not Profits

Version française ci-dessous The pandemic has shown Canadians there is a cost for underinvestment in our health care system.  Just ask families who lost their loved ones in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country. Despite the health-related needs these centres cater to, they are [Read more]

Horwath Marks 1yr Anniversary of Pandemic with Roundtable to Reflect

Horwath Marks 1yr Anniversary of Pandemic with Roundtable to Reflect

QUEEN’S PARK, ON — To mark the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath held a roundtable with people whose lives have been deeply impacted by the pandemic, and issued the following statement: “As we look back on the impact the [Read more]

Changing the Elections Act for the Pandemic / Modifier la Loi électorale dans le contexte de la pandémie

Changing the Elections Act for the Pandemic / Modifier la Loi électorale dans le contexte de la pandémie

Version française ci-dessous In a minority parliament there will always be speculation on how the next election will be triggered.  Scenarios run from government’s that engineer their own defeat to those that fall on their best intentions or even by accident. Under normal conditions there [Read more]

MP Carol Hughes “The old guard could learn a new trick” (Français inclus)

MP Carol Hughes “The old guard could learn a new trick” (Français inclus)

Défiler ci-dessous pour le texte français There’s little doubt the pandemic has stretched finances.  From household budgets right up to the federal coffers, unexpected expenses have been thrust upon us.  That doesn’t mean everyone is struggling through this health crisis, some are even [Read more]

Focus on stopping the spread of COVID-19

Focus on stopping the spread of COVID-19

As the first week of Canada’s efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic settles in, the only consistency is the understanding that we are working with a moving target.  Daily briefings by the Prime Minister and key cabinet members have shed light on some aspects of Canada’s response, but so [Read more]

Hughes Ready To Make Parliament Work (français inclus)

Hughes Ready To Make Parliament Work (français inclus)

ELLIOT LAKE, ON – People in Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing are going to continue to have a dedicated worker on their side now that Carol Hughes has been re-elected. The veteran New Democrat MP is looking forward to continuing to bring the concerns of Northern Ontario to parliament and [Read more]

Telecom Companies React to CRTC Ruling (français inclus)

Telecom Companies React to CRTC Ruling (français inclus)

by threatening expansion of internet services in rural Canada says Hughes Competition is a healthy component of a capitalist system.  It forces businesses to refine their practices while delivering choice and lower prices to consumers.  That is why it is disheartening to see the reaction [Read more]

NDP decries lost year on sex-ed curriculum

Stiles blasts Ford for playing politics with kids’ safety NDP Pundit @salhousser says Doug Ford Government has WASTED One Million Dollars in taxpayers money in "revamping" Sex Ed, as nothing has really changed in the curriculum #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #elxn43 @maritstiles [Read more]

Tax Evasion Costs Us $40 Billion a Year – Or More Says Hughes

Tax Evasion Costs Us $40 Billion a Year – Or More Says Hughes

A report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released in late June has estimated the cost of the government’s failure to reduce overseas tax evasion at a number much higher than that provided by the Canada Revenue Agency.  The PBO report shows that we have, at bare minimum, $1.6 trillion [Read more]

Report On Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Can’t Be Left To Sit On A Shelf (français inclus)

Report On Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Can’t Be Left To Sit On A Shelf (français inclus)

If it weren’t for the hard work of the families and advocates of thousands of Indigenous women and girls who have been murdered or gone missing in Canada there might never have been an inquiry or a report, which was recently tabled.  Now, with bickering about the recommendations and the [Read more]

High Praise for Wikwemikong Robotics Team in Parliament

High Praise for Wikwemikong Robotics Team in Parliament

OTTAWA, ON –   Students from the high school on Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory are proving that you don’t have to come from a big place to do great things, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes told parliament about the achievements of the team of 20 students who [Read more]

Community Reeling from Tragic Loss of Couple (français inclus)

Community Reeling from Tragic Loss of Couple (français inclus)

KAPUSKASING, ON – The search for the helicopter carrying Jody and Nicole Blais ended in tragedy yesterday when the crash site was located in a wooded area west of Timmins. The tragedy has united Kapuskasing and area residents in grief according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes [Read more]

NDP Brings Families Throughout the Province Together to Push Back Against Conservative Cuts to Autism Supports

NDP Brings Families Throughout the Province Together to Push Back Against Conservative Cuts to Autism Supports

After Ford government admission that only families earning less than $55,000 are entitled to full amount QUEEN’S PARK, ON —Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath said that families of children living with autism have spoken; and they oppose Doug Ford’s scheme to rip supports and [Read more]

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