More and more people want to be able to eat locally produced food. Whether the motivation is political or merely based on a desire to support local producers and get fresh food, the idea of eating locally is on an upward trajectory. Recently, the Manitoulin Island Community Abattoir (MICA) [Read more]
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]
Give’em enough rope: Senators doing a great job of showing why we don’t need the place The recent investigation into questionable housing allowance claims for Senators has put the Red Chamber under a spotlight that leaves many Canadians wondering how useful the institution really is. One [Read more]
Revelations that Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspectors were instructed to allow contaminated carcasses to be processed in the now infamous XL Foods plant in southern Alberta confirm the worst suspicions of those who believe the agency is receiving direction that flies in the face of actual [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – First Nations are being asked to accept changes to Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act on faith alone according to MP, Carol Hughes. The MP contends that negotiations without an even application of appropriate notice highlight the government’s questionable commitment in [Read more]
The brouhaha that flowed from the Auditor General’s report on April 3rd can be called appropriate when one considers the history of this issue. The out-of-whack estimates for the costing of these fighter jets and the concentrated effort on the part of the, then minority, Conservative government [Read more]
North must preserve its weight in Parliament during new redistribution, NDP MPs say THUNDER BAY, ON – Northern Ontario’s six New Democrat MPs calling on the region’s Conservative representatives to stand with them in defending fair representation for the region. They are introducing a [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING, ON – A year ago, I was part of a group listening to the kind of speech that you get to hear at office Christmas parties across Canada. It focused on a job well done – with respect to our efforts in the past year, the challenges that were sure to come in the [Read more]
Bill will ban restrictive network locks, boost wireless competition & consumer choice OTTAWA, ON- Repressive cellular phone network locks need to end in order to give consumers real choice and to encourage competition in Canada’s wireless market, say New Democrats Bruce Hyer (Thunder [Read more]
Wants Canada Post to find a new location in Dorion to replace loss of current outlet OTTAWA, ON – MP Bruce Hyer is demanding that Canada Post find a replacement location for the postal outlet that is closing in Dorion this year. The current postal outlet, located in Canyon Country Service, is [Read more]
HUGHES FOCUSES ON SMALL OPERATORS AND FOOD SECURITY DURING WHEAT BOARD DEBATE OTTAWA, ON – Local food networks need to be fostered and agriculture policy needs to be balanced if the government is serious about food security, according to Carol Hughes. The Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP [Read more]
Health Canada warnings on cell phones need to be clearer and widely heard In the summer of 2010 I wrote about a group of parents in Collingwood who were fighting to have wifi taken out of their children’s school. I heard their story while sitting as a member of a parliamentary committee [Read more]
It was good news when the House of Commons unanimously passed a New Democrat motion this past week that took aim at another economic downturn. The document contained a number of measures intended to help Canada weather its second bout of recession in the last half-decade. It focused on job [Read more]
New Democrat Leader Jack Layton passes away at his home, surrounded by family ARMSTRONG, ONTARIO – Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Bruce Hyer issued the following statement on the passing of Leader of Canada’s Official Opposition, Jack Layton: “It was with great sadness that I learned of the [Read more]
Eco-Energy Retrofit Program As opposition, our role is to focus on items which we believe the government is handling wrong or could do a better job at. However, it is also important to give credit where credit is due. A good example of this is the inclusion of the Eco-Energy Retrofit program in [Read more]
