Statement by St Marys Cement in Response to Inflammatory Comments by Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin
TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2012 /CNW/ – Earlier this week, St Marys Cement announced that Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and other senior Cabinet Ministers will be subpoenaed and compelled to testify in the judicial review of the Liberal government’s decision to kill the proposed Flamborough Quarry. St Marys has also filed a NAFTA claim based on [...]
Ontario Liberal Party Leadership Convention to be held at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2012 /CNW/ – Today the Ontario Liberal Party’s Executive Council met and determined the convention to elect the new Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party will be held in Toronto at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. A Leadership convention has been scheduled for the weekend of Friday, [...]
Mitt Romney – Iran’s way to the sea is Syria. On what planet?
During the 3rd presidential debate on Monday, 22 October 2012, Mitt Romney told the viewers that Syria is Iran’s way to the sea. That claim is wrong. Presidential debates are held to enable the viewer to make up her/his mind about which candidate to vote for. They are an opportunity to asses the candidates’ knowledge [...]
MPPs need to get back to work this year – not next: NDP
2013 Liberal leadership convention means Liberals plan to keep Legislature shut for rest of year TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2012 /CNW/ – NDP House Leader Gilles Bisson says Liberal plans to hold a leadership convention on January 25, and shut down the Legislature until then, have to change and that MPPs need the house recalled so [...]
editorial: Mitt Romney’s ‘binders full of women’ were not what he claims
Bart B. Van Bockstaele -Toronto: Mitt Romney’s story about “binders full of women” has had quite an impact on the Internet. There is a slight problem with it however: it is not true. A nice example of why evidence matters. The first thing I had to think of when Mitt Romney told the story about [...]
editorial: Which scandal caused McGuinty to throw in the towel?
KJ Mullins-Toronto: In Ontario many have been asking “Where’s the money?” when it comes to government spending. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has weathered many scandals from eHealth to the most recent power plant closings. McGuinty shocked some Monday when he stepped down as Liberal leader and closed up legislature. Telling the Liberal caucus at Queen’s [...]
Dalton McGuinty steps down
Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty announced Monday evening that he was stepping down after nine years as premier. McGuinty made the announcement during a surprise caucus meeting Monday. He will remain in his position until a leadership convention is held. CTV News reports: “After 16 years as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, and after nine [...]
Horwath vows to keep leading change as convention closes
HAMILTON, ON, April 15, 2012 /CNW/ – New Democrats are feeling stronger than ever after a successful weekend convention in Steeltown says New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath. “The people of Ontario are tired of the same old politics and this weekend they saw New Democrats leading real change that will put them first,” said Horwath. [...]
Cuts reach great depths as province’s only marine heritage advisor faces lay off
TORONTO, Dec. 15, 2011 /CNW/ – One of only three senior specialists in the protection of underwater shipwrecks and artifacts in Canada and the United States has been laid off by the Ontario government, putting the province’s marine heritage at serious risk. Dr. Simon Spooner, the only senior specialist in marine archeology in Ontario, was laid off December 2 by the Ministry of [...]
Omnibus Crime Bill C-10 – Petitions calling for further debates to be tabled in the House of Commons this Tuesday November 29th
OTTAWA, Nov. 29, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ – Provincial leaders from Quebec, Ontario, BC and PEI have all already vigorously criticized Bill C-10, the Omnibus Crime Bill, and now average Canadians from all walks of life are adding their voices to the opposition. Several MPs will be tabling petitions on behalf of NORML Canada (The National Organization for the Reform of [...]
