My colleague, Tony Martin issued the following Op-ed which I endorse and would like to share with you.
On Thursday, June 17, 2010, Tony Martin introduced his bill, An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada
This bill provides for strong federal leadership in partnership with provinces, territories and other key stakeholders including our First Nations communities to [...]
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Poeverty Elimination Bill
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Living with Autism
Friday, August 13th, 2010Autism is the most common neurological disorder that affects children in our nation. Currently, one in every 200 people in Canada has been diagnosed with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). If we look specifically at children, this number jumps up to one in 165, or .6 per cent of all children. Diagnoses are [...]
Time for New Agriculture Policies
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010After years of deteriorating farm income, mounting debt and ill-designed income stability programs, can life on Canadian farms get worse? It certainly appears so. The government is forecasting that the price of many farm commodities will decline in 2010. And despite a complete overhaul by the Conservative government, farm income programs are causing the same [...]
Session Review
Saturday, July 31st, 2010One of the things I really enjoy about my job as your federal representative is taking part in community events. I must congratulate the many volunteers who work so hard to create opportunities that bring people together in united cause. Whenever I attend events such as the Osoyoos Volunteer Awards, Transition Nelson, the world [...]
Unlocking Bill C-32
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Last summer, Industry Canada held a series of nationwide consultations on copyright. It asked for input from consumers, industry experts and content developers on how best to modernize federal copyright legislation, which had not been reviewed since 1997.
The result is Bill C-32, A Bill to Amend the Copyright Act, which was recently introduced in [...]
EI in Dire Straights
Monday, June 28th, 2010My colleague, Jean Crowder – Nanaimo - Cowichan recently issued the following Op-ed which I would like to share with you.
With the clouds of recession still casting a deep shadow over many Canadians, I hoped the federal government would do everything it could to help workers and small business.
Instead, they’ve done the opposite.
The Conservatives [...]
Education should be a boon, not a burden
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010During this time of economic recovery, many young Canadians are seeking to improve their chances at developing meaningful careers by opting to invest in higher education. But with federal funding of colleges and universities having been slashed almost continuously since the early 80s, students are expected to make up this shortfall by paying unreasonable tuition [...]
Zero Nuclear Weapons
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010On April 8, 2010, United States President Barak Obama and Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev signed a landmark new nuclear weapons treaty.
The US and Russia agreed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons they hold by one third, and reduce the number of missiles that can deliver nuclear bombs by half.
The end of [...]
Pension Reform and Retirement Security
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Public vs. Private Plans
In March the government released a discussion paper intended as background for its Canada-wide public consultation on pension reform and Canada’s Retirement Income System. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s not surprising. It involved only three town-hall meetings, three by-invitation expert roundtables, and a voluntary on-line component. You could also write [...]
Accidents Can - and do - Happen
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010My colleague, Nathan Cullen MP – Skeena-Bulkley Valley recently issued the following Op-ed which I would like to share with you.
Days after the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig blew up off the coast of Lousiana killing 11 workers, British Petroleum assured the public that they would contain the leak quickly. They were wrong. The leak has [...]