September 27, 2011 Castlegar, BC Original hand delivered on September 27/11 Honourable Jim Flaherty, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Flaherty, I want to thank you for your stand in support of dual US/Canadian citizens against the Internal Revenue Service’s cross border tax enforcement initiatives. After all, [...]
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011ATAMANENKO UNCOVERS ABUSE OF AREA WORKERS BY CANADA POST
Thursday, July 21st, 2011CASTLEGAR, BC – Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior) is furious about the treatment of area postal workers discovered by one his staff during a visit to the Castlegar Post Office (PO) yesterday. “It is clear that the Canada Post Corporation (CPC) feels empowered to degrade their employees in any way they choose knowing full [...]
Letter to the Editor – Economic Policy
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011Dear Editor, The Conservative candidate recently shared a Washington Times article that praises the economic policies of our federal government. It is understandable that the corporate sector is happy with the direction of the Harper Conservatives, especially with the planned 15% corporate tax rate. But, how is this impacting the average Canadian family, especially the [...]
Possible Closure of Rossland Secondary and Blueberry Community School
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011Honourable Margaret MacDiarmid Minister of Education P.O. Box 9045 STN PROV GOVT Victoria, BC V8W 9E2 Dear Minister MacDiarmid, As you are no doubt aware, there is a discussion in School District #20 about the possible closure of Rossland Secondary and Blueberry Community School. This is taking place as a result of some very difficult [...]
Letter to Canada Post: Christina Lake service
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010November 2, 2010 Ottawa, ON Ms. Caron Zukowsky, Local Area Manager Canada Post 530 Gaston Ave. Kelowna, BC V1Y 2K0 Dear Ms. Zukowsky, I have been approached by a number of residents of Christina Lake who are concerned about the proposed reduction of staffing levels at their post office. It appears that, although public hours [...]
RCMP need Resources
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010Hon. Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P. President of the Treasury Board L’Esplanade Laurier, East Tower, 9th Floor 140 O’Connor St. Ottawa, ON K1A 0R5 Dear Minister Day, As you are probably aware, a number of our rural communities are suffering due to the lack of resources for police funding. The enclosed article in the Oliver Chronicle [...]
Encourage Environmentally Friendly Rail Travel
Monday, September 27th, 2010Hon. Vic Toews, P.C., M.P. Minister of Public Safety Sir Wilfrid Laurier Building, 13th floor 340 Laurier Ave. West Ottawa, ON K1A 0P8 Dear Minister Toews, It has come to my attention that CBSA will be charging Amtrak an annual fee of $500,000 in order to run two trains per day on the Vancouver-Seattle-Portland run. [...]
“Deserter Directive”: Letter to Minister Kenney
Friday, August 13th, 2010DATE: August 13, 2010 TO: The Honourable Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jean Edmonds Building South Tower, 21st Floor 365 Laurier Street West Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1 RE: Your recent war deserter directive Dear Minister Kenney: I would like to express my concern over the recent directive issued by your department that [...]
Cutbacks at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Monday, March 1st, 2010Honourable Kevin Falcon, Minister of Health Services Room 337 Legislature Building Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Dear Minister Falcon: RE: Operating Room staff and hours cutbacks at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital I write to underline the seriousness of the situation at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH), given the cutbacks announced by the Interior Health Authority [...]
Downgraded Greyhound Service – letter to Minister Baird
Monday, February 8th, 2010As you know Greyhound Canada has been cutting back service to rural communities across Canada. We have certainly felt the effect here in southern British Columbia.