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Juno Award Nominee & NDP MP Charlie Angus Visits London
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
London-Two time Juno award nominee, and NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) is no stranger to whirlwind schedules. As a musician, as the NDP Critic for both Culture and Public Works, and as the representative for a riding the size of Great Britain, Angus is use to long days and dealing with a variety of issues on the fly. So it was no surprise that when Angus visited London last Friday as a guest of MP Irene Mathyssen, the two MPs packed a range of issues into a full day around our community. Read more»
Scandal Sheet: Conservatives Abuse Your Tax $$$
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
When it comes to keeping your money out of the hands of their friends, Stephen Harper can't be trusted.
When he was in opposition, Harper said that unlike the Liberals, he’d protect ordinary people's tax dollars.
He'd stop giving government jobs to party hacks: Read more»
Layton & Mathyssen Join NHL Oldtimers for Charity
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
NDP leader Jack Layton (MP, Toronto-Danforth), joined NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe) in London for a special visit to the John Labatt Centre for the NHL Oldtimers Hockey Challenge. The annual event, has former NHL players facing off against members of the local police force in a charity hockey game. In the afternoon, Layton laced up the skates for a free pre-game skate was held at the John Labatt Centre, where he and the NHLers took to the ice with Londoners of all ages.
Leadership You Can Trust, Jack Layton's First 5 Years
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Pledging to make politics matter again for ordinary Canadians, on January 25, 2003 Jack Layton became the sixth leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
In five short years since then, Jack has delivered a record of real accomplishments for ordinary Canadians and of growth for our party.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR CANADIANS Read more»
London MP Opens New Wind Farm
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Forest-MP Irene Mathyssen (NDP, London-Fanshawe) joined with community leaders and executives from Bullfrog Power on Wednesday afternoon (Jan 23) to officially open a new 6 turbine wind farm north of London. Located just outside of Forest, the "Ravenswood" wind farm is Bullfrog's newest green electricity project. The project will provide enough green power to meet the needs of 3000 households. Read more»
Top CEO's New Year's Day=Your Yearly Income
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
By the time most Canadians roll up their sleeves to begin work in 2008, Canada's top 100 paid CEO's will have already pocketed what it takes the rest of us a year to earn. By 10:33am on January 2nd, all 100 of these CEO's will have surpassed the national average wage earnings of $38,998.00. By 1:04pm on New Year's Day, they had already pocketed what a minimum wage earner will make for the entire year. Read more»
Canadian Families Worse Off Under NAFTA
Monday, October 1st, 2007
OTTAWA – On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the negotiations of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, NDP International Trade Critic Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster) presented his analysis of the new figures from Statistics Canada that show a drastic increase in income inequality for most Canadian families since 1989. The statistics show that Canada’s top earners are making more while most ordinary Canadians are seeing a decrease in actual earnings. Read more»
NDP Proposes End to ATM Fees
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Time for fairness for customers as banks enjoy record profits.
TORONTO – Average Canadians are getting “nickeled and dimed” by the big chartered banks says NDP Leader Jack Layton and the Conservative government has the power to make the cash-machine-money-grab disappear.
“The NDP thinks hard working Canadians should not be charged by banks when they deposit, withdraw or transfer their own money using an ATM,” said Layton. “The NDP will table amendments to the Bank Act that would eliminate fees for using ATMs.” Read more»
Homelessness is in Our Own Backyards
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Homelessness, it’s not in my backyard right? Wrong.
Since April 2005, 7 people in London have died as a result of the effects of homelessness, according to one agency representative providing shelter services in London. Read more»
The High Cost of "lower" Taxes
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
OTTAWA—Canada is falling behind many other nations in a wide range of social and economic areas, and tax cuts are the culprit.
The study comparing high-tax Nordic countries and low-tax Anglo-American countries on 50 social and economic measures and finds the high-tax Nordic countries score better in 42 categories.
According to the study, tax cuts are disastrous for the well-being of a nation’s citizens.
The four Nordic countries scored better than the lower-taxed countries on most of the 50 indicators measured in the report, including: Read more»
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