Ottawa Citizen - A day to celebrate our Constitution
Published on March 29th, 2012 in the Ottawa Citizen
What we don't know can hurt us, and Canadians' lack of constitutional knowledge is troubling to some who see the Constitution as the country's most important document.
According to the Canadian Constitution Foundation, a registered charity that defends constitutional freedoms, a national day to reacquaint ourselves with this under-appreciated document might be just what we need.
Napanee Guide - Trainer worries for future of horse racing
Published on March 28th, 2012 in the Napanee Guide
Kevin Benn stands in the stall-lined aisle of his barn just east of Napanee. In the background his brother Barry grooms and harnesses one of the 17 standardbred horses that the brothers train and race at tracks across Ontario, preparing for a training session out on the farm's on-site training track.
Read moreNapanee Guide - Hiller and Reid team up for AED cause
Published on March 28th, 2012 in the Napanee Guide
According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, up to 45,000 cardiac arrests occur in the province each year.
This year, Progressive Conservative MPP Randy Hillier joins Conservative MP Scott Reid in providing funding for small towns and communities to acquire Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) with the Community AED Challenge, devices that can save lives.
Hillier questions the need for Bill 30
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, debates Bill 30, Family Caregiver Leave Act (Employment Standards Amendment), 2012 and hi-lights the contradictions between the Minister of Labours responses inside and outside of the house.
Read moreHillier blasts Liberals on their financial mismanagement, the Ornge Scandal, and their debt
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, debates Bill 46 - An Act to authorize the expenditure of certain amounts or the fiscal year and blasts the Liberals and their financial mismanagement, their waste and their scandals.
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