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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

In Queen's Park today, Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, debates Bill 34 and the events of last summers G20 summit meeting.

Published on March 12th, 2012 in the Toronto Sun

Ever since 2005, after a nasty dog attack on an individual, Ontario has legislated a ban on pit bulls, imposed in the name of public safety.

The issue has been a topic of debate ever since.

Critics call the law “canine racism,” and say breed specific legislation (BSL), is vague to the point that it’s uncertain as to what constitutes a “pit bull.”

Published in the Calgary Herald on Sunday, March 11th, 2012

As I was reading between the lines of the Drummond report, a penny dropped out from the political spin: Premier Dalton McGuinty's message is that Ontario can no longer compete with the likes of Alberta or Newfoundland because we don't have their natural resources.

Published on March 8th, 2012 in the Frontenac News as a Letter to the Editor

Recently, the Ontario Ministry of Natural resources (MNR) proposed new regulations to protect the gray rat snake. These regulations include three levels of exclusion zones around the snakes’ habitat reaching out as far as one kilometre from their known haunts. And just in case if you forgot how the MNR works, these regulations will restrict or prevent what you can do on your private property without compensation if a gray rat snake is found within 1000 meters of your land.

Letter to Minister Bentley, Minister of Energy, expressing opposition to the Feed In Tariff Program and wind energy projects.