By LORI TURNBULL Globe and Mail October 18 2012On the evening of October 15, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his pending resignation as Premier and leader of the Liberal Party, after nine years as Premier but just one year after the last provincial election. But that’s not all – he’s also s...

By Bruce Hain Innisfil Journal Oct 18, 2012 - INNISFIL/BARRIE —The word “Innisfil” should be contained in the name of any new federal riding, Mayor Barb Baguley says....

A big step forward for democratic rights in the provinceECOJUSTICE NEWS RELEASE OCT 15, 2012 Today, environmental groups applauded a proposed new law that would allow Ontario citizens to speak out to protect the environment and their health without fear of damaging lawsuits meant to intimidate them. ...

By Allan Gregg Toronto Star October 8 2012 On Sept. 5, I was invited by Carleton University to deliver a lecture marking the opening of their spectacular new Public Affairs building. Using George Orwell’s dystopian novel as a device to tie my arguments together, the talk was entitled, “1984 in 2012: ...

What Has Harper Done?Green Party of Canada October 8 2012 On September 9th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed an agreement with China, the Canada-China Investment Treaty. The agreement was kept from the Canadian public and Parliament until September 26th, 2012, when it was quietly made public, tab...

City staff take a drubbing over secrecyBy San Grewal Toronto Star September 5 2012 Brampton councillors took turns chastising senior city staff Wednesday for routinely keeping councillors in the dark and “failing to report” on important issues that are supposed to be council business.“It seems more a...

By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times September 3, 2012For the past six years, Bruce Stanton has represented Simcoe North in the House of Commons.A native of Severn Township, he’s lived in the community his whole life. Four years ago, he moved to Oro-Medonte with his family.“We’re literally within ...

By Bruce Hain Barrie Advance  Sep 05, 2012INNISFIL/BARRIE — Innisfil could be joining Barrie in a boundary shuffle of federal electoral boundaries, with the new riding tentatively being called Barrie South.But the mayors of both municipalities agree the riding should be called Barrie-Innisfil to refl...

Be ready for tactics aimed at keeping people alienated and acquiescentAWARE Simcoe July 11 2012 Whether it's the Great Lakes water levels, growth in Simcoe County or the revamping of the Aggregate Resources Act, there's a lot of purported public consultation going on. This primer (edited for relevanc...

Canadians kick off international coalition to fight new Internet restrictions proposed in TPP trade agreementNews release from OpenMedia June 27, 2012 OpenMedia.ca launched a campaign today, supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the new Internet restrictions, including new content...