July 29th, 2010 |
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Blog, Mississauga, On Politics
Recently, the Public Safety Parliamentary Committee held an emergency meeting to study how the G20 event descended into a mess and who in the federal government was responsible for decisions made. There remains many unanswered and serious questions: Why was downtown Toronto selected against the advice of the Toronto Mayor and others? How did the [...]
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June 4th, 2010 |
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Mississauga, On Economy, Press Releases
Mississauga Liberals Want a Fair Economy, Fiscal Accountability
MISSISSAUGA – Omar Alghabra and Liberal Party Finance Critic John McCallum stood up for the middle class and decried the Conservative Party’s wasteful spending Thursday at a Mississauga-Erindale town hall meeting.
“Here in Mississauga, we’ve seen unemployment above the national average – more than 9.5 per cent at the [...]
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February 4th, 2010 |
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The fire story outside Bob Dechert’s (Mississauga-Erindale MP) office is quite disturbing. It is now confirmed by the police that it was deliberately started by an arsonist. I hope our law enforcement agencies are able to find him and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
This is a time to put aside partisanship [...]
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January 11th, 2010 |
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Blog, Canada150, Mississauga, On Canada, On Politics
While some politicians may think shutting down Parliament is the most convenient way to deal with the challenges and opportunities facing our country by evading them, others are standing up for democracy and choosing to have an unfiltered and unscripted conversation with Canadians (particularly youth) about their ideas.
Michael Ignatieff is touring the country visiting different [...]
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December 16th, 2009 |
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This is a great story for the city of Mississauga. The addition of the Sheridan campus to the city centre will supply new energy.
The city of Mississauga is going through a promising transformation. I expect the city centre to look drastically different in the next few years and I like the direction its taking. The [...]
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November 14th, 2009 |
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Blog, Mississauga, On Education
Students from Glenforest Secondary School in Mississauga have embarked on a noble project. They launched their own campaign to fight against malaria. They named their project Tumai for Tomorrow. Tumai, which means “hope” in Swahili, is what these students aspire to provide people affected by malaria, raising funds to support lifesaving research that will one [...]
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