Mississauga

Standing together

February 4th, 2010  |  Published in Blog, Mississauga

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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Canadians have the power to make a difference

January 11th, 2010  |  Published in 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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Sheridan College is coming to Mississauga

December 16th, 2009  |  Published in Blog, Canada150, Mississauga, On Education

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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Students from Glenforest Secondary School save lives

November 14th, 2009  |  Published in 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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This is not how you treat our youth

November 13th, 2009  |  Published in Blog, Mississauga, On Politics

Students from Woodlands High School have been actively engaged in raising awareness about the threat of climate change and determined to make sure that our political leaders treat this matter as a priority. They have been mounting a campaign to register their expectations with the Prime Minister. Unfortunately the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) response was [...]

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Scrapping the Long Gun Registry would set us back 20 years

November 12th, 2009  |  Published in Blog, Mississauga, On Politics, On Safe Community

The Conservative government came one stop closer to dismantling the gun registry. Last week, the initial stage of scrapping the long gun registry was approved in the House of Commons. I hope that Canadians will not stand by and allow vacuous ideology to set us back 20 years.
The gun registry has been a flashpoint in [...]

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