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Ministers shun local delegates
Fort Frances Times    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
While the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association/Ontario Good Roads Association conference in Toronto normally is a chance for local delegates to bend the ears of various ministers, there won't be any of that for Fort Frances' reps this year. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. John Albanese and Rick Wiedenhoeft, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig will attend the Feb. 26-29 conference. More

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C-K will raise turbine concerns - but won't walk out
The Chatham Daily News    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
Chatham-Kent will raise its concerns over the Green Energy Act, but won't walk out of an upcoming conference, says a municipal councillor. Chatham Coun. Michael Bondy will be the lone council representative to attend the Ontario Good Roads Association/Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto. More

Council supports resolution to snub McGuinty at conference
The Wellington Advertiser    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
Premier Dalton McGuinty spoke at the ROMA conference in Toronto this morning, and about 50 individuals quietly walked out of the auditorium. Mapleton councillors were unanimous on Feb. 14 in their support of a resolution from the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie to snub McGuinty in a very public way at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association event. The resolution noted the Ontario Federation of Agriculture has now asked McGuinty and the provincial government to suspend the building of industrial wind turbines. More

The shout doctrine
The Walrus    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
What happens when political debates escalate into a culture of arguments, attack ads, and anonymous Internet assaults? A Parliament effectively shut—and shouted—down. More


 
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