Columns

Last week, outgoing Auditor General Sheila Fraser presented her final report to parliament. The final report covered several topics, as is normally the case, but the most awaited chapter in this edition was the chapter that reported her findings on the G8-G20 fiasco last year. As usual, Ms. Fraser did not let us down.

NIMBY. Not in my back yard is heard commonly in every town across the country. It was part of the mandate of the Liberal party in the last provincial election to move Ontario residents away from coal. The alternatives were wind, solar, hydro and nuclear power.
The government of Ontario has made a commitment to the voters of the province that new electrical power generation would come from green sources. The province has provided carrots to companies that are using natural gas, wind and solar energy to create power to make Ontario a green province.

By Walter Wagner
President

Branch #54 has just completed it's General Meeting for May.
We approved two new members, donated money to the Sea Cadets and Relay for Life.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

The government of Canada will reconvene on Thursday. It will be a majority government and for the first time in seven years, the governing party will be able to lead and make hard decisions about the future of our country. Some of those decisions will appear unpopular to the general public, but will be in the best interests of Canadians. The GST would never have happened without a majority government. Neither would a national Medicare have been adopted. Majorities gave government the power to be innovative.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

The following is the first of a two part article on lowering predation losses, from Barry Potter, Livestock Specialist, OMAFRA.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

With the May 2nd election now behind us it is time to look forward to Canada’s new majority government. I would like to use this space over the next two weeks to inform you of some of the impacts that the election results will have on the functioning of parliament and how it may affect our lives over the next four years. This week, I would like to briefly recap the election results, address the new powers of the Harper government, and speculate as to the impact that the May 2nd will have on our daily Question Period.

By Walter Wagner
Legion President

I would like to start this article by acknowledging our executive who worked the Trade Show.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru