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Maria Minna: Harper ignores the elected majority in parliament

January 13, 2011January 13, 2011 Maria Minna

By the time Conservative Senators called Bill C-311 (the Climate Change Accountability Act) for a vote on Nov. 16, 2010, it had already sat in the Senate for 193 days without debate after having been passed by the majority of Members of Parliament in the elected House of Commons. The Conservative Senators had instructions from […]

Garth Clark: Mayor Ford has already carried out his resolutions for 2011

January 12, 2011January 13, 2011 Garth Clark

Happy New Year to you, Carole, and to the rest of the good people at Beach Metro News. I hope everyone had a good holiday break, and are ready to face 2011 with guts and gusto. I know I am. Firstly let me say how sorry I was to hear of the passing of Mark […]

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