JANUARY 18, 2016 Seeks meeting with Trudeau to discuss rapidly deteriorating economic situation TORONTO – The Trudeau government must come forward with a clear plan to deal with low energy prices, declining markets and decreased buying power for Canadians, Official Opposition Leader Rona Ambrose said today, as she kicked off a week of touring to highlight Conservative priorities before the [...]
JANUARY 11, 2016 OTTAWA – The Prime Minister has indicated that he will be in Davos, Switzerland next week to speak at this year’s World Economic Forum, where he’ll try and convince world and international business leaders that higher taxes and massive deficits are roadmaps toward prosperity. “Accompanying the Prime Minister is an International Trade Minister who doesn’t think it’s [...]
DECEMBER 28, 2015 OTTAWA — The Liberal government cannot make a fundamental change to the way Canadians elect their federal representatives without bringing that change forward in a referendum, Opposition Leader Rona Ambrose said today. Her call came after the Liberal government ruled out a referendum on their as-yet-undefined changes to the electoral system, and signaled a parliamentary committee was [...]
May 1, 2015 The 2015 Federal Budget was tabled in the House of Commons last week. This is a positive budget for Canadians with a number of specific initiatives that are important to Burlington residents. I was pleased that the government has fulfilled its promise to balance the budget and is eliminating the $56 billion deficit that accumulated while managing [...]
BILL C-479 (AN ACT TO AMEND THE CCRA – FAIRNESS FOR VICTIMS) IS ANNOUNCED IN THE HOUSE Burlington’s MP Mike Wallace has had his Private Members Bill concerning missing persons finally come to a realization in Bill C-479. There are over 600 unidentified human remains across Canada. This leaves families of missing persons with no closure after the loss of a loved [...]
January 17, 2014 With today’s technological advances, cyberbullying is unfortunately becoming increasingly prevalent in Canadian society. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying, in which aggression towards another is done through electronic means. A form of cyberbullying that uses new communication technologies to distribute intimate images without the consent of the person depicted is taking bullying way beyond the school yard. [...]