Wayne Easter, MP

CUTS TO AGRICULTURE SAFETY NET A THREAT TO FARM COMMUNITY

OTTAWA – Malpeque MP, Wayne Easter, described the cuts to Agri-Stability and Agri-Invest as so serious that they render the safety net programs, in a time [...]

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Easter Questions EI Changes

Malpeque MP, Wayne Easter is aghast over the Harper Government’s recent changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) system which came into effect in August; the changes [...]

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Letter to Minister Fast on the Canada-European Trade Agreement Negotiations

OTTAWA– Liberal International Trade critic Wayne Easter sent the following letter to Minister of International Trade Ed Fast on the Canada-European Trade Agreement (CETA): The Honourable [...]

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EI Concerns

I am becoming more concerned that the new E.I. system is not working in the fashion the government has stated it would. I was of the [...]

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Private Members Motion M-388

I am please to support my colleague, Ralph Goodale, and his Private Members Motion (M-388). I have been an advocate for the rights of volunteer firefighters [...]

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Assistance for Volunteer Firefighters Welcome

Hunter River– Malpeque Member of Parliament, Wayne Easter, applauds the Provincial government’s announcement Monday about a refundable income tax credit of $500 for volunteer firefighters with [...]

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Tides accused of ‘laundering’ money

Look at the connections to the Harper regime. Does anyone really believe this is not a fostered attack against political opposition indeed against legitimate descent? Peter [...]

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Myth: Wheat board ‘put farmers in jail’

The following article, in a nonpartisan way, portrays how serious the  Prime Minister’s misinformation and pardon regarding Canadian Wheat Board  issues is an affront to Canada’s justice system that he proports [...]

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Farm-support programs facing potential funding cut

By Peter Henderson – Ottawa Citizen – August 8th, 2012 Just as drought-stricken Ontario farmers are looking to the government for aid, the federal agriculture ministry [...]

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Ritz Misleads about Agriculture Trade

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is again parroting the Harper line that any trade is good trade and that the Harper government has ensured that job growth [...]

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