Muclair will be formidable leader for NDP: Lynch The NDP has come out
of the NDP in attendance. There was also a moving tribute to Jack Layton on Fri- day night. The members of the NDP at the convention rallied around our new leader Thomas Mul- cair at the end of the conven- tion on Saturday night. Mulcair indicated that he wants to build on Jack Lay-
gratifiant! Être capable d’échanger dans les deux langues officielles est une capac- ité que j’estime être un atout tant profes- sionnel que personnel. Il est essentiel d’avancer… ensemble pour construire et vivre dans des communautés fortes et vi- brantes ici dans l’est de l’Ontario. La langue fait partie de la culture, la cul- ture fait partie des gens et les gens sont les cellules de nos communautés. La com- munication dans le respect sera toujours la clé du succès de nos relations et de nos communautés. J’aurai toujours la convic- tion de la protéger et de la mettre en pra- tique. In addition, we have a much larger NDP membership of over 131,000 members as a result of the leadership race. The NDP has come out of the convention as a united party and as the strong, progres- sive alternative to the Harper Conserva- tives. The Harper government has already done enough damage to the country. We can’t afford a second majority Harper Government in 2015. We need to move Canada forward. We need to build a better, more caring Canada where no one is left behind.
The NDP wants to avoid the infighting and divi- sions that have marked the Liberal Party of Canada for so many years. Mulcair will be a formi- dable leader who is more than ready to take on the divisive , heavy handed, anti-democratic Harper
Lettre au rédacteur: J’aimerais par la présente partager mes sentiments et mes réflexions sur un sujet qui fait plusieurs manchettes dernière- ment dans l’Est ontarien, le bilinguisme. Le bilinguisme, pour moi, est une source d’identité régionale, un potentiel d’op- portunités et une connexion puissante qui inspire toujours le respect. Je suis attristé et franchement surpris que la discussion sur la nécessité d’offrir des services, dans nos deux langues offi- cielles dans notre région, soit reprise. Au moment où nous devrions construire à partir de nos succès et de nos réussites antérieures, au moment où nous devrions célébrer et promouvoir nos deux cultures, To the editor: The following statement on NDP leadership convention on March 23-24 was issued by Brian Lynch, president of Stor- mont-Dundas-South Glengarry Federal NDP riding association. The Federal NDP leadership race was a hard fought contest with Thomas Mulcair winning on the fourth ballot against Brian Topp with 57 per cent of the vote. The NDP convention had a lot of excite- ment, energy , and exuberance on the con- vention floor with a record 4,600 members
of the convention as a united party and as the strong, progressive alternative
to the Harper Conservatives.
ton’s legacy and to unite all progressives under the NDP banner in order to form the federal Government in 2015.
government. He also has a very strong caucus in the of- ficial opposition in the House of Commons.
Être capable d’échanger dans les deux langues
au moment où nous devrions vivre dans le respect de chacun et de nos droits indi- viduels en tant que Canadien(ne), On- tarien(ne), nous sommes encore à nous définir et à nous justifier. La Loi sur les services en français a été adoptée et mise en vigueur il y a plus de vingt-cinq ans. Elle a été acceptée par tous les partis à l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario en 1986. Cette loi marquante reconnaît que la langue française est une *langue his- torique et honorée en Ontario*. Je peux vous assurer que j’appuie cette loi à cent pourcent. J’ai grandi et je vis dans une commu- nauté bilingue à Alexandria, située dans la Municipalité de Glengarry Nord.
Ici, tous les résidents francophones et an- glophones font affaire ensemble, sont bénévoles ensemble, jouent et travaillent ensemble. Nous rions, pleurons, parta- geons ensemble et nous développons des amitiés qui se transforment souvent en mariages. Mes deux enfants ont fait leurs études dans nos écoles francophones car j’ai tou- jours cru et je crois encore que pouvoir communiquer et faire affaire en français et en anglais, était une partie fondamen- tale de leur éducation. Ils sont parfaite- ment bilingues. Je continue à travailler à améliorer ma communication verbale en français et je peux vous avouer que même si ce n’est pas toujours facile, c’est énormément
Grant Crack Député provincial Libéral, GPR
South Stormont should honour commitment to hospital
one job candidates over an- glophone job candidates is untrue and anything but helpful. It is shocking and creates rifts between anglo- phone and francophone members of the community. It is unreasonable for the South Stormont council to base its decision to with-
decision is legal. The CCH is not seeking to hire francophone’s at the exclusion of anglo- phones. The CCH is seek- ing to hire bilingual personnel who will offer frontlines services to the public. The hospitals objective is
French Language Services Act. This is what the CCH is setting out to do. Armed with this information, South Stormont council should do the right thing and honour its commitment by making its donation to the CCH, like the council of Stormont, Dundas and Glen- garry has recently done. It’s for the good of the entire popula- tion, including anglophones and fran- cophone’s.
To the editor:
It is unreasonable for the South Stormont council to base its decision to withhold its annual $30,000 donation to the CCH on such an assertion.
Bryan McGillis’ characterization of the Cornwall Community Hospital’s (CCH) efforts to meet its legal obligations to offer services in accordance with the French Language Services Act is false and tantamount to hate mongering. It is wrong and inflammatory to say that at CCH ‘’the scales have been tipped too far the other way (to accommodate fran- cophone’s)’’ and that there is an exclu- sion of Anglophone nurses. To assert that CCH is favoring francoph-
hold its annual $30,000 donation to the CCH on such an assertion. South Stor- mont would be well advised to seek ad- vice from legal counsel as to whether its
to hire persons, whether anglophone or francophone, who can deliver a service in both official languages. This is CCH’s legal obligation under the
Roger Payette Cornwall
Farm field runoff study gets $600,000
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ment practice that allows producers to manage water using a simple, inexpensive modification to their existing field drainage systems—can reduce pollution while im- proving water quality and crop yields. According to a February 2011 thesis by Ot- tawa University student Zhenyang Que many agriculture-dominated watersheds are experiencing ecosystem deterioration because pollution mainly from agricultural activities, including the South Nation River watershed, “which is such a highly culti- vated watershed with relatively dense pop- ulation compared to other areas in Canada.” “Study results indicate that controlled tile drainage can significantly improve surface water quality by reducing nitrogen losses from agricultural areas in a watershed,”Que wrote in his paper. “This shows that the CTD can effectively prevent nitrogen export from crop fields to streams, sequentially alleviating surface water pol- lution.”
By Greg Kielec
The South Nation Conservation Authority will receive more than $600,000 in fed- eral funding to study new drainage prac- tices that would improve water use and reduce field run off of farm fertilizers. The South Nation Conservation Authority will use the funding to study how con- trolled tile drainage—a beneficial manage-
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