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SAULT STE. MARIE – Sault MP Tony Martin welcomed Canada’s decision, announced Sunday, to match private donations to Pakistan’s flood relief, urging area residents to be as generous as circumstances permit.

Martin said the Conservatives have not made any announcements of programs to strengthen FedNor, develop Employment Insurance Reform, create jobs in Northern Ontario or fund rural broadband.

SAULT STE. MARIE -- Today Harper’s Northern and Eastern Ontario caucuses wrap up their meeting in Sault St Marie. Another meeting and still no change to the carte-blanche policy on foreign takeovers.
 
And nothing either on strengthening FedNor, EI Reform, northern job creation, funding rural broadband, or really helping forestry communities.
 

CHICAGO—Sault MP Tony Martin agrees with 20 U.S. Congressmen asking Canada to follow the United States lead and institute a ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes.

“The Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill in the Gulf Coast along with the crack in a Michigan pipeline that led to more than 1 million gallons of oil spilling into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River which flows into Lake Michigan reminds us of how at risk our ecosystem is,” Martin said.

(The Sault Star, August 14, 2010)  Sault Ste. Marie MP Tony Martin has thrown his support behind an earlier city council resolution seeking flexibility on next winter's "substantially completed" deadline for construction projects funded with federal stimulus dollars.

(Soonews.ca, August 13, 2010)   OTTAWA – The Conservative government should maintain federal stimulus funding past the cut-off date to complete worthy infrastructure projects like the Heritage Discovery Centre, Sault MP Tony Martin said today.

August 12th, 2010

The Honourable Chuck Strahl    
Minister of Transport
607 Confederation Building
Ottawa, ON.
K1A OR6


Dear Minister Strahl,

New Democrats want vital services improved, not slashed
 
OTTAWA – Reports that Stephen Harper’s government may shrink or even eliminate the Department of Veterans Affairs (VAC) are distressing to Canadian Forces and RCMP veterans and their families, New Democrats said today.
 
“The Conservatives are very short-sighted to be musing about closing the Department of Veterans Affairs or slashing staff at this time,” said New Democrat Veterans Affairs Critic Peter Stoffer (Sackville-Eastern Shore).
 

OTTAWA – New Democrat MP John Rafferty (Thunder Bay—Rainy River) is reaching out and seeking the support of Canadians from across the country and from all parties to improve federal pension protection.

DUNCAN, BC– New Democrat MP Jean Crowder (Nanaimo-Cowichan) hopes today’s meeting between Aboriginal leaders and the Premiers will be a catalyst for a change in how education is delivered to Aboriginal students.