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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
OTTAWA-Located two hours north of Montreal, the Algonquin community of Barriere Lake came to Ottawa to protest government interference in their reserve. Demanding a meeting with MP Lawrence Cannon and a government-overseeing of governance reselection on their reserve, the community aims to correct a March coup d'etat carried out on their reserve. The community's Customary Chief, Benjamin Nottoway,...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Police arrested half a dozen Algonquin people and their supporters Thursday night after protesters from the community of Barriere Lake in western Quebec occupied Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon's office in Buckingham.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
About 30 Algonquins from a reserve in western Quebec are occupying the Gatineau office of cabinet minister and MP Lawrence Cannon to protest the federal government's recognition of a chief they allege was not properly selected.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
GATINEAU- On Thursday, June 26th, Algonquin representatives from Barriere Lake and allies assembled outside the Indian Affairs government building across the river from Ottawa. Their demonstration was a diversion, intended for a peaceful occupation in Birmingham, QC of Lawrence Cannon's office, the MP for the Barriere Lake region. The Algonquins demand a meeting with the MP to discuss the recent government...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
The union representing Air Canada flight attendants has called on federal Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon to intervene in the airline's plans to slash service and up to 2,000 jobs.
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WindsorCityBlog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
US Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, looks so pleasant in her Three Amigos photograph along with Transport Canada Minister Lawrence Cannon and the Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Téllez. I wonder how Minister Cannon feels after the Secretary effectively ignored him. I would not want to be in his shoes and have to report to Prime Minister Harper and Minister Fortier...
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The Spin (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Infrastructure funding for city roads and the gas tax transfer to municipalities may not be the sexiest of topics, but Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, the Conservative government's Quebec point man, does indeed have a wild side. The high profile cabinet...
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Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
David Sweet, Member of Parliament for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Hamilton City Councillor Chad Collins officially opened the newly renovated Eastgate Square Transit Terminal on Friday, May 23 . The grand opening was part of the Hamilton celebration of National Public Works Week .
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Federal Infrastructure Minister Lawrence Cannon was in P.E.I. Wednesday announcing $270 million in federal funding for capital projects on the Island.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
This time the Cabinet Minister uses Parliament as a get out of jail (in this case testifying) free card. Let's see now. Maxime Bernier - Cabinet Minister involved in dreadful mistakes abroad and bikers. Lawrence Cannon - Cabinet Minister involved in an In and Out Scandal with Elections Canada. And, now, Cabinet Minister Josse Verner invoking Parliamentary Priviledge to help out her husband's company....
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
I can understand the rookies and the no-chancers. But, Stockwell Day, talking head Jay Hill, Foreign Affairs non-entity Maxime Bernier, cocktail Josee Verner, Quebec general Lawrence Cannon (I called that one), David Anderson'?? Sure looks like they really need money in BC and Quebec doesn't it. I'm gonna bet, in Ontario, those on the list finished third in their ridings. British ColumbiaBurnaby-Douglas,...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Who are these 67 ridings involveld in this in and out scheme? Just who can they be. Wouldn't it be ironic if Quebec generals Jean-Pierre Blackburn or Lawrence Cannon were participants? Both have made a killing in fortunes for their party off the Liberal Adscam, Adscam, Adscam cry they continue to bombard us with.
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Conservative Party of Canada (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accompanied by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Chuck Strahl and Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, today joined with the Nunavimmiut of Northern Quebec to celebrate the enactment of the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act, which received Royal Assent on February 14, 2008. The Act gives effect to the Nunavut Inuit Land Claims Agreement, which resolves...
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Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Lawrence Cannon , (federal) Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Jim Flaherty , (federal) Minister Responsible for the Greater Toronto Area, Jim Bradley , Ontario Minister of Transportation, Toronto Mayor David Miller and Councillor Adam Giambrone , Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission, will make two important transportation infrastructure announcements tomorrow, Tuesday, March...
