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Are the winds of change starting to blow in Ontario?

I have been wondering for a long time when the teflon would come off Premier McGuinty. With all of the scandals, government waste, arrogance and general mismanagement of Ontario it was only a matter of time before voters started to bite back at him. Well, the latest poll shows that this is starting to happen. […]

Posted on August 24th, 2010 by NCC Staff in President's Blog
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Summer Rumblings

I hope you are busy enjoying the summer and have not been roped in by our national media’s latest manufactured crisis - the census issue. As mentioned in an earlier blog posting, I was asked to speak at the committee hearings about this - click here to watch. I told the committee that the threat […]

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by NCC Staff in President's Blog
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Setting the record straight on the census

NCC President and CEO Peter Coleman was recently asked to attend the federal Industry Committee hearings on the long-form census - and boy, is it good to have some common sense back on the menu. Too many special interest groups have been clouding this issue with claims that the census is essentially their life-line. Thankfully, […]

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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