Howard Hampton
Howard Hampton
Howard George Hamptonis a politician who was a Member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, from 1987 to 2011 as an MPP for the riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's leader from 1996 to 2009. Hampton retired from the legislature at the 2011 Ontario provincial election and subsequently joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP as a member of the...
government issue money plus return
If the McGuinty government doesn't return all of the money plus interest, I think that is an issue for the ombudsman or for the auditor,
budget deficit four government months six
Six months ago, the McGuinty government said the deficit was $6 billion, then in the budget they said it was $3 billion, and now four months later, they say it's only $1.6 billion,
benefits energy huge impression mistaken people
There may be some benefits on the energy side, but people should not be under any mistaken impression that there will be huge benefits here,
ontario previous stop worrying
should stop worrying about constitutional jurisdictions and do something the way previous governments in Ontario have done.
basically government industry
That's basically where the McGuinty government has put this industry now.
difference electricity industry mills paper pulp southern
The difference is this: You don't find many paper mills in southern Ontario, or pulp mills or smelting operations. Most of southern Ontario's industry doesn't use electricity extensively.
advertising campaign
Another advertising campaign is going to do nothing for hard-pressed farmers.
cost double electricity facing farmers gas income squeeze
Farmers are facing a double whammy - an income squeeze, and they're also facing a cost squeeze with electricity (and) gas going up,
available daylight hours
It makes sense, because where you do have available hours of daylight you should try to use them, ... That's all this does.
case either fired health minister options seems telling
It seems to me there's only two options for Minister Ramsay, ... Either he doesn't know his job, in which case he should be fired because people's health was at stake, or he isn't telling the truth.
ahead interests liberal northern ontario party
I'm disappointed Northern Ontario Liberal MPPs put their party interests ahead of their constituents' interests,
chemical happening next quickly sector steel
What's already happening in the pulp-and-paper sector is very quickly about to happen in the steel sector. The next sector will be the chemical sector.
conditions government ignored people suffer third water
Why did people have to suffer under Third World conditions with contaminated water for two years while your government ignored the problem?
change name phony trying
Trying to change the name of it is a phony exercise.