Charlie's Posts

Charlie Angus is inviting you to an old fashioned town hall meeting in Timmins tomorrow night (Tues). Angus has been invited by the Mackay Presbyterian Church to update residents on his work in Parliament. 

“This is one of many town hall meetings we will hold in the riding. It is a good opportunity for people to talk face to face with me and bring up any concerns or issues they may have.” 

The NDP has tabled a bill that would automatically register all Canadian seniors for the Guaranteed Income Supplement.   

The GIS provides additional benefits to low-income Canadians seniors. Currently, people who are eligible must apply to receive these benefits. However, due to many administrative obstacles, it is estimated that some 135,000 GIS-eligible seniors don’t receive any benefits.  

The ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program was so popular with Canadians – reducing heating bills, helping the environment, and creating clean energy jobs – that the NDP wants Parliament to review its cancellation by the Conservative government.

Charlie Angus continues to call on the Conservative government to take voter suppression allegations seriously. Elections Canadais investigating over 31,000 calls about possible voter irregularities. Angus says the Conservatives are dismissing the charges and trying to deflect blame. 

“This is the only party in the house right now that has been charged by Elections Canada. In 2006 they got caught for the in and out scheme. Canadians are growing tired of constant mis-doings by this government.” 

New Democrats welcome the investigation by Elections Canada into the tens of thousands of complaints they received about election suppression activities during the last federal election.