Archive for June, 2021

SLIDESHOW: Youth Achievement Award Winners

Finalists received certificates from both MP Eric Duncan and MPP Jim McDonnell, as well as a brand new tablet, purchased by the Optimist Club. Although YAA is usually an in person event, the finalists were announced in a virtual event, picking up their prizes as the Bud Guillbeault Youth Centre on Friday, June 25th.

Morewood Cenotaph Project Receives VAC Funding

MOREWOOD, ON– The volunteer efforts to renovate and enhance the cenotaph and monument in Morewood has received a significant funding boost with a contribution of up to $25,000 from Veterans Affairs Canada through the Commemorative Partnership Program. The restoration efforts will be coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the complete monument’s unveiling in 1921, including… View Article

MP Duncan Satellite Offices Reopen in Dundas County

CORNWALL, ON – Local Member of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) is pleased to announce the return of in-person service at his two satellite offices in Dundas County. Beginning Monday, June 28th , the satellite MP offices in North Dundas and South Dundas will resume regular operations.  The remote office in Winchester, at the North… View Article

MP Duncan Congratulates Mayor Clement on Appointment

CORNWALL, ON – Local Member of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) issued the following statement on the news that Cornwall Mayor Bernadette Clement has been appointed to the Senate of Canada. “I would like to offer my congratulations to Cornwall Mayor Bernadette Clement on her appointment today to the Senate of Canada. It was certainly… View Article

MP Eric Duncan Calls for End of Blood Ban

OTTAWA – POLITICS – Eric Duncan, the Conservative MP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry has tabled a private member’s motion that is calling on the Liberal government to end the discriminatory gay blood ban. Duncan says that, “Despite promising in both the 2015 and 2019 election campaigns, Justin Trudeau has failed to end the blood ban. In an… View Article

SDSG MP calls for end of discriminatory blood ban

A local MP has been criticizing the federal government for failing to lift the ban on gay men donating their blood. Eric Duncan, the Conservative Party of Canada MP for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, told the House of Commons Tuesday the federal government’s election promise in 2015, and 2019, was yet to be kept despite significant political… View Article