A Federal Court judge has dismissed the federal government’s claim that Health Canada has no say in the rule barring men from donating blood if they’ve recently had sex with other men — clearing the way for a human rights inquiry to continue.
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry MP Eric Duncan brought his pitch for measures to help diversify housing and specifically promote the construction of more rental housing to SDG council on Monday morning.
Local federal Members of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) and Francis Drouin (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell) have announced that the Glengarry Fencibles Trust has recently received a federal contribution of $98,572.02 in support of the conservation of the Bishop’s Residence within the Ruins of St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church, a National Historic Site of Canada.
OTTAWA — A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay “blood ban” is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O’Toole as he works to prove once and for all it stands for LGBTQ rights. Growing the big blue tent to include more rainbow,… View Article
OTTAWA – As many parts of Canada kick off Pride month, pressure is growing for the Trudeau government to end restrictions around blood donations from gay, bisexual, and trans Canadians. The current rules state a man who has had sex with another man is not allowed to donate blood until they have been abstinent for… View Article
OTTAWA — Years after first promising to do so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during Pride month last June that he hoped to “very soon” announce the elimination of the blood donation ban for gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community.
ST. RAPHAEL’S, Ontario – The historic Bishop’s House located in St. Raphael’s in South Glengarry is receiving a boost in federal funding to go towards its maintenance and restoration. Stormont, Dundas, South Glengarry MP Eric Duncan, along with his Liberal colleague Francis Drouin, MP for Glengarry, Prescott-Russell, announced on Friday, May 21 that the Glengarry… View Article
CORNWALL — Local Eastern Ontario MP’s Eric Duncan and Michael Barrett are applauding the efforts of their elected counterparts south of the border as they urge the New York State Department of Health to expand the state’s vaccination program to include truck drivers from Canada.
OTTAWA — If you’ve recently found yourself waiting for hours to get a hold of the CRA, then you are not alone. Canada Revenue Agency is experiencing an estimated two to three times more calls than usual from people trying to file their taxes across the county, resulting in longer wait times. As a result,… View Article