MP Eric Duncan tables motion to immediately end gay blood ban
Ottawa, ON – Today, Eric Duncan, Conservative MP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, tabled a private member’s motion calling on the Liberal government to end the discriminatory gay blood ban. Despite promising in both the 2015 and 2019 election campaigns, Justin Trudeau has failed to end the blood ban. In an effort to spur action on this… View ArticleConservatives demand Minister Hajdu end homophobic blood ban immediately
Ottawa, ON – Today, the Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, Eric Duncan, Conservative MP for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, and Bernard Généreux, Conservative MP for Montmagny—L’Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, called on Health Minister Patty Hajdu to end the blood ban immediately. In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised to end the blood ban and during the past six… View ArticleMP Duncan Supports Bill to Implement 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline
CORNWALL, ON – Local Member of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) has officially co-seconded legislation to implement an easy to use, three-digit 9-8-8 national suicide prevention hotline. The bill was introduced by his Conservative colleague Todd Doherty (Cariboo-Prince George) as a Private Member’s Bill (C-294) in the House of Commons. This past December, MP Doherty… View ArticleBishop’s House Receives Federal Heritage Funding
St. Raphael’s – 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 Ruin of St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church, a National Historic Site of Canada…. View ArticleDuncan & Barrett Laud NY State Counterparts on Effort to Vaccinate Canadian Truck Drivers
Cornwall – Local Members of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) and Michael Barrett (Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) applauded the efforts of their elected counterparts south of the border as they urge the New York State Department of Health to expand their vaccination program to include truck drivers, who are deemed as essential workers, entering… View ArticleDuncan Calls Out Continued Chaos and Delays at CRA
OTTAWA, ON – Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Member of Parliament Eric Duncan used an Adjournment Proceeding speech on Wednesday evening to address the continued chaos and disorganization at Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and debated how the Liberal’s denial of the 2021 personal tax deadline until June 30th is contributing to a further backlog. MP Duncan’s Constituency Office… View ArticleSD&G Online Archives launches with massive, searchable collection
THE COUNTIES, Ontario – Today a massive online repository of regional newspaper pages and Lost Villages archival photos was unveiled to mark the launch of the SD&G Online Archives. Some 210,566 pages from 16 newspapers, as well as 2,000 photos from the Lost Villages Historical Society collection, are included in the SD&G Online Archives. The… View ArticleFour More Local SD&G Legions Receive Emergency Support
Morrisburg, ON – Four more Royal Canadian Legions in our region will be receiving much-needed funding through the federal government’s Veterans Organizations Emergency Support Fund. Royal Canadian Legion branches in Morrisburg, Iroquois, Winchester and Finch will all be receiving funding in the amount of $10,845 each. “I am pleased to see more of our Royal… View ArticleMore Local Legions Receive Federal Emergency Support
LONG SAULT, ON – Three more Royal Canadian Legions in our region will be receiving much-needed funding through the federal government’s Veterans Organizations Emergency Support Fund. The Lancaster and Long Sault branches will both be receiving funding in the amount of $10,845. The branch in Chesterville will be receiving $7,449. “Branch 544 Lancaster did apply… View Article
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