Politics

WEST CARLETON – Yesterday (March 26) the Ontario government presented its $214 billion budget and now everyone has an opinion on it.

KANATA-CARLETON – Former family physician and two-term Member of Provincial Parliament Dr. Merrilee Fullerton has written a book on politics and the COVID-19 pandemic.

DUNROBIN – With a much longer commute to work, MPP Karen McCrimmon isn’t able to spend as much time in the Kanata-Carleton riding as she would like to.

CITY HALL – West Carleton’s, and all Ottawa’s rural volunteer firefighters will join the ranks of the city’s casual employees giving rural first responders access to employee benefits and other perks.

CARP – Ontario Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy spent Wednesday (Feb. 7) on a tour in Carp, visiting some of the local business community.

KANATA-CARLETON – On Feb. 1, the Kanata-Carleton Conservative party will pick its representative for the next federal electio. For candidate Dr. Rouba Fattal, the sooner that decision is made, “the sooner we have the election and the faster we can salvage the damage.”

CARP – On Sept. 20, 2021, Kanata-Carleton Conservative candidate Jennifer McAndrew, a virtual unknown in the world of politics at the time, ended up just 1,348 votes shy of toppling heavy favourite Jenna Sudds in the federal election – just a three per cent difference.

WEST CARLETON – Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly, the City of Ottawa’s representative on the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA), will head to Toronto this weekend with an opportunity to speak to several provincial ministers with a focus on West Carleton issues at the annual conference.