NCC Says Goodbye to Murray Kash

It is our regret to inform you that Murray Kash, a lifelong friend and employee of the National Citizens Coalition has passed. We are dedicating this blog to Murray to let our members know a little more behind the voice of the NCC for the last ten years.
Murray was born on September 16, 1923. He […]

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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BC Gag Law Ruling: A Good First Step

The B.C. Supreme Court struck down a portion of the law limiting third-party political advertising. You can read the full article here.
The NCC has been campaigning for this since our last president Stephen Harper constitutionally challenged gag laws in the Canadian Supreme Court in 2004.
This is a great first step, but the fight is not […]

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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The Ontario Budget: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The NCC congratulates Premier McGuinty and Finance Minister Duncan for finally listening to our call for decreased corporate tax rates. We have been calling for this decrease since he was first elected. Sometimes persistence pays off! 
That being said, we have composed a list of the good, the bad and the ugly regarding Ontario’s budget.
The Good:

Corporate […]

Posted on March 27th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Our Call for Decreased Civil Servant Salaries

Recently Peter Coleman, President and CEO of the National Citizens Coalition, was featured in an article by Kathleen Harris discussing the salaries and bonuses that some Canadian civil servants receive. You can read the full article here. We have been receiving some inquiries on this article and would like to take this opportunity to clarify […]

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Government Layoffs, or lack there of

Here is an e-mail from one of our NCC members:
I was asked a question about layoffs in the US and Canada and something suddenly crossed my mind. The US has announced 500,000 to 600,000 layoffs in each of the last several months —the total is enormous and doubtlessly going to increase.
The same thing is happening […]

Posted on March 16th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Say No to Big Government Campaign

Today, the National Citizens Coalition launched a new campaign “Say No to Big Government”.
The NCC has three main goals for this campaign:

MP salaries, perks and pensions must be decreased. All MP’s should take an immediate 5% pay cut. Now more than ever top down leadership is required.
There must be a top down examination of all […]

Posted on March 11th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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John Tory to Step Down

A press conference has been called for 2 pm today where it is expected that John Tory will step down as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. This comes after his humbling defeat last night in a by election in a formerly safe riding for his party. You can read our press […]

Posted on March 6th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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We could use some global warming

I don’t know about you, but I am getting kind of sick of winter. The bone chilling temperatures are continuing even though we turned the calendar to March.
I have always been skeptical of global warming and all of the fat cats like Al Gore making millions spreading misguided information. This article caught my eye and […]

Posted on March 4th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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