All Posts Tagged With: "Ted Hsu"
Weekly Poll: Re-Thinking Riding Boundary Lines
Created in 1966, the electoral district known as Kingston and the Islands has been a stronghold for the federal Liberal party for 25 years, since 1988 to be exact. In recent times, the district’s population has inched above 125,000, while the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission calculates the average population of federal electoral ridings at 106,000. [...]
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Weekly Poll: The Year That Was
With less than two weeks remaining until the arrival of 2013, it’s time for our annual review of the headlines and news stories that shaped the past year for Kingstonians. Last December, a majority of our readers voted that the Shafia Family murder trial was the top story of 2011, while just over a month [...]
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Weekly Poll: KP’s Historical Designation
According to poll results, local support for the closure of Kingston Pen is not strong, while a majority of respondents requested access to the cold, hard numbers the federal government used to justify the decision. Kingston’s MP, Ted Hsu, took a serious look at the figures, while his investigation led to the conclusion that that [...]
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Kingston Correction Institutions Amongst Cheapest to Operate and Maintain
Continuing to pursue the government’s rationale behind the slated closures of local correctional institutions, Kingston and the Islands MP Ted Hsu made the following statement today: “The Public Safety Minister has more explaining to do. As part of my investigations into the announced closure of Kingston Penitentiary and Regional Treatment Centre, I went back to [...]
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Best of 2011: One Bag Per Household Limit
In an effort to curb the city’s waste by 65%, we’ve seen the introduction of an organic recycling program, an expanded list of acceptable blue box materials and now a one bag per household limit. Thankfully Kingston has moved away from talking about forcing people to use clear garbage bags, which would have resulting in [...]
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Best of 2011: Six Questions for Ted Hsu
Over the next two weeks, Kingstonist will be counting down our best posts from 2011. The list includes a diverse mix of topics that are near and dear to the hearts of our volunteer contributors. Rest assured, we’re already working on some interesting stories for 2012, but we’re suckers for best of and top 10 [...]
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Weekly Poll: The Year That Was
With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, and New Year’s a mere three weeks away, it’s time for our annual review of the news stories and issues that shaped this past year. Will we remember 2011 as the year that Confederation Park was, for a short time, occupied by protesters in an effort [...]
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Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day! Today we’re keeping things short and to the point with a selection of scenes from the Canada Day festivities in downtown Kingston. Just in case you missed out, we’ve got footage from the ever-growing Red and White Parade, as well as speeches from elected officials: Ted Hsu, John Gerretsen, and Mark Gerretsen. [...]
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A Hsu In
It was a nail biting, photo finish in Kingston and the Islands last night, as we elected our next Member of Parliament. When the final ballots were counted, Liberal Party candidate Ted Hsu emerged victorious, netting 2,291 more votes than the second place finisher, Conservative candidate, Alicia Gordon. Mr. Hsu appeared on CBC Radio this [...]
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Six Questions for Ted Hsu
Today we’re featuring the third and final MP candidate interview with local Liberal Party representative, Ted Hsu. I would encourage you to read and compare his responses with those provided by Eric Walton and Daniel Beals respectively. By posing a standard set of questions to each candidate, we’ve been able to gain insight into their [...]
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