Month: October 2012

  • Peel Entrepreneurs Take Part In Global Startup Weekend

    Peel Entrepreneurs Take Part In Global Startup Weekend

    Startup Weekend   is a global event where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their idea, find some teammates and work on creating a company for only 54 hours. The teams’ aim is to create a minimum viable product (MVP) at the end of 54 hours and pitch it to a panel of judges mostly comprised of investors and…

  • Canada’s New ePassport Contains Biometric Chip?

    Canada’s New ePassport Contains Biometric Chip?

    Gatineau, Québec, October 26, 2012 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that Canada’s new ePassport will be full of iconic images that will make Canadian passports more attractive and more secure. “The new ePassport will be more reflective and representative of who we are as Canadians,” said Baird during an event at the…

  • Liberals: Ontario remains on track to eliminate deficit by 2017-18

    Liberals: Ontario remains on track to eliminate deficit by 2017-18

    The deficit projection for the current fiscal year has improved by more than $400 million from the 2012 Budget forecast to $14.4 billion. The province remains on track to meet the 2012 Budget deficit targets in 2013-14 and 2014–15 and for the deficit to be eliminated by 2017–18. Ontario is projecting growth in real gross…

  • Not Up To Government To Act As Investment Banker To Support Select Businesses

    What kind of tax break would you like to see? Ontario has gotten itself into a difficult situation. Too many people have lost their jobs, our province has lost its leading position in the country, and government has lost its ability to balance its books. We face a critical choice. Either we implement sensible policies…

  • Ontario Amendments Aim To Improve Care For Marine Animals

    Ontario Amendments Aim To Improve Care For Marine Animals

    Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, has announced Ontario is proposing legislative amendments to improve care for marine mammals at aquariums and zoos and strengthen animal welfare enforcement. Ontario is proposing legislative amendments to improve care for marine mammals at aquariums and zoos and strengthen animal welfare enforcement. Recent reports on the…

  • Reflecting On Baumgartner’s Free Fall Attempt From The Edge Of Space

    Reflecting On Baumgartner’s Free Fall Attempt From The Edge Of Space

    Felix Baumgartner is about to smash the 50+ year old free fall height record and break the sound barrier along the way. Using a lighter-than-air balloon for the ascent stage, Baumgartner will float above Roswell, New Mexico, USA  to the edge of space and then open the door of his pressurized capsule. It will be…

  • Ontario Greens say government failing in climate change driven water protection and conservation

    Ontario Greens say government failing in climate change driven water protection and conservation

    Queen’s Park – The McGuinty Liberals have consistently failed to deliver simple policies and programs to protect and conserve our environment. These failures negatively affect our economy, communities and well being. A [Sept 25,2012] report from the Environment Commissioner of Ontario cites many examples of how the government has failed to provide adequate water protection…