Friday April 10th, 2015 – 1pm
Posted Apr 10, 2015 12:44:26 PM.
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1:00pm – 5 Per cent
Gary Goodyear, Member of Parliament, Cambridge-North Dumfries & Minister of State, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the balanced budget legislation the government plans to introduce will ensure that the programs Canadians depend on will be there for them. He says that is what balanced budget legislation is all about. The legislation would cut the pay of cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers by five per cent during a deficit situation and implement an automatic freeze on operating spending.
1:30 – Vimy Ridge
Mark Humphries, Director, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, Associate Professor, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University
This year marks the 98th anniversary of the First World War’s Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place April 9-12, 1917. The sacrifices of Canadian troops are remembered and honoured on Vimy Ridge Day, celebrated annually on April 9. Mark Humphries joins us now to talk about what yesterday’s celebration included, as well as why it’s important to remember.
1:45 – Crime Stoppers Event
Cst.Darryl Paquette, Crime Stopper Coordinator, Waterloo Regional Police Service
Waterloo Regional Crime Stoppers is returning to Woolwich Memorial Centre for the second annual “Putting Crime In the Penalty Box”
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