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  Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ontario is a major beekeeping province, with abundant nectar sources for honey production, and a need for fruit and vegetable pollination.
The Province of Canada was divided at this point into Ontario and Quebec to parcel off the francophone minority into a single province, and thus keep Ontario anglophone, although Ontario itself maintained constitutional guarantees safeguarding the French language, including support for Catholic schools.
In the Ontario general election, 2003, Eves and the Progressive Conservatives were defeated, and Dalton McGuinty's Liberals won a majority government.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/o/on/ontario.html   (1356 words)

  
 Tella: Virtual School
The general attitudes in society are, in fact, already accepting the fact that the school structures of industrial society must be demolished in order to give way to new kind of development.
Generally speaking, virtual school is a form of school which conforms to the constructivist concept of learning.
The National Board of General Education started a project called `Telephones in schools' in the autumn of 1991; its objective was to increase the use of modern telecommunications and its applications in Finnish schools.
www.helsinki.fi /~tella/ole1.html   (10510 words)

  
 Ontario
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Fearful of aggression from the United States during the unrest of the American Civil War, Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia negotiated to merge under Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Mike Harris's right-wing Progressive Conservatives defeated the left-wing New Democrats in 1995; his government implemented a neoliberal program of cuts to social spending and taxes (the "Common Sense Revolution") that balanced the budget but was blamed for widespread suffering and poverty, especially in Toronto.
usapedia.com /o/ontario.html   (963 words)

  
 Giuseppe Gori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giuseppe Gori is a politician in Ontario, Canada.
He has campaigned for the Ontario FCP in four provincial elections, but has never sought election to the Canadian House of Commons.
Ontario general election, 1999, Halton, 755 votes (winning candidate: Ted Chudleigh, Progressive Conservative)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giuseppe_Gori   (254 words)

  
 Ontario
Ontario has a population (2004) of 12,536,031 (Ontarians) and an area of 1 076 395 km².
Ontario's main political parties are the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, and New Democrats.
In the summer of 2003, Ontario became the first of Canada's provinces and territories to legalize same-sex marriage.
www.askfactmaster.com /On   (1396 words)

  
 Patrick Cain's Ontario Election Finance Page
The purpose of this page is to distribute Ontario election contribution information in a form that's easier to use than the form in which it is published on the Commission on Election Finance's Web page.
On the FAQ page, you can learn about election finance in Ontario, how we can make sense of contributions - how much they're for, and exactly where they go - and how the spreadsheets are organized.
For more recent Ontario contribution information, you may find what you are looking for here.
www.snappingturtle.net /electionfinance   (601 words)

  
 Ontario Election Finance FAQ
In an election year, a deep-pocketed donor will be able to give a total of $25,000 to various parts of a party, concentrating $10,000 of that in five ridings.
A year in which there is a by-election is legally the same as a year in which there is a general election, for the purposes of political donations.
In 1995, when there was a general election and also a by-election called in the Toronto riding of St Andrew-St Patrick, a donor to a party's central fund could have given up to $12,000.
www.snappingturtle.net /electionfinance/faq.html   (1525 words)

  
 ONTARIO ELECTION 99
Ontario's chief electoral officer is investigating the "terrorism" that turned Thursday's provincial election into chaos as polling officers were threatened, polling stations opened late and many people missed their vote altogether.
Ontario's Conservative party, seeking to extend four years of fiscal and social change, is positioned to form a majority government in Thursday's provincial election, according to the latest polls.
Elections Ontario is being swamped with calls from people who have not received their voter's card.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/ont.html   (15651 words)

  
 Nelson - Political Science-Canadian Politics on the Web/The Executive
The governor general's position is constituted through the 1947 Letters Patent, although many of the powers of that position (and those of the lieutenant governors) are to be found in the Constitution Act, 1867.
While the governor general usually acts on the "advice" (instructions, really) of the prime minister, there are occasions when the governor general can refuse to act on this advice.
A contemporary scenario, in which the governor general or lieutenant governor might use his or her discretion to refuse to act on the government's advice is in Quebec.
www.nelson.com /nelson/polisci/executive.html   (964 words)

  
 Ontario Election 2003 Voter Guide: Table of Contents
Elections Ontario has no connection whatsoever with the Ontario Election 2003 Voter Guide and it does not necessarily agree with any of the information included on the Ontario Election 2003 Voter Guide web pages.
to read descriptions of Ontario's political parties, including a summary of their stands on the important issues.
If you know of any political party that will be running candidates in Ontario, and that has not been included in the Voter Guide, please notify us and it will be added: we endeavor at all times not to engage in the mainstream media's practice of bias-through-silence.
www.mondopolitico.com /elections/ontario2003   (308 words)

  
 globeandmail.com - Breaking Ontario Elections News
The Ontario Liberal party steamrolled the Progressive Conservatives Thursday night, ending eight years of Tory rule in the province by easily forming a new majority government.
The Liberal victory marks the first Ontario Liberal majority in 16 years and the first time in almost 70 years that a sitting Conservative premier in Ontario has lost an election outright.
Thursday's convincing Liberal win marks a stark reversal from the province's last election in 1999, when the Conservatives, led by Mike Harris, captured 59 seats with 45 per cent of the votes.
www.theglobeandmail.com /generated/realtime/SpecialEvents4.html   (1265 words)

  
 Ontario Votes | canada.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ontario premier-designate Dalton McGuinty said yesterday the first priority of his new Liberal government will be to raise corporate taxes and change key aspects of the political system. 
Ontario's NDP will survive despite the loss of official party status in the provincial legislature and questions about Howard Hampton's leadership, party members and observers said Friday, the day after the Liberals won a huge majority.
Dalton McGuinty asked the voters of Ontario to choose change and, like it or not, they're probably going to get a bunch of it.Here's a detailed look at what the Liberals have promised to do during the next four or five years.
www.canada.com /toronto/features/ontariovotes   (1063 words)

  
 Ontario Election 2003 Voter Guide: 1999 Ontario General Election Results
For each riding, the party whose candidate won in the 1995 election is shown, together with the "margin (the number of votes by which they beat the second-place candidate)
= was the incumbant heading into the 1999 Ontario general election.
David Tilson resigned after Ernie Eves won the leadership election of the Progressive Conservatve Party, so that Ernie Eves could win a seat in the Legislature and become Premiere of Ontario.
www.mondopolitico.com /elections/ontario2003/99results.htm   (103 words)

  
 CBC - Ontario Votes 2003 - Features - Premiers on Parade
John Sandfield Macdonald (Coalition), 1867-71: Ontario's first premier was appointed by Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
Harry Nixon (Liberal) 1943: Son Bob Nixon became Ontario Liberal leader and, later, the province's treasurer; granddaughter Jane Stewart is a federal cabinet minister.
George Drew (Conservative), 1943-1948: His election victory in 1943 marked the beginning of 42 successive years of Tory rule in Ontario.
www.cbc.ca /ontariovotes2003/features/premier_timeline_090503.html   (664 words)

  
 skindex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The expected growth in imports associated with construction sector activity should result in a growth in the trade deficit, although this could be offset somewhat by increased inflows related to an expansion in the tourism industry.
Of the 14-member House of Assembly, II members are elected from single member constituencies on the basis of universal suffrage and three are nominated to the House (two on the advice of the prime minister and one on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition).
The next general election is due by March 2005.
www.stkittsnevis.org /facts.html   (3023 words)

  
 Social Studies – Grades 1 to 6 and History and Geography – Grades 7 and 8 > Ministry of Education
Students graduating from Ontario schools require the knowledge and skills gained from social studies and the study of history and geography in order to function as informed citizens in a culturally diverse and interdependent world and to compete in a global economy.
The Ontario Curriculum: Social Studies,Grades 1 to 6; History and Geography, Grades 7 and 8, 1998 outlines the knowledge and skills that students must develop in Grades 1 to 8, as well as the levels of achievement at which they are expected to master them.
The overall expectations describe in general terms the knowledge and skills that students are expected to achieve by the end of each grade.
www.edu.gov.on.ca /eng/document/curricul/social/social.html   (13219 words)

  
 IAFF: Correspondence on Legislative Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Now, LeBlanc says, fire fighters will press them to act on those commitments, which include changes to the provincial pension plan that will facilitate bargaining of the increased pension accrual rate of 2.33 per cent, which was won by the IAFF in February after years of lobbying at the federal level.
In general, the Tories, as they are called, implemented a corporate-driven agenda that attacked unions, undermined social programs and privatized key services, while giving huge tax cuts to Ontario’s richest people and corporations.
While their election result was less than expected, the NDP campaign ensured that important social issues and the need for publicly-run hospitals and utilities were part of the debate.
www.iaff.org /politics/ca/content/updates/ontelection.htm   (787 words)

  
 HobbsOnline: 11/01/2002 - 11/30/2002
Tennessee increased general fund spending by 7.6% in fiscal 2002, compared to the year before, the fourth largest percentage increase among all 50 states.
Tennessee budgeted an increase in general fund spending by 4% in the current fiscal year, the 14th largest percentage increase among all 50 states.
The general fund that supports public services such as eduction, prisons and welfare is projected to have a cumulative deficit of $4.56 billion by fiscal 2010.
hobbsonline.blogspot.com /2002_11_01_hobbsonline_archive.html   (13331 words)

  
 Ontario general election, 1990   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As a result of serious scandals, David Peterson Liberal government was defeated by a large protest vote.
In a surprise upset, Bob Rae's Ontario New Democratic Party won a majority government.
This marked the first time the NDP won an election in Ontario.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ontario_general_election__1990   (127 words)

  
 UUA Elections 2001: UUA General Assembly 2001
Olson was elected to the General Assembly Planning Committee in 1993, receiving the highest number of votes for that office; she was re-elected to a four-year term in 1997.
In addition to the election of Sinkford and Olson, the following individuals were elected to continental offices: Larry Ladd returns as Financial Advisor (an uncontested election) receiving 2097 votes; for At Large Trustee: Tamara Payne-Alex - 2424 votes, the Rev. Wayne Arnason - 2144 votes.
A total of 3276 votes were cast in the election, of which 947 were cast absentee, and 2329 cast on site.
www.uua.org /ga/ga01/elections.html   (860 words)

  
 EPIC Advisory Board
She has a particular interest in gender issues, as they are effected by law generally, and specifically in relation to the emerging laws, practices and mores of the Internet.
His teaching career from 1965 to 1993 included Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Western Ontario, where he was professor of history and law from 1972 to 1999 and from which he is now a professor emeritus.
She was runner-up in the first election for the North America seat on the ICANN Board.
www.epic.org /epic/advisory_board.html   (6824 words)

  
 Computerized Voting Machines were used to steal the 2002 Senate election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The "hanging chad" scandal in Florida in the 2000 election seems, in retrospect, to have been an elaborate distraction from the deeper scandals of the way it was rigged (expelling voters from the voting rolls, behind-the-scenes manipulation of the judicial and political processes).
Election 'reform' laws are now prohibiting paper ballots (no trail) and exit polls, effectively removing all trace and record of votes, making prosecution of voter fraud virtually impossible.
As election officials rush to spend billions to update the country's voting machines with electronic systems, computer scientists are mounting a challenge to the new devices, saying they are less reliable and less secure from fraud than the equipment they are replacing.
www.oilempire.us /ballot.html   (17033 words)

  
 CFP 2004 / Computer Freedom & Privacy Conference
Baker is the former General Counsel of the National Security Agency (1992-1994) and author of the book, The Limits of Trust: Cryptography, Governments, and Electronic Commerce (1998), as well as various other publications and articles on electronic commerce and international trade.
As Registrar of Voters for San Bernardino County, Scott is responsible for administering elections for the largest geographic election jurisdiction in the continental United States (21,000 square miles), with 650,000 registered voters.
Scott's election career began in 1995, after a 15 year career as an Army Intelligence Officer, when he was appointed as the Elections and Voter Registration Manager for Salt Lake County, Utah.
www.cfp2004.org /program/speakers.html   (17893 words)

  
 Ephemera Society of America
It begins with a selection of writings on ephemera in general, paper, and conservation.
Following are citations to publications arranged alphabetically by their subjects, Almanacs through Visiting Cards.
The History of street literature: the story of broadside ballads, chapbooks, proclamations, news-sheets, election bills, tracts, pamphlets, cocks, catchpennies and other ephemera.
www.ephemerasociety.org /bibliography.html   (1578 words)

  
 Canadian Political Parties, Elections and Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Election results of the 1991 provincial elections in B.C. British Columbia 1996 Provincial Election Forecaster
Ontario: Provincial Elections Political Database of the Americas
Election Results for General Election November 3, 1997
www.library.ubc.ca /poli/cpwebpr.html   (651 words)

  
 Look-4-it: HISTORY
History of General Sir Charles Napier's Conquest of Sindh Napier, W.F.F. Chinese Society in Rural Malaysia A Local History of the Chinese of Titi, Jelebu; Siaw, Lawrence K. History and Historians in the Twentieth Century
General History of the Caribbean : Vol 3.
General History of the Caribbean : Vol II.
book.look-4-it.com /History   (13668 words)

  
 elected.ca - Saskatchewan general election 1905   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
We couldn't find any results for Saskatchewan general election 1905 in Books.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is announcing an online journal promoting the study of American history with articles from noted historians as well as lesson plans, resource guides.
We stand for less government, lower taxes, individual responsibility and equal and no special rights for all citizens.
www.elected.ca /Saskatchewan-general-election-1905/reference/search   (151 words)

  
 CBC.ca - News
NDP Leader Jack Layton said Wednesday he will introduce a motion Nov. 24 calling for a February election, avoiding a Christmas vote.
A top French official said Wednesday that all foreigners convicted of taking part in 12 nights of rioting should be deported.
Vicki Robertson says recognizing social changes is essential if the church wants to survive another generation
cbc.ca /news   (465 words)

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