Hyer's bill fizzles

Bruce Hyer's climate change bill is dead in the water.   The Thunder Bay MP blames what he calls Prime Minister Harper's unelected Senate which voted it down on Tuesday night. The bill would have forced the government to set targets for greenhouse gas emissions

Hyer on cabinet shuffle

Thunder Bay Superior North MP Bruce Hyer is pleased the Prime Minister removed John Baird from the Transport Ministry. Hyer says Baird didn't really solve any transportation issues and notes Chuck Strahl might do a better job. He would like to see the new minister help bring back passenger rail service to the Northwest. Hyer will be meeting with Strahl in the near future. Baird adds back bencher John Duncan is the sixth minister of Aboriginal Affairs in the last six years.