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Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni has defected to the All Progressives Congress.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party was removed as governor of Ekiti State by the Court of Appeal in 2011.

He later became the PDP Deputy National Chairman, South West, before joining Abubakar Baraje faction of the party.

Oni, who announced the defection on Monday at Ifaki-Ekiti, said he dumped the PDP to help current the Governor, Kayode Fayemi to win a second term.

According to him, Fayemi is the best option for the state in the June 21 governorship election.

Today, we are erecting a new platform to build the future of Ekiti, the future is paramount in our hearts and what our children will say about us.

Though, we might have had a past that was rough together, we must think of who can take the right decisions for us to build a prosperous future for Ekiti.

I am not talking of perfection here but something that is better and who can give us a better tomorrow.

Gov. Fayemi who was present at the occasion, described Onis defection as a home coming.

He assured the former governor that he would be accorded all the rights and privileges in his new party.

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OTTAWA -- The Liberals are proposing a series of fixes to Ottawa's troubled temporary foreign worker program as fresh allegations of abuse emerge almost daily.

MP John McCallum, the party's immigration critic, proposes five reforms to the program that focus partly on better monitoring of employers who apply to bring in foreigners.

He adds that the government should scale the program back and focus on its original purpose -- to fill labour shortages when there is a legitimate need.

In recent weeks, a spate of allegations suggests some companies are turning to the program in sectors and regions of the country where there are no labour shortages.

Helicopter pilots, waitresses and mall workers are among those who have stepped forward to complain.

Employment Minister Jason Kenney has pledged to lower the boom on those abusing the program and has already banned restaurants from applying for temporary foreign workers.

New rule changes are expected soon, including beefing up the auditing powers of federal inspectors.

McCallum points out that between 2005 and 2012, the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada more than doubled.

He wants the government to tighten the so-called labour market opinion process. Employers must apply for a positive labour market opinion if they want to hire a foreigner on a temporary basis.

McCallum also repeated his demand for a review by the auditor general.

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TORONTO - The campaign buses have barely rolled out for the June 12 election and already there's a flurry of open letters, accusations and even legal claims in a $2-million libel suit.

The Progressive Conservatives are denying they did anything wrong when they suggested that Premier Kathleen Wynne "oversaw and possibly ordered the criminal destruction of documents" related to the $1.1-billion cancellation of two gas plants.

In a statement of defence in response to a lawsuit launched by Liberals last month, the Tories say they had a "legal, social and/or moral duty" to make the statements the Liberals claim were defamatory.

The Tories are claiming qualified privilege, saying the public had "a corresponding interest" in hearing that information.

They say in the statement dated May 2 that they were diligent in trying to verify the allegation and that it was an urgent matter of public importance.

Asked whether it was a mistake to file the libel suit against the Opposition party, Wynne responded Monday that she felt it was important to challenge the Tories' allegation.

"I am willing to debate facts anywhere, anytime. I'm always willing to talk about facts and I have answered questions about the decisons around relocating the gas plants," she said at a high school in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto.

"But when there are false allegations made, it's very important that I stand up to those and that I make it clear that that's unacceptable. So the legal process will carry on."

Meanwhile, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has sent an open letter to her rivals challenging them to participate in five debates, with one focused on jobs and the economy.

Speaking to host Matt Galloway on CBC's "Metro Morning" on Monday, Horwath said she was not concerned that big union leaders like Unifor head Jerry Dias had questioned her decision not to support the budget, which was seen as labour friendly.

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Senator Blunt Calls On Democrats To Support Job Creating Energy Policy 4/29/14
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) spoke on the Senate floor to call on President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Senate to stop playing politics with American...

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Democrats Support Fracking
Schumer: "Overall, the Democrats throughout the country have supported fracking. The President has, most of us have, and it #39;s worked quite well." (MSNBC #39;s "Morning Joe," May 5, 2014)

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