Dear Editor, . Mid-August is bringing the political doldrums to the provincial campaign. On one hand, we see Mark MacDonald caught between defending the Liberal record and trying to carve out a brave new path. It’s a little like trying to straddle two horses mid-stream, with comically predictable and chilly results. TheContinue Reading
Dear Sir: A few more hints about how good our provincial government is performing. In the month of June, this year, the Province of Ontario created more jobs than the rest of Canada and the USA combined. Don’t even think this is solely the work of the federal government because,Continue Reading
You have to hand it to him. 2006 – He declares no way will he deal with China in view of China’s record on human rights, asserting that principle trumps the dollar. In the same year, he cancels the Kelowna Accord which has a great deal to do with human rights among Canada’s nativeContinue Reading
Dear Editor, How much more evil can we become? We get upset and ourtraged when a few protesters smash store windows and burn police cars but have no concept of how we are allowing our governments to perpetrate this death and destruction on innocent people in our name, with noContinue Reading
Dear Editor: . Samsung will be investing a total of $7 billion in Ontario which will create 16,000 jobs. . Clean energy companies have been moving forward, building new plants and hiring workers to build turbines, solar panels and other equipment. . Jim McDonell and the PC’s want to tearContinue Reading
Mark McDonald of SDSG has commenced his campaign demonstrating the hard work ethic that won him the Liberal nomination for this riding. Should Mark win the election, as seems most likely, then we can count on having a superb replacement for the hard working Jim Brownell. I acknowledge the localContinue Reading
Our youthful populace needs a better platform and wider range of representatives to report to Council. In 2004, the City of Cornwall endorsed the CYAC/ COCOJECO and stated that “The city recognized that its greatest resources lie with its youth.” However, the need to reorganize and provide the city’s youthContinue Reading
To The Editors And City councillors My wife and I have recently purchased e-bikes (power-assisted bicycles). We have traveled the waterfront bike trails for many years and this year being no exception regarding the many people walking dogs without leashes,people walking two and three abreast,bikes riding two abreast taking bothContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Canada is considering loaning millions to the National Transitional Council in Benghazi Libya. And Gadhafi is considered the ‘madman’??? What if the UN doesn’t give the order to unlock the accounts? Oh right–the Canadian taxpayer would pick up the tab? I read that the rebels got medical suppliesContinue Reading
The heir to the Canadian throne located in Her Majesty’s Canadian Parliament and the future King of Canada – H.R.H. Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge has landed in Prince Edward Island, a province named after his Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather . Now that’s continuity and stability 🙂 Why anyone wouldContinue Reading
Comme vous le savez tous, c’est un système majoritaire ou à majorité relative qui est actuellement en vigueur au Canada. Il s’agit du système uninominal majoritaire à un tour, selon lequel le candidat qui l’emporte dans une circonscription obtient au moins la majorité relative des suffrages exprimés. Ce qui rendContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Research by labour experts Richard Freeman and James Medoff concluded that organizations with labour unions experience less employee turnover. Unions also allow employees to feel like they have a voice in the workplace, which can reduce feelings of frustration that could lead to turnover. The businessContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The NDP has the progressive policies that put Ontario’s families and seniors first. The NDP will protect and create good jobs, improve public healthcare, and provide greater assistance to agriculture and our rural communities. Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP have promised to make life more affordable for everydayContinue Reading
New Dundee ON – Frustrated with gridlock? Tired of high traffic volumes? Looking for the true freedom of safer, more enjoyable and better driving? The idea of Ontario’s new Super Highway program may just be your answer. MTO (Ministry of Transportation of Ontario) operated highways currently have some of the slowest speed limitsContinue Reading
The Shrine circus is coming to town. How shameful that we would host any circus that continues to exploit animals such as elephants, horses and dogs simply to entertain individuals for a few hours? . For those of you who are not familiar with the story of Tyke, this willContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Minister Rona Ambrose is telling us why her government is spending millions of dollars Canada can not afford. The reason she states in the House of Commons is no longer valid The following letter asks her a question many Canadians have concerning our foreign involvements in the lastContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Mr. Harper, Mr. MacKenzie, Mr Layton–I understand that there will be a vote in Parliament today to ‘extend the mission’ in Libya. Firstly–to call this a ‘mission’ is obtuse. This is not a mission, it is a war against a sovereign nation that has threatened no one. WhenContinue Reading
Morrisburg ON – (Harpocrat* ‘power grabber’ from Greek harpax, harpaktes ‘robber’; Latin harpyiae ‘harpies, rapacious monsters’; English harpy ‘greedy, cruel or grasping person’ + Greek kratos ‘power, might’) Chorus: Listen to our Great Reformer! Leading us to the Promised Land! “Friends, in the name of Democracy obviouslyContinue Reading