I am writing to express my sheer horror at the state of our town’s health care system. My father was recently admitted to the Cornwall hospital. This 79 year old man has contributed 60 years of hard work and taxes to the community, during which he rarely fell ill orContinue Reading
Thornhill ON – The GG had three options on March 26/11. He could have refused Mr Harper and called upon someone else he believed could curry the confidence of the Lower House, or, reserved his decision for a few days to allow input from All-the-Talents under his Executive Power (the Appointed-for-Life Privy CouncillorsContinue Reading
So, the Conservatives decided they wanted to go to the electorate and, typically, did not have the integrity to do things in a direct manner. They brought down a budget knowing that none of the opposition parties {Harper’s vision of a Coalition] could possibly accept it. The Finance Minister said very positively thereContinue Reading
Thornhill ON – Like many other “New Media” sites we take submissions from the public when we feel they offer some interest to the reader. Today Mr. Robert Ede of Thornhill Ontario submitted the following. Tomorrow Afternoon’s News This Afternoon! – – Prescience or Preciousness – We’ll know tomorrow! Rideau Hall,Continue Reading
Senators earn $132,300 a year as a base salary, serve until age 75. It’s a fact, that a majority of Canadian don’t want it. The total cost for Canadian taxpayers to maintain the Senate in 2008-2009 was $90,232,000. And they sat in the Senate for only 69 days. . SenateContinue Reading
I would like to clarify just where the CVA stands in reference to Bill C-55 and the recent politicalization of our most vulnerable veterans plight. I am profoundly disappointed to note that other veterans groups are proactively supporting Bill C-55 by encouraging their membership to contact opposition senators claiming theContinue Reading
With the Liberals at the wheel in the province in Ontario and in the county of SD and SG we can look forward to a new four year plan to strengthen our economy, part of which has already begun to take shape. This plan includes such things as laying aContinue Reading
Victoria BC – Mr. D.J. Skinner of Victoria, British Columbia wants Canadians to participate in the Government’s Beyond Border Working Group. Here is his Letter to the Editor: Thank you for the opportunity to provide input regarding the proposed border management Plan. There are many aspects of border managementContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Schools are controlled by school boards, hospitals are controlled by hospital boards and that is where we must start our close look at what is happening in our Cornwall Community Hospital. We must start with the hospital board for this hospital board appears to be functioning as a typical Cornwall parochialContinue Reading
Dear Sir: Once upon a time there were two visible despots in the Middle East, Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi. The scene changed when Britain and the USA, against world opinion, willfully took out Saddam Hussein. But what is a despot? ‘A ruler with total power, especially one who uses it inContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We get in a lot of requests of assistance to publicize people’s plights across Canada now and an unusual one has come in from Calgary. If the charges are legitimate they seem quite severe. We are going to print part one of this Letter to the EditorContinue Reading
I am a country girl, and CEO of a company in Embrun, who pays substantial personal, property and corporate taxes. I am responding to Mr. Van Dusen’s article about the wolf and coyote cull and would like to add my voice to the animal activists and ratepayers who are defendingContinue Reading
Dear Editor Re: PM comes to defence of attack aircraft, Terry Pender, Mar 12 2011 http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/500718–pm-comes-to-defence-of-attack-aircraft The F-35 purchase will no doubt create high-tech jobs, but so would many other government expenditures totaling between $16 to $30 billion. But why are we spending this enormous sum through an untendered contractContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Sixty-seven conservative candidates knowingly submitted false statements to Elections Canada, including 10 conservative members of parliament. . The matter has been tried in court and they have been found guilty by the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal for falsifying returns. . The appropriate legal remedy for violating theContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Why should Canada bail out the F-35 Money Pit? Of little use in Canada’s airspace, the F-35 is described by US aerospace analysts as “too big to fail”. In January, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the F-35B “should be cancelled” if the costly delays of theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – In 2007, the federal government sought the collaboration of the provinces and territories to keep Canadian industry competitive by driving down business taxes. The plan would have seen combined federal and provincial/territorial corporate income tax rates drop to about 25% by 2013, one of the lowest taxContinue Reading
Dear Editor, We see this week that household debt is 150% of income and are urged to do more financial planning. But maybe we are unable to meet our costs or save because there’s something government could do that it is not doing. What about taxing households less, admitting thatContinue Reading
Dear Editor, The “Alerte-Info-Alert-bot memo about the situation involving International Development Minister Bev Oda, who stands accused by her political opponents of the serious charge of lying to Parliament” *.placed in the hands of Conservative M.P’s included the statement, “We stand by Minister Oda and her decision not to provideContinue Reading