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Newington ON – Premier Dalton McGuinty created a lucrative program called “microFIT” for small producers of solar electricity across Ontario.   A producer would be able to benefit by selling the electricity on the grid for a subsidized price of 80.2 cents per kilowatt hour.  That’s 20 times the price paid for nuclear power.  MostContinue Reading

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Letter to the editor, Kudos goes out to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for choosing our new Governor General, David Johnston. David Johnston has a distinguished academic record; he is a legal scholar and was president of the University of Waterloo.  He is 69 years old, married to a doctor and has fiveContinue Reading

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Mr. Bentley: We have written numerous letters to your office in the last seven months, some as private letters, but mostly as letters composed by our committee.  They have gone unheeded and we continue to get back as a resource a Transition Services List that includes few agencies that evenContinue Reading

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Regarding the recent announcement of the new “Police Motorcycle”, really begs the question, why are we not sharing this service with the OPP? Recently, our city police force gave up on our “police dog” program, opting for sharing the service with the OPP. Our taxpayers are being stretched to the limitContinue Reading

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Dear Sir: I sent the following letter to the Standard Freeholder but, of course, they did not print it.  It seems to me the worst critics of politicians are often those who have never stood for public office themselves. Claude McIntosh, of the Standard Freeholder, often refers to our Premier as theContinue Reading

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Dear Editor: I am surprised that after the controversy earlier this year over how the members of Cornwall city council were misusing their personal expense accounts on donations to local charities and community organizations , fundraising golf tournaments, concerts, dinners, dances, galas, and on political party fundraisers, Mayor Bob KilgerContinue Reading

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A Stronger Canada Pension Plan For your entire career you work hard and build a good life for your family. Every Pay cheque, your deductions include a small amount that is tucked away in your public pension plan. When retirement comes, you expect to be able to live in dignity with some measureContinue Reading

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BRIDGING THE CHASM letter to the Editor by John Milnes Cornwall ON – Our Member of Parliament, Guy Lauzon, and his Conservative play-pals must soon get their act together.  Are they still studying how to construct a low level bridge?  Someone should mutter in their ears many low level bridges have beenContinue Reading

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Cornwall ON – Letter to the Editor – Jeff Leggat vs Monsanto Letter to the Editor, Have you heard of the multinational chemical corporation Monsanto?  Did you know it is currently threatening to destroy the Canadian agricultural economy? This is the company that brought you Agent Orange, Genetically Modified Organisms,Continue Reading

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The Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario Minister of Health & Long Term Care, Queen’s Park,  Toronto, Ontario. 17 May, 2010 Ref: The Pharmaceutical Professional Allowance Furore Dear Minister: This is an open letter to you and all others who may have become embroiled in this issue.  To commence I do believeContinue Reading