Apr 17 2009
Published in the Toronto Sun 18 April 2009 Re: “it’s time for Toronto to have two NHL teams” (14 April): Has Michael Taube been sucking too much Zamboni exhaust? Two teams for Toronto? It’s time for Toronto to end its hockey snobbery and monopoly and allow Hamilton to have an NHL team. What southern Ontario …
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Feb 03 2009
Published in the Toronto Sun 4 February 2009 I appreciate that employees have the right to be treated fairly when in contract negotiations. Now that we finally have a resolution to the York University strike, we are faced with the possibility that the elementary teachers federation may strike. We don’t need another education strike. Teaching …
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Feb 02 2009
February 2009 Re: Christina Blizzard’s “Freeze out rich bureaucrats” (Feb 1), one of the things that really stuck out for me was the paragraph….”government compares public sector salaries with the private sector to arrive at a reasonable level of compensation”. As a (low level) public servant for the past 22 years, I think this …
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Feb 01 2009
February 2009 With Canada and much of the world in an economic recession, things can seem pretty bleak. For those who still have a job, the prospect of future job loss or pay-cuts are a constant fear. Although those working in the manufacturing sector, especially automotive are being hit the hardest, even white collar workers …
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Jan 31 2009
February 2009 Re: Another TTC shooting (February 24), it’s high time Toronto Transit Commission Special Constables were given full police status and issued side-arms. Although Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has promised to increase the police presence on the TTC system, it’s simply not enough. By default, Chief Blair has admitted that an armed …
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Jan 01 2009
January 2009 Regarding Mireille Levesque’s letter, (The right to quit, 1 January 2009), I absolutely agree that American war resisters/deserters should have the right to quit the military. Or, put another way, they should have the right to be dishonourably kicked out of the military after they finish serving their sentences in a military prison. …
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