Nov 15 2013
November 2013: Regarding the Ottawa students who say they don’t care if the “White Poppy” offends vets: the poppy symbolizes SACRIFICE, not war. The red poppy came to symbolize soldiers who died in conflict as a result of the poem, “In Flanders Fields”, written in 1915 by Canadian physician and Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, MD. McCrae …
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Oct 18 2013
October 2013 When a person is shot to death by police during an interaction, there are frequently calls from the general public as to why the police couldn’t just, “…shoot them in the leg…” or why the police couldn’t have just restrained the individual, especially those in the midst of a mental health crisis. Regarding …
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Jul 08 2013
Published in the Toronto Sun 11 July 2013 Re: Marsi coup and anti-Harper cuckoos (Anthony Furey, Toronto Sun, July 6), it should also be noted that although Harper did win with only 39.62% of the vote in 2011, Jean Chretien’s Liberals won majorities in 1997 with 38.46% and in 2000 with 40.85%. Bob Rae won a majority …
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Jun 26 2013
Published in the Toronto Sun 2 July 2013 Readers have asked why a police officer remains on the payroll while facing criminal charges. A criminal court has no authority to fire anyone from their job or take away their pay cheque. Only an employer can fire someone. Barrie Police Const. Nevill will now face charges …
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