Dec 01 2022
December 2022 OK, so the big take-away from the testimony of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow ministers is that it doesn’t matter what the letter of the law is under the Emergencies Act, we are going to make up our own definition of what constitutes a national emergency. I’m hoping that Justice Paul …
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Nov 27 2022
November 2022 Published in the Toronto Sun, 5 December 2022 Re: The value of CBC (Toronto Sun, Letters to the Editor, 27 November): Wow! The chutzpah of Leon Mar, Director, Media Relations for CBC/Radio-Canada, is a perfect example of the sense of entitlement one would expect from a government or government-funded entity. While Mr. Mar …
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Nov 27 2022
November 2022 Re: “No More Masks” (The Hamilton Spectator, Letters to the editor, 24 November): If you want to keep wearing a mask for the rest of your life, go right ahead. You don’t need a government mandate; just wear one if you want, but no one should be forced or shamed into wearing one …
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Nov 22 2022
November 2022 Gettysburg National Military Park, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is an open-air museum that preserves and tells the story of the pivotal battle fought during the American Civil War. Located at the actual battle site, the story of the battle, fought from 1 – 3 July 1863, is told using historical plaques, commemorative monuments to …
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Nov 14 2022
Published in the Toronto Sun, 19 November 2022 So let me get this straight: Toronto council has accepted the cost of $6.3 million to re-name Dundas Street and Yonge-Dundas Square? Is Mayor John Torry going to tell us with a straight face that this will be money well spent and that there is nothing more …
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Nov 12 2022
November 2022 Not that I want to knock CUPE of their smug high-horse (OK, I do, but I still have a point), but a little context to Premier Doug Ford’s pledge to revoke Bill-28 is needed. CUPE turning this into a David & Goliath victory, but I’d like to argue that Doug Ford decided to …
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Nov 08 2022
November 2022 The Canadian province of Ontario has numerous former British Army forts, preserved as National Historic Sites, that celebrate and depict the early days of British North America. While the Town of Amherstburg, at the south-western tip of Ontario, has one such historic fort, Fort Malden, there is also a small park along the …
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Oct 31 2022
October 2022 Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification, situated along the St. Lawrence River, in Prescott, Ontario, that once made-up part of the defence of British North America. Built towards the end of the War of 1812, when American forces attempted to take control of the British colonies of Upper and Lower …
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Oct 30 2022
October 2022 Parents of school-age children can now breathe a sigh of relief that Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has announced legislation to force a contract on CUPE workers and end any strike action before it even begins. Read the room CUPE; now is not the time for a strike. Parents are tired of the …
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