October 2023 The 15-Minute City might be a good idea in theory. The concept is a city design that enables residents to access most daily amenities within a 15 to 20-minute walk, bike or other mode of transportation from any point in a city, town or village regardless of size. However, the concept comes with …
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September 2023 Across Ontario, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is organizing a “No Spece For Hate In Ontario” campaign for the week of 20-25 September, with protests scheduled for various cities across the province. The OFL protest is meant to counter the “1 Million March For Children,” taking place on 20 September in numerous …
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September 2023 Re: “Trudeau’s had his fill of volatile food prices” (Canadian Press, 15 September): As Chandler Bing might say, “Could Justin Trudeau be any more annoyingly dumb about economics?!” Reading both this column and the column “Axe the tax on farms and food,” by Franco Terrazzano, highlights why Trudeau is the problem here. It’s …
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August 2023 The Barrie Advance recently reported that a proposed affordable housing complex, located municipally at 115 Bayfield Street, has been put on hold, citing “rapid increases in construction costs and interest rates,” along with difficulty in securing additional financing to cover the current shortfall (“Proposed affordable housing complex on hold,” Chris Simon, Barrie Advance, …
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August 2023 Re: “Calls for huge tax hikes as Toronto begins budget planning,” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 24 August): Wow, this is terrible news, what with the rising cost of everything already straining the budgets of the average Torontonian! If only someone had warned us during the election campaign that Olivia Chow would raise taxes! …
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August 2023 Re: “Hit the road, Chow” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 15 August): Mayor Chow, I would like to administer a little self-awareness test to you. I would agree with your proposal to re-name Dundas Street, if you and any of the other councilors who support this idiotic idea to re-name Dundas Street, all agree …
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Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 July 2023 Re: “Trudeau Liberals fail city again, refuse to pay their bill,” Brian Lilley (27 July, Toronto Sun): the sheer chutzpah of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to claim she can’t reimburse Toronto for the cost of housing and support for refugees, the very same ones that her boss …
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July 2023 On 28 June, a group of around a dozen protesters marched outside of the constituency office of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte Member of Parliament Doug Shipley, pushing for an end to subsides to fossil-fuel producers. I agree with this, as I’m against corporate welfare. Where the protesters lose me, is their demand that “We have got …
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June 2023 Barrie City Council is looking to enact by-laws that are intended to deal with drug addiction, mental health problems, shelter, counseling, limiting camping in city parks feeding the hungry in public places, and a ban on panhandling. Homeless advocates and community organization that assist the homeless and those suffering from mental health issues and …
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Published in the Toronto Sun, 23 June 2023 Re “Brian Mulroney praises Trudeau’s leadership, omits any mention of Tory leader” (The Canadian Press, 20 June): At the opening of an Atlantic economic forum in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, on 19 June, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney made an extraordinary statement when he introduced current Prime Minister …
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