September 2025 There’s an old proverb: “Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.” Premier Doug Ford has announced his government will ban photo radar on municipal roads by next month. This is a reversal of his government’s 2019 legislation permitting their use, citing an “out of control” program. It seems that most, if …
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September 2025 Wow, what a difference a week can make. I started writing this column when the future of of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, was in doubt. Now, I have to re-write sections of this column as the American Broadcasting Network (ABC) and its owner, the Walt Disney Company, have …
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Published in the Hamilton Spectator, 19 September 2025 Re: Editorial Cartoon, Carney and Poilievre have competing projects underway, Sept. 13 I always enjoy editorial cartoons, even ones that mock politicians and parties that I support. However, Graeme MacKay shouldn’t get too smug just yet. The list of nation-building projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced, …
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September 2025 Re: “Lawlessness going unchecked in Canada’s biggest city” (Jerry Agar, Toronto Sun, 9 September): I usually agree with Jerry Agar, but on this one I disagree with his assertion that the infamous Parkside Drive camera, which was cut down for the 7th time in 10 months recently, or any speed camera, isn’t a …
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Published in the Toronto Sun, 14 September 2025 There are some truly sickening people out there, practically dancing in the streets in the wake of the senseless assassination of American conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. So tell me, you soulless ghouls, how should Erika Kirk, Kirk’s widow, explain to her children why …
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September 2025 In the wake of the senseless murder of Abdul Aleem Farooqi, who died protecting his family from a violent home invasion, York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween is being heavily criticized for his comments that essentially amount to a surrender to the thugs terrorizing our cities. While I certainly understand that Chief MacSween …
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September 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced his government will not implement a mandate requiring that 20 per cent of all new vehicles sold in Canada by next year be electric, with current sales are less than half that, while promising a 60-day review of the country’s electric-vehicle program. Prime Minister, cancel the electric …
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September 2025 This week’s winner of the “Chutzpah Award” goes to the Ontario Public Service, for complaining that Premier Doug Ford’s order that they return to the office 5-days-a-week, will mean added cost for them for things like childcare and travel. Now, I do have some questions: 1) What were you doing before the pandemic? …
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September 2025 Re: “Clean energy still the future” (Butts, Nicholson & Smith, Hamilton Spectator, 2 August): Maybe it’s just me, but I noticed this column contains a lot of future, and maybe unrealistic, projections that may or may not be grounded in any reasonable logic. The authors repeatedly make comments of target levels that have …
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September 2025 Re: “Bullying still big problem for kids” (Jane Stevenson, Toronto Sun, 2 September): How about bullying amongst adults? Unfortunately, bullying doesn’t end upon reaching adulthood. Just like in childhood, there is really only one way to combat bullying, and that is with swift and harsh punishment, something our schools, workplaces and legal system …
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