Jan 04 2018
January 2018 There has been much outrage about Steve Ecklund, host of the outdoor show The Edge, shooting of a cougar back in December. As far as it’s been reported, it was a legal annual hunt done during a legal hunting season, sanctioned by the Alberta Environment Ministry as a part of their wildlife management. …
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Dec 21 2017
December 2017 Can we have an honest conversation here? I mean a really honest conversation about the immigration and refugee issues Canada faces and how it’s putting a strain on our already strained social and health care services? While we’ve always had immigration and refugee applicants, the situation has become much worse since our “Dear …
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Nov 25 2017
November 2017 The Justin Trudeau government recently announced a national housing strategy to help 530, 000 vulnerable families find housing and hopefully cut homelessness by 50% over the next 10 years. The $11.2 billion plan will create 100, 000 new housing units and repair 300, 000 existing units. Along with funding from other levels of …
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Nov 12 2017
November 2017 Re: Rob Ford stadium nixed (Sue-Ann Levy, Toronto Sun, 5 October 2017): Toronto City Council should be ashamed of themselves for refusing to approve the re-naming of Centennial Stadium after the late Mayor Rob Ford. This refusal is particularly galling given that council voted 33-2 to approve the naming of something in memory …
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Oct 06 2017
October 2017 Governments are always saying we need to “invest” in “green” technologies; we need to encourage “green” innovation. We’ve come a long way in cleaning up our environment in the past without carbon taxes to encourage this innovation. Why do we need them now? Back in the 1980s, acid-rain was a great threat and …
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Oct 06 2017
October 2017 “We don’t think there should be a carbon-based energy industry by the middle of this century. The real alternative is not an alternative route. It’s an alternative economy.” Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in May 2012 when asked about the proposed route for the Northern Gateway pipeline. On 5 …
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Oct 06 2017
Published in the Toronto Sun, 1 October 2017 Re: “Things could be worse,” (Omar Khan, Toronto Sun, September 25): Yes Mr. Khan, facts do matter and I’m glad that you pointed out that Ontario is the most indebted sub-sovereign jurisdiction. That fact does matter, even if Ontario’s fiscal and economic situation could be worse. However, …
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Sep 27 2017
September 2017 Although I’m a Conservative supporter and a supporter of Patrick Brown since he was a Member of Parliament, I’m not completely convinced that he can defeat Kathleen Wynne’s government in next year’s election. After 14 years of lies, increased taxes, scandals, criminal charges, debt that’s double what it was in 2003, the dumpster-fire …
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Sep 23 2017
September 2016 Re: Did boozy cop get off easy? (Michele Mandel, Toronto Sun, 14 September 2014); I had two reactions when I read this article. The first was what is causing so many cops to drink, especially when we see first-hand the carnage that results (collisions, domestics, etc)? The second was this could have been me …
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Sep 23 2017
Published in the Barrie Examiner, 27 September 2017 Re: “Opposition without solid solution disappointing (Peter Silveira, Barre Examiner, 14 September): I don’t think anyone disagrees with raising the minimum wage, especially at the rate of inflation. Obviously employers can’t pay their workers in 2017 the same wage they were paid in 1987. The major problem is …
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