Jul 30 2012
July 2012 I sit outside the fencing erected by a demolition crew demolishing the PMQs (Permanent Married Quarters, or Residential Housing Units as they are now called) that once made up Stanley Green Park at the former CFB Toronto. The officers PMQs, known as William Baker Park at the north end of the former base, …
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Jul 15 2012
July 2012 I hope the Rolling Stones consider a 50th Anniversary Tour. I hope that the band also pays tribute to founding member, pianist Ian Stewart. For those who do not know Ian Stewart, or “Stu” as he was known by the band, he was a founding member of The Rolling Stones, but was dismissed …
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Feb 13 2012
Published in the Toronto Sun 18 February 2012 Re “Jubilee Bloc-ers” (Feb. 8): So Bloc Quebecois MP Louis Plamondon is “irked” that the Harper government did such monarchist things as restoring the “Royal” titles to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force? Is he bothered by the name “Royal 22e Regiment,” the …
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Sep 23 2011
Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 September 2011 It is absolutely disgraceful that Parc Downsview Park would even consider evicting the Canadian Air & Space Museum so that is can demolish the building and build a four-pad hockey rink in its place. Not only is the museum a great asset to Toronto and to the …
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Aug 11 2011
May 2011 The issue of public sector pension plans is back in the headlines with the recent election. Several defeated MPs are now entitled to their “gold-plated Pension plans”. As a public sector civil-servant, I wish to chime in with my two cents: Many in the private sector complain that they don’t have pension plans, …
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Jul 02 2011
Recently, several callers to Newstalk 1010 angrily complained about the large public funerals and media attention given police funerals. One particular listener, who identified himself as a construction worker, bitterly complained that almost 400 construction workers were killed last year, and none of them received public funerals or attention from the media. This caller also …
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Jun 26 2011
Published in the Toronto Sun 14 June 2011 Now that the officer accused of assaulting Dorian Barton has been identified, does anyone want to come forward and identify the “demonstrator” seen causing damage to a store-front in the photo accompanying the article “T.O. businesses ‘ignored’ – NDP MPs push feds for G20 compensation” (June 11)? …
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Jun 12 2011
June 2011 Recently while driving along Lakeshore Drive, I saw two protesters outside Barrie MP Patrick Brown’s office with a “Stop Harper” sign. While I really do appreciate the fact that we are free to protest ourgovernment without fear of imprisonment or worse, can’t we give the “Stop Harper” rhetoric a break? Sure some people …
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May 05 2011
3 May 2011 Given that Michael IgnatieffI and the Liberals have clearly been defeated by the Conservatives in the General Election, I wonder if Iggy (AKA Michael Ignatiff) is glad that he forced the election now? Now that she has a seat in Parliament, the good news for Elizabeth May is that she can now justifiably …
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May 05 2011
5 May 2011 A writer on Simcoe.com wrote, anonymously of course, criticizing me for my letter “PM didn’t ‘seize’ power – he was elected”, (Letters, April 20), where I was responding to a letter published in the Midland Mirror, “Vote to stop ‘diabolical’ prime minister” (April 8). This WEB writer, who hid under the pseudonym …
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