Feb 03 2009
Published in the Toronto Sun 4 February 2009 I appreciate that employees have the right to be treated fairly when in contract negotiations. Now that we finally have a resolution to the York University strike, we are faced with the possibility that the elementary teachers federation may strike. We don’t need another education strike. Teaching …
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Feb 02 2009
February 2009 Re: Christina Blizzard’s “Freeze out rich bureaucrats” (Feb 1), one of the things that really stuck out for me was the paragraph….”government compares public sector salaries with the private sector to arrive at a reasonable level of compensation”. As a (low level) public servant for the past 22 years, I think this …
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Feb 01 2009
February 2009 With Canada and much of the world in an economic recession, things can seem pretty bleak. For those who still have a job, the prospect of future job loss or pay-cuts are a constant fear. Although those working in the manufacturing sector, especially automotive are being hit the hardest, even white collar workers …
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Jan 31 2009
February 2009 Re: Another TTC shooting (February 24), it’s high time Toronto Transit Commission Special Constables were given full police status and issued side-arms. Although Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has promised to increase the police presence on the TTC system, it’s simply not enough. By default, Chief Blair has admitted that an armed …
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Jan 01 2009
January 2009 Regarding Mireille Levesque’s letter, (The right to quit, 1 January 2009), I absolutely agree that American war resisters/deserters should have the right to quit the military. Or, put another way, they should have the right to be dishonourably kicked out of the military after they finish serving their sentences in a military prison. …
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Dec 02 2008
Published in the Toronto Sun 3 December 2008 To the leaders of the Opposition parties, there is really no eloquent way of putting this, so I will say it this way: HAVE YOU GONE F$@&ING MAD!!! Do you really think that Canadians want either another election or a Liberal-NDP-Bloc Quebecois coalition government?! You may interpret …
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Oct 02 2008
October 2008 As a serving police officer, I can tell you that even a “toothless SIU” still scares many police officers, especially the honest ones. Even though many of their staff are ex-cops, has no one heard on the Professional Standards Branch (Internal Affaris to American cop-show watchers). The job of these officers is …
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Oct 01 2008
October 2008 With all the job losses in the manufacturing sector, I thought I would chime in with my two cents.
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Sep 30 2008
October 2008 Regarding Andrew Ross’ article “Toronto’s 30-nothing generation needs help (Toronto Sun, 26 October 2008); now I don’t know Mr. Ross’ specific situation; however, there are some things that are way off base in his article.
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Sep 01 2008
Published in the Barrie Advance 2 September 2008 Although summer is slowly coming to an end, I would like to remind people not to leave your pets unattended in your car. I’m a police officer and I recently responded to a complaint regarding a dog left in a pickup truck. The owner left both the …
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