July 2007 To Mayor David Miller: It’s great that you have decided to cut all unnecessary spending, including the renovations to your office, and are telling all departments to trim their budgets. This is what you should have in the first place rather than try to ram a new tax down the throats of Toronto …
Category Archive: Editorials
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Jul 08 2007
We could all do more to support the troops
Barrie Advance Collingwood Connection Innisfil Journal July 9, 2007 CFRB Radio talk show host John Moore recently stated that he thought the “Support Our Troops” magnets are simply an empty gesture. I’m of the opinion that even the smallest gestures are meaningful.
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Jul 02 2007
William Elliott deserves to wear the RCMP uniform
July 2007 The appointment of William Elliott is definitely a contentious issue. Even more contentious is the idea of whether he should wear the RCMP uniform. Critics say that Elliott has not ‘earned’ the right to wear the uniform, but I would argue that his position ‘entitles’ him to do so and he is hardly …
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Jun 11 2007
True heroes
June 2007 Recently some Toronto Police officers were honoured as heroes for rescuing some people from a burning building. There were no serious injuries, but all parties, including the police officers, were treated for smoke inhalation. I not surprised they were treated for smoke inhalation. Now this brings me to my point that although …
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Jun 05 2007
Police must be able to pursue
Published in the Toronto Sun 6 June 2007 Regarding police pursuits — we can make this really simple: When you see flashing red lights on a police car, pull to the right and stop as soon as you can safely do so. Period! The idea of banning police from pursuing people suspected of committing an …
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Jun 04 2007
Do they deserve to be born
June 2007 Re: Do they deserve to be born? (Toronto Sun, May 31, 2007, regarding the birth of conjoined twins Krista and Tatiana), at the risk of being a fence-sitter, I must say this is difficult one. I do agree that life is sacred and abortion should not be used as birth control. Thus …
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May 31 2007
Canada should issue a Cold War Victory Medal to its military
Published in Legion Magazine, June 2007 There are numerous medals that make up the Canadian Honours, Awards and Medals system. People are awarded medals for a variety of reasons. It could be for participation in an event or action (United Nations peacekeeping tour); it could be or performing a duty of a specified …
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May 22 2007
Brown the MP for me
Published in the Barrie Advance 23 May 2007 Last Friday, I had an unexpected visitor at my house: Barrie MP Patrick Brown. Patrick was going door to door in my neighbourhood to hand out information flyers and ask if there were any concerns that I as one of his constituents wanted to address with him. …
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Apr 30 2007
It’s time to arm Canada’s border officers
Published in Blue Line Magazine May 2007 Re: $1billion cost to arm border guards: my fellow citizens, you need to wake up and smell the coffee. Our Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers are peace officers, just like police officers, and are expected to perform a vital function in our country. Sure once upon a …
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Apr 25 2007
Ontario Provincial Police the wrong choice for Barrie
April 2007 I find it hard to believe that there are still people out there who feel that Barrie City Council should disband Barrie Police and contract the O.P.P. to police the city. This is an extremely misguided way to avoid the rising cost of policing Barrie. The O.P.P. took over policing Barrie once before. …
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About the Author
Bruce Forsyth served in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve for 13 years (1987-2000). He served with units in Toronto, Hamilton & Windsor and worked or trained at CFB Esquimalt, CFB Halifax, CFB Petawawa, CFB Kingston, CFB Toronto, Camp Borden, The Burwash Training Area and LFCA Training Centre Meaford.