Letters

Editor, Both a large corporation (General Motors) which operated on Ontario Street in St. Catharines, Ontario, and the local City Council have been caught in a corrupt and dangerous plot to develop residential lands: at all costs. We MUST learn that corporations show no accountability to 'the people'. They care and operate to make profits and money for their stockholders. They...

Editor, Justin should have left some time ago. One should always leave on a high note. He did what he could for middle class citizens and fighting climate change. It was never enough. His biggest blunder was to fail on his promise of changing our voting system to ranked voting. First Past the Post is bad for a multi-party system that...

Mr. Editor, Some quotes from recent U.S. Department of Energy research papers. “Researchers analyzed the life cycle greenhouse gas impacts of energy storage technologies and found that Pumped Storage Hydro power has the lowest global warming potential on average.” “Results demonstrate that enabling renewable electricity deployment by adding Pumped Storage Hydro to the grid will result in lower climate change impacts and...

Editor, Recently, MP Ruff wrote to constituents about the Canadian Government restrictions on assault weapons. He objects to “the government’s new regulations to confiscate more firearms from law-abiding Canadians.” I completely object to MP Ruff’s view. I think that assault weapons are for soldiers in warfare not for personal use. Canada has much tougher restrictions on assault weapons, hand guns, large magazines,...

Dear Editor, Something has happened that makes me want to emphasize what we are losing with the health care being destroyed. I went in to visit the nursing home to find Brian's wheelchair with the footrests put on. We have not used them because when he gets pushed he lifts his feet. This exercises the leg muscles and the torso muscles....

Editor, As the final clean up of this year’s Christmas on the Bay fades into memories of 6400+ attendees, piles of snow, and extraordinary volunteers - just showing up - I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the community that made it all possible. To the sponsors whose generosity gave towards our vision and are committed to making dreams a reality,...

Dear Editor, It was with keen interest that I read a recent article, “Journey on a Gurney, From Admission to Discharge: A Hospital's Journey, One Gurney at a Time”, by Andrea Roylance (November 14, 2024 print edition). After retirement my husband and I settled in Meaford, one of the reasons being the hospital. However, I now fear for the future...

Dear Editor, At first, Mike Robertson's letter suggesting the use of an outside 'head hunter' for the CAO position made me cringe, only because of Meaford's history of hiring consultants for everything more costly than buying lunch. But realistically, the idea is a good one, and he makes a good argument for it. Meaford's history of hiring CAOs is hardly a...

Editor, Going forward, the Municipality absolutely needs the services of a professional recruiting firm to source candidates for senior staff positions. The money spent will be worth every penny. No one on council or senior staff is qualified to do the necessary vetting and due diligence required. Not just the council & staff we have now, all of them in the past...

Dear Editor, Years ago, a group of Interns from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) rushed into the office of Stephen Harper to announce that their Excel spreadsheets had come up with a way to win over 4 more voters in Kenora and 6 more in Swift Current. A $500 tax credit - as long as parents first paid the money...