Letters

Letter to the Editor Editor, I recently had day surgery in your hospital.  As I am sure that there are a few people like myself, frightened of the unknown from the fear of death to cleanliness and having caring staff.  As having served in kitchens and with the public for many years I understand the frustrations that come with it, and...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Both Mr Miller and his boss, Mr Harper, are playing hide and seek with the voters in the most important election since the free trade debate of 1988. The issues, and the decisions facing voters, couldn’t be more stark. Are we to go down the path of the USA, switching between one grand old party and...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, This letter serves to reiterate my position on the current format of local all-candidates meetings during election campaigns as was presented in my letter published in the Owen Sound Sun Times on May 4th, 2011, just two days after the 2011 Federal Election. In this letter I stated that all-candidates meetings, in their present...

Letter to the Editor Editor, For over 20 years I have been a school crossing guard. Mostly the last few years just relieving when some crossing people need a day off. Last November 2014 I stopped a car at the corner of Sykes and Collingwood streets. The man pulled over to the curb and asked me why I was stopping traffic and...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, We are a grade 2/3 class at Meaford Community School. We are feeling very grateful because a lot of people have been so nice to us. We have experienced tons of brain thrilling activities all thanks to these people. All of these events have helped us learn and be part of our community. First many people...

Letter to the Editor Editor, We are in complete agreement with your editorial comments (May 22) on the sudden mysterious in camera meeting of Meaford municipal council. The sudden meeting was a procedural attempt to thwart Harley Greenfield’s motion on staff rationalization and infrastructure . Clearly it was a a transparent political ploy, playing fast and loose with the 'in camera' requirements in...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Let me say that as a senior in Kitchener, with roots back to Meaford to mid-1880s, I enjoy reading your Independent paper on the internet. I would like to recommend that a section about “MEAFORD of YESTERYEAR” be inserted with each issue. It could be in the form of statements, a picture, a famous family of the town...

Letter to the Editor Editor, In your April 17 edition of the Meaford Independent you appear to be applauding the generous salaries and benefits of public employees. It would be great if the rest of the population received a corresponding remuneration. The sad truth is public employees are paid with tax dollars. Every time they receive a raise, the bottom financial line...

Letter to the Editor Editor, As a citizen of Canada, I am concerned about the direction Canada is going particularly with "Assisted Suicide". Since the outcome of this Bill, yet to be enacted, statistics and reports from Netherlands and Holland suggest that some real dialogue must take place for Canadians to fully realize the ramifications of this Bill. Daring to enter the...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Judging by how quickly the Harper Government’s election budget disappeared from the pages and the airways of the media, you might think that the discussion is over. I’d argue it hasn’t really begun. For budgets are more than a government’s spending plans. They are more than re-election platforms. They are cultural documents about how we will...