Letters

Editor, Number 1: Governments or personnel must be extremely wealthy to make a remark like this: In supporting the move Bloc Quebecois MP Julie Vignola said, “We agree that $9 million for a New York condo for the Consul General needs to be examined.” “$9 million is a lifetime of work for the average person,” Vignola told the committee according to...

Dear Editor, While our neighbours in the Town of Blue Mountains were considering a motion against Meaford’s proposed power plant, I wrote this note (below) to their Mayor and Council members. Although the motion didn’t pass after all, we in Meaford still need to reconcile our management of beach houses on our shore, and I thought this still noteworthy for...

Dear Editor, As I read the comments from Mr. McTaggert’s July 11th Letter to the Editor, I wish we could devote our time to a more constructive dialogue – one that focuses on the opportunities that the Ontario Pumped Storage Project presents to Meaford and the surrounding region if it moves forward. While I recognize there are questions about the Ontario...

Dear Editor, When Brian was in hospital he could not go to the TV room, so we used a DVD player, which was great. Therefore Pat Kortland and I have donated two DVD/CD players to the hospital to honour Anna Crawford and Ben Kortland. They have some DVDs to play but if your readers are getting rid of DVDs or...

Editor, Before I got a paid teaching position as an ESL teacher for adults, I volunteered. I arrived to meet my class, all male Jamaican recently-arrived new Canadians. I greeted them by telling them that I was a volunteer teacher and if I performed well I may get a paid position. They asked what a volunteer was and I explained...

Editor, As an American ten year old boy said to me when asked why he shoots squirrels, he quickly responded, “It is my constitutional right to bear arms.” This twisted and incorrect interpretation will continue as Americans choose to use it as means to eliminate their politicians. Beryl L Campbell, Meaford

Editor, The Save Georgian Bay Political Action Committee is pressuring the Meaford Council because they claim that they are not being heard. Sadly, that is not true. We have heard them very loud and clear since the very start of the project. They are being heard! They have representatives on council who advocate for them. But the majority of citizens...

Editor, In reference to Bruce Mason's letter. I find it very difficult to believe that all Carbon Tax revenue go back to the public. Surely someone is getting paid to rebate all these funds. We all know how government works, this is why we have a deficit and debt. You must be one of the lucky few to receive the $210....

Editor, Firstly, I believe the term “United States” is a complete oxymoron. The states are not at all “united” and haven’t been since the original 13 colonies, which didn’t see eye-to-eye either. They most certainly haven’t been united since the Civil War...and I don’t mean just politically, I mean economically, socially, intellectually and morally. The GOP is more ‘far right’ than...

Editor, I’m glad to see that a bill has been passed (Bill C-59) that prevents fossil fuel companies from 'greenwashing' their projects. The bill prohibits a public “statement, warranty or guarantee of a product’s benefits for protecting or restoring the environment or mitigating the environmental, social and ecological causes or effects of climate change”, if the claims are not based...