Friday, April 4, 2025

Letters

A Conservative Chastises a Conservative, the Rift is Growing

Editor, Regarding the letter by Mike Robertson  Sept 29, 2022. Certainly, loved your hate towards fellow Canadians. As for the Democrats, I certainly wouldn't want to live in any of their cities under their control. You know the ones with 400 plus murders a year, soft on crime, homeless on the streets, underfunded police forces. The ability to walk in a shop,...

What is Harm?

Editor, In July of 2019, John Mikkelsen and Sara Beasley, TCE project team members, provided our private road association executive board with an overview of a project which was proposed to be constructed approximately 3 kilometers and a few hundred meters above where we were sitting. As we heard the project described by John. A 400 acre reservoir, on top...

The New Conservative ‘Big Tent’ of Undesirables, Malcontents and Populist Knuckle-Draggers

To the Editor, The CPC has a new 'big tent'. It is important to understand that inside this tent, they will accept ANYONE, with the only requirement being another vote to unseat the Liberals and Justin Trudeau. So, in this big tent, are “convoy” intimidation thugs, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, border blocking criminals, fiscal incompetents (Poilievre himself), conspiracy theorists and alternate-truth people (like...

Concern About Sewage

Dear Editor, Both a recent chance remark ruing “the loss of the old Canadian cottage experience” some had in their childhood, and the wake-up call about “300 permanent homes …” below our proposed power plant reservoir, struck a chord with me. Summer holiday cottages of the 1950s with no running water have been transformed into year-round, often larger, permanent homes....

Protecting Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Local Catholic Schools

Editor, I am writing to inform the public that there is a local group called "Take Back Catholic Education" who has been opposing the work that BGCDSB is doing around Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This group has spread misinformation regarding what is being taught in Catholic schools throughout Bruce and Grey. Reviewing the www.takebackcatholiced.ca website and reading through the trustee...

Take Some Time to Explore Meaford’s Royal Oaks

Editor of the Meaford Independent, An excellent story in last week's paper on the old Oak in the Leith cemetery and the work of the local Tree Trust. The writer of the article failed to mention that it was (most likely) planted to commemorate the death of Queen Victoria a few years before. Meaford the town has a similar story of...

Let the Ink Dry

To the Editor, I was never a really avid supporter of the Monarchy in general, but I did have a great deal of respect of her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. I am therefore sad at her passing. I know that many Canadians do feel sad, but realize that many do not. This is fine, but I feel that interest groups,...

Thoughts on Scarecrows

Dear Editor, I’ve been visiting Meaford over the past several days. It’s been so impressive and delightful to see such great community spirit and involvement by businesses, residents and volunteers in the community to create the Scarecrow Festival. What a wonderful atmosphere all around town that seems to have everyone engaged and excited to celebrate the approaching fall. This not...

Big Canoe Project Responds to a Young Fan

Editor, Hi Madelyn and thanks for the great letter and drawing! (September 1, 2022 print edition) I hope you get to go in the big canoe again too, your little brother will be that much bigger and stronger next time around and we'll go even faster! I'm glad you were able to live with the spiders in the boat for as...

Where Are the Young Volunteers?

Dear Editor, I overheard a conversation at the Fair that hit home. The lovely man said, “There are only 80 year olds to take down the tables. There aren’t any young people here to help.” That made me think about the rest of the community groups and what is happening. There are too few young people replacing the old people who...