Letters

Dear Minister Lecce: On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we are reaching out to express our support for a Grey Bruce approach to reopening schools when it is deemed safe to do so by our local medical officer of health. Our board has heard from quite a few concerned parents/guardians, who are requesting a return to in-person learning with COVID-19...

Dear Mr. Vance, During the first year of our current Conservative government you published an editorial in which you called Doug Ford a clown. As a result of this comment I discontinued my subscription to The Meaford Independent. Today, May 13th, I watched Doug Ford's press conference. I have now come to the belated conclusion that your editorial was an insult...

Editor, When I moved to Meaford two years ago I had no idea that I would live down the street from a development proposal for the Stanley Knight waterfront property, the likes of which could be found in downtown Toronto, or Chicago. Yes, there was an empty lot nearby that was destined to be developed, but I thought, perhaps naively,...

Mr. Editor, In the early days of the Pumped Storage debate I attempted to keep an open mind when assessing the pros and cons of the proposal. When opponents of the project started to make unsubstantiated claims to garner support for their cause I felt it necessary to challenge them in a couple of letters to your paper. The feedback was...

To the Editor, It seems a bit suspicious that Skydev would try to push its proposal past Council, and planners, while we are in the midst of a pandemic, when true public meetings are not possible. This proposal is highly contentious and rightly so. Their plans and proportions are deeply flawed, this does not integrate at all with its surroundings,...

Dear Editor, Suggesting a petition should be used to drive public policy is a pretty dangerous business to get into. Petitions are the crudest possible measures of support/lack of support out there. They're also the cheapest and easiest to organize, so they're pretty common. It's good to recognize the pitfalls inherent in petitions. For the organizers petitions are the best thing...

Dear Editor, I saw some of the debate on sexual misconduct in the military. Then I saw the interview with the health minister where she would not talk to those being too blunt. What they had in common was that no one took responsibility for their own actions. Yes there were government mistakes, but what did each of those MPs or...

Editor, Like all of us, I am really frustrated and angry about the way in which this virus has been handled. Way back, New Years Eve, we watched various countries bring in the new year. New Zealand was particularly impressive. Everyone was outside celebrating – no masks, no distancing, and no virus. Here we are in Canada; it is the beginning...

Editor, Change is not coming to Meaford – it’s here! And we should have something to say about it! Imagine Meaford (imaginemeaford.ca) is a grassroots collective of residents who originally came together over concerns with the surge of development that is coming to Meaford. Since then, we have formalized and hosted our first information session on the SkyDev proposal that will...

Editor, Well this letter may not be politically correct or popular with some of my neighbours, but I need to say something to dog owners who insist that it is ok for their pooch to be off leash, because "He/she is friendly and won't bite you". How do they know this for sure? I'm a pretty decent human being and know...