Letters

Dear Editor, May I correct the mistake in Mr. Furgiuele’s letter from June 27, please? Conservative MPs get the same thing wrong, so I think it’s essential we correct the record. The Federal Carbon Tax in Canada is in fact a carbon levy. This forbids the Federal Government from adding Carbon Taxes collected to general tax revenue. It forbids the Federal...

Editor, Recently, my news feed had an item about Canadian Tax controversy. I have managed to ignore PP’s (Pierre Poilievre) lying rants about the carbon tax but an item on the CBC News website about Capital Gains tax caught my attention. Conservative Leader PP has released a 16-minute video on the topic that referenced Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. I normally...

Editor, On Saturday, June 15, 2024, the Municipality of Meaford came alive with joy and community spirit during our 150 Celebration. Residents, alongside friends and family, lined St. Vincent Street to cheer, wave, and create lasting memories as they enjoyed the vibrant parade. The festivities continued at the bustling Harbour with delicious food, exciting games, and engaging activities for all. As...

Editor, An open letter to Premier Doug Ford. Congratulations on your 19 week break from Queen’s Park so that you can return refreshed in late October. Chaos created, job done. And on the recent appointment of the largest number of Ministers and Parliamentary Assistants in the history of Ontario as taxpayers fund the most expensive group of politicians now not sitting in...

Dear Editor, If one complains about the carbon tax, they say, "Oh you're a climate change denier." Well, no, I'm not, but the carbon tax receipts just go into general tax revenue, instead of being targeted to initiatives that would alleviate the problem. For instance, a Toronto Star investigation found that the Trudeau Government has been subsidizing the Tar Sands production...

Dear Editor, As a Canadian citizen, a voter, and a retiree living in Meaford I strongly support permanent resident status for undocumented people, also referred to as comprehensive regularization, and so does everyone I know. I was surprised by Immigration Minister Marc Miller’s recent remarks suggesting a lack of consensus in Canada for regularization. To many Canadians, it’s clear that regularization...

Editor, This is not an opinion piece, these are facts strictly from the pages of documented history. People today have little or no knowledge of war, so they lack the terrible memory of what winning a war entails. Winning a war requires the killing of civilians. Killing enemy soldiers or airmen never won a war. It was always necessary to kill civilians to...

Dear Editor, In response to letter-writer Anton Komar’s June 6, 2024, query to your readers as to whether King Charles III should be the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces and have supreme command and control of our army: the British monarch is constitutionally our Commander-in-Chief, yes, but the role is symbolic, as is the role of Head of State. The...

Editor, We would like to acknowledge a young farm boy in our neighbourhood. He is a hard working, enthusiastic, totally dedicated young farmer. He buys and raises his own chickens expertly, and when the time comes he has a very lucrative business selling his eggs. He also does some market gardening and his corn is awesome as well as any other produce...

Editor, During a recent closing of a file I'd submitted to the Ombudsman (notice I said closing, not resolution), I was made aware that mine wasn't the only Meaford file being investigated at the Ombudsman's office. I thought the other complainants may be interested what they may expect. I, like many, always assumed the Ombudsman to be a 'big brother' or...