Dear Editor, The federal government’s decision to back away from the Digital Services Tax is a profound letdown and a…
Category: Voices
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Memoir – May 2025
A memoir is any ‘nonfiction narrative writing based on the author’s personal memories.’ Unlike auto-biography, which captures the span of an…
LTE: Roll on Democracy!
If ever we get the chance to decide together our common future, we will not let any of us get…
LTE: Electoral Reform
Why do we vote the way we do in Canada? Most of us are used to the system called First…
LTE: Start with the Basics Before Reaching for a University
A university sounds great on paper, but it’s not a silver bullet. If Cornwall wants to make a compelling case…
I Am Canadian
There is nothing like being out of the country and away from home for an extended period of time to…
LTE: Garbage Disaster. If this is success, I wouldn’t want to see failure!
On April 9th this year, City of Cornwall waste management supervisor, told Council that the “recent overhaul of its waste…
LTE: Strong Mayor Powers – an Absurdity in and of the Municipal Act
Dear Editor For hundreds of years, in Ontario, the people have celebrated democracy. In approx., 2004, a document was created,…
Stepping-UPP
Years ago, as I finished writing ‘ME FIRST – If I Should Wake Before I Die”, it occurred to me…
LTE: Hudson Bay Company announced that they were going to auction off the Royal Charter of 1670
STOP TALKING AND DO SOMETHING! It’s all well and fine that the leaders of all our Federal political parties pledge their…
LTE: Please Dress to Be Seen
To Editor Through your newspaper, I would like to draw everyone’s attention to this important issue. I have written about…
How Bullies Broke the Newsroom
Bad-Faith Actors Are Systematically Silencing Critical Voices. We must fight back. My week started with an unexpected trip to the…
I Don’t know What’s Worse—The City’s Omission or the Excuses that Followed?
At the risk of being labelled a feminist, here is a message; and it’s an important one. When the City…
Conversations for These Times
In Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, the story opens with, “It was the best of times, it…
LTE: The optics of exclusion (why DEI is important)
On Thursday March 20th, the City of Cornwall took a stand in support of local businesses with a cinematic (beautifully shot)…
Testosterone-Heavy and Tone-Deaf: Cornwall’s “Support Local” Video Fails to Represent more than Half the Population
I hadn’t seen the video until last night. While attending the NDP campaign launch, I overheard Jason Setnyk asking Councillor…
LTE: Mark Carney and the European Pivot: A Political Parallel to Gilles Duceppe?
I’m well to Carney’s left. There is a strong appetite in Canada for a pivot towards Europe. There is a…
Doug Ford’s Election Mandate Was a Fraud
And We’re Letting Him Get Away With It Before the 2025 Ontario Elections, Doug Ford was mandated to govern Ontario…
LTE: How bad is it that we might be losing St. Lawrence College (SLC)? It’s devastating.
When I returned home to Cornwall from San Francisco in 2016, I was inspired to create more learning opportunities in…
The Real Winners Are the Liberals – Everybody Else Lost
The 2025 Ontario election is over, and while some are calling the results surprising, the truth is far less dramatic.…
You can “Protect Ontario” by removing Doug Ford’s failing government from office
Dear Editor, Anyone voting for Premier Doug Ford and his PC government needs to look at what their government has done…