Category Archives: News and politics

After reading Lynda Powless’ Insight article on the Caledonia land dispute in The Record, I still don’t understand Caledonia. I just don’t see how the dispute is the same as other First Nations’ claims. Canadian First Nation bands were the  … Continue reading →

I was very pleased with the announcement that the University of Waterloo, the City of Stratford and the Stratford Festival of Canada are taking the first steps toward opening a liberal arts college in downtown Stratford. Stratford is perfect for … Continue reading →

I expect my MP and MPP to vote and act according to his or her conscience and principles. I will not vote for any party that demands absolute loyalty from its members.  I also will not vote for any candidate … Continue reading →

UW president David Johnston in "Ten goals for the region’s success" The Record, September 22, 2006, missed an essential in making Waterloo Region the Knowledge Capital of Canada – libraries. You need great libraries to support all kinds of research and … Continue reading →

I do not agree with NDP leader Jack Layton that Afghanistan “is the wrong mission for Canada.” I like to think that Canada stands for democracy and equal rights, and that is why we are in Afghanistan. We were asked … Continue reading →

On page two of Monday’s Record there was this article, “89-year-old loses home to fraudster.”  The Records says, “Paul Reviczky, who fled Hungary in 1957 to escape Communist persecution, is one of the latest homeowners to discover that Ontario law … Continue reading →

I read the Regina Manifesto in 1958 and have to admit to voting for the NDP more often than not.  I also read George Grant’s Lament for a Nation in the 1960s. I think  of myself as an old CCFer … Continue reading →

The July 3, 2006 Record editorial “The library’s fiction” is not quite accurate.  While the studies and the library board did say that the present library could not be expanded up, they did not architecturally rule out expanding out. In … Continue reading →

I am very concerned with the change of the municipal term to four years.  I can understand the argument that because the last year of a term is a lame duck year, now you are wasting only one quarter of … Continue reading →

On Monday, June 15, 2006, smoke stacks at the coal-fired electricity plant on the Toronto lake shore came down. TVO’s Studio 2 had a discussion with energy lawyer David McFadden, William Kemp, author of Smart Power, and Gord Perks of … Continue reading →