Category: Column
Trail Talk: Getting tired of the snow
Maintaining local trails during a snowy winter can be a challenging task
Letter to the Editor: Ontario deserves better
Dear Editor, The Conservatives want to make the upcoming provincial election about who is best to deal with the threat from U.S. tariffs. I think the more important question is what are the financial priorities for the next Ontario government. Improve health care and ability to find a family doctor. This will include increasing the pay for nurses […]
Trump tariffs further complicate beef markets
North America’s beef cow population remains lower than at any time since 1961. That’s because of drought in some cattle-growing areas and relatively high feeding costs in recent years. Total beef cattle population has never been smaller in 74 years. The bottom-line analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture economists appears in their Jan. 1 cattle […]
For interprovincial trade barriers, the devil is in the details
As a child, I had to have two smallpox vaccinations before entering Grade 1. You might wonder why. The reason is directly related to the place we find ourselves in Canada, with respect to the 47th President of the United States. When I began school, many decades ago, we lived in Quebec. But my doctor at […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff economics don’t make sense
“I look at the (Donald)Trump administration’s behaviour over the last week and the only word that accurately describes it is: stupid,” New York Times’ David Brooks wrote in a recent column.