Tag: Columnists
Routley, de Clercy: Which way for the Conservative party?
Replacing Erin O’Toole exposes the Conservative Party’s deep divide
Sims: Warwick mayor picks lane few politicians have travelled in protests
Jackie Rombouts is finding out how uncomfortable it is in the middle of a political firestorm. “It’s really tough right now to be a politician. I’m not going to demonize anybody. We’re all doing the best that we can with the tools that we have,” said the mayor of tiny Warwick Township in Lambton County. […]
Sims: Lifting of restrictions marks new chapter, not end, to pandemic
During those dark, early days of the pandemic, I would sometimes cheer myself up by thinking about how happy we would be once COVID-19 was eradicated from our lives. Maybe we would have a big parade or festival, good times, lots of music, maybe at Victoria Park or on Dundas Place to celebrate how we […]
Sims: Pandemic of mistrust may fester long after virus is gone
I’m not sure whether the self-proclaimed “visionary “ leader had a vision or if it was just the long arm of the law, but as fast as you can say John Deere, the tractor blockade on Highway 402 was gone Monday afternoon. This ended the footnote to an irritating chapter in our pandemic story, where […]
Cornies: Self-serving protesters, bungled response strain nation’s fabric
The Canadian project has always been part pragmatism and part aspiration, stitched together by goodwill and tolerance.