Tag: Columnists
Sims: I feel ‘bad’ that kind criticism seems so rare
Apologies to all who winced a little after reading the first line of Wednesday’s column where I admit I committed a grammatical faux pas. My heart was in the right place. I wanted to write that “I felt BAD,” for the fully vaccinated, hard-working truck drivers trying to avoid the chaos going on at Windsor’s […]
Sims: Time to scrap testing rules, again, at Canada-U.S. border
I felt badly for those hard-working, fully vaccinated truckers lined up to get to the Blue Water Bridge after re-routing from the anti-government protests in Windsor. A transport traffic jam was backed up 10 kilometres at one point. By contrast, the cars-only lanes were practically empty. That’s not surprising since the federal government re-instated the […]
Sims: Booster shot campaign needs big boost, especially among young kids
We’ll have to wait until Tuesday before we see the latest in COVID-19 vaccination stats for Middlesex-London, but I have a sneaking feeling that they won’t be that much different than a week ago. Even though vaccination centres have flung open their doors to walk-in traffic and community hub clinics are popping up in schools, […]
Doucet: Truckers’ protest is fuelled by eroding trust in government
This trust gap has been allowed to grow and fester because a succession of federal and provincial governments have refused to take on the really important structural issues that affect every day of our lives.
COLUMN: 10 points to consider in ending Ottawa’s anti-government protest
Ottawa is at a proverbial crossroads. More chaos and bloody violence is one road. The other road is de-escalation.