Tag: Letters
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 18
Reframe argument Prioritizing pedestrians over cyclists or vice versa is the wrong argument to make. Prioritizing both over automobile travel is the way forward. A tiny slice of what we spend on building and maintaining auto infrastructure can make all pedestrians and cyclists happy. When you make pedestrians and cyclists happy, they don’t drive cars, […]
Letter to the Editor: Unpresented presentation
On January 11, 2022, just two hours before our presentation to South Bruce Council, on behalf of the 1,258 residents and ratepayers requesting a referendum to coincide with the October 24, 2022 election, Protect Our Waterways received notice of a change. Contrary to an earlier agreement for a closed session of Council to provide the […]
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 17
Still waiting for tax break at gas pumps Premier Doug Ford promised a rollback on the taxes on gas and maybe some price adjustment on natural gas, before the next election on June 2. If I recall correctly, he even said by March. Let’s see some action on this. About 50 cents of the price […]
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 16
No leadership here Prime Minister Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to disperse all the “protesters.” For this, he has received praise from some quarters. Why? That should have been done by Day 2. Leadership by our PM? Hardly Robert Drummond, Exeter Protesters, go home Where was CSIS over the last year? What is going on […]
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 15
Tough for walkers I am in complete agreement with Thomas Allen’s letter to the editor Sidewalk dangerous (Feb. 11). Last week, I chose to walk Pall Mall and Piccadilly streets between Adelaide and Wellington streets and, like Allen, spent much time trudging through slush, being careful on ice or dodging large puddles by climbing on […]