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Taking the long view in making pension policy
It comes as no surprise that the Fraser Institute discourages improvements to the Canada Pension Plan in a report released this week. The right-wing group…
No conspiracy, but expense woes must be addressed
Removed from her job as Woolwich mayor, Sandy Shantz is likely to be reinstated by a judge, as was the case with Ward 2 councillor…
Wynne indifferent to credit watch, plight of Ontarians
As indifferent to the consequences as she is to the pain her government is inflicting on Ontarians, Kathleen Wynne shrugged off this week’s downgrading of…
Greek crisis is more than just a simple divide
Unless somebody gives in beforehand, Greeks will vote Sunday in a referendum on accepting punishing austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its wobbly…
Pan Am Games a failure to all but those who profit
Only those lying to the public for their own gain – read all the politicians, bureaucrats and lobbyists involved – and the severely deluded –…
CPAC shuffle all for naught until MoE takes action
There’s something of a re-arranging-the-deckchairs feel to Woolwich’s latest mucking about with the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC). That’s accompanied by a slightly bitter taste…
Senate changes just the first step against corruption
Having looked into the expenses of 116 current and former senators, Canada’s Auditor-General flagged 30 as fishy, recommending nine of them be referred immediately to…
Gambling our collective wealth on real estate
Real estate having become something of a sport – buying, selling, trend-watching (a new brief this week shows prices on the rise ... again) –…
Be thankful for those who bring errors to light
There are some who would shoot the messenger in the current legal proceedings involving the election expense filings of two Woolwich councillors. There is no…
Ontarians have no faith in Wynne to do what’s right
The ink wasn’t even dry on Ontario government plans to clear the way for partisan and wasteful self-congratulatory advertising when the auditor general’s warnings were…
