CHARBONNEAU – Indigenous labour is an untapped resource
CANADIANS OPENED their hearts and homes to Syrian refugees last year. It was a warm humanitarian gesture as well as an economic imperative: Canada relies on immigrants to [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Minimum turnout should be set for ‘prop rep’ referendum
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS LONG AS we’re going to be subjected to the proportional representation version of the old Ground Hog Day movie, we’d [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Public comments end; we’ve had every chance to vent on Ajax
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PUBLIC COMMENT period — the latest and last public comment period — on Ajax quietly came to an end at midnight last [Continue]
SUZUKI – Latest science shows the time has come to ban bee-killing pesticides
THE CANADIAN government is banning plastic microbeads in toiletries. Although designed to clean us, they’re polluting the environment, putting the health of fish, wildlife [Continue]
LETTER – Prop rep referendum offers historic opportunity to get rid of FPTP
Well, the ink has barely dried on the proposed legislation for next year’s referendum on proportional representation, and the fear-mongering has already begun. Todd [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Rafe Mair’s passing a sad loss for Canadian journalism
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIAN JOURNALISM has lost one of its best. News came yesterday of the death of Rafe Mair — former talk-show host, [Continue]
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