Our Canadian Government holds that our complicity in Guantanamo Bay is the litmus test for our devotion to the American War on Terror. Is our complicity in American treatment of Omar Khadr and Maher Arar the litmus test for our … Continue reading →
The abortion controversy hits the headlines again – and the Op-Ed pages. And again the emphasis is on women’s rights, versus the taking of innocent lives. Doesn’t anyone consider the quality of life that the child may have if he/she … Continue reading →
The Chronicle Herald The cartoon on your editorial page, June 26 was right on. It showed the oilsands producers polishing their carbon imprint through a PR campaign. Would it not be more beneficial to reduce the carbon imprint? On the … Continue reading →
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister. Ottawa Dear Sir: “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion” – Plutarch (46-120 A.D.) The ancients knew it. The federal government seems to have forgotten.
Continue reading →So, it will cost ten million dollars to renovate the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive. This, while hundreds of thousands of Canadians would be happy to live in a two hundred thousand dollar house, and thousands more are … Continue reading →
Someone has written of believing six impossible things before breakfast. It is strange what impossible things we believe when we think it is to our advantage to do so. For example: – that tobacco smoke is harmless; – that global … Continue reading →
Letter to Michael Baker, Minister of Finance, Province of Nova Scotia. Dear Sir: I understand from an item in the Chronicle Herald that you are planning to review the Province’s tax system, and the article contains comments by some representatives … Continue reading →
Sent to Michael Baker, Minister of Finance, Province of Nova Scotia Dear Sir: I have noted in today’s paper that you are launching an on-line survey in preparation for your annual budget. I implore you to do what you can … Continue reading →
To: The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Ottawa Dear Mr. Flaherty: I am enclosing a copy of an article that appeared in today’s Halifax newspaper, stating that, of the Canadian people, “the top one per cent pay total tax … Continue reading →
An article appeared in today’s Halifax newspaper, stating that, of the Canadian people, “the top one per cent pay total tax rates as much as six percentage points of income lower than families in the middle. . . . the … Continue reading →