Op-Ed
Letters Of This Type
The Algonquin land claims settlement is a pitiful settlement: $300 million one-time buy-out and 1.3% of our traditional territory. We need to focus on this and... more
By Lynn Gehl
February 16, 2016
To referendum or not to referendum – that is not the only electoral reform question. The overall issue is ensuring the review process, including any... more
February 12, 2016
As a physician, I am greatly concerned about a glaring omission in the current discourse about natural gas and oil pipelines, which is the potential threat to... more
By ADabu
February 11, 2016
In November, 2015 at the COP21 climate change negotiations in Paris, Team Canada turned over a new leaf, led by Catherine McKenna, our new Minister of... more
By mihaychuk
February 4, 2016
As one of the conditions for operating the expanded Carp Road Landfill, Waste Management had to establish a Public Liaison Committee (PLC) to “provide a forum... more
By Tanya Hein
January 28, 2016
The trouble is that we have two competing objectives, viz reversing the global and particularly the Canadian and companion western-world demographic trend, on... more
By Bob Barrigar
January 30, 2016
Would you renovate your house without comparing costs and design/build options? Would you use outdated technology instead of modern building practices? For... more
January 19, 2016
The push to extend the Trillium LRT route directly to our Airport is essential for the future of our city as a sustainable and modern national capital. In... more
By mihaychuk
January 24, 2016
To the editor,
Re: Electoral reform's problematic consequences, Ottawa Sun, December 15, pg. A15: http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/14/electoral-reforms-... more
By poli_sci_guy
January 3, 2016
To the editor,
Re: Liberals' election plan shows early-onset arrogance, December 29, pg A3 Saskatoon StarPhoenix
I must take issue with Les MacPherson’s... more
By poli_sci_guy
January 1, 2016
The new landfill proposed by Waste Management for their site along Carp Road has received the last remaining provincial approval and soon will be cleared for... more
By Harold Moore
December 21, 2015
A bounce in their steps and goofy grins on their faces, residents of Ottawa are exhibiting unusual behaviour. Even characteristically dour public servants... more
December 14, 2015
Prime Minister Trudeau's mandate letters to ministers (which he thankfully made public for the first time ever) importantly remind them that the PM’s... more
December 10, 2015
From the Paris attacks to last week’s mass shootings in California, like many in the civilized world over the past month I’ve been trying to wrap my head... more
December 7, 2015
