Opinion

In the past year, the Upper Canada District School Board conducted an internal review of the French Immersion programming that it delivers. The English-Public board has the largest school enrolment in Eastern Ontario – excluding […]

Last week’s federal budget saw more programs and top ups announced for Canadians struggling with the higher inflationary pressures. While the core inflation rate has decreased some from its peak last year, food and housing […]

March 23 was budget day in Ontario. Provincial Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy released his latest financial plan for the next fiscal year, dubbed “Building a Strong Ontario.” Based on what is included in this budget, […]

Last week, The Leader pointed out in its editorial the high grocery store prices and the response from the big three grocery store chains. Record high food inflation, which stands at 11 per cent from […]

The chief executive officers of Canada’s three largest grocery store chains testified before a House of Commons committee last week saying that their record profits have nothing to do with the never-ending increases in food […]

The Upper Canada District School Board is overhauling the education programming that it provides through its TR Leger School of Adult, Alternative and Continuing Education school system. As reported by The Leader, the board is […]

A recent call by the Ontario Public School Board Association to end the six-year long moratorium on school closures has school advocates rightly concerned about the possibility of having to fight for their schools yet […]

If everything goes according to plan, the local federal riding of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry will drop the “South” to its name and add North Glengarry to its territory, possibly before the next federal election. A series […]

Federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has often said recently that Canada feels broken. It is a sentiment that some support, and not just the party partisans. Higher interest rates and a pending recession are […]