Opinion

Last week the provincial government announced its fall economic update, a snapshot of Ontario’s fiscal health. Revenues are higher than expected and the deficit is lower than projected. This gave Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy an […]

There is a worrying trend in South Dundas that has been on the rise in recent years, and amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Public safety and destruction of property in the community has been at […]

The provincial government released its latest road map out of the pandemic and its related restrictions late last week. This plan provides some relief for businesses that still have restricted occupancy, and a time line […]

This week, SDG County Council heard an update from education consultant Monika Ferenczy on the county’s education plan. This inititative, which began this spring, was to be ready in August, but only a draft was […]

It was two-and-a-half years ago that the provincial government first tried to fix the broken Ontario Autism Program. The program suffered from long wait lists under the previous government of Kathleen Wynne. Thousands of families […]

Canadians across the country commemorated the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. A day of reflection of the legacy of Canada’s residential schools, the survivors, and those who died. While many […]

During his victory speech in 2015, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said that that election would be the last to use the traditional First-Past-The-Post electoral system. To his credit, Trudeau did attempt electoral reform in that […]

Earlier this year, the federal government passed bill C-5 which designated September 30 as a national day of Truth and Reconciliation. This new federal holiday is one of the 94 calls to action made by […]

The Federal Election is less than a week away and Canadians will have their turn to select who will govern them. The local election race has been underwhelming, lacking the discourse and debate that normally […]

Election day is fast approaching but looking at the local election race you would not know it. We are over three weeks into the election, and the lack of engagement of most of the political […]