Opinion
Editorial: Promise delivered?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has taken to social media over the past week claiming the recent drop in gas prices to below a dollar per litre is a promise fulfilled by his government. When the […]
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Editorial: Our hopes for 2019
Another year has come and gone and with it, there have been many changes. Instead of looking back on the past year, The Leader prefers to look forward at what, we hope, will occur in […]
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Editorial: Changing with the times
Monday’s announcement of General Motors’ closure of its Oshawa assembly plant, and the loss of nearly 3,000 jobs to that region, is a story all too familiar to residents of Eastern Ontario especially here in […]
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Editorial: Education consultation
On the campaign trail this spring, the Progressive Conservatives targeted the sex education and mathematics curricula that the Wynne government had implemented. Now in government, Premier Ford has turned the consultation process into a wide-ranging […]
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Editorial: The people’s government?
Last week, Ontario premier Doug Ford’s self-proclaimed “Government for the People” tabled legislation to repeal work place reforms implemented by the previous Liberal government. Ford’s Bill 47 will eliminate many added benefits that have increased […]
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Editorial: Legal cannabis sales
Marijuana is coming. The Canadian government recently passed legislation to legalize recreation cannabis, or marijuana, use. Starting October 17th pot will be legal. Under the previous Ontario government, marijuana was to be sold by the […]
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Editorial: Low hanging fruit
It should come as no surprise that one of the first promises fulfilled by Ontario Premier Doug Ford was the announcement of “Buck-a-beer”. It was an easy, and empty, promise to fulfill designed to show […]
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Editorial: For the better or worse
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been hard at work since taking office, finding “efficiencies” where he and his cabinet see fit. One of the most recent proposed changes involves the size of Toronto city council. […]
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Editorial: Disappointing change
While election hype is ramping up at the municipal level here in South Dundas as the nomination deadline approaches voters are likely considering their options. However, too often when elections happen people don’t get what […]
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Editorial: Change is here
Last Friday, Doug Ford became Ontario’s 26th premier. He holds a 76 seat majority at Queen’s Park, and for the next four years, he is our premier. He was elected with a mandate to bring […]