Chambers Wins: An Analysis
“We ran kind of a regular campaign, which kind of revolved around talking to as many people as possible, door knocking. We did the regular things. I don’t think we did anything out of the ordinary,”
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Op/Ed
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Elbows Up For Earth
The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our Power, Our Planet with a goal to encourage individuals, business, and all levels of government to focus on the transition to renewable energy sources.
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Should We Outsource Public Services?
If it were possible to provide solid, well-run essential services that sustain themselves, business would already have done it.
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What Is Our System Of Government?
The party that has the most MPs determines who will be Prime Minister. The prime minister is, in fact, simply the first among equals in the House.
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Where Does This Apathy Come From?
Perhaps this tendency toward voracious consumption of intramural muck slinging skews our perceptions.
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I’ll Take Freedom Chips With My Poutine Please
The move to privatize is a fool’s errand. Were we to properly fund health care and physicians we would have the world class system we think we have.
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Editorial: Making Votes Count
… our system often results in more than 50% of votes cast being effectively wasted.
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Remembering Ron Stevens
He was the right person, with the right vision, at the right time. His legacy will live on far longer than his time with us.
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Editorial: We’ve Been Fooled Long Enough
ShareBy Fred Larsen – Special to SUNonline/Orillia I ask readers, first of all, to consider the following statement by the
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Editorial: About The Carbon Tax
While some of our elected leaders are loudly proclaiming that carbon pricing is what’s wrong with everything in Canada these days, those who really study the program say it isn’t.
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