Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Debate carefully before voting, reader urges

Letter writer warns of 'ridiculous situation' in which Ford could get one-third of the voters and win 'majority control of our legislature'

Posted May 25, 2022 12:42 PM Read more >

LETTER: Value of issue-driven debates is debatable

Candidates meetings 'take time away from door-to-door canvassing' which takes precedence, says letter writer who was a contestant in five federal elections

Posted May 24, 2022 11:52 AM Read more >

LETTER: Amputee urges kids to stay away from lawn mowers

'I accept who I am today, but I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through what I did,' says Zoe Gottwald

Posted May 23, 2022 9:54 AM Read more >

LETTER: PC candidates showing 'extreme contempt for the public'

'Stop rewarding people who aren’t upholding the tradition of our democracy. Stop rewarding people with votes that they aren’t willing to earn or be accountable for,' says letter writer

Posted May 21, 2022 11:25 AM Read more >

LETTER: At election time, beware 'greenwashing' by politicians

There's plenty of talk at all levels of government about the importance of protecting our environment, but action is what's needed, reader says

Posted May 11, 2022 12:42 PM Read more >

LETTER: Greens need to rethink stance on taxing home sales

'If they are going to interfere in the free market of real estate, what stops them from playing around with more taxation schemes in other areas?' letter writer asks

Posted May 7, 2022 1:26 PM Read more >

LETTER: Dissolution of library co-op has reader feeling ‘gutted’

‘I always thought that library users in the County had the best of both worlds,’ says reader

Posted May 5, 2022 9:27 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Simcoe 'modernizes' library system by cutting integral service

County council's decision to dissolve 74-year-old Simcoe County Library Co-operative will hurt smaller libraries the most, writer says

Posted May 4, 2022 7:29 AM Read more >

LETTER: Geneva Park's natural splendour must be preserved

With lawsuit against YMCA having been dismissed, reader calls on new owner to ensure protection of park's 'natural beauty'

Posted May 2, 2022 12:42 PM Read more >

LETTER: Passenger rail both a national and provincial issue, reader says

'Ontario has been paying a terribly high price in order to provide transport by truck, transport which should be provided by rail,' resident says

Posted Apr 28, 2022 9:54 AM Read more >