Editorials
Complaints About Hydro Outages Unwarranted, Letters To The Editor
Posted May 23, 2013 By Bob Johnson,Dear Editor, It seems there is at least one person in the area who is still not pleased with Hydro's efforts to restore power during the ice storm. He claims that "facts are facts" but there is nothing correct in his so-called facts about the outage....
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Global Governance Is Sorely Lacking
Posted May 23, 2013 By Paul Whittaker,Dear Editor, The Bangladesh tragedy is a symptom of the ongoing corporate push for greater profits. It is not an isolated incident and it is a global problem. Three cents per T-shirt is about as low as it gets currently, surpassing Haiti where western...
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Lessons Not Learned
Posted May 23, 2013 By P.H. (Phil) Etter,Dear Editor, History teaches us that a characteristic weakness of the human race is the well-demonstrated inability or blatant refusal to learn from the lessons of history. Many of the ramifications of the senate scandal have surfaced in the media...
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An Older And Wiser Nawaz Sharif?
Posted May 23, 2013 By Gwynne DyerEMC Editorial -The first time Nawaz Sharif became prime minister of Pakistan was almost a quarter-century ago. His second term was ended fourteen years ago by a military coup that drove him into exile. Now he's back, a good deal older, but is he...
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Show Us Some Transparency
Posted May 23, 2013 By Terry BushEMC Editorial -It's been quite a week for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. There he was in New York on Thursday scolding the world for its dwindling support of Israel, a peculiar stance to take in a week where that country decided that four settler outposts...
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An Interpretation Of Hydro One'S New Billing, Letter To The Editor
Posted May 23, 2013 By Wyley Canuck, Aka Ken Leavens, StirlingDear Editor, Did you get your letter telling you about "important changes to your Hydro One Account?" Did you read it? Did you understand that Ontario Hydro REALLY REALLY needs the money? They never once said: "You rotten buggers have been taking advantage...
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