Author Archive for Steve Campbell
Big council, small council, what’s the diff?
In an extremely rare moment of weakness, I need to compliment our current council on their behaviour so far. Sure, they are effectively neutered on the wind turbine issue, but aren’t we all? Maybe our new Magic MPP Todd Smith will do what the rest of us can’t do, and bring some reason to the […]
I’ll do my civic duty – but where?
I’ve been quiet for a while, but I cleared some time to join in the post-election analysis with a few comments. First: I laughed out loud when I read the letter in the Times about the poor people who were shuttled all over the County to do their civic duty on voting day. You are, […]
Where are the rules when you need them?
After spending several columns exploring the effects of overregulation and over-bylawing by corporations and bureaucracies beyond our control, I would like to go full circle now, and apply this (hopefully for the last time) to the wind turbine situation here in the County. Among the agencies who have 800-page binders of rules and regulations which […]
The whole thing is getting out of hand
I’m happy to say that my feeling of loneliness is slipping away, as more people report in – through wellingtontimes.ca, countylive.ca, and verbally. There are people who share my feeling that our lives here in the County are becoming increasingly compressed and oppressed by ever-expanding rules and regulations. This column is mostly devoted to comments […]
We’re nice people. How much control do we need?
Small-scale businesses and home-based businesses are the Heartblood of the County. Very few of us have union jobs, and very few of us work for large corporations. Only a handful of people have government jobs here – municipal, provincial or federal – and enjoy any kind of job security, any expectation of pay increases in […]
Lawed and ByLawed to Death
It’s always a good idea to occasionally take a deep breath and acknowledge that Canada is a great place to live in. And Ontario? Not too bad. And The County? Absolutely terrific. The County is a Flagship for the wonderful rural economies that built this country. We proudly look after our own. We built our […]
The Death of the County Lifestyle
Strange things are happening in Ontario. Even stranger things are happening here in the County. Personally, while writing these columns, I have moved from commentary to deep concern, from disbelief to reluctant acceptance, and from frustration to terror. I have stated in past columns that we have nothing to fear in the County, as long […]
Living in a Post-Fact Society
The only thing more constant than the wind in Prince Edward County, is the ongoing debate about wind power. The whole process of the government forcing wind power on the County really puts a burr under my saddle. I’m not anti-wind power, but I’m stuck somewhere in Purgatory, with issues that need to be resolved. […]
