All Entries in the "Letters and Opinion" Category
Reasonable to expect our local councillors might support prayer
Dear County Council members: whenever you look again at the procedural by-law that governs your meetings, please consider the following facts. 1. The “Lord’s Prayer” was first suggested by a young Jewish rabbi to a Jewish audience on a Jewish hillside. The prayer was later adopted by a Jewish sect derisively called ‘Christian.’ But the […]
Need strong verdict on religious freedoms
On May 18th, in the Supreme Court of Canada, the Québec government will try to set a limit on religious freedom. The case revolves around parents’ rights to decide whether their children receive any religious instruction and, if so, who does the teaching. Under the British North America Act of 1867, regulation of education is […]
Request McGuinty to protect IBA, deny Gilead project
Dalton McGuinty, Premier Main Legislative Building, Room 281 Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 January 11, 2011 Dear Mr. McGuinty, I am a volunteer at the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory in Prince Edward County and the president of its Board of Directors. Over my ten-year involvement with the Observatory, I have developed a deep […]
Sunshine list not for the faint of heart
The “SUNSHINE” list is out. Recently the provincial government released the list of all public employees who made more than $100,000 in 2010. Astonishingly enough, the list has increased 11% even though Ontario has a deficit of $16 billion. In these extremely difficult economic times when many taxpayers struggle to put food on the table […]
Angry County residents demand wind consultants revise report
In a powerful show of concern regarding the proposed Ostrander Point wind development in Prince Edward County, residents demanded that no approval should be granted to this proposed wind development. Due to the many acknowledgements under oath at the recent Environmental Review Tribunal in the Chatham/Suncor Kent Breezes legal challenge, there is ample evidence that […]
Impressive speakers at final PEC hospital ‘Friends’ meeting
The “Friends” of Prince Edward Health Services will hold their final annual general meeting Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. at the Community Centre (arena) in Picton. For various reasons the “Friends” board has made a decision to disband at this time. The “Friends” were first organized by Myrna Wood and Eleanor Lindsay MacDonald on […]
Election time – choice not so evident
Time has come to cast our ballots. The choice is not so evident. In the County we really have only two choices – Ignatieff or Harper. The local candidates for the most part do what their respective leader tells them to do. I once shared a golf cart with D. Kramp at the Picton Rotary […]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – theologian, prophet, martyr
This week is the anniversary of the execution by the Gestapo, of the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer remains a giant of Christian theology and is known world-wide. Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Theologian, Prophet, Martyr By Robert C. Wilson Early on the morning of April 9, 1945, sixty-six years ago this week, the German evangelical theologian […]
Funding a benefit to both curlers and County
Some recent articles on the curling club roof have incompletely represented the situation. I would hope that through the letters, I will be allowed to correct that. We must recognize that council has taken on a tough task by keeping to election promises of a zero budget increase this year. In these circumstances, any funding […]
Steve Campbell right on the money with water story
I want to say how well written your comments were concerning the water issues living on this island. (@Home magazine – Story called ‘Water, water everywhere, or maybe not’ – by Steve Campbell on page 93.) http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/50297/89293/pub/ You were “right on” concerning every point. We are new to this island as of last September and […]
