All Entries in the "Steve Campbell" Category
What can we do?
As attacks continue from our provincial and federal governments, it’s a struggle to keep from falling into despair. The question I hear most out there is: “What can we do? What can I do?” I also occasionally hear, “What’s the point? Why fight a losing battle? It’s pointless. You can’t fight City Hall!” This takes me back […]
Who has Stewardship of the County?
Who are the best stewards of the land? Who are the best stewards of the people? These are questions I have been pondering, while watching the draconian movements of our provincial and federal governments. The concept of stewardship goes back a long way. Originally, it described a position of responsibility. The steward was hired to […]
Please, just leave us alone!
I hope you’ve been following these columns, or reading the local papers, because I can’t possibly provide background for all the attacks that are facing the County right now. Remember when The County was “Ontario’s Best Kept Secret”? Lord, how I long for those days now. The promotional slogan did bring us extra tourists, and […]
Closed Doors: A Killing Blow
I study politics, human behaviour and corporate structures the way other people study a chess board, or enjoy the intricacies of an interesting movie. Except I don’t make popcorn. And I don’t sit silent for several hours. Right now, the County seems to be Ontario’s Favorite Kicking Post, which would not turn into a good […]
News from Lower Shebawnigan
In a curious twist of fate, I stumbled across a small Ontario town called Lower Shebawnigan. Anybody heard of it? Let’s have a show of hands. Wait a minute, I’m in print, so I can’t see your hands, but I’m assuming that no hands popped into the air. This is a place that no-one has […]
Suffering from Chronic Hospital Attacks!
I usually like irony, but sometimes it’s bittersweet. Hot on the heels of announcing the need for County Independence – freedom from a provincial government that appears to be blind and deaf to the needs and requirements of rural Ontario – they pull one more bonehead idea out of their hat. In their search […]
A New Government, and a New Army
My Great Plan for County Independence is rolling on. I should declare that I have no pecuniary interest in giving you my plan for free. The province has already offered me $100,000 in ‘hush money’ to shut me up. Of course, I cashed it, since we’ll soon be Free, and they’ll have to take it […]
County Independence Day – July 1, 2013
I’ve been pondering this for a long time, and have come to the conclusion that the time has come for us to secede from the Province of Ontario. Reading back through previous columns, I realized that most of our problems come from outside of the County. We’re bossed around and pushed around by the Province […]
A’Hunting we will go
Well, it’s just like the Government Grinch to try to steal the County’s Christmas spirit. On Dec. 21, it was announced that the Gilead Wind project at Ostrander Point had been approved. This opens the door to a whole new future of unstoppable Industrial Wind Turbine projects here. But we have no-one to complain to. […]
Consider the Ultimate Gift
This is a different kind of column, but one I hope you will take to heart. A few days ago, a client of mine died from cirrhosis of the liver. It wasn’t his fault – he received a bad blood transfusion in another country. Hepatitis damaged and scarred this vital organ and, despite exploring every […]
