Op-Ed
Letters Of This Type
In early 2018, Bell led a consortium of companies and organizations arguing for the creation of a new website blocking system in Canada. Complete with a new... more
March 22, 2021
Having spent a good chunk of Monday talking to reporters about the proposed Rogers merger with Shaw, I thought it might be worth highlighting my initial three... more
March 22, 2021
On Friday, March 12, a door into Ottawa’s new Official Plan closed. That was the formal deadline for comments on the draft tabled by city staff in November,... more
By unpubadmin
March 18, 2021
What is missing in the draft Official Plan released last November? The list is long but here are some highlights, and why they matter.
First and foremost, the... more
February 21, 2021
What is meaningful consultation? This question is at the root of much of the recent debate about Ottawa’s new Official Plan, at Council, in the media and among... more
February 21, 2021
Based on the data and criteria set by the Scientific Roundtable established by Ford, Ontario is opening up too soon. Not surprising that Toronto and Peel... more
By Paul Renaud
February 20, 2021
Ottawa is faced with a serious decision regarding housing for its urbanizing population. Having declared a “Housing and Homelessness Emergency” on Jan. 22,... more
January 25, 2021
I’m here on January 17, 2021 on Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island), Nova Scotia and looking at my very accurate outdoor thermometer that says it is 11 degrees... more
By Paul Strome
January 17, 2021
Prime Minister Trudeau has announced new quarantine and travel measures to be implemented in the next weeks. They include the voluntary cancellation of flights... more
January 30, 2021
I’m glad to see that the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society has stopped undermining its Gatineau Park campaign by bending over backwards to legitimize the... more
By J-P Murrayp
January 26, 2021
Capitulating to private interests, and violating the park’s public and ecological missions, the 2020 Draft Gatineau Park Master Plan is a confused hodgepodge... more
By J-P Murrayp
January 20, 2021
When we lived in the arctic during the 1970s and 80s I was fortunate enough to spend a lot of time out on the land with the Inuit. Living beside Moonshine... more
By Paul Strome
December 27, 2020
Factual history plays a huge role in regard to the racism that has been perpetrated against indigenous people in North America even before the first explorers... more
By Paul Strome
October 18, 2020
Last week, Ottawa’s racialized communities and women across cultures looked for a gesture of solidarity from Ottawa Police Services members. To vote Matt Skof... more
December 6, 2020
October 2, 2020
Foreward:
The following letter to the editor exemplifies the sort of commentary that is routinely rejected by corporate media “gatekeepers”.... more
October 11, 2020