Letters
| March 8, 2010 On March 2, a 27-car CN freight train derailed near Morrisburg, east of Brockville, Ont., causing, amongst other, disruptions in VIA Rail passenger service between Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. This is but another incident in the long list of derailments, crossing accidents, and collisions that have plagued Canada's two major railroads dating back to 1999 when Transport Canada largely gave up its regulatory oversight role. | |
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| March 8, 2010 Re: "The rich are Canadians, too," (The Hill Times, March 1, p. 19) by Murray Dobbin and "Time for public sector to feel some pain, too," by Angelo Persichilli (The Hill Times, March 1, p. 25). | |
| March 8, 2010 It was such a pleasure to see the daily victories of our Canadian women athletes. But their glorious success stands in stark contrast to the plight of women elsewhere. While a young woman in Canada can set her sights on the chance of winning Olympic gold, a young woman in Niger faces a one in seven chance that she will die during pregnancy or childbirth. Maternal mortality rates in the developing world remain persistently high—more than 100 times as high as in the developed world—due to lack of basic health care. | |
| March 8, 2010 Re: "Libs to push Harper on issue of safe abortions in developing countries," (The Hill Times, March 1, p. 1). Liberal MP Anita Neville told The Hill Times that she believes that "clean water, immunization, good nutrition are all very important but without access to reproductive information and choice it's meaningless for many, many women around the world." Meaningless? Does Ms. Neville really believe this? If she does, she is misguided. Most of us humans know that water, immunization and nutrition actually save lives and that "choice," code word for abortion, actually takes lives. | |
| March 8, 2010 Re: "Libs would be 'crazy' not to force spring election, says pollster," (The Hill Times, March 1, p. 1). Ekos pollster Frank Graves calls it the Grits' chance to "get rid of this guy" in last week's story. "This guy?" Mr. Graves is talking about the Prime Minster of Canada, bub! Give the office a little respect, if not the man. | |
| March 8, 2010 Immigration and Citizenship Minister Jason Kenney's move to block gay rights from being mentioned in Canada's immigration guide is shameful. It is precisely forward-thinking civil rights laws like legalized same-sex marriage that make Canada one of the best countries on earth. | |
| March 8, 2010 There was a letter in The Hill Times a few months back, pointing to the need to "Canadianize our immigration system." In light of our newfound patriotism, I would like to champion this cause: unlike the United States, where people are "Americans first," here in Canada we have the problem of ethnic enclaves. People are not primarily Canadian as their ethnic identity often trumps their Canadian one. | |
| March 8, 2010 Although some may think Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has done an excellent job, the truth is he has failed in nearly everything he has tried. | |
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