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Give them a chance Anthony Oluwatoyin (letter -- April
2) says Canadian-content rules promote what is Canadian at
the expense of quality.
I worked in radio when CanCon was introduced in 1970. I
remember how few artists we had and how repetitive and
difficult it was to meet the quota. It took a while, but
the talent grew, improved and excelled. Artists must have
the chance to improve. April 3, 2004 |
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Healthier lifestyle Regarding the letter from D.
F. Osmaston about hearty breakfasts (Saved His Bacon --
April 10): I wonder if it's not the hot breakfast, but
rather the early hours, hard physical labour, fresh air and
slower pace of life that made people more fit then. Also,
the time taken to have a hot breakfast speaks to pace of
living. What is today a healthy lifestyle choice was back
then just another day. April 12, 2004 |
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The right to secede William Johnson is perhaps
being scrupulously correct but missing the political point.
Social union is a political more than a legal relationship.
Once the right to negotiate secession has been granted, the
moral right and political authority would eventually win
out.
Had the Yes side won last time, is there any doubt Quebec
would have become sovereign by now? April 21, 2004 |
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Stephen What? Re yesterday's many letters about Joe
Clark's recent comments: Has it come to this? A sincere
caution and forthright opinion are viewed as sour grapes and
treachery. It strikes me that, in politics, if you do the
wrong thing, you might get chastised. But if you do the
right thing, they'll nail you every time.
April 28, 2004 |
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Strange Logic If Colin Gruchy (letter -- May 20 ) had
suffered a medical emergency in the past, I assume he would
have availed himself of the tax-paid health-care system in
Ontario. When his local government has to raise taxes to pay
for fire-fighting equipment, will Mr. Gruchy burn his house
down? Governments are in the business of health insurance,
not health care. Premiums are a form of tax to pay for that
system. May 21, 2004 |
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Wish we were there I disagree with the assumption of
Chris Baker (If It Ain't Broke -- on-line edition, May 20)
that the people don't like the "horse trading" of minority
governments. Such trades may accommodate needs that would
otherwise never be met. As to the effectiveness of majority
government, I am not so sure we want the task of governing
us to be too easy. That might lead to us being taken for
granted and to the arrogance of the "natural governing
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But do they exist? In answer to Jack
MacLelland’s
question ( what label for one who faithfully
believes there is no God ), may I suggest “ Orthodox
Nonitarian “ ? July 10, 2004
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Rather biased If CBS is to be fined for showing
something obscene to the public,
shouldn’t all the networks be penalized for
broadcasting the Republican National Convention? Sept.
23, 2004 |
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Books for Bush Perhaps even more obvious reading for
President Bush would be the comic strip Pogo, wherein he
might glean the wisdom, “ We have
met the enemy and it is us.” Nov.17, 2004
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Mad dogs and Canadians All this brouhaha in the main
stream media over PM Martin meeting and shaking hands with
Lybia’s Col.
Gadhafi. Where
was the media indignation when
then PM Chretien met with
Indonesia ’s Suhartro in
Vancouver a few years back? Then only street protesters
objected to such a ‘ handshake
with the devil’ and they were pepper sprayed for their
audacity. December 21, 2004 |
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Worst contest continues Letter writers Wilson and
Atkinson have proposed two nominees for the world’s worst
sentences. On what grounds, I wonder? Is it lack of clarity
or simply that they are run-on sentences? Is it structure
or effect that offends? I nominate, not a specific
instance, but a genre of prose: Directions on how to fill
out Federal or Provincial government forms. Dec. 28/04
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