Monthly Archives: October 2011

The urban-rural divide in Ontario: how did it happen?

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

From today’s Toronto Star, a letter to the Editor referring to a column last week. Re: McGuinty plugs the cabinet holes, Column, Oct. 20 Martin Regg Cohn’s column demonstrates why us peasants from the rural hinterlands have completely different mindsets … Continue reading →

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The energy file heats up in Ontario

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Howard Hampton, ex-leader of the NDP, called it right on election night: there is bad news to come for Ontario and it’s in the energy file. Yesterday, Contributing Editor Parker Gallant and University of Guelph professor Glenn Fox released a … Continue reading →

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The power of community action against a dirty business

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

The results of Ontario’s recent election are an eye-opener: communities that protest the loss of democracy as a result of the McGuinty government’s Green Energy Act, and who don’t want industrial power generation projects forced on their communities have had … Continue reading →

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