Shame!
I’ve walked by the home a thousand times. I’ve parked in front of it; knelt by its driveway to readjust heavy grocery bags in my hands; stopped my bike to tighten my kids’ helmet; and dragged my...
View ArticleAxe falls on English social service team
I am tired,” says André Gagnière, director-general of the Centre de santé et de services sociaux de la Pointe-de-l’Île. “I am tired of fighting for the Pivot by myself. I can’t do it anymore.” And...
View ArticleNotes from the Sinkhole of our discontent
I held my son’s chocolate peanut-butter ice cream slathered hand and looked at that nice strip of fresh black bitumen over the former sinkhole that opened up on Ste. Catherine St. last week and...
View ArticleTaxes surpass housing as main family expense
If you are an average Canadian family, you need not worry anymore about government picking your pocket: you now need to be concerned about your pockets.“If you asked people to name their household’s...
View ArticleWhat Are You Doing Sunday?
You’ve read the headlines. Here, in other papers, saw TV reports and heard it on the radio.You get it; the game is stacked against English participation in school board elections. Unless you have a kid...
View Article“Counter-productive” Groups denounce welfare reform
“There’s still time,” says Clement Citeya of the Comité des Personnes Assistées Sociales de Pointe-Saint-Charles (CPAS). Still time that is, for the province to reconsider its welfare reforms that the...
View ArticleNew income security coalition unites left and right
Few things unite the right and left in Canada, Tim Hortons and hockey notwithstanding, but a not-so-radical idea might be one of them.Mention “guaranteed income” and most people think “handout.” But...
View ArticleReport confirms taxes take greater bite than food, clothing and shelter combined
If you're like most people, you probably suspected it all along, even joked about it come tax time, bill time, paycheque time, heck anytime at all. But the Fraser institute in its most recent report...
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