Letters to the Editor
- Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged
Opinion | April 21, 2025
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged
- The other day, I turned on the TV to watch the evening news. That was my first mistake. My second was flipping from one
Opinion | April 21, 2025
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- The other day, I turned on the TV to watch the evening news. That was my first mistake. My second was flipping from one
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- The other day, I turned on the TV to watch the evening news. That was my first mistake. My second was flipping from one
- First, I believe in election polls. Why don’t the opposition parties? Because they are trailing the front-running Liberals. These conversations reinforce the truism—though it
Opinion | April 16, 2025
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- First, I believe in election polls. Why don’t the opposition parties? Because they are trailing the front-running Liberals. These conversations reinforce the truism—though it
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- First, I believe in election polls. Why don’t the opposition parties? Because they are trailing the front-running Liberals. These conversations reinforce the truism—though it
- Re: “Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan,” (The Hill Times, April 9, p. 12). Prime Minister
Opinion | April 16, 2025
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- Re: “Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan,” (The Hill Times, April 9, p. 12). Prime Minister
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- Re: “Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan,” (The Hill Times, April 9, p. 12). Prime Minister
- Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your
Opinion | April 14, 2025
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your
- Re: “If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again,” (The Hill Times, April 4, by James Downar and Jocelyn
Opinion | April 14, 2025
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again,” (The Hill Times, April 4, by James Downar and Jocelyn
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again,” (The Hill Times, April 4, by James Downar and Jocelyn
- It comes as no surprise to anyone that Canada champions diversity. The country has opened its vast land and generous heart to countless immigrants
Opinion | April 9, 2025
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- It comes as no surprise to anyone that Canada champions diversity. The country has opened its vast land and generous heart to countless immigrants
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- It comes as no surprise to anyone that Canada champions diversity. The country has opened its vast land and generous heart to countless immigrants
- March 23 marked the start of the 2025 Canadian federal election. This is happening at a critical time for both Canada and the world.
Opinion | April 9, 2025
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- March 23 marked the start of the 2025 Canadian federal election. This is happening at a critical time for both Canada and the world.
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- March 23 marked the start of the 2025 Canadian federal election. This is happening at a critical time for both Canada and the world.
- In his March 24, 2025, oped in The Hill Times, Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett valiantly defends Canada’s live horse export for slaughter industry—a
Opinion | April 7, 2025
Opinion | April 7, 2025
- In his March 24, 2025, oped in The Hill Times, Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett valiantly defends Canada’s live horse export for slaughter industry—a
Opinion | April 7, 2025
- In his March 24, 2025, oped in The Hill Times, Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett valiantly defends Canada’s live horse export for slaughter industry—a
- Many Canadians are ineligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition, such as dementia
Opinion | April 2, 2025
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- Many Canadians are ineligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition, such as dementia
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- Many Canadians are ineligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition, such as dementia
- As I write this, the nightmare in Canada caused by the administration of United States President Donald Trump intensifies. It has moved Conservative Leader
Opinion | April 2, 2025
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- As I write this, the nightmare in Canada caused by the administration of United States President Donald Trump intensifies. It has moved Conservative Leader
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- As I write this, the nightmare in Canada caused by the administration of United States President Donald Trump intensifies. It has moved Conservative Leader
- Canada has the ability to make a change, and it baffles me how slow moving we are with our government’s actions. Speaking from the
Opinion | March 31, 2025
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- Canada has the ability to make a change, and it baffles me how slow moving we are with our government’s actions. Speaking from the
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- Canada has the ability to make a change, and it baffles me how slow moving we are with our government’s actions. Speaking from the
- I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty, one whose urgency grows by the day, as
Opinion | March 31, 2025
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty, one whose urgency grows by the day, as
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty, one whose urgency grows by the day, as
- Re: “Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations,” (The Hill Times, March 21). First, I want to acknowledge that, coming from an unfree,
Opinion | March 26, 2025
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- Re: “Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations,” (The Hill Times, March 21). First, I want to acknowledge that, coming from an unfree,
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- Re: “Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations,” (The Hill Times, March 21). First, I want to acknowledge that, coming from an unfree,
- I have lived in five different provinces in Canada—Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador—and have visited all provinces and territories except
Opinion | March 26, 2025
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- I have lived in five different provinces in Canada—Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador—and have visited all provinces and territories except
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- I have lived in five different provinces in Canada—Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador—and have visited all provinces and territories except
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 10, by Laura Ryckewaert). It would be
Opinion | March 24, 2025
Opinion | March 24, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 10, by Laura Ryckewaert). It would be
Opinion | March 24, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 10, by Laura Ryckewaert). It would be
- Re: “Who is to blame for recent bloodshed in Syria?” (The Hill Times, March 11). Gwynne Dyer provided a good background to the massacre
Opinion | March 19, 2025
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Who is to blame for recent bloodshed in Syria?” (The Hill Times, March 11). Gwynne Dyer provided a good background to the massacre
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Who is to blame for recent bloodshed in Syria?” (The Hill Times, March 11). Gwynne Dyer provided a good background to the massacre
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 12, p. 11). I am writing in
Opinion | March 19, 2025
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 12, p. 11). I am writing in
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 12, p. 11). I am writing in
- We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads,
Opinion | March 17, 2025
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads,
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads,
- Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
Opinion | March 17, 2025
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
- It looks like the United States is headed into the Dark Ages. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping his promise—as he should—by charging a
Opinion | March 12, 2025
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- It looks like the United States is headed into the Dark Ages. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping his promise—as he should—by charging a
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- It looks like the United States is headed into the Dark Ages. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping his promise—as he should—by charging a
- Buried in all of the shocking headlines, the federal government announced a contribution of $675-million to the recent round of funding for Gavi, the
Opinion | March 12, 2025
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- Buried in all of the shocking headlines, the federal government announced a contribution of $675-million to the recent round of funding for Gavi, the
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- Buried in all of the shocking headlines, the federal government announced a contribution of $675-million to the recent round of funding for Gavi, the
- Re: “NDP proposal to exclude Trump from June summit risks injuring G7, say former diplomats,” (The Hill Times by Neil Moss, March 5). Until
Opinion | March 10, 2025
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “NDP proposal to exclude Trump from June summit risks injuring G7, say former diplomats,” (The Hill Times by Neil Moss, March 5). Until
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “NDP proposal to exclude Trump from June summit risks injuring G7, say former diplomats,” (The Hill Times by Neil Moss, March 5). Until
- Re: “Canada in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, by Andrew Latham). Latham thinks that the current problem
Opinion | March 10, 2025
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “Canada in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, by Andrew Latham). Latham thinks that the current problem
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “Canada in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, by Andrew Latham). Latham thinks that the current problem
- Re: “Canada is in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, p. 19). Andrew Latham’s recent piece dismissing Canadian
Opinion | March 5, 2025
Opinion | March 5, 2025
- Re: “Canada is in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, p. 19). Andrew Latham’s recent piece dismissing Canadian
Opinion | March 5, 2025
- Re: “Canada is in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, p. 19). Andrew Latham’s recent piece dismissing Canadian
- Re: “USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 12). The recent turmoil surrounding USAID underscores a stark reality: global
Opinion | March 3, 2025
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- Re: “USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 12). The recent turmoil surrounding USAID underscores a stark reality: global
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- Re: “USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 12). The recent turmoil surrounding USAID underscores a stark reality: global
- The objection by two letter-writers to a Hill Times opinion piece that urged Canada to officially recognize the state of Palestine—as 143 countries already
Opinion | March 3, 2025
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- The objection by two letter-writers to a Hill Times opinion piece that urged Canada to officially recognize the state of Palestine—as 143 countries already
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- The objection by two letter-writers to a Hill Times opinion piece that urged Canada to officially recognize the state of Palestine—as 143 countries already
- War and conflict inevitably come at a heavy cost: that of human lives. In the past few months, we have witnessed the devastating aftermath
Opinion | December 6, 2023
Opinion | December 6, 2023
- War and conflict inevitably come at a heavy cost: that of human lives. In the past few months, we have witnessed the devastating aftermath
Opinion | December 6, 2023
- War and conflict inevitably come at a heavy cost: that of human lives. In the past few months, we have witnessed the devastating aftermath
- Re: “Are schoolyard tactics really the best MPs can do?” (The Hill Times, Nov. 29, p. 8). The editorial notes that the efforts of
Opinion | December 6, 2023
Opinion | December 6, 2023
- Re: “Are schoolyard tactics really the best MPs can do?” (The Hill Times, Nov. 29, p. 8). The editorial notes that the efforts of
Opinion | December 6, 2023
- Re: “Are schoolyard tactics really the best MPs can do?” (The Hill Times, Nov. 29, p. 8). The editorial notes that the efforts of
- Re: “Will the real climate leaders stand up?” (The Hill Times, by Keith Brooks and Aly Hyder Ali, Nov. 27). We don’t have climate
Opinion | December 4, 2023
Opinion | December 4, 2023
- Re: “Will the real climate leaders stand up?” (The Hill Times, by Keith Brooks and Aly Hyder Ali, Nov. 27). We don’t have climate
Opinion | December 4, 2023
- Re: “Will the real climate leaders stand up?” (The Hill Times, by Keith Brooks and Aly Hyder Ali, Nov. 27). We don’t have climate
- Re: “We can manage predictable radiation: Canadian Nuclear Society,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, 2023, letter to the editor. The gist of this CNS
Opinion | December 4, 2023
Opinion | December 4, 2023
- Re: “We can manage predictable radiation: Canadian Nuclear Society,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, 2023, letter to the editor. The gist of this CNS
Opinion | December 4, 2023
- Re: “We can manage predictable radiation: Canadian Nuclear Society,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, 2023, letter to the editor. The gist of this CNS
- Re: “Liberals need to look for realistic wins in wake of fiscal update,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 22, p. 9). The Trudeau government has
Opinion | November 29, 2023
Opinion | November 29, 2023
- Re: “Liberals need to look for realistic wins in wake of fiscal update,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 22, p. 9). The Trudeau government has
Opinion | November 29, 2023
- Re: “Liberals need to look for realistic wins in wake of fiscal update,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 22, p. 9). The Trudeau government has
- Where do the children play? Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ refrain runs through my head and tells me that we must look beyond the arguments, the rhetoric,
Opinion | November 29, 2023
Opinion | November 29, 2023
- Where do the children play? Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ refrain runs through my head and tells me that we must look beyond the arguments, the rhetoric,
Opinion | November 29, 2023
- Where do the children play? Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ refrain runs through my head and tells me that we must look beyond the arguments, the rhetoric,
- Re: “Canada’s response to Israel-Hamas war leaves Canadian citizens confused: letter writer,” (The Hill Times, letter to the editor, Nov. 20. In her letter,
Opinion | November 27, 2023
Opinion | November 27, 2023
- Re: “Canada’s response to Israel-Hamas war leaves Canadian citizens confused: letter writer,” (The Hill Times, letter to the editor, Nov. 20. In her letter,
Opinion | November 27, 2023
- Re: “Canada’s response to Israel-Hamas war leaves Canadian citizens confused: letter writer,” (The Hill Times, letter to the editor, Nov. 20. In her letter,
- Israel’s 2018 nation-state law (absent a constitution, and its supreme judicial ruling) drove the final nail in the two-state coffin by elevating settlement expansion
Opinion | November 27, 2023
Opinion | November 27, 2023
- Israel’s 2018 nation-state law (absent a constitution, and its supreme judicial ruling) drove the final nail in the two-state coffin by elevating settlement expansion
Opinion | November 27, 2023
- Israel’s 2018 nation-state law (absent a constitution, and its supreme judicial ruling) drove the final nail in the two-state coffin by elevating settlement expansion
- Re: “In the Israel-Palestine crisis, preventing mass atrocities is key,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, p. 9). Farida Deif claims that Canada has “failed
Opinion | November 22, 2023
Opinion | November 22, 2023
- Re: “In the Israel-Palestine crisis, preventing mass atrocities is key,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, p. 9). Farida Deif claims that Canada has “failed
Opinion | November 22, 2023
- Re: “In the Israel-Palestine crisis, preventing mass atrocities is key,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 15, p. 9). Farida Deif claims that Canada has “failed
- Re: “On Israel-Gaza, Canada must rise to the humanity of the moment,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 20, p. 15). As a person who studied
Opinion | November 22, 2023
Opinion | November 22, 2023
- Re: “On Israel-Gaza, Canada must rise to the humanity of the moment,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 20, p. 15). As a person who studied
Opinion | November 22, 2023
- Re: “On Israel-Gaza, Canada must rise to the humanity of the moment,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 20, p. 15). As a person who studied