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Albert Baum (Toronto,Ontario), 14 days ago

Another stock market and recession sham.
People of influence all over the world, crafty, who think that they own the world, decided to create an artificial financial crisis. They had a group of worthless heralds in the mass media who kept on telling us since six months ago, their little stanza: “recession will come”. The economy was doing fine, everyone was working hard, and if some problems may have occurred, we should have witnessed some mild inflation…strong inflation…and then recession. But these people were impatient and just put everything in high gear to see their plans succeed. If you look at the objective data they present, nothing is clear- but one thing is evident: the people of influence in all countries, including our own PM, played a game of financial crisis on all of us.
Again,the hard working class has lost billions (playing the market) to these scum bags.

Ernie (Brantford,ON), 1 month ago

Perhaps I was wrong
I think Harper read the book of "Wisdom"
LQQK at his promises:

RICHMOND, B.C. posted Oct.9.

— Canada’s banks are the strongest in the world and need no help from the federal government — nor should they expect any, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says.

A new report by the World Economic Forum describes Canada’s banking system as the world’s strongest, Harper said Thursday as he unequivocally ruled out any form of bailout package.

‘There is no question, no possibility of bailing out the banks,” Harper said during a campaign event in Richmond, B.C.

‘The banks aren’t seeking to be bailed out, the government won’t be bailing them out. That isn’t going to happen.”

BRANTFORD, Ont. — posted Oct.10.

The government’s $25-billion plan to buy mortgages from banks isn’t a U.S.-style bailout and will cost nothing to taxpayers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.

In fact, the government could actually turn a profit on the deal, he said.

“This is not a bailout of banks,” Mr. Harper told reporters here Friday after the Department of Finance announced it would buy up to $25-billion in government-backed mortgages from commercial banks. The government will issue debt to finance the move and swap government securities for the mortgages, with the option of selling the mortgages back into the market at a later date.

LOOKS like the wise one is going to buy mortgages from banks... obvioulsy mortgages from people who have lost their jobs to China
We are in good hands...not to worry

Mr. Ken Hill (non-smokers) (Niagara-on-the-Lake,Ontario), 2 months ago

Actions of government create the black market for illegal cigarettes

Government actions, anti-smoking bans has resulted in the black market sale of contraband cigarettes, not the reverse. "We're very concerned that the decline in smoking rates has now stopped," said Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society.

Historically, as with the result of Second World War Germany, government interference will soon contribute to a large increase in the percentage of smokers, which should justifiably besmirch the reputation of the government regulators, and their supporters.

In this circumstance, the contraband sale of cigarettes is human natures reply to government, "When you continue to distort and betray a critical emotional/psychological need of human nature, 'choice', this is our only alternative!"

Steve Withers (London,Ontario), 2 months ago

Dear Packet & Times

Re: Clarke pushes electoral reform
Simcoe North Liberal hopeful wants change

The Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) favoured by Steve Clarke is an electoral reform idea that has trickled over the US border into Canada. In the US, it would be an improvement over the heavily gerrymandered and arguably undemocratic and dysfunctional electoral system they currently operate, particularly for the US House of Representatives.

If anyone wants to see what a legislature elected by IRV would look like, they need only look at the Lower House of the Australian Federal Parliament, which has used IRV for just under 100 years.

The result is a legislature rigidly composed of two blocs: the Australian Labour Party (ALP) vs the conservatie Liberal Party (cities) and National Party (rural) permanent coalition. The "Lib/Nats".

There have been a handful of independent MPs elected over the past century, usually after walking out of one of the major parties. There has been only one 3rd-party MP elected in that century: Green Party leader, Bob Brown, in a recent by-election, for a partial term only. It had been a safe Labour seat, but Labour voters were incensed that their party had backed the invasion of Iraq and they voted Green as a (temporary) protest.

IRV in Canada would produce similar results, cementing in the Liberals and the Conservatives and making it virtually impossible to elect anyone else.

If Canadians voters are looking for more power and a better democracy, IRV is exactly the WRONG way to go. The evidence could not be more clear on that, for those that have any regard for the evidence. Many don't, as we saw in the MMP referendum last year.

Jake Brown (Orillia,Ontario), 3 months ago

Oro-Medonte should **** or get off the pot. Just because you put up a street sign declaring “Community Safety Zone" does not make it so.

The stretch of road (line 15) between hwy 12 and Basslake side road, is not safe, as the sign’s implies.

While there are kids playing, people walking their dogs, joggers, bicyclists etc all using this “Community Safety Zone”, at the same time vehicles traveling at highway speeds, driving around people like an obstacle course.

Im’s sure as soon as someone is killed, it may get on the townships radar!

Holwyn Peters (Orillia,ON), 4 months ago

Councillor Wanye Gardy's current campaign to unsure that taxpayers do not pay for alcoholic beverages when city staff or councillors are on business is either political opportunism, or an example of a narrow-minded, unsohpisticated view of the contemporary business etiquette.

Would Councillor Gardy be opposed to a city employee paying for a coffee or tea for a guest? How about bottled water, a soft drink, or a cappachino? All these are reasonable examples of beverages that might be consumed at a business meeting. What makes a glass of wine or beer any different.

Is Councillor Gardy implying that modest consumption of an alcoholic beverage is somehow evil, licentious, or some other undefined source of potential corruption?

Please Councillor Gardy, open your mind to contemporary standards of acceptable social behaviour and drop the sanctimonious persona of "protector of the people".

Ken Szijarto (Ramara Tsp,Ontario), 5 months ago

I just read a news article from Thunder Bay discussing Lakehead's current financial woes, and plans to cut jobs, in order to balance the books. It made me wonder what the citizen's of Thunder Bay think about Lakehead's plans to spend money here, while jobs are being cut there?

I was surprised to find out that Lakehead's financial footing, is less than stable. Their poor financial position was never hilighted in the local media here, or at any of the meetings I attended. I wonder if Lakehead's lack of funds played any role in delays here in Orillia?

I hope the city of Orillia did its' due diligence, in their negotiations with their unversity partner. It would be a shame to have Lakehead put its' hand out for more.... the citizens of Orillia have no more to give....

Ramara Tsp (Ken Szijarto,Ontario), 5 months ago

Re: Orillia to Consider Servicing Severn Properties

In the short term the cash grab makes sense. In the long term Orillia will be selling off capacity of a finite resource. If I lived in Orillia, I would want to know what happens when these systems are running at full capacity? These plants will need to be expanded. Who is going to pay for very expensive projects?

When you join a private golf club, there is an initiation fee, as well as an annual charge. Will Orillia demand any upfront charge? These funds could be held in reserve, to be used to fund future expansions, so that existing ratepayers, in Orillia, won't be responsible for any expansion costs.

Only when the city of Orillia can quarantee that existing users will not be liable for any growth related capital costs (including preconstruction planning and design studies) should the city of Orillia proceed with servicing any lands outside of its' jurisdictions.