Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
12Can we protest Carney and the Liberal government too???? Asking for a friend....:)
29- LabsRule
Harassment a ‘growing concern’ for city council, boards: report
25Commissioning this report is exactly why this council would be harassed. Let me understand, 3000 +/- people voted for each council member, they are grossly underqualified to run a city, they act without consequence, they get scared they might be "harassed" (read held accountable), so they commission an outside law firm to tell them how they could react, but who knows, since no harassment has been reported? I have a headache.
12- B Be
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
33What has Prime Minister Carney got to do with Ford’s attempts to avoid any meaningful access to his and his government’s behind the scenes communications influencing government decisions? Cabinet minutes are already shielded from FOI requests. Ford and his government and his advisers have been found to be in close communication with various beneficiaries of government decisions and both advisors and government ministers have been forced to resign from their posts, at least temporarily! As police and other investigations are looking into the drivers of a number of contentious actions by Ford and those close to him, he suddenly feels a need to hide his and his government’s communications from FOI scrutiny! His intention to shield communications and to do so retroactively isn’t acceptable and must be resisted!
3- Coach_1
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
28We should not be at all surprised at Ford's wanting to bar access to his and his cabinet's files.Do you not remember all 3 elections when the PC party refused to allow their candidates to attend election debates or to canvas at the doors? They were afraid to answer questions about their policies, platforms or performance in government, just as they afraid now of any disclosures about their shady dealings in the Greenbelt and in Skills Training. They are now planning to take over School Boards and to centralize Conservation authorities. They can impose MZOs and Special Zoning to avoid any questions or citizen challenges. Can you say Trumpian governance???
2- SusanR
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
7Can Carney
22- FordTough
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
25He needs to go, but not for that reason. There are about ten good reasons why his time is up.
1- Robert Carley
Former U of G president who left in 2024 was paid $410,000 last year
19How much should someone be paid who has difficult shift work, deals with criminal violence, vomit and other bodily fluids, carries a gun they are authorized to use and is expected to put themselves between you and harms way, all while being subject to a significant degree of vitriol from far too many citizens? I suggest they are fairly compensated. There are perhaps some other fat cats on the list that are more appropriately questioned
4- JohnFC
Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)
4To " Gruntfutak": I am a lawyer; are you? The authority for the government measures that superceded our rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedom wasn't found in any statute like the Health Protection Act. No, the authority came from the emergency declarations by both the provincial and federal governments that suspended the constitutional rights of citizens. That was the egregious intrusion into our lives and businesses and it was based on nothing. Covid was obviously not the superkiller we were told it was; the fear mongering was deliberate. Those persons who died were those who were likely to do soon anyway because of 'co-morbidities'. Hospitals were encouraged to report all deaths as caused by covid rather than by the seasonal flu or other respiratory disorders; they got paid more per patient by calling each death a covid death. The death stats were inflated, the 'vaccines' were next to useless, yet people were socially ostrasized for demanding their rights.John Hagopian
18- usr_669030
Former U of G president who left in 2024 was paid $410,000 last year
16This list makes me sick!How is it morally justified that someone leaves their post in prior year and gets paid the year after.The 2 class system in this country is very well established.. the very well paid public sector and the rest of us poor working people in the private sector who pay for their high salaries, benefits and lucrative pension plans. This is not a just society and I am completely baffled why the average citizen doesn’t understand this or care about it.
5- Let
Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)
5To "Grandad": The 'expert advise" you speak of originated at the USA National Institute of Health that ordered the six foot distancing rule. When questioned in Congress where the scientific basis was for that rule, Dr. Fauci admitted there were no studies that substantiated it. He said the rule "just appeared" on day; meaning, he made it up. Do you still believe that the 'vaccines' reduced the possibility of transmission of the virus?? We now know they didn't. Do you still believe that reusing cloth masks in non-sterile environments reduced the chances of contracting the disease? They didn't; in fact the warm moist breath on the cloth mask created ideal conditions for germs, viruses and bacteria to grow. The masks created more disease, not less. People would touch non-sterile surfaces in public settings that harboured pathogens then touch their masks, thereby infecting it.Some people accept government overreach easily; other people do their own research. John Hagopian
15- usr_669030
Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)
1He did a much better job than his predecessor. Directed the city away from excessive tax and spending.
17- Simon V
Former U of G president who left in 2024 was paid $410,000 last year
13The median income for a working age male in Guelph in 2023 was ~$65,000 and for a female only ~$52,700. Regardless of the fact that the Sunshine List threshold has remained steady since 1996, $100,000 is still a LOT of money. That 72 percent of the police force makes more than that is pretty shocking.
5- G. Patton
Former U of G president who left in 2024 was paid $410,000 last year
5Liberal elites.
13- Mac Demo
Guelph handyman launching non-profit to help with essential home repairs
17Wonderful!
- Wanda Fabbian
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
14Ford needs to go. He’s a Liberal in Conservative clothing.
3- FordTough
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
16I agree with the first part of your comment, however, imho he is a wannabe Trump , becoming a dictator.
1- Sgmapss
Schreiner: Provincial budget has nothing in it for 'everyday people'
7Shreiner says: “One of the biggest challenges students at the University of Guelph and other universities and colleges have across Ontario is keeping their on campus food bank stocked so people can afford to eat.” It is not the responsibility of Ontario universities or the provincial government to provide free food to students enrolled at university. Students are responsible for their own living expenses, that's why they are ineligible for welfare or unemployment insurance while attending school. If you can't afford to attend university, you ought not attend. This is especially true of international students at Ontario universities who are allowed to work up to 24 hours a week, and sometimes they don't even enroll at all at university even though that was the basis upon which they obtained entry to Canada. They can abuse the system this way. Foreign students should be here to study, not eat free, not work 24 hours per week.John HagopianWhitby
10- usr_669030
Schreiner: Provincial budget has nothing in it for 'everyday people'
5If only we had a representative in Queens park who had some pull. Guelph elected an ineffective representative, and he is pointing out the fact that he has done nothing for the community.Come the next election, he should be handed his walking papers!
12- Fergusone
Former U of G president who left in 2024 was paid $410,000 last year
9So it’s ok that somebody gets over $400K for a year that they didn’t even show up for but you’re shocked that the people who protect you, your loved ones and your property are paid well? I want GPS coming to my rescue not some over paid librarian.
8- 1SPOOK
Harassment a ‘growing concern’ for city council, boards: report
10Like I keep saying over and over, time to vote them all out and start over, at least the mayor and a couple of others have had the decency to drop out
6- ramos96
