Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
12Can we protest Carney and the Liberal government too???? Asking for a friend....:)
30- 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
34What 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
29We 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
23- FordTough
Province-wide Fight Ford rally draws crowd in Guelph
11Look, I’m no fan of Ford (politician not truck) but these are the same elbows up boomers that elected his buddy Carney who is doing the same or worse.
18- FordTough
Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph
26He 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
20How 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
5- JohnFC
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.
6- Let
Former U of G president who left in 2024 was paid $410,000 last year
14The 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
6Liberal elites.
13- Mac Demo
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.
10- 1SPOOK
Schreiner: Provincial budget has nothing in it for 'everyday people'
8Shreiner 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
OPINION: How does transit this bad keep getting worse?
12Thank goodness we have bike lanes to compensate for terrible underfunding of transit. Priorities is this city have been upside down for a decade.
6- JP Valeriote
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'
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
OPINION: How does transit this bad keep getting worse?
16As a regular transit rider by choice, I know our system’s potential. But for it to truly work, it needs to be about more than just buses—it needs to be about "Transit Dignity".While better scheduling and seamless connections are the engine, basic human respect is the fuel. That is why, in the upcoming municipal election, I am officially pushing for a permanent, accessible washroom at Guelph Central Station. Currently, the city’s budget doesn’t schedule a permanent downtown facility until 2028, but for those of us relying on this station every day, that is not fast enough.We need a system that values its passengers as people. It is time to prioritize the infrastructure that makes choosing transit a humane and dignified experience. Let’s make Guelph a leader in accessible, respectful public transit.
1- Alec Purves
Province-wide Fight Ford rally draws crowd in Guelph
17Protests are all well and good, I’ve been in a fair few marches in my time, but nothing is going to change the minds of this government ‘cos big money is behind them. The only way to get a change at the top is to get out the vote at election time. Turnout in elections has been pathetic, so rally by all means, but come the next election get organized and get out the vote or the same thing will happen again.
- Arthur K
