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Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph

Can we protest Carney and the Liberal government too???? Asking for a friend....:)

Harassment a ‘growing concern’ for city council, boards: report

Commissioning 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.

- B Be

Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph

What 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!

- Coach_1

Councillor Dan Gibson considering run for mayor

Dan sits on no council committees, doesn't host regular town halls, doesn't produce a newsletter and has the 2nd lowest attendance record. When he does show, he's dialling in remotely and looks bored and disengaged. Not my idea of mayoral.

- RaineyS

Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph

We 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???

- SusanR

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

I strongly disagree with the writer's assertion that we were dealing with "the worst existential global crisis since the end of World War II. In our collective efforts to memory hole the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve forgotten the ambiguity and the uncertainty, the difficulty to understand how it spread, and the struggle to pivot to entirely secluded lives and ensure no one was being put in any unnecessary danger. With what we knew at the time, we did our best and we fail to remember that." I for one knew that the reactions by governments and health agencies to the virus was irrational and unjustified. Politicans should not be excused but instead they should be blamed for their radical intrusion into the lives of people and their businesses. Our Charter rights were trampled for no good reason. It was obvious that the 'six foot rule' was completely arbitrary, and that reusing masks in non-sterile environments was a good way to spread germs, not stop the spread.John HagopianWhitby

- usr_669030

Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph

Can Carney

- FordTough

Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph

He needs to go, but not for that reason. There are about ten good reasons why his time is up.

- Robert Carley

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

To " 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

- usr_669030

Councillor Dan Gibson considering run for mayor

All that you say is true, which is why we should turn out and vote for councillors and a mayor who are prepared to fight for our city, more importantly , get out and vote when the next provincial election is called and put Ford and his dodgy crew out of office.

- Arthur K

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

To "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

- usr_669030

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

The City of Guelph's 'Leadership Horseshow" desperately needs "A NEW BROOM" ...... an infusion of new blood with the opportunity for renewal and sustainable foresight moving forward.

- Michael from Guelph

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

I think he talked a better game than he played….probably a passing grade but nowhere near the honour roll…

- Ben There

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

I do not consider his barring/banning people on his social pages or elsewhere for asking difficult questions as being open or affable on social media. Frankly, I always thought he was a bit of a ....

- Bonnie Durtnall

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

He did a much better job than his predecessor. Directed the city away from excessive tax and spending.

- Simon V

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

"Our Charter rights were trampled for no good reason."Under the Ontario "Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7" the Minister of Health had the authority to implement measures to protect the peoples of Ontario.If these regulations were counter to the Charter, why were they not argued at the time or before 2019?20/20 hind sight is such a wonderful thing.

- Gruntfutak

Guelph handyman launching non-profit to help with essential home repairs

Wonderful!

- Wanda Fabbian

Province-wide Fight Ford protests this weekend include Guelph

Ford needs to go. He’s a Liberal in Conservative clothing.

- FordTough

Reflections on the Guthrie years (so far)

Given the speed at which this city has gone downhill coupled with the speed at which our property taxes have increased, I will not be voting for a single incumbent.

- Royal City Rabble Rouser

Harassment a ‘growing concern’ for city council, boards: report

Like 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

- ramos96