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POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals
35Trump would eat PP before breakfast.
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POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals
55The cost of healthcare for the average Canadian through taxes is about $8,000 CDN/year.The cost of healthcare for the average American with private plans is about $14,000 USD/year.The large profits the insurance companies make has to come from somewhere.
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POLL: Is the U.S. Canada's ally? Readers show dramatic shift
38The first thing Hitler did was replace any and all opposition with Hitler loyalists.As we see the appointment of Trump loyalists in Finance, the courts, the military, most government departments. Both got support from the very rich and both pressured the media into supporting his policies. Immigrants or jews are handy targets. There are many similarities of these two far-right populist movements.
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POLL: Readers roughly split on Canada Post strike
31Then you are the reason they lose money every year. They are bound by law to deliver every to every hamlet in the country. Places private operators find unprofitable and won’t go. Canada post is also regulated by what they can charge while others are not. It serves the public and we need to appreciate that. You obviously do not. You keep using the foreign owned services that siphon the profits out of our country. That not good for any of us.
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Poll: Trudeau's disapproval numbers slowly rising
28You lot only prove that attack ads work!
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BREAKING: Justin Trudeau announces he will resign after Liberal leadership race
7Yup. It’s true. 80% of folks opposed to the carbon tax have absolutely no idea how it works. In essence it is a rebate system, not a tax. Even the National Post agrees. But if you hate Trudeau it will be a tax.
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TRILLIUM TALK: Like it or not, Ford insists we need an election
21He already has a mandate. He can do as he likes for the next year and a half with his majority. Anybody that buys his argument that he needs a mandate is not paying attention or doesn’t care about the hundreds of millions being spent.
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‘Wonderful’: Orchard Point traffic lights get green light for
OrilliaMatters 17It’s the province that has been the roadblock all these years since it’s a provincial highway. Must be an election coming round. 😁
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POLL: Readers roughly split on Canada Post strike
16Mail is a very small part of Canada Post. Parcel shipping is the juice.
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TRILLIUM TALK: Like it or not, Ford insists we need an election
14It’s our money he’s spending. We are the fools to buy his excuse.
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Council approves stacked townhouse development for Mount Slaven site
OrilliaMatters 10These units are targeted at dual income occupancy. That means two (2) cars per unit. When will Orillia realize 2 spaces are essential.
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'Worst news': U.S. tariffs a 'perfect storm' for boating industry
OrilliaMatters 15What a Boo-Hoo article. I shed not a tear for folks that need to buy the necessities like Luxury yachts and cards and games and guns and amo. Oh my god, they pay HST? How unfair. Time to look for other sources. In this area, not too long ago, we had a thriving boat building industry. Why did we not support them then? Free trade was the battle cry when Mulroney went to the shamrock summit meeting with Regan. Free-trade destroyed our industries and we let it happen because we trusted the US. No more. Maybe we'll pay a bit more to support local.The problem is not with our politicians. They are trying to play hardball with a weak hand. Can you imagine how many Air-mile points that Ford has racked up recently?The problem is Trump and Trump alone. There is no reasoning here. He'll just move the goalposts. Lets build our own industries again and support them even after Trump is gone. Which can't be soon enough.
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Paid waterfront parking, businesses in public facilities on horizon?
OrilliaMatters 9The city spend big bucks in ads and outreach to attract non-residents. There is a whole department at city hall to do just that. Does it therefore make sense to discourage them by charging them for parking while others are free? Orillia should be a welcoming place. That's how our businesses do well and we can enjoy the company.
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Poverty reduction plan, Champlain Monument on council agenda Monday
OrilliaMatters 10Do we really need a "community food strategy co-ordinator"? No.Do we really need to buy a piece of equipment for $850,000 if we can rent it for $45,000/yr?
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Orillia residents reeling from ‘unprecedented’ ice storm (7 photos)
OrilliaMatters 7Just thoughts as I sit here in the dark. When Hydro1 took over Orillia power distribution I welcomed the move thinking the additional resources would get us better service. This has not been the case. We can blame the severity of the ice storm as an excuse, but we have never had to wait 3 days to have our power restored. That’s just a fact. Orillia still owns the power generating station at the Big Shute so a supply is not the issue. Just bring on the resources we expected. As the nations largest power company it’s time to move in extra help.
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Paid waterfront parking, businesses in public facilities on horizon?
OrilliaMatters 14We could lease out our city hall to someone that would put it to good use.
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Laclie Street reopens with Phase 2 reconstruction complete
OrilliaMatters 11Laclie Street is wonderful. Good job Orillia. Just don’t tell Doug Ford it has bike lanes. 😁
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OPINION: Carbon tax is working, not to blame for inflation
OrilliaMatters 8It is said that 82% of the people opposed to the "Carbon Tax" have no idea how it actually works.
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Sisters of St. Joseph sell Orillia lakefront 'haven' for $7M
OrilliaMatters 10Thank god it was not sold to another developer.Area residents and all of Orillia should be happy it stays in the natural element it currently is.
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A 31-one-bedroom condominium may be built on Colborne Street
OrilliaMatters 9Yes we need affordable housing. Yes we need low income rentals. But that doesn’t mean all developers must build only that. There is still a need for smaller new units in Orillia. Adding these at this location is great.
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