Editorial: LRT – taxpayers need better information this election year
In the grand scheme of things, a six-month delay on Phase 1 of the LRT isn’t catastrophic. Yes, it will cause real pain to some downtown businesses that have lost customers because of years-long construction outside their doors.
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Editorials Editorial: Long-term care report card needed
Few people who have spent time inside a long-term care home would be surprised at the numbers the this week. -
Editorials Don't discriminate on organ donations
This week, was admitted to hospital hoping for a liver transplant to save her life. But the rules of our health care system appeared to prevent her getting one – because she had consumed alcohol in the past half-year. -
Editorials Editorial: Crowd control shouldn't be this hard
Ceremonies to mark major events in Canada’s history should be about more than colourful photo ops for political leaders. -
Editorials Editorial: Make Ontario's election about elder care
More than 32,000 people are waitlisted for long-term care in Ontario. A majority of people already in facilities are aged 85 or older; almost three-quarters of them have dementia of some sort. -
Editorials Editorial: City of Ottawa must fix child care program quickly
If government has a useful role beyond ensuring collective safety and a robust legal system, that role is surely to help the most vulnerable: the elderly, the sick, the homeless, the children. -
Editorials Editorial: Common sense for road safety
Monday’s crash on Highway 401, which killed two people, has raised – again – hard questions about the safety of Ontario’s highways. -
Editorials Editorial: Stopping brutes like Borutski
To Basil Borutski, the “system” was unjust. Women were “sluts and whores.” He was being prosecuted unfairly by the courts, and persecuted by other people. -
Editorials Editorial: Phoenix goes from bad to worse
In 2010, a government department in Queensland, Australia launched a new IT payroll system for 78,000 employees. -
Editorials Editorial: Why we support the Salvation Army's homeless 'hub'
Rarely has the plight of Ottawa’s homeless been as high-profile as it is this week, with dozens upon dozens of residents crowding into city council chambers to debate the Salvation Army’s pitch for a residential care facility and homeless shelter in Vanier. -
Editorials Editorial: College strike earns failing grades
After five weeks of strike action at Ontario’s community colleges – and with students not quite back in class – it’s time for a report card: The mark we allot Ontario’s 500,000 community college students, many of whom struggled valiantly to keep up their studies as their instructors and managers bickered.