Unpublished Newswire

Freedom. It’s a word we hear often, whether in economics, pandemics or political campaigns. There’s the freedom of the markets, the so-called "Freedom Convoy," and a country that is promoted as free and strong. Freedom is also central to the successful marketing of pickup trucks, products that are proliferating on our roads. The danger that these vehicles pose to the lives of pedestrians is rarely mentioned. Read More

In the end, it made no difference to the results in Carleton riding that there were 91 names on the ballot. Bruce Fanjoy still would have won, Pierre Poilievre still would have lost. All it did was create confusion for those trying to vote, and extra time and effort for those whose task was to count the votes and report results. If the point was to protest "first past the post," it is beyond me how the point was made. Read More