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April 2, 2026

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Letters to the Editor

Should take notice

Dear Editor, Something’s happening across the river, about an hour upstream from the Pontiac and we should take notice. Starting in the 1950s, ever since

MOP Mayor’s comments

Dear Editor, What is wrong with our mayor? First, in last week’s article, Mayor Labadie claims there are over 4,000 residences “subsidizing” businesses in the

Lean times in the MoP or not

Dear Editor, The new budget in the Municipality of Pontiac was tabled with approximately a 50 per cent increase on business taxes. The mayor’s explanation

Response

Dear Editor, Please accept this letter as an open response to Mr. Robbie Beck’s letter to your paper last week under the leader of ‘Surprise

Office politics

Dear Editor, My friend, Dave Blackburn, is the Pontiac Conservative candidate for the upcoming election this year. He has a popular Facebook page that has

Surprise and disappointment

Dear Editor, It was with great surprise and disappointment that I read in the Feb. 13 edition of THE EQUITY that Todd Hoffman is the

Beware the big deal

Dear Editor, It usually starts like this, some politician quotes statistics that show “Pontiac is the poorest region in Quebec.” But don’t you worry; politicians

Quebec English school boards

Dear Editor, The recently reported call by Education Minister Jean-François Roberge for an inquiry into the conduct of the English Montreal School Board brings to

A disgrace

Dear Editor, Late this past week, several National radio, television stations and newspapers in Ontario and Quebec have reported that Quebec Premier Francois Legault, does

Should take notice

Dear Editor, Something’s happening across the river, about an hour upstream from the Pontiac and we should take notice. Starting in the 1950s, ever since the nuclear research facility at Chalk River has been operational, low intensity nuclear waste has

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MOP Mayor’s comments

Dear Editor, What is wrong with our mayor? First, in last week’s article, Mayor Labadie claims there are over 4,000 residences “subsidizing” businesses in the municipality. However, according to the 2016 census, there are only 2,664 private dwellings. She indicated

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Lean times in the MoP or not

Dear Editor, The new budget in the Municipality of Pontiac was tabled with approximately a 50 per cent increase on business taxes. The mayor’s explanation for the additional taxes on businesses is that she felt that it was unfair to

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Response

Dear Editor, Please accept this letter as an open response to Mr. Robbie Beck’s letter to your paper last week under the leader of ‘Surprise and disappointment.’ Since Mr. Beck has chosen to convey his disappointment in regards to my

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Office politics

Dear Editor, My friend, Dave Blackburn, is the Pontiac Conservative candidate for the upcoming election this year. He has a popular Facebook page that has grown considerably over the past few months. I assist in administering it and intend to

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Surprise and disappointment

Dear Editor, It was with great surprise and disappointment that I read in the Feb. 13 edition of THE EQUITY that Todd Hoffman is the founding member of the People’s Party of Canada for the riding of Pontiac. Although I

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Beware the big deal

Dear Editor, It usually starts like this, some politician quotes statistics that show “Pontiac is the poorest region in Quebec.” But don’t you worry; politicians have the answer – find efficiencies, put our noses to the grindstone and create jobs,

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Quebec English school boards

Dear Editor, The recently reported call by Education Minister Jean-François Roberge for an inquiry into the conduct of the English Montreal School Board brings to mind your editorial following the election win of the Coalition Avenir Quebec: “What will CAQ

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A disgrace

Dear Editor, Late this past week, several National radio, television stations and newspapers in Ontario and Quebec have reported that Quebec Premier Francois Legault, does not see the importance of having bilingual signs and will be removing the English versions

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