Social inequality
October 17, 2024
Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC
Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC
Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I
Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed
Dear Editor, What they don’t want you to know. You hear this phrase bounced around on the internet and on the campaign trail; someone attempting
Dear Editor, In just four months, our small village of 300 has risen to the occasion and put a glaring provincial issue front and center.
Dear Editor,Justin Trudeau’s government (including our federal riding MP Sophie Chatel) – maintained years of silence on the issue of anglophone rights within the province
Dear Editor, I was invited to attend the June 2024 special meeting of the Alleyn et Cawood council with residents about the issue of a
Dear Editor, On Sept. 18, the 370 per cent property evaluation task force and many residents of Alleyn and Cawood attended the MRC Pontiac meeting,
Dear Editor, After spending the last term as the Western Quebec School Board commissioner for Ward 3 (Shawville and environs), I have recently discovered that
Dear Editor, This summer has been nothing short of extraordinary for our small community of Alleyn and Cawood, and I want to extend my deepest
Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC Pontiac website reveals discrepancies, with some properties overvalued and some undervalued. I’d like to discuss
Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I think it begs repeating now, for reasons I’ll get into later. Food scraps and other
Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed the warden to drop the project and stop talking about it. Several elected municipal councillors,
Dear Editor, What they don’t want you to know. You hear this phrase bounced around on the internet and on the campaign trail; someone attempting to install anxiety over some deep state secret or UFO technology that they are keeping
Dear Editor, In just four months, our small village of 300 has risen to the occasion and put a glaring provincial issue front and center. The 370% Evaluation Taskforce recently returned from the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) annual event
Dear Editor,Justin Trudeau’s government (including our federal riding MP Sophie Chatel) – maintained years of silence on the issue of anglophone rights within the province of Quebec. Two weekends ago, he finally took a stand on the issue in a
Dear Editor, I was invited to attend the June 2024 special meeting of the Alleyn et Cawood council with residents about the issue of a potential 370 per cent increase in their property evaluations. There was great concern and emotion
Dear Editor, On Sept. 18, the 370 per cent property evaluation task force and many residents of Alleyn and Cawood attended the MRC Pontiac meeting, expecting the presentation and adoption of a bylaw we proposed to eliminate the comparative factor
Dear Editor, After spending the last term as the Western Quebec School Board commissioner for Ward 3 (Shawville and environs), I have recently discovered that I am unable to run for re-election in the upcoming school board elections. The rules
Dear Editor, This summer has been nothing short of extraordinary for our small community of Alleyn and Cawood, and I want to extend my deepest thanks to everyone who has supported our fight against the unfair property evaluation process. The
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