175 Dog Years Earlier SEE MORE BY BRETT LAMB: EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Dec. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Pandemic Response (Mar. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Feb. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jan. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice! (Dec. 2020) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2020) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. […]

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Under the questionable leadership of Premier Doug Ford, Ontario is now the only province in Canada which has not signed onto the federally funded daycare plan that would see fees cut to $10 per day per child by 2025. The federal formula would give Ontario $10.2 billion over five years which is its per capita share. But Ford says that’s not enough and Ontario deserves more than other jurisdictions.

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Moving into 2022, and as hard as things are right now, I am incredibly grateful to represent a community that is full of people who work so hard to take care of their families, their neighbours, and everyone in our city. As I write this, I know that many of you are facing the stress of another hard winter season with rising COVID-19 cases and frequently changing plans when we were all really looking forward to time in the New Year with loved ones after another long year.

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As the Omicron wave overwhelms Ontario, University-Rosedale residents are facing big challenges. Parents are wracked with the decision over whether to send their children to school. Hospitals are near capacity. You can’t get a PCR test. Surgeries are being canceled. Demand at food banks is at record levels, driven by rising poverty, job loss and inflation. The science is rapidly evolving, people are exhausted, and there is no public consensus on how to proceed. 

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Is it any wonder that there’s a general labour shortage? Inflation is being blamed, in part, on this labour shortage and it is hitting the food business particularly hard.  Let’s take a moment to think about how this relates to climate change. 

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SEE MORE BY BRETT LAMB: EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Fourth wave funnies! (Aug. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jul. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Pandemic Response (Mar. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Feb. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jan. 2021) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice! (Dec. 2020) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2020) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2020) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Aug. 2020) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (July […]

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The currently ruling Progressive Conservative party of Ontario is looking ahead six months – and strategizing at how to win an election despite a long line of mishaps behind them. They’ll be looking to win support in the 905, and they’ll use wedge issues to get it.

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RE: GRADING OUR GREENSPACE, Fall 2021 Thank you for the recent edition and in particular the area park reviews conducted by your writer Madeline Smart, I really loved the coverage of our parks. I do wonder, however, why Paul Martel Park has such a bad rating? Have you been there recently? It is just wonderful. […]

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All levels of government must be engaged in a solution By Mike Layton Years ago, I moved a motion asking the city to begin its work to tackle climate change and the request for this report became TransformTO. The first report was received in 2016 with regular report-backs scheduled in the years ahead, but never […]

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horrifying account of Premier Doug Ford’s assault on our natural environment, health and future. Here are the lowlights. 

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Our premier likes to talk about how he’s the one looking out for the “little guy,” but this pandemic has proved that to be patently false as restaurants have been forced to wait at least two weeks before their pandemic restrictions were lifted while concert halls, sports venues, big box stores and theatres were allowed to open to 100 per cent capacity.

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