Apr. 4, 2013: Is it time, once and for all, to close the Cornwall International Border Crossing? Since 2009, the border crossing has been operated out of "temporary" digs at the foot of the Three-Nations International Bridge. There has been little-to-no movement to find and impliment a permanent solution to the issue of location of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) offices, so maybe it's time to just close it and move on. FULL STORY

Jan. 29, 2013: In the coming months, premier-designate Kathleen Wynne risks becoming the Paul Martin of Ontario politics; a short term, scandal plagued, "Fall Guy" for the McGuinty machine. Will Wynne's gender or sexual orientation matter to Ontario voters wen it is election time? I don't believe so. FULL STORY

Jan. 22, 2013: The rural village of Williamsburg is home to one of three branches of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Library system located in the Township of South Dundas. The SDG County Library system announced in the Fall of 2012 a plan to improve service to the community, by merging the Morrisburg and Williamsburg branches under one roof, in Morrisburg. FULL STORY

Dec. 14, 2012: Do government bureaucrats think before spending tax money? The better question to ask is; WHY don't government bureaucrats think before spending tax money? It is not just Federal or Provincial bureaucrats who don't think, but also Municipal bureaucrats. The absence of common sense from municipal administrations, large or small, cost the tax payer each and every day. Two decisions recently in the Township of South Dundas prove this point. FULL STORY

Dec. 12, 2012: The City of Camden, New Jersey, is considered one of the most violent cities in the United States. Camden is broke, fiscally broke. After nine years of Dalton McGuinty's blundering of the Ontario economy, taking it from a "have" to a "have-not" province, this province is now in worse economic shape than the early 1990's under Bob Rae's "leadership". FULL STORY

Oct. 17, 2012: Wanted. Fall guy (or girl). Good at cleaning up the mess of others. Must be hard-working, self-starter, work with minimal supervision. Ideal candidate should be able to communicate well with others, handle criticism well, and not expect the job to last for long. The above job description is how Dalton McGuinty should have started off his "I Quit" announcement on October 15th. FULL STORY

Oct. 2, 2012: Is it time to get rid of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry? Do the residents of the municipalities that make up SDG need that fourth tier of government? It is this columnist's opinion that it's time for county government to be removed. FULL STORY

Aug. 28, 2012: Instead of the farmers paying 100% of the tax to the municipality, then getting 75% back from the province, the farmers only had to pay a rate that was 25% of what it was before the Harris changes. That tax was paid to the municipality still, but no rebate would be required by the Ontario government. In the years after Dalton McGuinty became Premier, there has been no change to this system. FULL STORY

Aug. 9, 2012: The building I write about was the Dunbar Recreation Center, located in the hamlet of Dunbar in the Township of South Dundas. The building has existed since before amalgamation in 1998 however it burnt down in the Fall of 2011. Insurance will cover most of the cost of rebuilding the facility, approximately $170,000, but the township has to kick in the rest. FULL STORY

Jul. 31, 2012: British Columbia Premier Christy Clark opened a can of worms last week that will be hard for her to put back in the box and spend important political capital she can't afford. As it's been reported in many media outlets, Clark has asked that BC receive monies in compensation for oil exports from Alberta. What a completely un-Canadian notion. FULL STORY