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Month: March 2015

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The benefit of public utilities

March 31, 2015 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS — The manufactured belief that publicly-owned utilities like Ontario Power Generation, Hydro One, Cornwall Electric or Rideau-St. Lawrence Utilities are for our own good, is a falsehood. Public ownership has morphed over the […]

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Clement best chance for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Liberals

March 26, 2015 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS — Cornwall city councillor Bernadette Clement’s announcement to run for the Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Liberal nomination should come as no surprise, to the public, or the other two candidates vying for the nomination. What […]

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First step in the right direction

March 24, 2015 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS – The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry have finally started in the right direction, by consolidating departments and trying to do more with less. Ok the last part is a bit […]

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Time to return to the ward system

March 19, 2015 Phillip Blancher

In 2006, residents of South Dundas began to elect their muncipal council through the “at-large” system. This was a move to unify the community, eliminating the former municipal boundaries pre-amalgamation. I would offer that this […]

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Do we need to fund tourism?

March 19, 2015 Phillip Blancher

Do we, we as in taxpayers, need to fund tourism promotion in Cornwall and SD&G? Are we now at the time that groups, like Cornwall and the Counties Tourism need to fund themselves and not […]

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All-in on Unfinished Health Care System

March 17, 2015 Phillip Blancher

Our health care system, as started in the 1960’s under initiatives between the provinces and the federal government under Lester B. Pearson, has never been finished. After the initial creation of the system, it has […]

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Distraction Politics and the Siege Mentality

March 12, 2015 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS — Distraction has become the new norm in politics in Ontario. Stir the pot with some wedge issue in one direction, so that people don’t see other issues in that direction. While the […]

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If not grain bins, then what?

March 10, 2015 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS — The building permit for the grain bins at the Universal Terminals(UTI) facility in South Dundas is under appeal, a lengthy process initiated to stall or block the development. The possible success of said […]

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What if this is normal?

March 9, 2015 Phillip Blancher

Article Published in the March, 2015 issue of the Eastern Ontario AgriNews.

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