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November 19, 2025

Opinion

Do not see the relevance

Dear Editor, In regards to your recent article concerning COVID-19 in the Pontiac area. I do not see the relevance of printing a picture of

Appalled

Dear Editor, Upon reading this week’s edition of THE EQUITY I was appalled to see this headline on the front page, “COVID-19 Update: Valu-mart employee

‘‘It’s over for the little guy”

There’s a great scene in HBO’s classic television series The Sopranos: two mafia wiseguys enter a Starbucks-type coffee franchise and attempt to give the manager

Transparency you say…

Dear Editor, At the last regular meeting of the Council of Mayors of the MRC (Feb. 17, 2021), which I took pleasure in re-listening to

Response to Mountainview brush cutting

Dear Editor, I wish to thank THE EQUITY for the opportunity to respond to the story regarding land clearing along Goldmine and Sixth Line. Healthy

Communication breakdown

Communicating is one of the most important things we can do as humans. Over the past few centuries it’s gone through a whole lot of

Before we go rah rah

Dear Editor, Before we go all in as cheerleaders for the current round of proposals for the Industrial Park, let’s have a closer look at

Where are we heading to?

Dear Editor, I could not believe my eyes what I read in your last two editions (Feb. 3 and 10 ) with regards to the

Knowledge is Power

If there’s anything this pandemic has shown, it’s the importance of data that’s both accurate and timely. In a novel and unexpected crisis, there is

We deserve to be in the forest again

Dear Editor, In my first months as the elected warden, I held a forestry meeting in Fort Coulonge which was attended by 96 people. It was perhaps the first meeting of its kind in 10 years. At that meeting I

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Do not see the relevance

Dear Editor, In regards to your recent article concerning COVID-19 in the Pontiac area. I do not see the relevance of printing a picture of Joanne’s Valu-mart with the headline “Valu-mart employee tests positive.” The major content of the article

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Appalled

Dear Editor, Upon reading this week’s edition of THE EQUITY I was appalled to see this headline on the front page, “COVID-19 Update: Valu-mart employee tests positive, Outaouais region shifts into the orange zone.” Should we not be supporting local

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‘‘It’s over for the little guy”

There’s a great scene in HBO’s classic television series The Sopranos: two mafia wiseguys enter a Starbucks-type coffee franchise and attempt to give the manager an offer he can’t refuse. Either he pays their “merchant’s protective cooperative” or they and

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Transparency you say…

Dear Editor, At the last regular meeting of the Council of Mayors of the MRC (Feb. 17, 2021), which I took pleasure in re-listening to some passages to make sure I understood what had been said (it happens very quickly

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Response to Mountainview brush cutting

Dear Editor, I wish to thank THE EQUITY for the opportunity to respond to the story regarding land clearing along Goldmine and Sixth Line. Healthy forests once covered a large area of the planet, continuously producing oxygen and filtering H20.

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Communication breakdown

Communicating is one of the most important things we can do as humans. Over the past few centuries it’s gone through a whole lot of advancement, from the printing press to the telephone. The creation and adoption of the internet

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Before we go rah rah

Dear Editor, Before we go all in as cheerleaders for the current round of proposals for the Industrial Park, let’s have a closer look at some aspects not mentioned in the MRC resolution and discussions:

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Where are we heading to?

Dear Editor, I could not believe my eyes what I read in your last two editions (Feb. 3 and 10 ) with regards to the biomass file that has been in the works at the MRC level for the last

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Knowledge is Power

If there’s anything this pandemic has shown, it’s the importance of data that’s both accurate and timely. In a novel and unexpected crisis, there is inevitably going to be screw-ups on the part of our public officials, both elected and

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