“The mayor seems to have taken a page from Quebec’s what-can-we-do-this-week playbook of finding any means to push language goals despite the cost to taxpayers.”
The mayor seems to have taken a page from Quebec’s what-can-we-do-this-week playbook of finding any means to push language goals despite the cost to taxpayers and the damage and dismay caused in key sectors like education, health and business.
Goldie Olszynko, Mile End
No English at McGill concert
On Oct. 9 we attended a McGill University Schulich School of Music concert at the Paul Desmarais Theatre. All communications and introductions were in French. English was not used at any time.
How does this happen when McGill is a predominantly English institution? Is this a political decision? Ignorance? Or do they just not care?
John Kimpton, Pointe-Claire
Minute of silence brings comfort
It was a most redemptive, comforting and timely moment to learn that the National Assembly observed a minute of silence “to honour the thousands of Quebec babies who die before or after birth.”
More than 50 years ago, my husband and I lived through the very painful loss of a baby boy three days after his birth at term due to an undetected prenatal condition.
Sent home with empty arms, the only help we received at the time (aside from loving parents and friends) was from our caring pediatrician, Dr. Morris Cherniak.
Thankfully, we were able to survive the pain of grief, for we had at home a wonderful and healthy three-year-old son. And thankfully, our family did grow with the gift and blessings of two more sons.
The sad memory of not saying a proper goodbye to our baby remains to this day.
I am grateful to MNA Désirée McGraw for having introduced a bill — Catherine’s Law — in memory of her daughter. It is sure to raise awareness of the need for assistance to many grieving parents.
I am grateful as well to Annick Robinson, whose fundraising efforts are sure to help this worthy cause.
Vivianne M. Silver, Côte-St-Luc
Add bike path next to tracks
When you have a métro/bus/train station adjacent to a hospital and a busy expressway, there is going to be congestion. Sharing this space with bicycles only adds to the confusion.
To me, part of the solution is an exclusive bike path beside the train tracks between Claremont Ave. and Décarie Blvd. As good corporate citizens, would CP allow it?
Ian Craig, N.D.G.