
Doug Schmidt
Reporter at Windsor Star
Journalist, Windsor Star, RTs/follows not endorsements (unless you're really angered — consider those endorsed)
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2 days ago |
windsorstar.com | Doug Schmidt
Securing Canadians’ future prosperity requires more than new ports, pipelines and trading partners — our community services also require urgent attention and investment if Canadians are to weather the economic turmoil ahead and build a strong foundation for future prosperity. Aggressive U.S. tariffs are fundamentally reshaping the global trading system and threaten to cause an economic tsunami that will overwhelm national economies and unwind prosperity gains around the world.
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3 days ago |
windsorstar.com | Doug Schmidt
Hiring of mayor’s wife as City of Windsor manager is nepotism Re: ‘Very few in the city as qualified,’ Windsor mayor says of wife’s hiring by city (May 27) With Drew Dilkens’ wife being hired for a well-paid city hall job, Windsor’s mayor joins Doug Ford in the unethical practice of placing family members on the government payroll. The hiring of the mayor’s wife as project manager in Windsor’s parks department is classic nepotism. She may be qualified for the job — or not. It is irrelevant.
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4 days ago |
windsorstar.com | Doug Schmidt
Elections Canada is doing a really good job of sullying its own reputation. The bizarre nature of recounts happening in this last election is making them look like the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. We have ridings won by hundreds of votes by one side flipping to the other; leads reduced to a handful of votes; and one riding won by a single vote, but some ballots weren’t counted.
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4 days ago |
windsorstar.com | Doug Schmidt
A lengthy jail stint in pre-trial custody seems to have worked wonders for a Windsor crime regular sentenced Monday for his latest string of break-in and drug trafficking offences. “It’s been a long road of drugs … (but) I’ve been clean now over two years,” Nicholas Pomainville told Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas. Most of that ‘clean’ stretch had been spent behind bars.
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1 week ago |
windsorstar.com | Doug Schmidt
For decades, Conservative candidates have reached out to skilled trades workers, hardworking Canadians, and the overtaxed middle class — the heart of our country — to support the Conservative Party to best represent their interests. The message has always been clear: lower family taxes, promote skilled trades, and demand affordability in the economy — without endless money-printing and debt that cause inflation to outpace family earnings.
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