I am a retired Canadian Army Major living in Ottawa . In all my voting years I have chosen one of the major parties based on leadership, policy and current issues. The past two years have been a major disappointment to me.

I am the person who brought the Canada Day desecration and disrespect of our National War Museum to the attention of the public in 2006. I purposely say public as my efforts to get the Government and my own riding members, the McGuinty brothers to do something, were in vain.

BILL CURRY

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

September 5, 2008 at 8:49 PM EDT

OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is affirming her support for an Ottawa-area Green Party candidate accused of “Israel bashing,” just one day after citing anti-Semitism as grounds for rejecting one of her B.C. candidates.

The following comment was submitted by a reader of the CBC website (The Tain Shall Meet) in response to an article on the possibility of a federal election call:

I will gladly give my blessing to the Harper Government as soon as one of you staunch 'Conservative' (pronounced Reform) supporters explain away these few concerns that I have.

Don't call an election, Mr. Harper

The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Friday, August 29, 2008

Re: PM's advisers certain of fall election call, Aug. 26.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's threats to call an election are offensive to voters on several counts. His government was elected as a minority, the public indicating that it did not have the confidence to give "Canada's New Government" free reign.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Re: Real leaders don't engage in gas-pump populism, May 2.

Dan Gardner wrote a very interesting and timely column on how honest politicians dare to acknowledge that rising gas prices are actually good because they may help us in our fight against climate change.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Re: Stop the madness of building roads, May 16.

A big "hear, hear" to columnist Ken Gray whose column is right on the mark. He suggests that "perhaps Ottawa has begun to realize the folly of roads." I'm not so confident.