Anybody-but-Ford factor kicks in
Re Michael Hollett’s Open Letter To Olivia Chow (NOW, September 25-October 1). Unfortunately for Chow, people now vote against candidates instead of for candidates in elections.
In this mayoral race, people are voting against the Fords and have decided to back John Tory. Ideas, promises, visionary leadership don’t count any more. It’s all about getting rid of somebody. And we wonder why nothing ever gets done.
Gary Brigden
Toronto
Lumping Ford with Tory
Michael Hollett’s love letter to Olivia Chow, and the media’s fascination with her are just mind-boggling. I don’t get it.
Lumping Doug Ford and John Tory together as one and the same (a classic NDP tactic) is a clear indication of the campaign’s desperation.
I’m no fan of Ford or the cable guy, Tory, but at least they can stand on their own two feet without sycophantic advice columns.
Andrew van Velzen
Toronto
Would Tory be good for the left?
I must confess my anticipation of reading NOW every Thursday, many times getting mad at your editorials, but still admiring NOW’s conviction and cheeky style.
It was interesting to read both Michael Hollett’s Open Letter To Olivia Chow and Enzo DiMatteo’s Who’s Tory Now (NOW, September 25-October 1).
I know you are a left-leaning magazine, but c’mon. John Tory will also be good for the left.
Alon Ozery
Toronto
Meat is murder on the planet
Re A Climate For Change (NOW, September 25-October 1). With 60 billion food animals on the planet, cutting out consumption of meat should be our first step in the climate fight.
According to the Worldwatch Institute, “the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future: deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities and the spread of disease.”
The Environmental Defense Fund says, “If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains… the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.”
Jim Corcoran
From nowtoronto.com
Delivery review raises race question
I was one of the people featured in Delivery, so naturally I was inclined to read the film’s first real review (NOW, September 25-October 1).
I was a little taken aback by the opening line: “The moronic doc Delivery illustrates the middle-class North American Caucasian male’s capacity for denial and distraction.”
Generalizing about race off the top is unnecessary. Could the word “Caucasian” be taken out and have the same effect? I am curious how or why the word “Caucasian” made the cut?
Shane Cunningham
Toronto
Confronting the beast in Middle East
Thank you for publishing Scott Taylor’s excellent article on the Canadian government’s decision to send troops to fight ISIS in Iraq (NOW, September 18-24).
It’s time for Western leaders to confront the reality of the beast they have created in the Middle East, Kosovo and elsewhere.
Michael Pravica
From nowtoronto.com
Some Adam Vaughan perspective
Very nice Adam Vaughan article (The Inspiration On My Wall, NOW, September 18-24). If he can keep that perspective and break ground as a politician putting the people first, this country will thank him for it.
Brian Chamberlain
From nowtoronto.com
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