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Dear Doctors:
There are a few things we know from research on the impact of low wages. We know that not paying people enough to live on means poor diets and unhealthy housing. We know that bad diets and bad housing lead to increased use of emergency rooms, higher rates of hospitalization and poorer recovery outcomes.
If you don't like the way a chain of coffee shops treats their employees you can take your business elsewhere. Not so with Family Health Teams (FHT). Before you can find a new doctor you have to quit your old one and there is a huge waiting line for a new one. Our Owen Sound FHT is currently controlled by physicians. There is an alternative. . .
City of Owen Sound logic:
Problem: We need a way to address property standard issues in a timely fashion.
Solution: Bring in a bylaw that allows a more rapid response and allows the city to take action and bill the property owner...
Can growth and expanding the tax base save Owen Sound from decline? Many candidates including incumbents in this year's municipal election have set these particular goals as the foundation of their platforms. Is this really the direction we need to pursue?...
Anyone who walks along 2nd Ave E downtown can quickly determine that vacant commercial buildings are a very big problem in Owen Sound. Of course, no one wants to be an owner of a vacant building but I don't think vacancy is a good enough reason to pay 30% less...
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