“Businesses must pay their fair share of commercial taxes to reduce the reliance on residential ratepayers and our bylaw enforcement officers must enforce the bylaws as written for everyone, not focus on harassing homeowners looking to create a little shade in their backyards,” writes Steve McGuinness.

“While Poilievre lacks Carney’s international experience, he possesses the most important quality for our next prime minister: A genuine commitment to serving Canadians, not global elites,” writes Nicolas Petrick.

“A bylaw system which is ignored and only acted upon by complaint is simply not fair to other compliant wineries, nor the tax-paying residents of NOTL,” writes Bob Bader.

“Marotta brings new jobs as well, which could come in handy for all those who may need a new hobby besides beating up on the Marotta family,” writes Peter Rusin.

“With the United States freezing activities under the United States Agency for International Development, urgent humanitarian assistance is needed now more than ever,” writes Kajanan Dayaparan from Markham.

“It’s unfortunate that most municipalities in Niagara have a very limited list of trees that are suitable for use for streetscape planting purposes. The tree management plan should be a tool that protects and maintains the plant before and after construction,” writes John Morley.

“For me, the main ballot question will be: ‘Who would be best equipped as prime minister in the next four years to deal with the potentially turbulent times, with respect to relations with the U.S. and the economy?’ Realistically, there are two candidates,” writes Michael Fox.

“Our various media outlets should be screaming for change. Canadians are fed up being taken as pawns. We deserve more from our elected officials,” writes Samuel Young.

“I think our leaders should stop encouraging people to set their hair on fire and double down on determining the real issues and addressing them,” writes Mark Brown.

“It is essential for our existence to appreciate trees. We must plant them — in yards, cemeteries and public places and along lines and concessions,” writes Cynthia Rand.

“Your choice may be quite different from mine, but please, put the money into the community, not in retail (it always gets there anyway),” writes Robert Moorhead.

“At age 59, (Mark) Carney has shown little desire to break out of the constraints of his resume. That is of course, aside from leveraging his economic bona fides into the fading world of Net Zero,” writes Don Mustill.

“To get money to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, the president has launched the tariff war,” writes Elizabeth Oliver-Malone.

“What happened to good old debates, using those good old-fashioned things called facts? Do we even have debate clubs in high schools anymore, or is that too traditional?” writes Susan Gerbes.

“Our historic Old Town already has enough ice cream shops and American chain stores. A tasteful and well-designed cannabis shop would help preserve the unique character of our town, while generating municipal tax revenue and jobs and enhancing our ability to ‘shop local,'” writes Matthew French.

“I believe that creating a public parkette would be a move to beautify the streetscape, provide an asset to the neighbourhood and would be a meaningful gesture recognizing the concerns of the residents impacted by the Parliament Oak Hotel development,” writes John Foreman.

“We shouldn’t impose Canadian tariffs on American goods coming into Canada. Implementing a tariff in retaliation to another country is like punching yourself in the face and expecting the other person to feel it,” writes Alexander Evans.

“All my life I have hated guns, and have found the American ‘gun culture’ to be absolutely horrific and insane,” writes Kaspar Pold. “However, given what is happening today and what might transpire in the near future (Trump has only the next four years to do his ‘thing’) I am about to buy some guns.”

“Should anyone not know the name immediately, Chris, a lifetime resident and businessman of NOTL, is probably responsible for more summer days photos of Old Town’s Queen Street by our annual influx of tourists than anyone else,” writes Sarah Sampson.

“Gretzky has clearly become too controversial to serve as a positive celebrity endorser of a Canadian winery’s products, at a time when we’re organizing “buy Canadian” campaigns to support our economy against the escalating trade war declared by Trump,” writes Steve McGuinness.

“The fact is that many Americans do already feel we are the 51st state,” writes Richard James.

“The cafe is owned by the town and upgrading the facility doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive,” writes Peter Warrack.

“Let our regional government evolve, Mr. Gates, and stay out the debate, unless you want to introduce a private members bill — if re-elected,” writes Derek Insley.