Whenever anyone buys a home, he or she is cautioned to have that home inspected before closing to make sure the place is not full of flaws that will cost many arms and legs to repair. The trouble is that the person who inspects the home may not be competent enough to okay a dog [...] Read more

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Lorne Honickman, lawyer at McCague Borlack LLP joined Dale Goldhawk to discuss some of the differences between the ‘real life’ court system and the ones shown on TV shows such as Boston Legal and Law and Order. Read more

Hooray!  A stake has been driven decisively through the heart of DumpSite 41, the vampire landfill project threatening to suck up some of the purest water on earth from the Alliston Aquifer. The stake was wielded by Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop whose private member’s bill revoking the certificate of approval for dump Site 41 [...] Read more

Since I began this blog a few months ago, I have discussed major issues like Site 41, a dumb landfill idea; saving Shakespeare, a great little hamlet threatened by a dumb highway idea; financial planning and fraud. I have been remiss, however, by not telling you a little more about myself. For more than 40 years, [...] Read more

Site 41, you may recall, was the target of a citizen’s protest over the past several years. The site, in Ontario’s Tiny Township on Georgian Bay, was to become a giant landfill for the waste of Simcoe County. Thousands of citizens forced Simcoe Council to place a moratorium on further development of this stupid project [...] Read more

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Finn Poschmann, vice-president of research at C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto; talks about the prospect of the federal government raising the GST to help pay off the Deficit. Read more

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Catherine Doyle from In Defense of Animals says the Toronto Zoo should give up its elephants. Read more

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Dale speaks with lawyer Lorne Hoickman on drinking and driving. Read more

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Dale interviews Larry Gordon on Political fund-raising in Toronto. Read more