Jerry Agar

LATEST STORIES BY JERRY AGAR

AGAR: Canadian officials and the privilege of power

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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May 3, 2021 Columnists

Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault attends a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 3, 2020.

AGAR: Is it wrong that politicians delete critical posts on their social media?

Should a politician delete comments on their social media pages if they don’t like them?

April 26, 2021 Columnists

Yvan Baker of the Etobicoke Centre riding is pictured in this undated party handout photo.

AGAR: The cops in Ontario were the good guys this past weekend

You can’t have a police state if the police won’t co-operate.

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April 19, 2021 Columnists

An Ottawa Police Service officer monitors traffic on King Edward Avenue in Ottawa after crossing into Ontario from Quebec via the on the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, Monday, April 19, 2021.

AGAR: The longer we wait for vaccines, the more deaths there will be

My story might be no different than your story. I lost a friend to COVID.

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April 12, 2021 Columnists

People line up for the COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park community at the Masjid Darussalam Thorncliffe Mosque in Toronto on April 11, 2021.

AGAR: COVID-19 rules continue to be confusing

Whatever community you live in across Canada is it okay to have six people sitting at a picnic table in a park? If so, only if they wear a mask, or not? Do you know for sure? If you think you do know, does your sister think you are right?

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April 5, 2021 Columnists

A man wears a mask in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

AGAR: Canada's happiness ranking is slipping -- how can we make it climb again?

Did you see that Canada has slipped over the past years in the happy country index? We used to be – not so long ago – the 5th happiest nation in the world. We were 7th in 2018. Now we are 15th.

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March 29, 2021 Columnists

Ricky Johnson waves a Canadian flag on a hockey stick as the Olympic cauldron burns while attending Canada Day celebrations in Vancouver, on Monday July 1, 2019.

AGAR: How discussing discrimination becomes a political tool for some

If you jump up to publicly defend an aggrieved group, do you do it to be of help and to make the world a better place?

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March 22, 2021 Columnists

People hold placards during a vigil at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa following the deadly shootings in Atlanta, on March 21, 2021.

AGAR: Canadians are letting lockdowns happen

Why is Toronto the most locked down city in North America?

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March 16, 2021 Columnists

Pandemic-related signage along Queen St. W. near Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

AGAR: It's OK to question the new fourth month time between doses

I will be in line the day it is my turn to be vaccinated against COVID. But not if politics has replaced science to cover for Trudeau’s ineptitude at securing an adequate, timely supply.

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March 8, 2021 Columnists

Coronavirus Covid-19 Protection and Vaccine.

AGAR: Blind obsession over case counts can lead to things like child isolation policies

I have always suspected that authorities are more concerned about one set of metrics – the daily case count – than to the human impact of their decisions.

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March 1, 2021 Columnists

Students arrive at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board, in Scarborough September 15, 2020.

Jerry Agar

LATEST STORIES BY JERRY AGAR

AGAR: Canadian officials and the privilege of power

AGAR: Is it wrong that politicians delete critical posts on their social media?

AGAR: The cops in Ontario were the good guys this past weekend

AGAR: The longer we wait for vaccines, the more deaths there will be

AGAR: COVID-19 rules continue to be confusing

AGAR: Canada's happiness ranking is slipping -- how can we make it climb again?

AGAR: How discussing discrimination becomes a political tool for some

AGAR: Canadians are letting lockdowns happen

AGAR: It's OK to question the new fourth month time between doses

AGAR: Blind obsession over case counts can lead to things like child isolation policies

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