Jerry Agar

LATEST STORIES BY JERRY AGAR

AGAR: It's the private sector that's sacrificing everything

Does shutting down business for the common good during a pandemic amount to an expropriation?

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February 22, 2021 Columnists

Goodlife Fitness clubs across Canada, including locations in Sudbury, Ont., have closed until further notice to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

AGAR: Falsely impugning police a danger to the public

Is every story of police violence true?

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February 15, 2021 Columnists

A dash mounted camera is shown on a police vehicle in this file photo.

AGAR: We need to get back to honest debate and away from cancel culture

The slow death of useful debate in Canada is demonstrated by what I call McAuliffe and the Burning Man.

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February 8, 2021 Columnists

AGAR: Elites who have it easy want everyone else to stop complaining

Perhaps you saw video over the weekend of politicians and campaign workers piling out of a crowded campaign bus in Newfoundland to join a crowd of supporters.

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February 1, 2021 Columnists

Julie Payette takes part in a news conference announcing her appointment as Canada's next Governor General, in the Senate foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, July 13, 2017.

AGAR: Here's a novel idea to dealing with transit challenges

The town of Innisfil, Ontario is no longer the only community thinking outside the transit box to solve the issue of low ridership on some routes.

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January 25, 2021 Columnists

An Uber sticker is seen on vehicle in Lafayette, Louisiana, Feb. 16, 2020.

AGAR: What are lockdown protesters really trying to achieve?

If the goal of anti-mask and lockdown protesters is just to protest or show disrespect to authority they are successful.

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January 18, 2021 Columnists

Protesters walk down streets as they ignore a night curfew imposed by the Quebec government to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, Jan. 9, 2021.

AGAR: It's hard to expect people to follow constantly changing rules

Blurred Lines is not just the title of a hit song, it is a description of the messaging from and behaviour of elected officials since the pandemic began.

January 11, 2021 Columnists

Police ticket a vehicle as they enforce a night curfew imposed by the Quebec government to help slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Montreal January 9, 2021.

AGAR: Dragging people from their homes, fines for tobogganing -- it's not OK

When in a free country the police are tasked by government to drag people from their homes for gathering in small groups on New Year’s Eve and to slap fines on kids on toboggans and skating surfaces, that country is edging past the limits of the power authorities should be allowed.

January 4, 2021 Columnists