I walked my dog down Yonge St. on the morning of Dec. 26 and saw that most stores were open. Paul Magder championed the cause by opening on Boxing Day and getting charged and convicted numerous times. He was a visionary who saw the appeal of Sunday and holiday shopping long before the establishment allowed it. Is there an Order of Canada in his future?
Closing hardly worth tears
Luxury For Women boutique
I was close to nausea as I read of clients in tears over the closing of this upscale boutique. Anyone who can pay $30,000 for a handbag, $80,000 for a coat, and hundreds of dollars for gimcracks is uncaring or unaware of the poor and starving. Do these tearful women who "loved" Hazel's not know what brought on the French Revolution? Perhaps they should pick up a copy (leather-bound, gold-embossed and printed on the finest vellum, of course) of A Tale Of Two Cities.
Edward Camp, Oshawa
Economics for dummies: The world economy is collapsing because our society was excessively using nonexistent money.
Financial institutions have been supporting each other by granting worthless credit to homebuyers and credit-card holders. Big labour and monopoly public service unions have been extorting extravagant wages and fringe benefits from fewer and fewer truly productive people.
Now the bubble of imaginary money bursts. Could anybody explain to me why using even more nonexistent money to bail out unsustainable businesses and corrupt institutions should fix what was caused by exactly the same practices?
Frank Simek, Braeside
Is Che Guevara smiling?Does the current economic climate in the U.S. represent a failure of capitalism or what? Because it sure looks like the captains of industry need an infusion of capital from the big bad government in order to survive. Does this mean the U.S. may have to change its subversive policies in South America now that they've got socialism brewing on Capitol Hill? Somewhere up there Che is really enjoying this.
Mishal A. Naseer, Milton
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