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So That's A Problem...

Try to follow me on this one...you're talking to your neighbour and you mention that you really need to buy a ladder so that you can clean your home's gutters. "No need to buy a ladder" says your neighbour; "You can use mine." "Terrific!" you exclaim and the next day your neighbour promptly delivers the ladder to your house. So you use his ladder and clean the gutters but then your friend does something that ticks you off and the next time you see him, he asks for his ladder back - he needs to use it. You inform him that he can use the ladder again as soon as he pays you $50. "But it's my ladder!" exclaims your neighbour. "That's a detail" you yell back. You then look up and notice that your other neighbour - the one who lives across the street - has been watching all of this unfold and is looking at you like you've lost your mind. That would never happen, right? Well, it seems as if that is exactly what is happening as Cornwall city councillor Mark MacDonald has launched his plan to charge the federal government $500,000 to rent Lamoureux Park for Canada Day celebrations. The problem with that plan (one of many) is that a fair chunk of Lamoureux Park is not city property. It is leased to the city by - you guessed it - the federal government. So the councillor's plan is to charge rent on the landlord's property. Uh...yeah. When Cornwall Today's John Bolton informed MacDonald about who owns the land, MacDonald replied that he wasn't aware of all of the "details". That detail is a pretty big one. I understand the councilor's frustration over the loss of revenue our city has suffered due to government inaction on our broken border but this is perhaps the craziest plan I have ever heard to try to get government attention. Nice try councilor but next time, a little research ahead of time might help your cause. I feel like that neighbour standing across the street.

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