Why should I send a letter to be published on your website?
There are a number of reasons you would want to send a letter. The primary reason is that you feel that your Free Speech rights have been denied by other publications either because they refuse to publish your letter or because they edit out and remove too much of what your original letter contained.
The other publications may require a paid subscription and you may not want to pay money to have your letter published online.
Many publications wait until they have accumulated a certain number of letters before they publish them. You may not be prepared to wait in some cases a week to ten days before your letter is published. Your letter will appear on our website within 48 hours if it doesn’t contain Hate Speech.
What do you mean when you say that you will publish my letter under the city publication banner I choose?
This will be a way for other readers to know that you have tried to get your letter published elsewhere but you feel that your Free Speech rights were denied by that publication. This will also be a way for the publication to be made aware that you believe that they have violated your Free Speech rights. We will send a notification to the publication if you choose that option.
What if the reason is that I don’t want to pay for a subscription to their website or because it takes too long for my letters to be published and not because I feel that the other publication has denied my Free Speech rights?
We will include with your letter the reason why you decided not to use that particular publication. You have the opportunity to state your reason(s) on our Send a Letter page.
What if I choose not to have my letter appear under a specific city publication banner but I still want my opinion published on a certain topic?
In that case we can include your letter under our Province-wide Comment Section for the province that you choose. You can make the Province-wide choice from a drop-down list when you send your letter.
Why do you have a 350 word limit on submissions? What happens if what I have to say on a topic is much longer?
We are working on implementing a Contact Us page that will give you the opportunity to make a request to send longer submissions. Once your request is received you will send you an email address where your can forward it to us. We will then examine this material and advise you of our decision.