Letters to the Editor
Condemning scare tactics about socialism
By Letter to the Editor on November 20th, 2020
After receiving an email from MP Rachael Harder, I confess to being both flummoxed and appalled that during an international pandemic, a Canadian representative would borrow rhetorical flourishes from American conservatives, especially the Republican Party and conservative wings of the Democratic Party. Given the aggressive undermining of the health-care system in Alberta by the UCP, ... Read More »
20 responsesCOVID regulations a provincial matter
By Letter to the Editor on November 20th, 2020
A roaster claims that “Trudeau and cohorts blindsided the country by ordering a shutdown of everything nationwide.” In fact, Trudeau and the government ordered the border closed and air traffic to cease. Health and education are matters controlled by the provinces. It is Canadian premiers who issue regulations regarding business and school closures which is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate action is needed now
By Letter to the Editor on November 19th, 2020
The federal government recently announced it may delay its climate action plan another year until 2021. The Liberal government was elected in part because of a policy platform that included some meaningful actions to combat climate change. The Liberal party has made such promises in the past. None of Canada’s emissions reduction plans has ever ... Read More »
34 responsesOther freedoms need defending
By Letter to the Editor on November 19th, 2020
In response to Rachael Harder’s opinion piece, “Freedom is not a freebie” (Nov. 6 Herald): For being the former chair of the committee on access to information, privacy, and ethics, I would have expected better. I want to premise this piece by saying that I am not a fan of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or ... Read More »
4 responsesData doesn’t support deaths linked to SCS closure
By Letter to the Editor on November 18th, 2020
We recently had letters indicating that addict deaths went ballistic in the South Zone and the writers connected the closing of the SCS and those deaths; these writers knew that was not the case. So let’s look at the data. We had 36 people die of an unintentional overdose during Q1 and Q2 in the ... Read More »
10 responsesBiden win could be easily foreseen
By Letter to the Editor on November 18th, 2020
How did I correctly predict the results of the U.S. election … at Christmas? 1. Democrats were motivated by their disgust and hatred of Donald Trump, and proved that in the 2018 mid-term elections. 2. Democrats only had to flip back three states (Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania) to win. 3. There was no evidence, ever, ... Read More »
4 responsesThere are other victims of drug crisis besides the addicts
By Lethbridge Herald on November 13th, 2020
As I watch a certain segment of the population of Lethbridge spin their various agendas, I feel that I need to address one of the more serious problems we have been facing in recent years. I most certainly appreciate and respect those of our city who want to help what they consider our most vulnerable ... Read More »
14 responsesRemembering those on both sides of conflict
By Lethbridge Herald on November 13th, 2020
Most soldiers on both sides of conflict sincerely believe that they are fighting for a good cause. That’s why it’s important to remember and honour all soldiers who went to war. My uncle Mitsugu fought the U.S. Army, for example. I will never demonize him just because he fought under the wrong flag. He was ... Read More »
1 responseUCP government continuing to play the blame game
By Lethbridge Herald on October 6th, 2020
The blame game is always on the lips of those that are currently in power (re: “Throne speech missed the mark: Kenney,” Sept. 25 Herald). This Conservative government has no defence to offer for the mismanagement of the Heritage Fund since the retirement of Premier Lougheed in 1985. Mr. Kenney is very good at passing ... Read More »
4 responsesTaking exception to protester’s remarks
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
Re: Antimask protest at city hall I agree with Councillor Parker that Mr. Mein and his followers have a right to protest; however, they do not have the right to break the law. They should have been wearing masks inside city hall and, because they didnÕt, should have been fined. I take exception to the ... Read More »
11 responsesRestaurants, hotels key part of tourism
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
In the Sept. 17 Lethbridge Herald, guest columnist Sylvain Charlebois, in noting the importance of restaurants and hotels to the economy and particularly to tourism and recovery of the economy, stated “if we use restaurants and hotels as bait, consumers will buy more than just a meal or a hotel stay — boosting the overall ... Read More »
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