Letters to the Editor
Paying the price for wanting ‘cheap stuff’
By Letter to the Editor on September 18th, 2020
You reach a certain age. Then you hear a voice: “Life is too short to drink cheap wine. Buy the best: Ignore the price.” I think that the conundrum Canada is facing with China began long before Meng Wanzhou and the two Michaels, the result of our obsession to get everything cheap. We are drowning ... Read More »
4 responsesWard system offers benefits
By Letter to the Editor on September 18th, 2020
I enjoyed reading and fully support your editorial of Sept. 2 regarding the ward system for Lethbridge council elections. Would all the citizens of Lethbridge be happy being represented by eight councillors from one area? I do not believe they would. So why is the present city council so opposed to looking into the ward ... Read More »
8 responsesPersonal freedom ends where another’s safety begins
By Letter to the Editor on September 17th, 2020
There are some anti-maskers in every community. There may be a variety of reasons why they are against wearing masks but I believe the one which I hear most often is that it limits their personal freedom. And I can’t disagree with that. It is a restriction on one’s freedom. So is being regulated to ... Read More »
9 responsesBig money has the real power
By Letter to the Editor on September 17th, 2020
With both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris considered to be moderate candidates by the Democratic party establishment, their election will almost certainly translate into a governance with thinly veiled, yet firm ties to corporate interests and little or no genuine intention of adequately improving the poor person’s lot in life. To me, Western democracy elected ... Read More »
3 responsesEffective school plan needed to keep people safe
By Letter to the Editor on September 16th, 2020
The Alberta government is to be faulted for creating the wimpy term “near normal” to describe this September’s return to school. “Normal” describes the way things were. Why would anyone want to go to school in “near normal” conditions when COVID-19 threatens the lives of students, teachers, staff and, by extension, everyone in the province? ... Read More »
2 responsesAlbertans continue to refuse to accept economic reality
By Letter to the Editor on September 12th, 2020
Can you believe there are still ideologs (blind public policy economists) from the Reagan/Thatcher/Greenspan era that are trying to blame Alberta’s finances on COVID-19 and the oil “market?” Albertans refuse to accept reality after 50 years of Conservative political fantasy (bad financial thinking). Is it possible to believe the Conservatives can fix the problem they ... Read More »
16 responsesArrogance and ARCHES/SCS
By Letter to the Editor on September 12th, 2020
Arrogance when you are in charge of an SCS business is not a good trait to have, it tends to get you in trouble. It’s like a doctor coming out of an ebola tent and coughing on you and then saying “He’s saving lives!” Your first thought is OK, but what about me? When I ... Read More »
22 responsesMisplaced blame
By Letter to the Editor on September 11th, 2020
Those of us from the world of finance, who had ties to the oil industry, aren’t surprised by what U of C economist Trevor Tombe is stating. Had the previous governments continued to collect oil royalties at the Lougheed levels we would have had an additional $575 billion. Add this to the $150 billion lost ... Read More »
9 responsesTaking advantage of artists
By Letter to the Editor on September 11th, 2020
I recently heard about Exhibition Park’s Whoop-Up Days art/poster contest and am sad to see that it is yet another disingenuous “opportunity” for artists to be taken advantage of by an organization that is more than capable of treating them fairly. This contest requires all submitting artists to sign over their made-to-order creative works to ... Read More »
1 responseWhat you haven’t been told about Alberta’s plan for parks
By Letter to the Editor on September 11th, 2020
Although the UCP Government announced on March 3 the plan to change parks, it actually began in October 2019. One hundred and sixty-four sites were identified for removal – a savings of $1.14 per Albertan. Land-base wise that is only .3 per cent but it equates to 37 per cent of Alberta parks and 4,000 ... Read More »
9 responsesUnder-representation on city council a historical problem
By Letter to the Editor on September 9th, 2020
Historian and counsellor Belinda Crowson notes that Lethbridge’s consideration of the ward system has been going on for more than a century. She says it began in December 1907 when William Henderson made the ward system a key plank in his campaign for a seat on Lehbridge’s first city council. Henderson’s argument was that it ... Read More »
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