Letters to the Editor
Federal app might be better fit for Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on November 21st, 2020
Recently Minister Shandro defended the Alberta COVID-19 tracing app as a tool in the fight against the pandemic. He went on to say that the federal app wasn’t a good fit for our province. Alberta has over 10,000 active cases, and the app has thus far identified just 70 contacts in 19 cases. The federal ... Read More »
2 responsesToo many don’t get mask message
By Letter to the Editor on November 21st, 2020
Too many of us are not wearing masks in public. Alberta has become a hot spot for new corona infections. If people won’t wear a mask and avoid crowding our leaders must make it the law with fines to not do so. Recent Alberta regulations closing bars early are not enough. Heavy fines are in ... Read More »
10 responsesWill U.S. follow Germany’s example?
By Letter to the Editor on November 21st, 2020
Trump is gone, but what about “Trumpism”? This question seems of great concern these days. But let us consider some history. Quite recently the world was very worried the defeat of Hitler might not be the end of extreme German nationalism. Yet the German people eventually recognized their gullibility and Germany is now one of ... Read More »
3 responsesCondemning 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 »
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