Letters to the Editor
Two-tiered health system would be a nightmare
By Letter to the Editor on March 3rd, 2020
Over the years I have known two retired medical doctors who had worked in a two-tiered health-care system in the U.K. They were furious when Ralph Klein began promising a similar system in Alberta and their reasons made perfect sense. First, we don’t have nearly enough doctors and nurses to make it work properly. Secondly, ... Read More »
3 responsesCan you imagine what could be done to address homelessness?
By Letter to the Editor on March 2nd, 2020
Oki; I took the opportunity to attend the official announcement by the UCP provincial government, regarding the $11-million investment to help the homeless in Lethbridge. It is good to see that the UCP government, MLA Nathan Neudorf, city council and the previous government are working towards addressing the homeless and marginalized citizens in our city. ... Read More »
6 responsesThinking beyond facts
By Letter to the Editor on February 28th, 2020
“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot,” said Mark Twain. What troubles me is what’s called “Post-Truth” culture. Facts are called “fake news.” Scary scientific evidence is dismissed as “unbalanced.” “Guilty or innocent” is determined by partisan votes. After Japan was defeated in 1945, the United States Information Service sent agents to the ... Read More »
4 responsesWhat we do now affects future for allof us
By Letter to the Editor on February 27th, 2020
Re: The recent letter to the editor comment, “The MLA for Lethbridge-East, Nathan Neudorf, is perfectly capable of taking citizens’ concerns to the government caucus, as he is a totally competent member of that body.” When I read this, I thought “LOL.” I am not a mean person, nor do I try to hurt people ... Read More »
25 responsesWhere is the service?
By Letter to the Editor on February 27th, 2020
Everything is an industry these days – one of the fave economic catch-all phrases. They tell us the “service industry” is the next big thing. What do we mean by service? My father was an overqualified mechanical engineer. My family was lower middle class. Dad taught Cadillac mechanics. One of his businesses sold TVs and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!We need to talk about who owns unceded land in B.C.
By Letter to the Editor on February 26th, 2020
The Wet’suwet’en dispute over the Coastal Gaslink pipeline has generated increasing amounts of heat, but little light. I thought a review of history might help. In 1763, the British king, George III, issued a royal proclamation requiring all colonies to negotiate land cessions with Indigenous peoples, rather than simply seizing land as they had been ... Read More »
6 responsesCounter questions regarding SCS issue
By Letter to the Editor on February 25th, 2020
This is a response to the letter “Some facts, questions about the SCS,” Feb. 14 Herald. Let’s deal with business expansion: Did you find how many were going to “expand” downtown because that’s the businesses that are being destroyed by this stupidity? Let’s deal with the 440 unique clients: First, they are not clients, they ... Read More »
17 responsesForget a UN seat, it’s the protests that require action
By Letter to the Editor on February 25th, 2020
Democracy is the rule of the majority. Never will we have 100 per cent approval. In British Columbia, a legally approved LNG project is being held hostage (illegally) by a few protesters. Shockingly, protesters being interviewed by a newscaster did not know what products are carried through the LNG pipeline. Oil or bitumen was their ... Read More »
4 responsesCleaning up the world’s biggest natural oil spill
By Letter to the Editor on February 24th, 2020
We are dealing with the biggest oil spill in the world, yet everybody is against cleaning it up. Why? It is dirty oil. The tarsands of the western provinces of Canada are the biggest natural oil spill in the world. Other than the Los Angeles Tar Pits, and a site here or there around the ... Read More »
4 responsesAttracting diversity requires being competitive
By Letter to the Editor on February 22nd, 2020
I read with interest Owen Holmes’s letter in The Herald on Feb. 15, “Do we still wannabe like Texas?” He indicates that Texas is getting away from gas and oil as a major growth industry and has become very diversified. Some of the information seems to point in that direction but when I read information ... Read More »
7 responsesWhy do authorities hesitate to do the right thing?
By Letter to the Editor on February 21st, 2020
Balancing the rights of the individual with that of the group, and the rights of a minority with that of the country, has exerted the minds of professionals and lay people for centuries. Historically, the country comes first regarding national interests. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states: “2. Everyone has the following fundamental ... Read More »
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