Letters to the Editor
The time of the dictators is just a shot away
By Lethbridge Herald on May 21st, 2024
Editor: Next month it will be eight years since I retired from teaching. Life now is a mixture volunteering, music, church activities and a continuing study of politics and history. But I am not totally out of teaching: I often get contracts from the University of Lethbridge to observe student teachers, and this spring ... Read More »
13 responsesThere doesn’t seem to be a justifiable need for Bill 20
By Lethbridge Herald on May 18th, 2024
Editor: Re: Alberta Municipalities says it still hasn’t been given chance to consult on changes to bill (May 7, 2024). The UCP certainly appears hesitant to consult – with anyone – regarding Bill 20. Call me ill-informed, but I honestly don’t understand the need for this bill in the first place, and the UCP hasn’t, ... Read More »
5 responsesBill 20 calls into question the motivation of the government
By Lethbridge Herald on May 17th, 2024
Editor: Re: Alberta Municipalities says it still hasn’t been given chance to consult on changes to bill (May 7, 2024). The UCP certainly appears hesitant to consult – with anyone – regarding Bill 20. Call me ill-informed, but I honestly don’t understand the need for this bill in the first place, and the UCP hasn’t, ... Read More »
4 responsesTransparency is lacking when it comes to the Exhibition
By Lethbridge Herald on May 17th, 2024
Editor: On April 22, I emailed a letter to the editor, and delivered a copy of it to City Hall for the attention of Mayor Blaine Hyggen. About three hours after having delivered the letter to City Hall, I received a three-page letter from a Lethbridge legal firm retained by the LDE in which I ... Read More »
4 responsesAlberta’s government intent on taking us back to the dark ages
By Lethbridge Herald on May 15th, 2024
Editor: More and more, we see paternalistic policy from the UCP. I know many who would benefit from the national pharmacare program: diabetics who cannot afford medications and test supplies who progress to diabetic complications, and those who cannot afford birth control. Our provincial government claims Albertans have access to programs and do not need ... Read More »
7 responsesGerrymandering is alive and well in Alberta politics
By Lethbridge Herald on May 11th, 2024
Editor: What is gerrymandering? Gerrymandering is “the managing of electoral district boundaries to ensure that a specific outcome occurs”. It’s a $50 word for “the fix is in.” In the U.S. of the 1800s, gerrymandering was used to ensure that Black votes were discounted and Black candidates were not elected . How about Alberta in ... Read More »
10 responsesNumbers of addicts and drug deaths will increase if issue not addressed
By Lethbridge Herald on May 11th, 2024
Editor: I am really not sure if politicians are switching to woke because the votes are good, or they legitimately do not know what they are doing, so any vote will do? Recently, a B.C. minister said that the intention of legalization possession was not to make people feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods, parks etc. ... Read More »
20 responsesWe must find a way to co-exist in a democratic society
By Lethbridge Herald on May 10th, 2024
Editor: The United States of America is where the largest number of creative people live in the world. It is because Americans value personal freedom as the most important life principle. They have few taboos, and fewer customs and traditions to honour. That’s why Americans have won more Nobel Prizes in all categories than any ... Read More »
3 responsesConservatives will continue to offer solutions to preserve the environment
By Lethbridge Herald on May 8th, 2024
Editor: Regarding the state funeral for former prime minister Brian Mulroney, https://youtube.com/live/AW5jsROEucU?si=W0ffBxvoiweDTc9b Watch Hon. Jean Charest’s eulogy starting at 2:41.00. Don’t let anyone, especially Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, ever tell you that Conservatives don’t care about the environment because we care. Brian Mulroney and the PC party were decades ahead of the others on ... Read More »
9 responsesDanielle Smith can’t be trusted to lead Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on May 8th, 2024
Editor: An article in the Lethbridge Herald (April 26, 2024) states that Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government has introduced a bill that will grant the provincial government sweeping powers over municipalities. This would include the right to fire councillors and overturn bylaws. It would also allow political parties to run in municipal elections. This is ... Read More »
22 responsesChemical companies must take lead in reducing plastics pollution
By Lethbridge Herald on May 4th, 2024
Editor: Regarding plastic makers – what they make and what they recycle: The whole waste plastic issue comes down to the plastics industry (raw pellet (virgin) producers and product manufactures) mind set, that it is a consumer’s problem – be it industry or the man/women on the street. You buy it, you handle the waste ... Read More »
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