Letters to the Editor

Leaving the Canada Pension Plan concerning for many Albertans

By Lethbridge Herald on November 10th, 2023

Editor: As a staunch Canadian (immigrant as child), and a long-retired federal civil servant of 30 years, I dread the possibility of an Alberta Pension Plan eroding the security currently provided by the Canada Pension Plan to me and millions of fellow-Albertans! However, while in the Nov. 3 Herald, on page A4, MLA for Taber-Warner ... Read More »

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Clearing up misinformation about the CPP

By Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023

Editor: On October 15, as a member of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, I received the following email from CARP Calgary – it contains a lot of information that is relevant to the decision the UCP are asking Albertans to make regarding the Canada Pension Plan. I am asking everyone who reads the Lethbridge ... Read More »

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Living as friendly neighbours the only path to lasting peace

By Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023

Editor: With gratitude we remember the war dead and strive for peace. My heart bleeds hearing the carnage in Gaza and Israel. Israelis and Palestinians are both Semitic people: Children of Abraham according to the Biblical legend. They both greet “Shalom” in Hebrew and “Salaam” in Arabic: PEACE! I have friends in both communities. They ... Read More »

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Lives of those who have gone before us shouldn’t be erased from time

By Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023

Editor: In our city cemeteries there are dozens of unmarked grave sites. The wooden crosses at the cemeteries, through the course of time, have detriorated. Some are over 100 years old. However, they did stand tall and had inscriptions on them at one time. The city gained ownership of St. Patrick’s cemetery in 1909. By ... Read More »

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High Alberta utility rates can be directly blamed on the premier

By Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023

Editor: Our Premier Danielle Smith says, “current electricity rates could also double, triple or even quadruple.” Without a crystal ball she doesn’t have a clue what electricity rates will be in 2035 and neither do the people advising her. The premier has little familiarity with the Alberta grid, it’s resources and it’s associated operations. Alberta ... Read More »

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Premier Smith’s ads in the newspaper show weak leadership

By Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023

Editor: Regarding Premier Danielle Smith’s full page ads in the Lethbridge Herald and other Alberta newspapers (Sept. 27, re: Alberta Pension Plan and Oct.6, re: electricity regulations.): There is an old saying, “Profanity is the sign of a weak mind trying to express itself strongly.” To paraphrase, “Running full page ads in Alberta newspapers is ... Read More »

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Premier must take action to deal with problems in Alberta

By Lethbridge Herald on November 3rd, 2023

Editor: The reality of climate change has little resonance with Alberta’s government. The premier’s petulance in dealing with the federal government is wearying. The doom and gloom full-page ads predicting blackouts is petty, a colossal waste of taxpayer’s money. The default mechanism, ad nauseum, with most that ails Alberta, is to blame Ottawa. We need ... Read More »

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Nobody being held accountable for CPP report’s mythical numbers

By Lethbridge Herald on November 3rd, 2023

Editor: The ‘Albrexit’ CPP report with the mythical numbers is by LifeWorks, a company that doesn’t exist. So there’s nobody to hold accountable for the witchcraft that produced the fairy-tale financial figures use in this taxpayer-funded ad campaign. Internet research on ‘LifeWorks’ shows it’s now Telus Health, a private health care corporation. Say what? The ... Read More »

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Alberta’s government needs to try keeping seniors in province

By Lethbridge Herald on November 3rd, 2023

Editor: Lethbridge and area residents have been promised highly distorted and unfounded expected transfer values from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), and exposed to glossy advertisements regarding the investment potential of a provincially created Alberta Pension Plan (APP). For the average Albertan it is really difficult to reconcile this information. But here are some relevant ... Read More »

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Government’s online pension survey prompts concerns

By Lethbridge Herald on November 1st, 2023

Editor: I recently took the Alberta government’s online pension survey. Below are some of the concerns I have with the survey: My first and most serious concern relates to the survey’s overall tone. Many of the questions contain the phrase “Assuming an APP is established,” and then proceed to solicit views on how such a ... Read More »

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UCP’s advertising campaign spreading fear among Albertans

By Lethbridge Herald on November 1st, 2023

Editor: I am writing today in the interests of accountability to Albertans. If you can provide some answers, I would be most appreciative. Regarding the $8 million “advertising campaign,” is there no newspaper editor or manager in Alberta who can refuse to have each Friday’s cover page blacked out by the UCP government? The campaign ... Read More »

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