Letters to the Editor
Subsidizing some millionaires, but not others?
By Letter to the Editor on April 13th, 2019
Re: “Local candidates offer up childcare policies,” April 6 I found it interesting to read Mr. Barnes comments on $25-a-day childcare, particularly his remark that the UCP position “is not to subsidize daycare for ‘millionaire’ families.” Is the UCP suddenly no longer looking to subsidize business expenses for “millionaire” families either? Michael Plait Medicine Hat... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives don’t have the magic formula
By Letter to the Editor on April 13th, 2019
Another provincial election is upon us. Any person who thinks we’ll elect a government that every Albertan will approve of is living in La-La Land. Peter Lougheed, in my opinion, was the most principled visionary, with what appeared to be an honest desire to allow all Albertans – not just the well-connected and “elite” – ... Read More »
1 responseNeed less politics and more policies
By Letter to the Editor on April 13th, 2019
I am getting so sick of this election. I had emergency surgery last night and they sent some cultures for cancer testing. I would have died at home alone if it wasn’t for a person named Tommy Douglas. I have been saying for about 15 years, we need less politics and more policies for the ... Read More »
3 responsesChange transcends politics
By Letter to the Editor on April 13th, 2019
I get it! Change is traumatic. A recent political conversation with educated and caring professionals left me depressed. They blame Rachel Notley for job losses in the oil and gas industry. It is their family members who must work in Saskatchewan or out of country. For them, the culprit is the carbon tax, plain and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Notley acted quickly on cancer centre
By Letter to the Editor on April 12th, 2019
In 2015, then-premier Jim Prentice cancelled the expansion of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. Too expensive. On Rachel Notley becoming premier she went ahead with the $1.2 billion project. Dan Holinda, executive director of the Canadian Cancer Society in Alberta said, “This government in a very short period of time reached out to us, they ... Read More »
1 responseDifficult to believe the many promises of professional politicians
By Letter to the Editor on April 12th, 2019
Professional politicians must have attended some schools of acting or the secrets of successful lying or exaggerations when attempting to win some office or another, training to act as if they actually felt and believed what they loudly proclaim, are sincerely impassioned or outraged, saddened or totally contemptuous of their opponents. That often even seems ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Population should demand better of Liberals
By Letter to the Editor on April 11th, 2019
The unfolding acts in the current Ottawa drama – SNC-Lavalin – are revealing and disturbing. Canadian taxpayers are paying millions to have 338 Members of Parliament and 100 senators earn a livelihood in the top two percentiles of Canadian incomes and then to observe their conduct as if they are the worst dregs of our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP proposals are ’empty grandstanding’
By Letter to the Editor on April 10th, 2019
Mr. Kenney and the UCP recently made campaign promises to, firstly, hold a referendum on equalization, and secondly, to ask Ottawa to reduce federal income tax for Albertans in an amount equal to the amount of the federal Canada Health Transfer plus the federal Canada Social Transfer. One of these promises can not work and ... Read More »
4 responsesLive a meaningful life
By Letter to the Editor on April 10th, 2019
Upcoming elections in Alberta and Canada may or may not improve external conditions, but have little to no effect on our inner emotional conditions which we must live with our entire lives. As kids we learn some experiences are bad and others are good. For example, sadness and anxiety are bad or negative and happiness ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adopt a positive attitude of caring, understanding and compromise
By Letter to the Editor on April 10th, 2019
I’ve read many interesting letters to the editor but so far no mention of the fact we’re all descendents of immigrants or refugees. Unless we can trace our heritage to an Indigenous tribe, we are all descendents of foreigners. The horrific massacre in New Zealand recently is a prime example of hate-filled, negative ideology based ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP absence from debates a cynical tactic
By Letter to the Editor on April 6th, 2019
The repeated failure of UCP candidates to take part in provincial election debates is worrying. What is their rationale for this? It’s hard to think of a good one. Their absence appears to be a cynical tactic, one that is contemptuous of the voters of Alberta and our democratic processes. We have a right to ... Read More »
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