Letters to the Editor
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 »
1 responseConservative politics don’t align with teachings of Christ
By Letter to the Editor on April 5th, 2019
Personal religious convictions and the unwavering belief that conservative politics are a step in restoring Canada to a nation of Christ-followers is a fallacy, but it’s also a stance not easily separated in Alberta. Though Jesus Christ himself defined the two most important commands within Scripture as including loving your neighbour as yourself (Mark 12:31), ... Read More »
1 responseMedicine Hat hasn’t been forgotten
By Letter to the Editor on April 4th, 2019
No community exists in isolation; it is connected to, interdependent upon, and influenced by others. Just as no person is an island, no community of people is alone in its triumphs and follies. Medicine Hat is my hometown and I have seen our city through government changes on every level and seen the city go ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Country needs a new confederation
By medicinehatnews on April 3rd, 2019
The recent Liberal budget includes $3.9 billion to compensate the dairy industry for the milk products which will be allowed to enter Canada from United States in the new trade agreement. Since some 70 per cent of Canada’s dairy production is in Quebec, those farmers will receive federal welfare of more than $2.7 billion. Stephen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP unlikely to accomplish the promise of cancelling the carbon tax
By Letter to the Editor on April 1st, 2019
Alberta has a carbon tax. The federal government imposes its own carbon tax on any province which does not have a provincial carbon tax. Yet Mr. Kenney and the UCP simplistically promise that they will repeal Alberta’s carbon tax and that they will fight the federal carbon tax in court. What will they accomplish? In ... Read More »
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