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Carbon pricing effective in lowering greenhouse gas emissions
By Letter to the Editor on December 3rd, 2018
Not everyone with a conservative political background is against a price on greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon taxes or cap and trade systems. Preston Manning, past leader of the Reform party, and Jim Dinning, past Alberta treasurer under Progressive Conservative governments, are on the advisory board for the Ecofiscal Commission. This commission was formed ... Read More »
3 responsesUnruly group spoils night out at bar
By Letter to the Editor on December 1st, 2018
On Nov. 25 I went to a local bar to enjoy a few beers and a steak sandwich while watching the Grey Cup game. I ran into a couple friends who joined me whereby we began an enjoyable conversation while watching the game. It was here that the enjoyable evening ended. Sitting behind me were ... Read More »
3 responsesConservatives responsible for current mess in Alberta
By Letter to the Editor on December 1st, 2018
From 1935 to 2015 Albertans overwhelmingly and unfailingly chose conservative governments for their legislature. And they consistently sent conservatives of one flavour or another to Ottawa, with only a few exceptions. One could be forgiven, then, if one were to conclude that Alberta was immutably conservative. Clearly, based on the election of 2015, this is ... Read More »
4 responsesSociety must protect the vulnerable
By Letter to the Editor on November 30th, 2018
Dec. 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year I am wondering who the disabled really are. I feel more and more comfortable with my peers, the mental health consumers and the autistic spectrum community. I am aghast as the media portray both these groups as to be feared and dangerous. The reality ... Read More »
3 responsesLiberals increase their public relations arm
By Letter to the Editor on November 29th, 2018
Surely I am not the only one who has noticed the federal government now owns a piece of every media outlet in Canada to the tune of $600 million. The public relations arm of the Liberal government just grew by a magnitude of 10. The media, of course, are beating their breasts, gnashing their teeth ... Read More »
1 responseU.S. not only country to push back on migration
By Letter to the Editor on November 28th, 2018
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. is leading the charge in pushing back against the U.N.’s migration agenda — a move that is picking up support from other countries and giving political cover to those seeking to join them. The Trump administration announced last December that it would withdraw from the U.N.’s Global Migration Compact, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Predicting a sloppy, muddy, mucky spring
By Letter to the Editor on November 28th, 2018
Democracy is a game of inches. To believe in democracy is to accept that you, the individual, will probably never get exactly what you want. A shared vision of Canada’s future, common goals, compromise, respect and adversarial fellowship, grease the bearings of a healthy, functioning democratic system. The lawfully attained will of the majority of ... Read More »
1 responseBanishment of Jewish people in Britain did take place, but it’s over now
By Letter to the Editor on November 28th, 2018
Re: “Jewish people still in England,” Nov. 26 It was possibly more of an “assumption.” I should have known, I suppose, the old saying that if one breaks “assume” into three syllables, like in ass-u-me … well, what can I say. I wrongly “assumed” that most folks would know that the Jewish people would eventually ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why is David Eggen waiting on his GSA edict?
By Letter to the Editor on November 28th, 2018
Education Minister David Eggen has neither the political will, political support of the National Democratic … oops, New Democrats, nor the internal fortitude to follow through on his threat to defund Christian schools with the audacity to defy his gay-straight alliances edict. If he did indeed have the support of those around him, why is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA’s numbers not offering ‘the whole truth’
By Letter to the Editor on November 26th, 2018
Re: This economy needs a new mechanic, Drew Barnes MLA Report Nov. 16 In Alberta courts, a witness is required to swear an oath to the effect that “You swear that the evidence you give as touching the matters in question in this action or matter shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing ... Read More »
2 responsesNegative reaction should have been expected
By Letter to the Editor on November 26th, 2018
I believe the city could have dispelled a lot of concern on the part of residents of the Connaught area if the proposed change of zoning in the open parcel of land that’s causing such a ruckus had included some definitive limits to what would be allowed. Some points to ponder: 1) Connaught is an ... Read More »
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