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Letters, April 21: Public sector staff deserve truthful wage

With at present’s rising prices, it’s arduous for some households to make ends meet, therefore the strike by greater than 155,000 PSAC workers. Day-after-day we see that our greenback doesn’t go as far. A few of our members are on the decrease finish of the pay scale that doesn’t even meet the brink to be thought-about a residing wage.

We’re not asking for greater than we deserve however sufficient to assist maintain our households and households. Important objects similar to pure gasoline, electrical energy, gasoline and meals have gone up dramatically however our pay hasn’t. We’re simply households attempting to afford the every day issues in life.

I really like my job with Immigration and would be the first particular person to assist anybody in want. So many consumers rely on us and we don’t need to be on strike any greater than they need us to be. Love or hate us, we’re for the folks and care. We simply need to have the ability to present for our households similar to everybody else.

Everybody deserves truthful wages, and at present is the day for PSAC workers to face up and battle.

Michelle Campbell, Airdrie 

Civil service grows and so do their calls for

Re: Federal staff poised to strike on Wednesday; Union chief ‘very pissed off’ by tempo of talks, April 18

As a Canadian taxpayer, I’m involved in regards to the strike vote taken by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the scale of the workforce. When Justin Trudeau got here to energy in 2015, there have been 257,000 within the federal public service, in accordance with Treasury Board stats. Canada’s inhabitants at the moment was 35.6 million.

Now we’ve 336,000 staff with a inhabitants of 38.6 million. How is it that the workforce has elevated by one-third whereas the inhabitants has solely elevated by 10 per cent? All these new staff signed on with what they felt was a good wage and now they need big will increase.

One thing is fallacious with the system. Why do we want so many new staff — and at what price?

Sutter driving out Flames expertise

The outdated cow puncher’s reign as coach of the Flames has set off one other Calgary stampede, starting with Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk. Brad Treliving is in it, and Mikael Backlund and Elias Lindholm appear to be sliding in. What number of extra earlier than the June draft and July free company?

Maybe the genius who re-signed the coach ought to be roped and pushed into the stampede earlier than the GM. The followers are stressed. The ol’ cowpoke belongs on his ranch the place his fashion is efficient. The followers are able to run.

Ben Macht, Calgary

Poilievre has fallacious goal for crime wave

Re: Poilievre blames wave of violence in Alberta on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP, April 14

Alberta judges have been practically solely appointed by the UCP/Conservatives. Federally, Harper appointed eight Supreme Courtroom Justices and Trudeau has since appointed 5 (out of the entire of 9 justices). The NDs — in case Pierre Poilievre hasn’t observed — haven’t named any judges in Alberta or Ottawa.

When Poilievre calms down from his newest hissy match, he would possibly think about studying about Canadian democracy and our judicial system. In any other case, I assume he’ll be blaming Notley for the poor season the Flames had.

Doug James, Calgary