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The cupboard shuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not only shifting deck chairs on the Titanic, as claimed by letter-writer Wayne Robertson of Ontario.
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It’s a cleverly calculated, even machiavellian, transfer on the PM’s half to distance himself from the underwhelming efficiency of his authorities and arrange others to take the autumn if and when the Liberals get their butts severely kicked within the subsequent election.
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His favorite acolytes will presumably keep away from such a destiny.
Don Smillie, Calgary
Meals for thought
A current letter famous that the Earth’s inhabitants has elevated eight-fold because the yr 1900.
Assuming that the author’s numbers are right, that raises a far better concern in my thoughts than local weather change. With that type of enhance in inhabitants, the agricultural acreage needs to be lowering (all these individuals need to dwell someplace) at a far better charge than the rise in planet temperature.
Even with new agricultural strategies, and so on., we are able to’t probably sustain the availability for the rising demand. How will we feed all these individuals with that charge of progress no matter local weather change?
Greta Thunberg is preventing the unsuitable drawback.
Jack Falk
In search of re-election, maybe?
In Ottawa, Canada is Ontario and Quebec with slightly little bit of B.C. The opposite provinces, particularly Saskatchewan and Alberta, are simply taxpayers with little to no affect over coverage.
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If we had been a “take” province, as an alternative of financially unbiased, being blanked can be very problematic and have us at all times beholden to Ottawa. The cupboard seats are too worthwhile for re-election voter enticement in these Jap ridings to disclose to Alberta and Saskatchewan.
This isn’t about governing, that is about re-election.
Brian McConaghy, Calgary
Growth scars Calgary’s pure magnificence
The doorway to Calgary from the west was at all times a deal with, with the attractive inexperienced slopes stuffed with bushes and wildlife. Now, we’re greeted with highrise residences, and mattress and pet retailers.
The foresight of metropolis council is clearly restricted by its intimate reference to the builders. What a tragic waste of a gorgeous panorama.
Calgary turns into mundane like each different cement jungle on the market, all due to greed and lack of visionaries.
Ian Wishart