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Letters, Could 26: Neither chief speaking about wildfire safety

With local weather change actual, wildfires will proceed at unprecedented ranges, so cuts to Alberta’s price range for combating them make no sense. In 2016, the NDP slashed Alberta wildfire’s price range by $15 million. 

To not be outdone, in 2019 the UCP eradicated the rappel assault program, a 40-year-old program that educated firefighters to propel from helicopters into distant areas to struggle fires. Additionally they decommissioned 26 hearth towers — one-fifth of the province’s lookout detection program — leaving Albertans and wildlife much more uncovered. 

Whereas we’re all choking on smoke, I hear not a phrase from both Rachel Notley or Danielle Smith about how they’re going to shield Albertans from wildfires. Wildrose Nation? Extra like Wildfire Nation.

Nancy Marley-Clarke, Calgary

Political correctness run amok

Calgarians, I’ve learn of your Canada Day predicament: no fireworks due to cultural and environmental sensitivities. As a substitute, you might be being provided a diluted pyrotechnics present, whereas your municipal management is busy washing its fingers of any accountability or skill to affect the choice.

Appears like a web page torn out of the Edmonton political playbook, when final December the Edmonton Downtown Enterprise Affiliation (in collusion with metropolis corridor) axed the annual Christmas tree lighting occasion in Churchill Sq.. It substituted it with an inexpensive sideshow (winter pageant) selling variety on a downtown road.

Our mayor and metropolis council additionally pretended impotence to affect the choice in any other case.

So take consolation Calgarians — civic political correctness just isn’t confined solely to your metropolis.

James Halicki, Edmonton

Ban yard hearth pits

May there be something extra infuriating, and of threat to the general public peace, than a “neighbour” who lights their yard hearth pit on the primary night that was away from poisonous smoke in per week?

In our crowded city environments, nobody has the correct to pollute their neighbours’ air with smoke that’s poisonous at any focus, at any time.

All city yard wooden hearth pits should be banned.

Mike Priaro, Calgary

Speech remedy important for youths

Re: ‘It’s a vital assist’: Mother and father concern lack of speech remedy helps will harm college students’ studying, Could 14

I cringed after I noticed the above headline as a result of I knew precisely what the article would comprise. There have been tales around the globe that not solely has COVID impeded entry to speech remedy, however speech companies might fall sufferer to price range cuts. So many kids who’re in want of speech therapists should not getting assist and lots of are on lengthy ready lists. 

I reward all of the speech therapists in Alberta who’re striving to serve kids the perfect they’ll. I need to point out that stuttering is likely one of the frequent speech issues confronted by kids. The web site of the U.S.-based Stuttering Basis (www.StutteringHelp.org) gives many free sources on its web site corresponding to ebooks, streaming movies and extra. I do know some mother and father in Montreal who’ve discovered these companies very useful.

We’ve got to place up a struggle in order that politicians is not going to lower speech funding and can assist to get common remedy again on monitor for our kids.

Michel Parizeau, Montreal