Letters: May 26, 2019

Exhaust pours from the tailpipe of car.INA FASSBENDER / AFP/Getty Images

Carbon nonsense

The Liberals climate change hysteria is failing badly because most people have common sense and have grasped that the only thing Liberals are doing is using natural climate change to justify raising taxes so they can keep spending with reckless abandon instead of getting the cost of government under control. Climate continues to change and will as long as the world exists, which means that like the rest of nature we need to adapt. On an intellectual level most Canadians know that we don’t pump a lot of carbon into the atmosphere. China does and gets a complete pass from the very same politicians who insist the world is at an existential crisis yet continue to expand trade with China at an alarming level. Lying politicians tell us that our own oil is dirty and evil and must be taxed yet they haul massive tankers across the ocean from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela into Montreal and charge no taxes on it. None of this makes sense, because it’s a scam and most folks get it. There are always fools who embrace political rhetoric. Higher taxes and bigger government are making our lives worse, not better and thankfully most people get it.

Barry Banek

Preparing for climate change isn’t popular as Duff Roblin discovered as the Red River Floodway was constructed. Do today’s politicians have the fortitude to follow that example?

Nightmare could be reality

The morning after the next federal election could have a lot of people believing that they just had a terrible nightmare. However, this fright night could actually become a reality. A Grit minority could have the Greens holding the balance of power, and if you think that we had a nasty carbon tax, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. One just has to look at the quagmire in B.C. where the enviro police are calling the shots, resulting in a stalled West Coast pipeline and the highest petrol prices in the country. The Selfie King aided by the High Priestess of Gaia would be an absolute disaster.

Stephen Flanagan

These are interesting times in which we live.

The Fourth Estate

I do not want anyone weakening our society and our elections. Should I be more worried about the “Russians” or about the political organizers who create false robocalls? Throwing mud is a cheap shot. I do not like those within Canada, and even within our government systems, who spy on us. Freedom, privacy and human rights are important. I do not like those who encourage tribalism (creating us against “them”) and conflict. I get upset when people create false information, fear and divisions. All of us, especially politicians of whatever stripe or colour, need to work for the common good. We need our media, all levels and corners, to be more than platforms for ‘he said, she said.’ The ‘Fourth Estate’ needs to sharpen its mission. Thank you for what you are doing. Underneath all the scandals and hunger and violence, the earth keeps turning, carrying all of us — we are children of the earth. This small blue jewel floating in the solar system may be getting tired. It is not healthy when children keep assuming all is good (and free) and do not learn responsibility. What will our grandchildren wish we had done? Who is listening to the sparrows? As Canadians, be helpful to neighbours, work for health and well-being. When I see and hear what is happening in other countries, I am grateful to be a Canadian.

Ray Hamm

Our country is incredible, we are just governed by fools. But the “us” vs “them”’ mentality is pushed because it’s easier to point out our differences, instead of what we actually have in common.

Racism rampant

So, it appears that racism is not a white privilege. Anyone can and will disparage someone else who is not one of them. The people have been lied to by white progressive politicians, again.

Jeffrey Anderson

Racism is a worldwide issue and not restricted to white people.

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