Letters to the Editor, Aug. 16, 2023

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EXTREME WEATHER

When you watch the news and weather these days, the scenario is looking more like the prelude to The Day After Tomorrow (2004).  In the movie, the concerns of global catastrophe, presented by the main character, a climatologist, are largely ignored by the UN. This sets the stage for ‘The Coming Global Superstorm’ (the book on which the movie is based). While moviegoers have largely recognized this as typical sci-fi/disaster stuff, yesterday’s sci-fi often becomes tomorrow’s reality. To fit within the two-hour running time of the film, the worldwide weather events seem almost instantaneous and unbelievable. However, there is a ‘domino effect’ when eco-systems are disrupted, and environmental modelling is even less accurate than weather forecasts.

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Allan Leggate                                                                                                                                              Toronto

(To truly tackle global climate change, the world’s biggest polluters need to agree to do address it)

TICKET SALES AND CERB

Congratulations to our problem-solving prime minister. He has finally found an efficient way to collect the CERB overpayments.  Simply connect the dots with Swiftie ticket lottery and purchases and block the sale. If the Liberals can freeze the accounts of the trucker protesters and donors, they should be able to accomplish this now that they have had practice.

Nancy Hird                                                                                                                                                    Whitby

(It’s more likely those CERB overpayments are long spent)

BAD MATCH

Can’t believe Kinsella compares Trump and Trudeau as two birds of a feather (“Following the leaders,” Aug. 9). Toronto Sun used to be my favourite news source. Goodbye.

Marcel Ricard                                                                                                                                                    Westree, Ont.

(It’s unclear which comparison you’re upset about)

FLIP FLOP

When the news came out of Justin Trudeau and his wife separating, the Toronto Sun and a few of its journalists said this was a “private “ matter and they should be left to treat it as such. That statement didn’t last long — the said journalists, and the editorial input, have continually printed innuendos that debunk that statement. If Warmington, Lilley and Kinsella have to depend on vitriolic statements to enhance their journalistic capabilities, it’s a shame.

L. Mitchell                                                                                                                                                     Oshawa

(They asked for privacy and we respected that. Trudeau himself decided to make things public, we offered a view when circumstances changed)