Letters to the Editor, July 15, 2025
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SECURE THE DATA
Scammers are spoofing government and police phone numbers to make victims believe they are dealing with legitimate authorities. Why can’t the CRTC make system security a condition for granting phone companies their operating licences? With today’s technology, keeping phone number data secure isn’t that big an ask. If altering your caller ID resulted in you not receiving a bill, the phone companies would solve this issue in less than a day. The CRTC must make phone data security a priority.
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Steen I. Petersen
Nanaimo, B.C.
(The CRTC taking proactive action would be wise. You have to wonder what they are actually doing about this growing problem.)
EYES ON THE ROAD
Summer driving is in full swing and it is time to remind ourselves that we have managed to turn motor vehicle driving into such a disaster. Driving is not difficult, but many motorists are ruining our means of day-to-day getting around. Where there are three available lanes in one direction, as is the case on many of our 400-series highways in the GTA, the vast majority drive in the centre lane and what is considered the slow or right-hand lane is usually vehicle free, and yet we complain our roads do not have enough lanes to handle today’s traffic volumes. Daily we encounter the speeders, the tailgaters, the dawdlers in the passing lane, the sudden lane-changers, the drunks, the drugged, the distracted reading and sending their all important text messages at 130 km/h, and the foodies eating with both hands while driving. It is crazy out there. And then there are many roadways where visible lane markings — you know, the lines which aid us all in keeping safe and apart from colliding with each other — do not look like they have received any repainting in years. Governments and motorists alike talk and talk about road safety but driving on Ontario’s roadways is anything but.
Don Ruttan
Cobourg
(Speeding fines are high, distracted driving fines are high — how many more deterrents can there be?)
SHAKING MY HEAD
Kevin O’Leary’s opinion is headlined in the Sun newspaper chain — again? You have got to be kidding. In my opinion, that’s like asking a character such as Hannibal Lecter or Donald Trump for policing advice. They both strike me as people who are full of malarky. My feeling is that after a handshake with them, you should count your fingers.
Abram Wiebe
Champion, Alta.
(We’ve added a headline to your opinion here. You’re welcome.)
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