Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2025
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WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO
Hey, Mark Carney, here’s a novel idea. Rather than just meet with the premiers to discuss how you’re going to punish Donald Trump over tariffs, which is just going to hurt Canadians, why don’t you call or meet with him and negotiate a fair deal for Canada like you were elected to do. Heck, even Japan did that and got a great deal for it citizens.
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Mark Slobodian
York
(It seems Canada has put in place the wrong negotiator. Carney is going to have to pivot quickly)
TRUMP WASN’T THE PROBLEM
With all this talk about the tariff war and how we are led to believe that Trump is the problem, let me remind everyone (especially those with TDS – Trump Derangement Syndrome) that Canada’s economy was in the toilet long before Trump even got elected president for the second time and initiated this tariff nonsense. And that, my friends, is because of the cancerous Liberal government here in Canada. Trump isn’t helping matters with his tariffs, but the Liberals are 100% at fault here for the abysmal state of our economy. Not to mention the crime. That’s a whole other story, and not a good one at that.
Robert Onyskiw
Etobicoke
(It is worth repeating – Donald Trump being President for the last six months did not put Canada on its current ruinous economic path – that began over a decade ago under Trudeau)
UNREALISTIC PLAN
Israel has said that the statement by Canada and 24 other nations on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank is “disconnected from reality.” I would prefer to say that it is unrealistic. It calls for the “unconditional release” of hostages, as Canada has always proposed in the past. Hamas has always demanded that some Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody also be released. It is unlikely that it will ever forgo this condition. The proposal by Canada and the other nations is idealistic and unrealistic in light of what we know about Hamas’s position.
Bruce Couchman
Toronto
(No deal without all the hostages being released)
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