Letters to the Editor, June 21, 2025

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STILL IN BUSINESS

Re Editorial cartoon, May 30: Provinces where the NDP is in power or official opposition: B.C., Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, N.S. and Ontario. Hardly obsolete!

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Roger Middlemiss
Mississauga

(Federally the NDP is pretty much obsolete)

CANNOT FIX ANYTHING

Re “Tories urge Grits to pull plug on gas engine ban” (Bryan Passifiume, June 18): I received an email recently that says it all. “We can’t fight homelessness, hunger or poverty but we are going to fight ‘climate change.'” Just let that sink in for a moment.

Karen Shorter

(The Liberals warped priorities will do absolutely nothing to address any of these issues)

BAIL REFORM

Doug Ford rants and raves about the bail system but he should understand that the system is a shared responsibility between the federal and provincial governments. He would be smart, therefore, to ask Prime Minister Mark Carney for support for bail reform.

Frank Cain
North York

(It’s exactly what Ford needs to do)

SPEED AND SAFETY

Re “Speed camera knocked down again” (May 24): If the intention (vociferously denied by Toronto City Hall) of the speed camera on Parkside Drive is to raise revenue, then hire security personnel to be stationed near the camera to monitor, record and report any vandalism of the speed camera. If such personnel were to be paid $40/hour for an average of 10 hours/day (for the dark hours of the day) 365 days a year, that would be an expense of about $438,000 for three years. This would reduce the three-year revenue (as reported for the three-year period April 2022 to April 2025 as $7,253,102) to about $6,815,000 — however, that would be increased for fines levied when the camera would not be down. However, if the often-cited objective of safety is the real objective, relatively high speed bumps about every 100 metres apart would do a much better job.

Paul Maginn
Toronto

(They claim it’s for safety, but it’s not. Sipped cameras have always been a cash cow)