Letters to the Editor, June 23, 2023

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MULRONEY SAID WHAT?

Re “Brian Mulroney praises Trudeau’s leadership, omits any mention of Tory leader” (The Canadian Press, June 20): At the opening of an Atlantic economic forum in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, on June 19, former prime minister Brian Mulroney made an extraordinary statement when he introduced current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The former Progressive Conservative prime minister “… hailed Trudeau for his ‘leadership’ of Canada through repeated crises, saying that’s what history will remember, not ‘trivia and the trash and the rumours that make the rounds’ in Ottawa.” Brian, blink twice if Justin is forcing you to say this by holding you or any member of your family hostage.

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Bruce Forsyth
Barrie

(We are still scratching our heads about this one)

WE MAY NEED A SEPARATION

Re “Federal byelections return seats to Liberals, Conservatives” (The Canadian Press, June 20): Well, I imagine that says it all, the re-election of two Liberals in federal seats. The people who live under a rock, those that depend on government jobs for life, the woken, the enabled, dependent, have spoken. If you’re happy with the direction of Canada now, you’ll really jolly it up in the upcoming years. Stunned, disgusted to hear Mulroney’s gushing defence of Trudeau/ Liberals, while damning the Conservatives for daring to speak the truth. The fable of the grasshopper fiddling away the summer months, while the ant toiled, then winter set in, is looking more and more like this nation. It doesn’t look promising, and if Trudeau/Singh win again, it’s time for those who truly believe in what Canada stands for to take a long, hard, serious look at separation because this marriage is broken.

Bill Vernon

(There are some ridings that will always go Liberal, and some that will always go Conservative. And where did the NDP vote to go? To the Liberals. That should be concerning)

NAME RECOGNITION

Lazy voters in Hamilton elected Andrea Horwath mayor of that city because hers was the name they recognized on the ballot. It’s known as name recognition. Lazy voters will elect Olivia Chow mayor of Toronto because hers is the name they will recognize on the ballot. It’s known as name recognition. That is why we get the kind of government we deserve.

Jim McDonald
Toronto

(Sadly, it’s true. In some instances that is very much what happens. It’s troubling that people don’t think of the consequences)