Letters to the Editor, May 14, 2025

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NO PROJECTIONS 

Re “Carney, like Trudeau, thinks big deficits best tool in tough times” (Lorrie Goldstein, May 11): When it comes to “projections” as noted in this column, it is a good sign that the Bank of Canada avoids this term. It has acquired an unsavoury meaning when used by past governments to ‘project’ program spending downstream, far past the next election, for example, on the military, Indigenous matters, child care, infrastructure, among others, to the point that few Canadians actually believe that these programs will ever see the light of day.

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Duane Sharp                                                                                                                                    Mississauga

(One thing which won’t be in dispute is when the Liberals present a budget, it will include big deficits with no path to balance)

ELECTORATE FAIL

With the 2025 federal election in the rear-view mirror, some comments seem appropriate. I can only describe the voting practices of many Canadians to be both disturbing and inexplicable. Case in point: Pierre Poilievre offered a campaign of hope and common sense. Poilievre offered specific policies, clearly outlined to: Grow Canada’s economy, utilize Canada’s vast array of resources, reduce senseless government spending and waste, protect freedom of speech, stop rampant crime, sensibly control immigration, and provide significant tax relief to Canadians. Conversely, Mark Carney presented a campaign of fear-mongering and vagueness, accompanied by an unending litany of lies and distortions. Carney’s word salads were devoid of specifics, and did little more than emphasize, over and over, the “crisis” that Canada faced. Carney promised even more massive deficits and government control, and threatened free speech. If logic, common sense and clear thinking were applied, Poilievre should have been elected with a massive majority, especially given that Carney was part and parcel of the last decade of Liberal corruption and incompetence that greatly degraded Canada. And yet, the Liberals came close to a majority victory. One can only say: Shame on the electorate!

Harley Whitlock                                                                                                                                 Brantford

(We share your frustration with giving the Liberals yet another term. The expectations are low that anything will be different from what the country has endured for the last decade)