Letters to the Editor, May 20, 2025

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CASHED OUT

Re “Ford spending like Carney, Wynne, Rae” (Editorial, May 16): When Ontario voters, like me, voted for Doug Ford the first time, we wanted to see some sanity in Ontario’s finances. We were tired of Kathleen Wynne’s approach to governing. Ford was given a majority by the electorate in the hopes that his government would be more responsible with taxpayer dollars. What a disappointment Doug Ford has become. Who does a fiscally responsible person in Ontario vote for?

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Rick Hird                                                                                                                                                 Whitby

(Crying towels are on sale at your local dollar store)

TYPE CAST

Columnist Jay Goldberg asks if the ‘I’m-Not-Trudeau’ Carney media hype can last? (May 9) I say no, the truth will emerge. It’s just a matter of time – and on which issue in particular – before he screws up. He will because it’s inevitable. Like all tax and spend, borrow and waste, scandal-ridden Liberals, Carney will break his promises and fail. That’s what Liberals do, that’s who they are. Masters of fear mongering and deceit who will do and say anything to get power. And then let us down with more taxes, more spending, more waste, more deficits. But above all, irresponsibly crush future generations with our unfettered debt.

Neil Staff                                                                                                                                               Whitby

(Save your nickels, you’ll need them)

FRENCH QUARTER

Re “Quebec sovereigntists keep an eye on Alberta referendum talk” (The Canadian Press, May 12): Marie-Anne Alepin, president of a Quebec separatist group, informs us that Quebec nationalists envisage a society so distinct as to have “no common goals” with Albertans who “want an oil-based future.” Alepin is apparently unaware that it is oil and gas revenues from Alberta which, in the form of equalization payments, contribute to the funding of social welfare programs in Quebec. A sovereign Alberta turning off the cash flow spigots would indeed render Quebec distinct, that is to say, distinctly impoverished. The common goal of “an oil-based future” will benefit both Albertans and Quebecers.

Carol-Faye Petricko

(Slick thinking)