Letters to the Editor, May 31, 2025
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IF THE SHOES FIT…
Re “Trudeau trashed over ‘clown’ shoes” (Denette Wilford, May 29): Once again, a member of the Trudeau family has upstaged a visit from the Royal Family. In the early 1980s, then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau did a very unprofessional pirouette behind Queen Elizabeth’s back during two of her separate visits to Canada, which raised the anger of many Canadians. On May 27, his arrogant son Justin upstaged the throne speech by King Charles to some extent by wearing sneakers to this very prestigious event, likely to attract attention to himself. Sneakers! How disgraceful. I am surprised that self-righteous and jet-setting Justin didn’t perform a pirouette as he was leaving the ceremony!
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Robert Norris
Mississauga
(The Clown and the Crown)
SNEAKY
I guess you have to be a bit older to appreciate why Justin wore the green sneakers to the King’s speech. He was putting on a childish show, meant for Quebecers, to express disdain for the English monarchy, just like when his old man did the pirouette behind the Queen. Hoping to make papa proud.
Chris Wallace
Markham
(Still embarrassing Canada every chance he gets)
SHUFFLE THE DECK
Re “He’s no foreigner, he’s King Canuck” (Editorial, May 26): The assertion can be made that King Charles is very much a foreigner — an unelected King at that. When it comes to the title Head of State of Canada, no one in our great country has ever voted for the British monarch, whose ‘authority,’ let’s face it, comes through heredity and lineage, not from we the people. It would be more apropos if Donald Trump called himself Captain America than for us as Canadians to refer to Charles as Captain Canada.
Jake VanderKooy
Brampton
(Playing your Trump card, eh?)
HE’S A BEAUTY
Will somebody please tell Donald Trump that all he has accomplished around the world is to Make America Ugly Now.
Barry Roden
Scarborough
(We’re on it)
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