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In my opinion the absence of affordable housing in Canada stems from an affordability issue. People need more disposable income. One way to increase people’s purchasing power is to pay less in income taxes. People need to be able to deduct their annual mortgage payment from their gross income. Once this is done, the housing crisis will be over and done with. Of course the bums in both the provincial and federal governments will have to cut back on their spending. That would be a good thing.
ABRAM WIEBE
(A little extra cash certainly wouldn’t hurt.)
Secure the border
All this talk about President Trump, the tariffs, retaliation, banding together, etc. Would it not be much easier to simply go back to before Trudeau opened his stupid mouth and threw our borders wide open? Just go back to a secure border.
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DARRELL YOUNG
(Does life before Trudeau now qualify as the ‘good ol’ days’?)
Not worth the worry
Why is everyone tying their knickers in a knot about Trump’s threat of tariffs? Am I mistaken, but didn’t he say that if Canada and Mexico didn’t increase their border security he would instigate tariffs? What did the Liberals do? Added two helicopters and a handful of Mounties on horseback! The Premier of Alberta beefed up security a bit. Trump never said he would tax everything and everyone just because he felt like it.
VERA MCINTOSH
(Just because he never said it…)
A better deal?
Would Albertans sell Alberta to Trump if ‘each Albertan’ received US$5 million as part of a mega-purchase that would give the U.S. full control of our oil reserves, as Alberta alone, becomes the 51st State? The amount of oil in Alberta would easily justify this price. As American citizens, Albertans could go South in the winter-time hassle free. Also, Albertans could retire to Florida, Arizona or Hawaii without the crazy international tax implications. It could be easily argued that Alberta values are closer to American values than in Trudeau’s Canada. Also imagine the prosperity of an Alberta in America where we are allowed to maximize our full economic potential. Well, Alberta, what do you think? Is this something we should consider?
CHRIS ROBERTSON
(Not sure about your math, but $5M would have many people rethinking their loyalties.)
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