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Many Canadians might find they’re in a political conundrum in the future. Some say if (Justin) Trudeau was replaced, they vote Liberal and forgive the MPs who supported his economic and immigration policies. NDP Leader (Jagmeet) Singh propped up the Liberals and got his dental and pharmacare plans, but Canucks just got rising taxes. Conservative Leader (Pierre) Poilievre, who leads the polls, is a student of Conservatism favouring economic liberalism and generally is pro-business and capitalism. Hopefully we’ll elect a majority government
PETER J. MIDDLEMORE SR.
(Minority governments certainly bring out the opportunists in opposition parties.)
Taxes still going up
I thought I was reading a Monty Python script. The city is going to up taxes EVEN FURTHER to maintain our infrastructure. Just what the heck have you been doing with my taxes for 40-plus years? That’s what the taxes are for, as well as providing essential services. Because the city has squandered the tax money, we get to pay again, only more this time. Nothing will change until we change city hall administrators and most on council.
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LEE RANDELL
(Yep, we could use a few more fiscal hawks on council.)
Commercial break
If CBC gets more than a billion of our tax dollars, why do they still have so many commercials? (Asking for a friend.)
BARBARA SPYROPOULOS
(You watch CBC?)
Safe approach
I am a supporter of the freedom of commerce, however, opening up the selling of alcohol at the corner store is a concern. Though legal, alcohol is not a normal product. The truth of alcohol is that it is a poison. We live in an alcohol culture where consuming is encouraged and enabled. Adults who consume alcohol go to alcohol stores. Yet children go to corner stores and grocery stores. Seeing alcohol selling beside chips and snacks inevitably normalizes children towards consuming alcohol. But the bottom line is that alcohol is poison. Maybe we should reconsider conditioning the next generations of alcoholics.
IAIN FOULDS
(But you can still buy cigarettes at the corner store.)
Convenient
Nice to see Red-Tape Reduction Minister Dale Nally found a one-stop-shop of gas/booze/smokes/barbecue. Hope there’s a hospital close by. Gotta love politicians.
GARY ROBINSON
(Sounds like a magical place.)
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