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So the unions and everyone else want 20% pay increases. How I wish this applied to pensioners too! Recently my husband and I had our pension reduced by $7.35 each per month. Apparently our Guaranteed Income Supplement, which is part of our monthly pension, was reduced because all the carbon cheques we got last year are considered income. Our GIS was therefore reduced. Fortunately our Alberta allowance was increased by 46 cents per month so that reduced our deficit to only $6.89. Will we get a refund when the Conservatives cancel the carbon tax?
VERA McINTOSH
(Another instance where Trudeau’s math just doesn’t add up.)
No confidence
Pierre Poilievre claims he will call for a non-confidence vote as soon as possible when parliament returns. All I can say is I wish him all the best in trying to climb that Mount Everest. Already the odds are against the Conservatives when there are two parties that will support Trudeau, namely the NDP and the Bloc. In my mind, if the Bloc wishes to field MPs, then they should select MPs from across Canada, otherwise the lot should be booted out of Parliament. If they threaten to separate, so be it, as I am sure most Canadians would be glad to see them gone.
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J.D. ROUND
(It appears we’re stuck with our current parliament for the next year or so.)
Hill escalated it
Re “Video shows that officers dragged Tyreek Hill out of his car after he put his window back up” (The Associated Press, Sept. 9): Poor Tyreek Hill? Enough is enough. If Hill had obeyed police, end of situation. In the moment police must make quick decisions based on limited information. When Hill did not do as instructed and keep his window down, he unnecessarily escalated the situation. He could have been reaching for a weapon. Ditto for the Scottie Scheffler incident. Too many of this generation have no respect for authority and do not take responsibility for their actions. And if police are tied up excessively in these situations, then they are not available to deal with other more serious situations. And people do not consider that it could be one of their own that could be affected by the inability of police to respond. These same hypocrites would then blame police for not being available. Look in the mirror, people. Realize that your expectations of police are part of the problem, not the solution.
RICK LOCKMAN
(There is a growing disregard and disrespect for law enforcement — for all sorts of reasons. In this instance, Hill was not cooperative, was ticketed and then went on his way)
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