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Letters to the Editor, July 9

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DO SOMETHING!

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I was born and grew up in Toronto in the ‘50s. There was so little crime (certainly very, very few guns, if any) that a theft from a corner store made front page news. Now, stories like this don’t even warrant a police visit! Things started to deteriorate significantly when capital punishment was eliminated. We need more jails and we need to lock up gang members in solitary so they can’t teach other prisoners their tricks. We need jail sentences which mean something! There should be no bail for gang members! It’s a crime to belong to a gang so, for heaven’s sake, treat it as a crime! Start building more jails now! We are overrun with criminals and it all started with lefties feeling sorry for the criminals. If they want to do something, don’t just talk about the poor criminals, do something to make a difference!

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ROSEMARY NEWMAN

LINDSAY, ONT.

(Our criminal justice system needs a complete revamp including sentencing. And it is high time we stopped listening to those politicians who would rather pay lip service to the problem, instead of actually changing the system)

U.S. IS OUR BIG BROTHER

“We will not back down,” states the Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. How many of us out there were lucky enough to have a big brother? That brother who was much older, an adult when you were still a child? He took good care of you to the point where you couldn’t help but take him for granted. Sure you got angry and had your differences, but he was always going to win because he was 10 times bigger and he marched in the real world. Like it or not, Canada, the U.S.A. is your big brother. You may think that just because you are taller now and you can look him in the eye that you have some type of control over your destiny, but we all live in the same house. The U.S. will never let its little brother run astray because it’s also the world’s No. 1 military power and will never let that security be eroded. Having said all of that and listening to the rhetorical comments on Trump, it’s easy for a Canadian politician to talk about standing up to protect a small special interest group when they’re all being covered by the taxpayer. Remember, it will be the private sector and the middle class that goes hungry to pay for your stand.

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G. ROONEY HAMILTON

(Clearly what we’re doing now is not working, tactics need to be changed but beyond that it is hard to imagine any government in Canada who is willing to have the very difficult conversation about the realities of supply management)

FORD, TRUDEAU AND CARBON

Mark Cameron lays the choice out well (“Ford-Trudeau showdown: Cut pump prices or send cheques to families,” July 6): Ontario could have slightly cheaper gas and be encouraged to increase carbon pollution. Alternatively, pollution could be taxed and the tax revenues sent right back to families. Prime Minister Trudeau has promised to do just that in Ontario. Revenue neutral carbon pricing sounds like a great alternative to costly and ineffective subsidies and more regulations. British Columbia has done this for years. Carbon emissions are down and our economy is booming. I hope Mr. Ford will consider this when he develops his strategy how to deal with carbon pollution.

JUDY O’LEARY

NELSON, B.C.

(The problem is who can actually rely on any government to give money back to the people without it making its way through the general revenue fund first?) 

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