Letters, Dec. 12: ‘Why is PM letting Quebec off on Bill 21?’

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DOUBLE STANDARD
Re: “Teacher moved out of class over hijab”, Calgary Sun , Dec. 10. Where is our gutless top minister on Quebec’s Bill 21? Can you consider if this used to be Alberta with that legislation? The top minister would have ripped us a brand new one and despatched within the military.
DORN ANDERSON
(Yep, Quebec can do because it pleases.)

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ANYTHING FOR OUR VETS
It is crucial that the federal government will get it proper on ensuring our disabled and wounded veterans are having the ability to are living their lives in a way befitting their provider to this nation. They are proud and need to be handled with the honor they earned with their sacrifices for Canada. Some are too humble and proud to invite for assist. This is the place our federal executive should step in to ensure every veteran receives ok reimbursement for his or her provider! We should make the federal government mindful that they’ve no doubt fallen in the back of in serving to our veterans. Seniors also are in most cases too proud to invite for assist. If any individual is aware of a senior who is suffering, smartly, this is no doubt the time of the 12 months to assist out alternatively one can. Our executive is so able to assist others world wide, however every so often the place the assist is maximum wanted is simply across the nook in our personal yard!
VAL STEPHENSON
(When we ship our younger women and men off to the horrors of battle, we owe them our unconditional toughen once they go back house.)

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BUNCH OF CRAP
Re: Why them firefighters grocery debate! I used to be doing a excellent activity ignoring the atypical letter in recent years bitching about firefighters taking their vans for groceries. But Ray Stevenson’s Sunday letter did certainly poke the endure. What a number of crap. Not all fireplace halls take their rigs out buying groceries, every so often a staff member will herald groceries for a pre-arranged meal. There are advantages for taking the hearth vans for groceries reminiscent of letting the brand new hires transfer puts with the common motive force, to achieve revel in whilst now not on an emergency name. Also, our contributors transfer round fairly continuously and a brand new staff member can get a lot more accustomed to the brand new district. I may just cross on however as for the creator announcing we get unfastened meals, that is hogwash. Except for a unfastened turkey equipped by means of the hearth leader, in case you are unfortunate sufficient to paintings on Christmas day, the one unfastened meal I won in my occupation used to be past due one night time shift after being quarantined simply after nine/11, when a bundle concept to were anthrax used to be discovered on an airport passenger. And that unfastened meal used to be a pizza at 1 a.m. paid for by means of the airport authority! Ray’s letter is approach off base and sounds extra like a man who carried out for the activity and didn’t have the precise stuff, or possibly one in every of my brothers stole a gal off him previously?
DON HONEYCHURCH
(Much ado about not anything.)

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STAND FIRM
Even despite the fact that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is on the upward thrust and we want to proceed to be vigilante, please not more shutdowns of any sort. After virtually two years of presidency fiascos relating to trade lockdowns and faculty closures, companies and families these days are greater than able to deciding what is excellent for them and what works for them in those occasions. No extra executive interference, not more edicts from well being officers; if conceivable get vaccinated, transfer on and maintain this illness like we now have with another person who has come our approach. We can’t manage to pay for to have to any extent further trade closures, kids shedding the precise to a right kind schooling and to experience social gatherings and above all to have psychological well being deteriorating day-to-day among all ranges of our inhabitants. Our governments have made a large number out of our economic system and ruined the psychological and bodily well being of tens of 1000’s of folks. They want to backtrack and forestall crippling our lifestyle on this nation.
MOLLY KENS
(You can say that till you might be blue within the face but it surely received’t subject if we commence filling the ICUs once more.)

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NOT HOW IT WORKS
Re: “Be sneakier”, Dec. 6, doesn’t perceive the municipal tax device. There are not any tax brackets. The whole device is inflation-based. As the price of your own home will increase because of inflation your evaluation is going up, it doesn’t matter what you paid for that belongings. Your municipal taxes are then calculated by means of multiplying the assessed worth by means of the mill charge. There is no regard to your profits or liabilities. There are not any tax brackets or deductions. This is why municipal taxes are probably the most regressive taxes in Canada. The house owner might are living in a belongings they may now not manage to pay for to shop for at these days’s costs, however towns don’t care. They simply need you to pay founded on the valuables’s hypothetical promoting value. How is that honest to any individual?
S. I. PETERSEN
(It’s now not. And regardless of the way you slice it, council nonetheless raised taxes.)

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NIP IT IN THE BUD
Re: Rachel Burke, Unkind phrases. Really now not unkind and fortunately this is nonetheless a democracy and freedom of the click and unfastened speech are nonetheless applicable, until Bill C-10 is handed and J.T. and the commie Liberals get their approach … but it surely’s true, give them an inch and they’ll no doubt take 100 miles. Just glance to the southwest people in B.C. the place police hardly cross and implement the legislation in downtown east aspect of Vancouver, 1000’s of drug addicts and alcoholics, mentally deranged gangs, are living overtly violating the legislation in tent towns, making a well being worry of epic proportions to not point out the entire petty crime and attacks and harassment by means of those folks. Once began, it received’t prevent, it’ll simplest develop, and imposing the legislation and making it it appears that evidently unacceptable behaviour is the one option to cross. Damn, let the CPS do their activity and implement the legislation, purpose after you have been assaulted or threatened by means of those dregs, you are going to trade your thoughts. There is an answer for folks like Rachel: absorb one or two and feed, dress and area them.
DAVE ROSS
(It’s a tragic scenario and there should be a greater approach.)

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WONDERFUL WORLD
With connection with Mike Drew’s newest article, this one titled “Peril on the Prairies”, I assumed it used to be a very good article summarizing the birds and flora and fauna in that a part of southern Alberta. His off-the-beaten-path highway journeys in southern Alberta’s prairies, foothills and mountains are this sort of nice promotion of the sweetness that our province has to provide. I at all times mail a duplicate of Drew’s articles to my sister and brother-in-law in Edmonton, who’re additionally ardent birders and nature-lovers. Next spring, we plan to replicate Drew’s commute to puts we now have by no means heard of reminiscent of Crawling Valley, Keho Lake, Cassils, Silver Sage, and the Snake Lake Reservoir. Drew is an iconic creator about southern Alberta and my spouse and I and our Edmonton family members hope he assists in keeping writing for a very long time to return.
TAKO KONING
(Thanks to your sort phrases. Mike is a attractiveness and is aware of his yard.)

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GET IT RIGHT
Re: Ambulance scarcity in Calgary. We don’t have a scarcity of ambulances in Calgary. Here are two concepts to maintain the perceived scarcity. First, rent nurses and assign them to all ERs for top busy ambulance occasions. Their number one activity could be to obtain incoming sufferers from arriving ambulances. They can do as a lot or greater than the ambulance staff who convey within the affected person and stand on the affected person’s facets, every so often for hours, till the sufferers are handled in ER. The ambulance staff of 2 would then be unfastened to go away and be to be had for the following name, in conjunction with their dear ambulance. I’m positive the health facility may just in finding one thing for the nurses to do on gradual ambulance nights. An trade concept could be to rent additional crews for the ambulances and station them on the busiest hospitals, in top busy occasions. When an ambulance is available in, the standby staff may just right away guy the ambulance and be to be had for the following name. These don’t seem to be very best concepts, and I’m positive the unions would now not like them, however look like higher concepts than bringing in ambulances and crews from different communities in southern Alberta.
DAVE VOLLMAN
(Best resolution we’ve heard.)

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THE PLANE TRUTH
Regarding greater price of airfares associated with close by places, i.e. Vancouver to Kelowna vs. Vancouver to London, England. In my opinion, airways have now not communicated smartly the cause of the present fare discrepancies. Most of the price for an airline price tag pertains to departure and arrival dealing with prices. These charges are price lists prescribed by means of every airport and relate to form of plane, seating capability and required airport products and services. These prices don’t trade without reference to distance travelled. Once an plane is within the air and at top altitude, the one further price is for gasoline, staff prices and, if essential, meal products and services. All of which is able to relate to the space travelled. However, such prices are a small portion of the price tag value paid by means of the passenger. I’ve some sympathy for the airways as they try to fit prices to revenues and on the similar time face a misinformed public. These public critics appear to wish airline fares set according to distance travelled. A little bit not unusual sense displays that this is now not practical.
DICK VARLEY
(Complaining about costs is a lifestyle.)

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IT IS AWFUL
This is in respond to Rachel Burke, who concept my remark about Canada, a rich nation, must now not have folks residing in tents, tarps and packing containers in our towns used to be racist and ignorant against the homeless. I’m a senior and feature by no means noticed folks in Canada residing on the streets in the midst of iciness apart from for the ultimate couple of years. It must by no means occur. Canadian towns want extra infrastructure, cheap housing, remedy centres and hospitals.
IVY GRAY
(It’s shameful such a lot of Canadians are resorting to residing tough. Yet right here we’re, without end.)

THE GAMES MATTER
After studying Molly Kens’ letter suggesting an athletic boycott of the Olympics is essential, I felt a want to remark. History has confirmed the one folks impacted by means of athletic boycotts at previous Olympics are the athletes themselves. China is now not going to care if Canadian athletes are pulled away however many people that experience trustworthy their lives to their sports activities will leave out their alternative to polish and succeed in their targets. A fellow labored for me that used to be a part of the Moscow boycott. He used to be a swimming international report holder going into the Olympics. He overlooked his likelihood to compete and 4 years later used to be previous his actual alternative. Nothing modified within the political dating with Russia. Let’s now not make those self same errors.
KEITH ELIASSON
(Sometimes taking a stand hurts. We doubt the ones oppressed by means of the Chinese executive care a lot about athletes.)

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BONUS LETTERS — ONLINE ONLY

NOT COOL, QUEBEC
Shame on you, Quebec. No surprise to me that you’re a distinct society, your behaviour against spiritual symbols is barbaric and it strikes a chord in my memory of a fellow from again within the ’30s. People come to Canada and on your province to flee persecution and lack of expertise from their very own homelands and the reality they face those stumbling blocks frequently to your province is completely unacceptable in my international and I’m positive that almost all Canadians would agree that this legislation is so out of contact with fact. The executive of Quebec wishes to move, the flames of hatred burn brightly in La Belle Province and I’m positive and I’m hoping the folks of this province don’t accept as true with this legislation. Bill 21 is an absolute shame to the remainder of Canada as smartly and to the federal government of this as soon as nice province and the hierarchy who run it. Shame is now not a becoming description for the rules your executive has carried out. And it is a humiliation to the remainder of Canada and I’d additionally say to the remainder of the arena.
KEN UHREN
(The warmth is on with information of this trainer being barred.)

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EMBRACE CANADA
Canada is the most efficient! I’m very pleased with Quebec as the folks there made up our minds to not let spiritual garb of their day-to-day lives (Bill 21). When I got here right here as a beginner again within the ’70s from India, I used to be slightly taken again, now not positive if I belonged, however wow, I really like Canada. I met my very best pals right here (my spouse, too) and I will’t get sufficient of this beer, hockey and street-side pizza all over the place I’m going. Simple people, I didn’t come right here to switch Canada, Canada modified me, for the simpler, and I’m so thankful. I determine the hijab is a logo of oppression and from my existence revel in, ladies must be noticed for who they’re, now not coated up. I mixed in with Canadian rules and customs and I’m happy I did (why now not you?). I sought after to be a Canadian. I in finding it disheartening that new people right here on this nation have this sort of arduous time adapting as a result of once I got here right here, I used to be handled like gold and now all I see is freshmen difficult this and that and pulling the race card. Take it from me, as a Canadian that’s paid my dues after which some, you couldn’t have it higher anyplace else, so surrender protesting the whole thing, paintings for a residing, earn some recognize and pay taxes as a substitute of “taking” your “entire” lives. Get off your “BS”, mix in, have a lager, consume some pizza and oh ya, take a look at the ones Calgary Flames!
PARDIP GOONDELLA
(Canada is a stupendous position to are living.)

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SOFT ON CRIME?
Re: Gagnon killing article. He robbed a liquor retailer, then killed a person the similar day in June 2017. Four plus years ahead of he is attempted and convicted of second-degree homicide they usually simply sentence him to 30 months. What form of justice device do we now have? Looks like a existence is beautiful reasonable at the present time.
JIM KELLY
(The 30 months have been for the theft, now not the homicide.)

THANKS, JUSTIN
Re: Grocery expenses will take a large leap in 2022: document. So, our grocery expenses are forecasted to take a quantum jump into the stratosphere within the new 12 months. One can simply blame inflation and even the present COVID pandemic for this leap in meals costs. When the rubber meets the street, it’ll be Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax sneaking in our again doorways throughout this country. It has been one crisis after some other because the former drama trainer took over the reins of the country in October 2015.
DONALD Okay. MUNROE
(The carbon tax influences the whole thing.)

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BARKING UP WRONG TREE
Well, right here we cross once more! A town committee is as soon as once more hell-bent on enforcing restrictions on skilled canine walkers. Several years in the past, they attempted the similar factor. At that point, in a letter to the editor of the Herald, I comparable my revel in strolling canines with my daughter, Jill, who at the moment used to be a qualified walker. (Her photograph, in conjunction with 8 of her fees used to be revealed within the Herald Dec. 16, 2009.) In staring at the behaviour of the quite a lot of canines and the ones chargeable for them, I discovered, for probably the most phase, the ones canines beneath the regulate of canine walkers have been way more attentive to instructions than canines in their respective house owners. Walkers, as a result of their experience and revel in, have been ready to look forward to competitive behaviour and briefly close it down, controlling as many as 10 canines extra successfully than some house owners with their one. As smartly, I discovered canine walkers have been way more conscientious in selecting up after their canines than have been some canine house owners, continuously selecting up deserted leavings. To unmarried out skilled walkers is simply flat-out incorrect. And to indicate that walkers now not simplest be restricted to 6 canines however perhaps pay an annual allow charge, simplest underscores the lack of expertise of the ones selecting the wallet of the ones offering a precious provider.
ERIC HINDSON
(No actual problems to resolve, it seems that. Might wanna spend extra time on the homelessness record and the transit protection record, for starters.)

IT’S THE DRUGS!
So, your respond to Donald Okay. Munroe on the topic of psychological sickness being rampant in society. Have you been concerned within the populace of substances? Or, simply sitting again and being a spectator against all of it. Spend a few of your time on the Drop-In Centre along with your boyfriends (see, I’m ignorant too) and notice for your self, editor! Just concentrate on your so-called professionals, you ignorant ass. It’s a rampant crystal meth downside that ends up in psychological sickness. So, it’s self-inflicted!
MIKE EIRICH
(Your ultimate letter is so fascinating.)