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Re: Do not try to humanize the Tumbler Ridge shooter — Geoff Russ, Feb. 11
Letters: How to prevent another Tumbler Ridge? Back to video
Geoff Russ’s column about the Tumbler Ridge massacre does not pull punches. However, we should not accept such catastrophes as inevitable and “keep calm and carry on.”
We must identify a path forward, a continuous improvement of humanity. We require an approach that disregards attributes such as gender and skin colour and concentrates instead on “observed” behaviour.
The police had prior history at the B.C. shooter’s household, recognizing mental health issues in the alleged perpetrator. They also had prior history with Gabriel Wortman, the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killer, regarding aggressive behaviour.
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There is no need to identify the psychological disorder. A police report should be sufficient to trigger an assessment of anti-social behaviour. Is the person likely to harm himself or herself or others? If guns are involved, confiscation is appropriate, but people, not guns, kill people. We need a solution that can protect against future tragedies such as this.
Larry Sylvester, Acton, Ont.
The police are constituted to enforce the laws of the land. The Tumbler Ridge shooter committed suicide on Tuesday. There is no longer any enforcement issue. The question has arisen: who handles the investigation from here on in? The police are tainted by their prior involvement with the perpetrator. Focus should now turn to the coroner.
Max Blanco, Bathurst, N.B.
Are Alberta separatists guilty of treason?
Re: B.C. premier says it’s ‘treason’ for Alberta separatists to meet with Trump administration — Jordan Gowling, Jan. 29; and Most Canadians agree that Alberta separatists asking U.S. for help is treasonous: poll — Chris Lambie, Feb. 10
It is hard to characterize the actions of those in Alberta who want to separate as being acts of treason, when in 2000 Canada enacted a statute setting out that a province can separate provided that it goes through a referendum where the question asked is free of ambiguity, the referendum results in a clear expression of the will of the majority of the population of the province, and the province then enters into negotiations with Canada and the other provinces to settle the terms of secession including the division of assets and liabilities, any changes to the borders of the province, the rights, interests and territorial claims........