Letters: Liberal policies are costing Canadian lives
Readers decry Liberal policies on drugs, justice and health care; call for a fall election; offer ideas on increasing housing; and comment on other issues of the day
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Re: Euthanasia’s grisly transformation of the Canadian medical regime — Raymond J. de Souza, Aug. 18
If someone told you their government was a real and deadly threat to its citizens, you would likely think of an authoritarian government arresting and sometimes killing its opponents, a state of affairs that sadly exists in the world today. If they said it was the democratically elected government of Canada, you wouldn’t believe it, until they started to tell you their story.
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That story includes a government that enables the free distribution of highly addictive opiate drugs that are resold for more potent drugs, contributing to an explosion of new addictions and fatal overdoses. It includes a government that changes the law to encourage the release of people charged with violent offences, who then commit additional violent crimes while awaiting trial.
And it includes a government that controls the costs of a public health-care system through endless waitlists for medically necessary procedures, subjecting thousands of patients to years of pain and hallway medical treatment, and contributing to preventable fatalities across the country.
Finally, the story includes that same government choosing to alleviate its citizens’ pain and suffering by facilitating the death of almost anyone who feels they’re unable to cope with what ails them, sometimes encouraging people to choose death when other options are available.
So, after hearing all that, would you believe that person’s government was a real and deadly threat to its citizens? I would.
Gary Krieger, North York, Ont.
Re: NDP slams Liberals as ‘cowardly, anti-worker’ while Conservatives remain silent on railway conflict — Catherine Lévesque, Aug. 23
Last week, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh accused the Trudeau Liberals of undermining workers by imposing final binding arbitration on locked-out railway personnel.
If he now doesn’t initiate a non-confidence vote once Parliament resumes sitting, Singh will demonstrate that he, too, has zero respect for workers, as well as for NDP supporters and all Canadians. If there is any delay in taking this action, every NDP member should rise up and demand Singh’s resignation as leader of their party.
Chris Robertson, Stony Plain, Alta.
Re: Trudeau Liberals have a Biden problem, but lack a Pelosi to press the case — Kelly McParland, Aug. 23
Last Saturday’s National Post, Kelly McParland quoted Liberal verbiage (tongue in cheek) that Justin Trudeau and his cabinet were gathering in Halifax to “focus on the federal government’s work to strengthen the middle class, grow the economy and deliver fairness to every generation.”
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At taxpayer expense, of course. I wonder how much that cost us?
My suggestion to satisfy all those problems without any more such........
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