Are Canada's problems approaching the boiling point? Readers weigh in
Re: Justin Trudeau’s debacle of misgovernment — Conrad Black, Feb. 10
Conrad Black is correct in his criticism of Liberal government policies under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which are leading to Canada’s decline as an economic and political power.
One often hears of self-serving, incompetent governments in other countries and we think it can’t happen in Canada. But under the Trudeau government it can and it is happening. We are being governed by a cabal of single-minded, radical environmentalists whose only concern is a misguided belief that they are saving the planet to the exclusion of other pressing issues in Canada.
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Canadians have been compared to the frog in water that is being brought to a boil, and who doesn’t realize what is happening. The water is getting hotter — time for Canadians to wake up.
Jim Gehl, Calgary
Re: Just say ‘no’ to Nenshi — Rahim Mohamed, Feb. 14
If former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is in fact a “megalomaniacal narcissistic” that is not necessarily a fatal flaw in today’s North American politics.
The success of Donald Trump shows that a politician can have a very high opinion of himself and still succeed at least once with the electorate. Trump clearly puts his personal brand ahead of his party and is willing to try to bend it to his will. In Canada, Pierre Trudeau showed that voters can accept someone who views himself as the smartest person in the room if it is sometimes true.
If Nenshi can espouse policies that appeal to a substantial part of the electorate, that may make voters willing to overlook his apparent personal flaws.
Bruce Couchman, Ottawa
Re: Vladimir Putin brings up Canada’s applause for ex-Nazi in Tucker Carlson interview — Tyler Dawson, Feb. 9
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Vladimir Putin used Tucker Carlson to convey the message that the Galicia division of the Waffen SS was complicit in killing Jews and Poles during the Second World War, which it of course was. However, Carlson missed his chance to point out to Putin that it was the Soviets under Stalin who invaded Poland in partnership with the Nazis, and rivalled Hitler’s death squads in the number of Jews, Poles, Ukrainians and others that they killed in the “bloodlands” between Germany and Russia in the years leading up to and during the war.
David Jones, Calgary
Re: The ethical debasement of the West puts us at risk of mayhem, misery — Gad Saad, Feb. 9
As a proud graduate of the University of Waterloo’s engineering program, I was deeply disappointed that the university has two openings for Canada Research Chairs in computer science, one open only to individuals who self-identify as women, transgender, gender-fluid, non-binary or Two-spirit, and the other open only to those who self-identify as a member of a racialized minority.
I can almost understand this restriction for a post in the social sciences (which many of us do not really consider a science) but in computer science? The restriction in applicants to this small percentage of the population makes it statistically very unlikely you will get the best candidates. I hope meritocracy is still important in U of W’s engineering school.
Mike Urquhart, St. Davids, Ont.
Re: NATO leader says Trump puts allies at risk by saying Russia can ‘do whatever the hell they want’ — Feb 11; and Justin Trudeau needs to wake up to Donald Trump’s reckless new world disorder — John Ivison, Feb. 11
What Donald Trump is threatening will be the result if NATO laggards — like Canada — don’t step up. Why should NATO allies be forced to respond to a threat to a member that is not pulling their weight and is incapable of responding to threats to other members of the organization?
What comes with membership is obligations, and with those obligations, liabilities for not fulfilling them.
Gordon S. Clarry, Rogers, Ark.
Contingency plans are essential if there is even the possibility that Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Canada’s economy is thoroughly integrated with that of the United States. This relationship accounted for two-thirds of Canada’s trade in 2022, higher if supply chains are considered. Any disruption of exports to the U.S. would dramatically impact Canada’s economy.
More significant is Canada’s (and NATO’S) dependence on the U.S. for its national security. The U.S. alone accounts for two-thirds of NATO’s military spending, making it possible for Canada to skimp on its own spending. Canada’s exports outside of the U.S. depend on the security of the world’s sea lanes, a service provided gratis by the U.S. Navy.
Our federal government’s strategic blindness to foreign interference, and underspending on border security such as the ports, the Canadian Armed Forces, intelligence services, and the RCMP, will leave Canada dangerously exposed if Trump returns as POTUS. Foreign countries are certain to take advantage of Canada’s economic weaknesses and its minimal national security apparatus if its international protector sits by the sidelines.
John Shepherd, Richmond, B.C.
Re: Who most deserves the award for economic ignoramus — Trudeau or Eby? – Terence Corcoran, Feb. 14
Which person is more economically illiterate, Justin Trudeau or David Eby, is a tough call, as Terence Corcoran says. But, I have another person in the running — Barbara Lee, Californian Democrat candidate for the U.S. senate, who calls for a $50 minimum wage. “Just do the math,” she said, “of course we have national minimum wages that we need to raise to a living wage.” I would go on to explain what that would do to the substitution of equipment for labour, the destruction of firms and resulting unemployment, but I would feel a bit embarrassed to state the obvious.
Alex MacMillan, Kingston, Ont.
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