Letters to the Editor, Dec. 30, 2025: ‘They were Pierre’s policies’

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Poilievre said it first

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Letter-writer William Perry (Dec. 24) has got one shoe on the wrong foot. Pierre Poilievre, up to and during the election, was talking about the very things he heaps praise on Mark Carney for talking about lately. The first glaring example of this plagiarism was the idea of dropping the GST charges for first-time purchasers of homes up to $1.2 million in value. It was later in the week of Mr. Poilievre’s GST/housing proposal that the Liberals’ ‘economical genius’ leader announced not a similar, but an identical plan. Then followed the removal of interprovincial trade barriers’ plan to invigorate the nation-building economy, and ease our industries’ reliance on American trade.

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DAN DRINKALL

(The similarities do raise questions)

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Enough separation talk

Can we finally put this Alberta separation nonsense to rest? There are myriad financial, legal and political reasons why it’s never going to happen. Even if it did, it would cripple the Albertan economy even worse than how Brexit hit the U.K. For anyone who still wants to separate from Canada, I cordially invite you to separate yourself and go to another country to annoy someone else with your endless whining. We had a petition to stay and it succeeded. Let’s now focus on serious issues, please.

JOHN ARMSTRONG

(It’s a serious issue for many, including how separation would impact the economy)

Liberals abandoned Jews

Warren Kinsella asks the question, how did we fall so far regarding Jew hatred in this country. (Sun, Dec. 29). The simple answer is: The Liberal Party of Canada realized there were more Muslim votes than Jewish, so they threw the Jews under the bus. Mark Carney accurately stated that Muslim values are Canadian (Liberal) values.

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BILL CRAWFORD, Crossfield

(At the very least, our government needs to do more to fight anti-semitism)

MAID can be right choice

(Re: ‘Troubling practice,’ Letters to the Editor, Sun, Dec. 28). In regards to Chris Robertson’s letter on medical assistance in dying, I would like to offer a different opinion. My brother-in-law was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer a little over a year ago. His cardiovascular system was so compromised that chemotherapy was not an option. He was told a massive stroke in his near future was a certainty. His prognosis: less than a couple months to live. He chose MAID. It really wasn’t a difficult decision. The choices, a dignified painless death at home surrounded by loved ones with his favourite music playing softly in the background or one in a sterile hospital room with machines buzzing and beeping, and tubes sticking in him and down his throat. In my humble opinion he made the right choice. The protocols to qualify for MAID are stringent. Death has to be imminent with no chance of recovery. The family members who attended him in his last moments of life said to a person that it was a very peaceful passing. Mr. Robertson cites a large number of MAID procedures carried out in Canada. I believe there should be more. I, for one, would choose the least painful, least burdensome on my family that was in my power to choose.

JOHN HANCOCK

(Our condolences for your loss)

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