Calgary Sun letters to the editor, July 22, 2025

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Cycles of life

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Bicycles in traffic versus bike lanes. If you analyze the situation, traffic in one lane may be slower, but not always, but at least it’s moving. If there was a bike lane, no traffic would be moving in that lane. It’s not rocket science. Perhaps if the money spent on building the bike lanes and maintaining them was spent on education emphasizing bikes in traffic and policing the laws that already exist with severe penalties, we would solve this issue. It goes both ways, riders and drivers must abide by the laws and respect each other. A bicycle has the right of way once it enters the lane, all of the lane. For the most part in Calgary few people ride in the winter and those who do would benefit from these protocols as would all riders as well as drivers. I own two bikes, but I don’t ride them on Calgary roads.

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T.S. Coyle

(There’s got to be a way we can all co-exist.)

Supply & demand

Premier Smith finds the idea of ending supply management in Alberta intriguing. What a free-enterprise mouthpiece. (Sarcasm). A true Conservative would end supply management now and without paying farming enterprises for the milk quota. In Alberta it’s all about keeping the farm vote happy. There goes free enterprise and interprovincial free trade.

Abram Wiebe

(It’s a complicated issue.)

Farkas just fine

I do not understand the criticism of Jeromy Farkas that he has made a significant change in his positions since leaving city hall. They are unfounded since he has clearly stated where he stands on current civic issues. His sabbatical away from city hall and managing a very worthwhile foundation gives him a bonafide ability to bring a fresh perspective to this old tired group and measured experience with resolving small and large community issues. That’s what a mayor should be.

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Phill Barker

(Sometimes it’s beneficial to step away and get some perspective.)

Privatize the army

As we all know, privatization improves services and cuts waste. When an organization has a profit motive, they have a financial incentive to provide better services. This is why we are privatizing health care and Canada Post. But imagine how much money we could save if we privatized the Canadian army? If generals had to report quarterly revenue and losses to private shareholders, they would be able to cut waste and find new revenue sources so the army wouldn’t be such a huge drain on taxpayers.

Jon Hawkes

(We can’t see that happening.)

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