Calgary Sun letters to the editor, Sept. 7, 2025
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Definitely capitulated
For Evan Solomon, the federal minister responsible for AI, to claim that his boss, Mark Carney, has not capitulated to Donald Trump in the ongoing trade war is incorrect and disingenuous. Solomon thinks that dropping the digital sales tax and many other retaliatory tariffs while getting nothing in return is not a form of capitulation. That’s mind-boggling. Further, to characterize our tariff burden as acceptable because the average rate is some five per cent, and still better than what many nations suffer, is ludicrous. An average rate of five per cent does nothing to help steel, aluminum and other producers struggling with 50 per cent tariffs.
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Mike Alain
(Mind-boggling is a good way to put it.)
Listen to Trump
The U.S.A.’s GDP was up 3% this quarter. Real-time wages are up, personal savings are up, taxes are down. Capital investment and domestic manufacturing are skyrocketing. Contrast that to what’s happening in Canada. Regardless of one’s personal view of the man, maybe it’s time to shelve the Trump derangement syndrome and listen. His policies are working.
Jerry Hill
(Working for some, but not all.)
Put the squeeze on USA
’Tis the season to shop Canadian or other countries for produce, trying hard to exclude the USA. I found a three-pound sack of oranges at two stores for just under $5 each. I checked the label and bought them because they were grown in South Africa and not Florida.
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R. Moskal
(Enjoy your sweet deal.)
Consent nonsense
In regards to legislation requiring teachers and other school staff to get parental consent before using a student’s preferred name, I have to say that has to be the most asinine wastes of time and effort ever. Why should it matter how a student wants to be addressed, when the more important fact is that they arrive at school trying to learn? It is a complete misplacement of priorities, and teachers already have enough on their plate.
Lloyd Farley
(It could matter to parents.)
Leave real workers alone
Re: Canada Revenue Agency extends contracts of 850 call centre workers amid complaints. If the government wants to save some real money, it would discontinue bonuses for executives who don’t achieve the results expected of them and issue pink slips to those who consistently fail to achieve them. Leave the ones who do the actual work alone, and apply this to all departments.
Douglas Ralph Harris
(Bonuses should be earned.)
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