Letters to the Editor, Nov. 30, 2025: ‘Canada a cautionary tale’

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Trouble with Canada

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I’m a proud Canadian, but Canada is not “the best country in the world,” because its citizens are living in mediocre economic times. Saudi Arabia has two resources: sand and oil. Look at their gleaming new cities vs. Canada’s crumbling infrastructure throughout the country. That, in spite of our multiple resources of the sea and land that under good leadership should have made Canada the richest in the world. Canadians have been sold a bill of goods by governments’ “leave-it-in-the-ground” attitude and that tourism and green energy will make us rich. What folly! Justin Trudeau’s government of 10 years chased away billions of dollars in resource development, manufacturing, research and development, and even caused a ‘brain drain’ to the U.S. of highly skilled people as we imported millions of the unskilled. The biggest Canadian ‘industry’ is government, which doesn’t earn anything for the country or its people, but only takes any wealth of its citizens for itself. Other countries looking on have laughed at a Canadian government that undermines its economic prosperity. Canada has become an example to other countries of what NOT to do.

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TONY BORBELY

(We have been, at times, our own worst enemy)

Age of democracy

We should lower the voting age to zero. There is no reason why children should not have the right to participate in our democracy. Some people may argue children are less intelligent, less mature or less informed than adults, but have you met the average voter? Come on! If Karen the anti-vaxxer or Kevin the flat-earther or Herbert the octogenarian with dementia are considered qualified to vote, then you cannot reasonably argue that children will do worse. It’s such a double-standard.

RON McLEAN

(We’re detecting a touch of sarcasm, but please do not give the federal Liberals any ideas)

The guru is gone!

Steven Guilbeault resigned from the Liberal caucus. That alone makes this “Memorandum of Understanding” worthwhile.

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JOHN HANCOCK

(That does seem to be the consensus)

Too much power

(B.C. Premier) David Eby sounds a lot like Nenshi and Singh. He wants to use tax dollars for the benefit of his people, and his people alone, at the expense of all Canadians. He stands for B.C. as if he stands for Quebec, at the expense of all Canadians. To refer to an earlier writer — The English won the war! Why are we, including Eby, giving so much power and autonomy to the French and the Indigenous?

GEORGE EWERT

(It’s the age-old debate. They should have a say in what happens on their land, but should that include the power to block a so-called ‘nation-building’ project?)

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