Are you following the separation debate? Vote in our daily poll!
I wish the mayor and the city would not use taxpayer money to bring events to Edmonton, and say that there would be a positive economic impact on the city. Only specific business owners (hotels and restaurants) will see huge economic gains from these events. Servers will see tips improve slightly as they are worked harder. They always find money to attract these events but there is not enough money to completely remove snow from our streets. Priorities!
Recommended Videos
BJ Rivard
(One can still attract events and still try to clear the roads.)
Much empathy must be with the family of Mr. Sreekumar, who died while waiting in the Grey Nuns. Let’s hope all connected with the health system will try to find ways of avoiding this tragedy in the future. However, that doesn’t seem so. Not once have we heard a practical suggestion from health-care professionals, doctors or the Friends of Medicare (FoM). Doctors and FoM want us to keep throwing money at the issue. Doctors want a state of emergency. I have a suggestion: Each group come up with five practical suggestions that don’t automatically require more spending. Let’s not try to gain political points rather than working together.
Tom Burns
(Putting politics aside is easier said than done, but there’s certainly no lack of motivation to do so.)
Eastern narrative
In Lorrie Goldstein’s op-ed, (‘If Canada can’t build new oil pipeline, we’re not serious country,’ Sun, Jan. 15), he wrote and much to my astonishment that Carney is trying to get a pipeline built from Alberta to Canada’s western seaboard. Goldstein’s opinion must be an Ontario and Toronto perspective, from where I am standing Carney hasn’t done a goshdarn thing to get a pipeline built; even though he could proclaim that pipeline is going to be built regardless of what B.C. Premier Eby and Aboriginal chiefs and band councils say. Carney, in globalist fashion, is out-sourcing his nays.
Jeffrey Anderson
(Folks around these parts, understandably, will believe it when they see it)
This isn’t Brexit
When comparing Alberta separation to Brexit, we should keep in mind Britain had its own currency, border controls, and sea port access. Imagine how much more money and time Alberta would need to build these from scratch, while receiving less income from trade with Canada and the U.S. Separation would mean paying higher taxes to rebuild redundant infrastructure and having less leverage in negotiations. Britain had it comparatively easy, and it was still a disaster.
Kevin Glover
(Costs are certainly a factor to consider.)