YOU SAID IT: Sad state of downtown Ottawa

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SAD STATE OF DOWNTOWN OTTAWA

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What happened to downtown Ottawa? I have owned a store on Bank Street for close to 30 years, and I cannot remember seeing it nearly this bad: stabbings, murders, rampant, midday hard-core drug use, etc.

I am one of the few remaining, and if something doesn’t happen soon, we will all be gone. It’s not just the ByWard Market; it is all of downtown Ottawa. And it is sad.

BOB MACFARLANE
OTTAWA

WATCH FORSAKEN WARRIORS

I just watched a documentary made by Aaron Gunn entitled Forsaken Warriors on how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke Canada’s military. This is a no-holds-barred investigation into the state of Canada’s military and the treatment of its veterans.

It’s a heart-wrenching history of the Canadian Armed Forces, an explanation of how politics, ideology and utter disregard for our servicemen and women led to the decline that left the nation’s reputation “in tatters” on the international stage.

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No matter what your political affiliation or beliefs, please take the time to watch this; it is a real eye-opener.

BETTY-ANNE TREMBLAY
OTTAWA

ANOTHER USELESS INQUIRY?

Re: Foreign interference inquiry won’t name MPs suspected by spy watchdog, online, Sept. 16

So this costly inquiry, headed by commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, into foreign interference in Canadian politics won’t name and shame those politicians suspected of meddling in Canadian affairs. So much for sending a strong deterrence message to others.

This endless boondoggle is shaping up to resemble other costly inquiries before it. Will it simply end up collecting dust, raising more questions than answers, rather than keeping our elections free from foreign interference moving forward?

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LARRY COMEAU
OTTAWA

OF COURSE HE WON’T STEP DOWN

We have a prime minister who is incapable of leading the country, so for the past two years we have had a socialist party, the NDP, telling Justin Trudeau what to do. Now we are going to have a separatist party from Quebec telling Trudeau how he should run the country.

The vast majority of Canadians want Trudeau gone, and many say he is the worst prime minister in our history, but of course he won’t step down and let someone else repair the damage he has done to our country.

BARRY HARRIS
EDMONTON

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