Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s meeting with U.S. President Danielle Smith was a betrayal and Justin Trudeau can’t go soon enough, say letter writers.
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Imagine two hockey teams about to meet head on in a crucial playoff game. One team is headed by a ruthless, egotistical bully coach and the other by a soon-to-be retired coach. The players on each team are ready to do their best for their team.
That is, except for one player on the retiring coach’s team who has openly spoken to the bully coach and said that she doesn’t care what her other teammates do — she won’t play as well as the rest of her teammates.
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Even though her actions may undermine the efforts of her team, lose her fellow players bonuses and hurt their incomes and consequently their family’s incomes, she will not play to her full potential because she may be able to get a better more lucrative contract with the bully coach’s team and aid herself and her own family.
Besides she doesn’t like her team’s coach anyway. Sounds pretty self-serving, doesn’t it? We all have to stick together as Canadians or the incoming administration in the U.S. will walk all over us.
If suffering is involved, then it will be lessened by all of us bearing it instead of some refusing to bear any and weakening those who are. United we stand, divided we fall. Country above all.
Dan Planeto, Regina
A brighter post-Trudeau future awaits
So Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation plans. He has been a prime minister of contradictions.
He calls himself a fighter, yet announces his resignation and sidesteps a caucus meeting which would have demanded the same, and he prorogues Parliament so he would not have to face a non-confidence vote and an election, which, apparently, he would have lost by landslide.
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He proclaims himself a feminist, yet he has had several female cabinet ministers resign during his tenure. And now, instead of stepping aside for an interim leader to be appointed, his resignation plans include him staying on as prime minister until a new Liberal leader is elected.
Who is Trudeau speaking for as he stays on in this position? He most certainly doesn’t have the confidence of the House of Commons or even his caucus. And his last two election wins ended as minority governments where he didn’t even win the popular vote.
He now speaks of creating a unified front in dealing with a U.S. tariff war when during his time in power he has dramatically alienated the West and caused alarming polarization in the country. Ironically, one thing Canada currently does seem to be fully united in is getting Trudeau out of office.
If only the March 9 leadership vote was happening already. The country could move on to a post-Trudeau future.
Chuck Dubois, Regina
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