Letters

Dear Editor, The Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada wasted their time on the ‘fly in the bottle’ case they chose to hear unless it was to send this message: the lower courts ought to refrain from hearing, let alone finding in favour of litigants in such frivolous cases.

Dear Editor, Lately I’m hearing a lot about, ‘reducing the mental health stigma’. It’s one of those terms that no one dare criticize for fear that you might be accused of being someone that wants people to have a mental health stigma.

Dear Editor, The Harper Backroom Boys’ election law uber-manipulation, with their wide-scale money laundering ‘in and out’ scheme, was not granted by Elections Canada because the local riding associations (all 67 of them) never had any control over the money that the National Conservative Campaign spent.

Dear Editor, Letter Number One below was completed and ready to post when he who has been dubbed the “Minister of Mistakes” did it again, leading to the compulsion to write letter Number Two.

Dear Editor, Mr. Harper’s plan for the militarization of Canada is based upon the false premise that, “If a country wants to be taken seriously by the rest of the world, it needs to have the capacity to act [militarily]. It’s just that simple.”

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Stephen Harper statement that the first priority of our Canada First defense strategy is to strengthen our ability to protect our citizens through more and better equipment is belied by reality.

Dear Editor; EPCOR executive Jim Oosterbann is out on the propaganda trail again to rally support for a proposed 500 KV transmission line from Edmonton to Calgary (Edmonton Journal May 22, 2008). Using the age-old fear tactic that the lights are going to go out if this line is not built; Oosterbann told the Coal Association of Canada that a lightning strike in July 2006 nearly caused a total blackout in the province.

Dear Editor; In responding to the nameless (faceless) person writing about all those “bad” kids roaming the streets of Rimbey, let me start by recommending the book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate, which is available in the Rimbey Library.

Dear Editor; Happy Mother’s Day to Me… Sometime late May 9th or early May 10th someone decided to help himself to my solar lights; eight of them to be exact. It really is a shame that people can no longer take pride in their property for fear of either theft or vandalism.

Dear Editor; Stephen Harper’s claim that he can be “trusted” to be a “safe” economic manager through uncertain times is a very big stretch.